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RAF Stations - S

[Definition of a RAF Station]


[Saigon | St Athan | St Angelo | St Eval | St Davids | St Marys | St Mawgan | St Thomas Mount | Salalah | Salbani | Saltby | Sandtoft | Sandwich | Santa Cruz | Sawbridgeworth | Saxa Vord | Scampton | Scatsta | Scorton | Sculthorpe | Sealand | Secunderabad | Seething | Seighford | Sek Kong | Seletar | Sembawang | Seychelles | Shaibah | Shallufa | Shandur | Sharjah | Sharnbrook | Shawbury | Sheikh Othman | Sherburn in Elmet | Shipdham | Shobdon | Shoreham | Shrewton | Sibson | Sidmouth | Sigiriya | Silloth | Silverstone | Skeabrae | Skellingthorpe | Skipton on Swale | Skitten | Sleap | Snailwell | Snaith | Snetterton Heath | Snettisham | Snitterfield | South Cerney | Southend | Southampton | Southam | Southrop | Spadeadam | Speke | Spilsby | Spitalgate | Squires Gate | Stafford | Stanbridge | Stanmore Park | Stannington | Stanstead Mountfitchet | Stanton Harcourt | Staverton | Staxton Wold | Steamer Point | Steeple Morden | Stoney Cross | Stormy Down | Stornoway | Stracathro | Stradishall | Stranraer | StratfordStrubby | Sturgate | Suez Road | Sudbury | Sullom Voe | Sumburgh | Sutton Bridge | Sutton on Hull | Swanwick | Swanton Morley | Swinderby | Sydenham | Syerston | Sylt | Sywell]

Evidence so far has only shown those in RED as satellites not self administering stations

RAF Saigon

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

81 Sqn (

273 Sqn (

681 Sqn (

684 Sqn (

HQ, No 908 Wing (19 - 30 Sep 1945)

No 2 Staging Post (13 Dec 1945 - 15 Feb 1946, 15 Sep 1946 - 31 Dec 1947)

 

Location

Country: -  Vietnam (French Indo-China)

Lat/Long:  10:49:08N  106:39:07E

Height Above Sea Level:  33 ft

Operational Control: -

 

Notes

It is now Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport

Detachments**

AHQ Burma Communication Flt (May 1946)

No 3209 Servicing Commando (Oct 1945 - 15 Dec 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps

RAF Salalah

Station badge - RAF Salalah

Location

Country: - Oman

Lat/Long:  17:02:17N  54:05:32E

Height Above Sea Level:  73 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

HQ British Forces Aden (1943)

Closed -

Notes

It is now Salalah Airport and the second busiest airport in Oman.

Main units: -

Detachments, 8 Sqn (Feb 1927 - xxx 1937, Sep 1942 - Nov 1945)

No 32 Staging Post (8 Mar - 11 Nov 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Salbani

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

No 8 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May - Jul 1943)

Bengal Calibration Flt (4 Jul - 18 Aug 1943)

No 1584 Heavy Bomber Conversion Flt (23 Jul - 9 Nov 1943)

HQ, No 184 Wing (23 Jul - 25 Nov 1943, 10 Jan 1944 - 20 Nov 1945)

No 1584 Heavy Bomber Conversion Unit (9 Nov 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 1673 Heavy Conversion Unit (1 Feb - 13 Apr 1944)

No 23 Armament Practice Camp (10 Mar - 3 Sep 1944)

No 138 Repair & Salvage Unit (15 Nov 1945 - 7 Jul 1946)

No 7009 Servicing Echelon (15 Mar – 15 May 1946)

9 Sqn (

82 Sqn (

134 Sqn (

159 Sqn (

160 Sqn (

355 Sqn (

356 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  India

Lat/Long:  22:36:36N  87:18:00E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

SHQ Opened: - 20 Nov 1945

Notes

Main Units: -

Heavy Bomber Conversion Flt/Unit (1 Sep 1942 - 23 Jul 1943)

No 90 Air Stores Park (22 Oct 1942 - Feb 1943)

No 123 Repair & Salvage Unit (5 Nov 1942 - 1 Apr 1943)

No 135 Repair & Salvage Unit (xx - xx Jan 1943, 1 Dec 1943 - 15 Mar 1944, Jun 1944 - 21 Nov 1945)

No 2 Repair & Salvage Section (1 Apr - 1 Dec 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Sandtoft

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit (17 Feb 1944 - 9 Nov 1945)

Sub-site, No 35 Maintenance Unit (27 Dec 1945 - 11 Feb 1946)

Sub-site, No 61 Maintenance Unit (11 Feb 1946 - 4 Aug 1947)

 

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   52:49:45N  00:42:30W

Grid Ref -  SK750075

Height Above Sea Level - 8 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 7 Group (1944)

Closed - 1955

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website

RAF Sandwich

Badge not yet located

Main units: -

 

 

Location

County: - Kent

Lat/Long:   51:16:37N  01:20:45E Approx

Grid Ref -  TR335585

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google MapsSubterranea Britannica website,

RAF Santa Cruz

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Aircraft Erection Unit (India) (30 Jun - 9 Sep 1943)

No 227 Group Communication Flt (Aug - 8 Oct 1943)

No 304 Maintenance Unit (9 Sep - 28 Oct 1943)

Reinforcement Staging Post (1 Mar - 1 Sep 1944)

No 12 Civil Maintenance Unit (30 Mar 1944 - 15 Dec 1945)

Ferry Flt, Santa Cruz (7 May 1944 - 18 Jun 1945)

No 56 Reinforcement Staging Post (1 Sep 1944 - 20 Aug 1946)

No 1588 Heavy Freight Flt (10 Oct 1945 - 20 May 1946)

No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit ( 18 Feb 1946 - 1 Apr 1947)

159 Sqn (

203 Sqn (

217 Sqn (

244 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  India

Lat/Long:  19:05:19N  72:52:05E

Height Above Sea Level:  37 ft

Operational Control: -

 

Notes

It is now known as Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

Main Units: -

Temporary Aircraft Assembly Unit (10 Nov 1942 - 30 Jun 1943)

No 15 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May - xxx 1943)

No 3205 Servicing Commando (20 Jun - 10 Sep 1945)

Detachments**

No 138 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1944 - xxx 1945)

No 10 Ferry Unit (Mar - Jun 1945)

No 320 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1946 - Oct 1947)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Sawbridgeworth

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

HQ, No 35 Wing (14 Nov 1943 - 3 Apr 1944)

No 3 Concealment and Decoy Unit (1 Jan 1944 - xxx xxxx)

No 418 Air Sores Park (20 Jan - 10 Apr 1944)

No 14 Personnel Transit Centre (11 Feb - 13 Mar 1944)

No 6126 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 22 May 1944)

No 6268 Servicing Echelon (22 – 26 Mar 1944)

No 6002 Servicing Echelon (24 Mar – 4 Apr 1944)

No 6080 Servicing Echelon (22 Apr – 5 May 1944)

Sub-site of No 3 Maintenance Unit (1 Dec 1944 - 1 May 1947)

2 Sqn (

4 Sqn (

63 Sqn (

80 Sqn (

126 Sqn (

168 Sqn (

170 Sqn (

182 Sqn (

239 Sqn (

268 Sqn (

652 Sqn (

Location

County: - Hertfordshire

Lat/Long:   51:50:08N  00:07:15E

Grid Ref -  TL464178

Height Above Sea Level - 320 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

Maintenance Command (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main Units: -

No 3226 Servicing Commando (3 Jul - 2 Oct 1942, 3 - 18 Feb 1943, 11 Mar - 8 Apr 1943, 1 May - 28 Jun 1943)

No 3205 Servicing Commando (8 Apr - 28 May 1943)

No 34 Wing Communication Unit (30 Jun 1943 - xxx xxxx)

No 410 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Sep - 6 Nov 1943)

No 409 Repair & Salvage Unit (3 Sep - 10 Nov 1943)

No 3 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (23 Sep - xxx 1943)

No 4 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (23 Sep - xxx 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google MapsAirfields of Essex Website

RAF Saxa Vord

Station badge - RAF Saxa Vord

Location

County: - Shetland Islands

Lat/Long:  60:49:37N  00:50:24W

Operational Control: -

Opened - 15 Oct 1957

Closed - 4 Mar 2006

Notes

Chain Home Low Station.  From April 2001 until 2004 it was a ADGE Reporting Centre, subordinate to RAF Buchan, but it regained Station Status on xx xxx 2004.  

Links to related sites/pages

Subterranea Britannica website, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Scampton

Station badge - RAF Scampton

Main units (continued): -

No 49 Conversion Flt (16 May - 9 Nov 1942)

Air Bomber Training Flt (No 5 Group) (15 Jun - 27 Aug 1942)

57 Sqn (4 Sep 1942 - 29 Aug 1943, 2 Dec 1945 - 1 May 1946)

467 Sqn (7 - 24 Nov 1942)

'C' Flt, No 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit ( 9 Nov 1942 - 1 Jan 1943)

617 Sqn (23 Mar - 30 Aug 1943, 1 May 1958 - 31 Dec 1961)

HQ, Scampton Base (10 May 1943 - 16 Sep 1943)

HQ, No 52 Base (16 Sep 1943 - 7 Oct 1944)

No 1690 Bomber (Defence) Training Flt (13 Jul - 27 Sep 1944)

HQ, No 15 Base (7 Oct 1944 - 20 Oct 1945)

153 Sqn (15 Oct 1944 - 28 Sep 1945)

No 1687 Bomber (Defence) Training Flt (4 Dec 1944 - 2 Apr 1945)

625 Sqn (5 Apr - 7 Oct 1945)

Lincoln Service Trials Flt (26 Nov 1945 - xxx xxxx)

100 Sqn (15 Dec 1945 - 8 May 1946)

Bomber Command Instrument Rating and Examining Flt (15 Jun 1947 - 10 Mar 1952)

No 230 Operational Conversion Unit (21 Feb 1949 - 15 Oct 1952, 8 Dec 1969 - 31 Aug 1981)

Reserve Training Sqn ( 15 Oct 1952 - xxx xxxx)

Bomber Command Bombing School (15 Oct - 15 Nov 1952)

10 Sqn (15 Jun 1953 - 16 May 1955)

27 Sqn (15 Jun 1953 - 31 Dec 1957, 1 Apr 1961 - 29 Mar 1972, 1 Nov 1973 - 31 Mar 1982)

18 Sqn (1 Aug 1953 - 22 May 1955)

21 Sqn (21 Sep 1953 - 1 Jun 1955)

No 18 Joint Services Trials Unit (1 Dec 1961 - 1 Aug 1964)

Bombing and Navigation Systems Development Sqn (xxx xxxx - 1 Jan 1971)

Strike Command Avionics Development and Servicing Unit (1 Dec 1971 - xxx xxxx)

35 Sqn (16 Jan 1975 - 1 Mar 1982)

No 643 Volunteer Gliding School (xxx 1982 - 29 Jun 1991)

The RAF Aerobatic Team (Red Arrows) (Nov 1982 - 20 Sep 1995, xxx xxxx - Current)

Central Flying School (19 Sep 1984 - 31 May 1995)

Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (1 Jul 1990 - 31 May 1996)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:  53:18:15N  00:33:00W

Grid Ref:    SK965798

Height above sea level: 195 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1916

No 1 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main units: -

No 49 Reserve Sqn (16 Oct - 14 Nov 1916)

No 37 Reserve Sqn (12 Nov 1916 - 15 Sep 1917)

81 Sqn (15 Jan 1917 - 4 Jul 1918)

No 60 Reserve Sqn (14 Apr - 1 May 1917)

No 60 Training Sqn (1 May 1917 - 15 Jul 1918)

No 11 Training Sqn (5 Sep 1917 - 15 Jul 1918)

No 34 Training Depot Station (15 Jul 1918 - 5 Mar 1919)

9 Sqn (1 Oct 1936 - 10 Mar 1938)

214 Sqn (1 Oct 1936 - 19 Apr 1937)

148 Sqn (7 Jun 1937 - 10 Mar 1938)

49 Sqn (14 Mar 1938 - 2 Jan 1943)

83 Sqn (14 Mar 1938  - 15 Aug 1942, 10 Oct 1960 - 31 Aug 1969)

'B' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (1 - 5 Sep 1939)

98 Sqn (2 - 19 Mar 1940)

HQ, No 75 Wing (18 - 27 Jun 1940)

No 5 Group Training Flt (19 Aug - 2 Oct 1941)

No 1518 Beam Approach Training Flt (3 Nov 1941 - 14 Jun 1943)

No 83 Conversion Flt (11 Apr - 21 Aug 1942)

Detachments**

33 Sqn (Oct 1916 - Jun 1919)

No 5 Group Target Towing Flt (Aug - Oct 1941)

57 Sqn (Nov - Dec 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Station Website, Bomber Command 60th Anniversary website, RAF-Lincolnshire.infoCommanding Officers, Aerial photo on Google MapsControl Towers website

RAF Scorton

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

26 Sqn (

56 Sqn (

122 Sqn (

130 Sqn (

167 Sqn (

219 Sqn (

406 Sqn (

410 Sqn (

604 Sqn (

No 604 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (24 Apr – 20 Dec 1943)

No 504 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (8 – 16 Nov 1943, 30 Nov – 20 Dec 1943)

950 (Balloon) Sqn (2 Oct - 7 Dec 1944)

Sub-site, No 91 Maintenance Unit (15 Dec 1947 - 1 Dec 1952)

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   54:23:45N  01:37:45W

Grid Ref -  NZ240003

Height Above Sea Level - 200 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1939

Balloon Command (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Main Units: -

No 3017 (Eagle) Servicing Echelon (5 Jun 1941 – xxx xxxx)

No 3032 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 1 Apr 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps

RAF Sculthorpe

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 3207 Servicing Commando (6 - 27 Nov 1943)

No 11 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

Mosquito Conversion Flt (22 Aug 1943 - xxx 1944)

No 3128 Servicing Echelon (15 Oct – 31 Dec 1943)

No 3130 (RAAF) Servicing Echelon (15 Oct – 30 Nov 1943)

No 3131 Servicing Echelon (15 Oct – 31 Dec 1943)

No 3130 Servicing Echelon (30 Nov – 31 Dec 1943)

No 1699 (Fortress Training) Flt (24 Apr - 16 May 1944)

21 Sqn (

214 Sqn (

342 Sqn (

464 Sqn (

487 Sqn (

Special Duties Flt (xxx 1951 - xxx xxxx)

 

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:50:49N  00:45:28E

Grid Ref -  TF862313

Height Above Sea Level - 200 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

Bomber Command (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google MapsBomber Command 60th Anniversary website Commanding Officers,

RAF Sealand

No Badge authorised

90 Sqn (

95 Sqn (

96 Sqn (

98 Sqn (

103 Sqn (

Main units (Sealand): -

79 Sqn (

577 Sqn (

No 3 Aircraft Storage Unit (1 Dec 1935 - 10 Feb 1938)

No 36 Maintenance Unit (15 Oct 1938 - 1 May 1940)

No 30 Maintenance Unit (1 Aug 1939 - 12 Jun 1956, 1 Feb 1959 - Mar 2006)

No 4 Personnel Transit Centre (24 Aug 1939 - xxx xxxx)

No 6 Salvage Section (18 - 28 Sep 1939)

No 47 Maintenance Unit (1 May 1940 - 15 Mar 1951)

Satellite for No 57 OTU (18 Dec 1940 - Jan 1941)

No 81 Group Communication Flt (28 Dec 1940 - 19 Feb 1941)

Sub-site, No 21 Maintenance Unit (1 Oct 1958 - 1 Feb 1959)

No 631 Volunteer Gliding School (11 May 1963 - xxx 2005)

No 8 Sub-site, No 16 Maintenance Unit (Dec 1978 - Mar 2006)

No 631 Volunteer Gliding Sqn (xxx 2005 - Mar 2006)

Location

County: - Flintshire

Lat/Long:   53:13:30N  03:0015W

Grid Ref -  SJ331709

Height Above Sea Level - 15 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1916

No 43 Group (1944)

Closed - Apr 2006

Notes

Main units (Shotwick): -

Aircraft Acceptance Park (under construction 1 Apr 1918 - Jun 1919)

No 67 Training Sqn (1 Apr - 15 Jul 1918)

No 51 Training Depot Station (15 Jul 1918 - 14 Mar 1919)

No 4 Training Sqn (31 May 1919 - 26 Apr 1920)

HQ, No 10 Wing (18 Oct 1919 - 7 Feb 1920)

27 Sqn (

55 Sqn (

Detachments

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (10 Mar 1941 - 30 Nov 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, RAF Sealand history websiteOfficers Commanding,

RAF Secunderabad

No Badge authorised

Main units (Secunderabad): -

5 Sqn (

28 Sqn (

31 Sqn (

No 2 School of Technical Training (India) (22 Jun 1943 - 1 Sep 1946)

No 14 School of Technical Training (India) (1 May 1944 - 1 Sep 1946)

Main units (Begumpet): -

20 Sqn (

HQ, No 2 (Indian) Group (1 Oct 1945 - 1 Jun 1946)

Location

Country: - Andhra Pradesh, India

Lat/Long:  17:27:11N  78:28:12E

Height Above Sea Level:  1,741 ft

Operational Control: -

 

Notes

It is now an Indian Air Force station known as Begumpet (2008) and Rejiv Gandhi Airport

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Seething

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Sub-site, No 53 Maintenance Unit (15 Jul 1945 - 24 Nov 1947)

Sub-site, No 94 Maintenance Unit (24 Nov 1947 - 1 Jan 1950)

 

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:30:30N  01:24:45E

Grid Ref -  TM315955

Height Above Sea Level - 130 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google MapsControl Towers website

RAF Sek Kong

Badge of RAF Sek Kong

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1938

Closed - 1997

Notes

Location

Country: - Hong Kong

Lat/Long:  22:26:12N  114:04:49E

Main units: -

80 Sqn (3 Jan - 1 Feb 1950, 7 Mar - 28 Apr 1950)

28 Sqn (1 May - 7 Oct 1950, 28 Mar 1951 - 15 Aug 1955, 5 Dec 1955 - 14 Jun 1957, 17 May 1978 - 1 Nov 1996)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Seletar

Station badge - RAF Seletar

Main units (continued): -

No 7084 Servicing Echelon (22 Sep 1945 – 16 Jan 1946)

No 7110 Servicing Echelon (22 Sep 1945 – 27 Feb 1946)

11 Sqn (25 Sep 1945 - 7 Jan 1946)

No 7017 Servicing Echelon (25 Sep 1945 – 8 Jan 1946, 12 Apr – 1 May 1946)

No 7089 Servicing Echelon (26 Sep 1945 – 1 May 1946)

89 Sqn (26 Sep 1945 - 1 May 1946)

No 7011 Servicing Echelon (4 Oct 1945 – 9 Jan 1946)

No 7132 Servicing Echelon (5 Oct 1945 - 8 Jan 1946)

No 200 Staging Post (Oct - Dec 1945)

No 389 Maintenance Unit (1 Nov 1945 - 16 Jun 1948, 1 Jun 1951 - 1 May 1953)

No 390 Maintenance Unit (1 Nov 1945 - 16 Jun 1948, 15 May 1951 - 1 May 1953)

Marine Craft Section, Seletar (21 Nov 1945 - 1 Aug 1961)

681 Sqn (10 Jan - 28 May 1946)

No 314 Maintenance Unit (1 Feb 1946 - 16 Jun 1948)

17 Sqn (12 - 23 Apr 1946)

209 Sqn (28 Apr 1946 - 1 Jan 1955, 1 Oct 1959 - 31 Dec 1968)

22 Sqn (1 May - 15 Aug 1946)

684 Sqn (xx Aug - 1 Sep 1946)

81 Sqn (1 Sep 1946 - 1 Oct 1947)

84 Sqn (11 Sep 1946 - 26 Sep 1947)

RAF Maintenance Base, Far East (16 Jun 1948 - 15 May 1951)

52 Sqn (31 May - 27 Aug 1949, 22 Dec 1966 - 17 Feb 1969)

Far East Flying Boat Wing (1 Feb 1950 - 31 Dec 1954)

Far East Air Force Examining Sqn (15 Mar 1950 - 1 Jun 1951)

Towed Target Flt (15 Apr - 1 Jun 1951)

FEAF Training Sqn (1 Jun 1951 - 20 Aug 1954)

88 Sqn (24 Jun 1951 - 1 Oct 1954)

HQ, No 224 Group (6 Apr 1959 - 1 Oct 1968)

No 224 Group Communications Flt (6 Apr 1959 - 1 Oct 1968)

No 61 Signals Unit (xxx 1959 - Jun 1963)

34 Sqn (1 Oct 1960 - 31 Dec 1967)

No 1124 Marine Craft Unit (1 Aug 1961 - 21 Dec 1970)

66 Sqn (26 May 1962 - 17 Mar 1969)

103 Sqn (1 Aug 1963 - 28 Mar 1969)

225 Sqn (15 Nov - 8 Dec 1963)

65 Sqn (1 Jan 1964 - 30 Mar 1970)

Far East School of Joint Warfare (1 Apr 1966 - 31 Mar 1968)

No 15 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

Country: - Singapore

Lat/Long:  01:25:01N 103:52:04E 

Height above sea level: 36 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1 Jan 1930

RAF Far East

Air Command South East Asia

Far East Air Force

Closed - 31 Mar 1971

Notes

A landing ground was constructed in 1926/27 as well as a slipway for flying boats.

On closure as a RAF station, it was handed over to the Republic of Singapore Air Force

Main units: -

205 Sqn (8 Jan 1929 - 31 Jan 1942, 15 Sep 1949 - 1 Mar 1958)

36 Sqn (14 Nov 1930 - 1 Feb 1942)

100 Sqn (6 Jan 1934 - 31 Jan 1942)

Straits Settlement Volunteer Air Force (25 Mar 1936 - 1 Nov 1939)

230 Sqn (8 Jan 1937 - 13 Feb 1940, 1 Dec 1945 - 15 Apr 1946)

HQ Far East Communications Flt (1939 - 1940)

Emergency Flying Training Flt (26 Aug 1939 - Apr 1940)

Spotter Unit (1 Oct - Nov 1939)

'Z' Temporary Maintenance Unit (1941 - 1942)

Air Ammunition Park, Far East (18 Mar 1941 - 28 Mar 1942)

No 151 Maintenance Unit (1 Jun 1941 - 10 Feb 1942)

Calibration Flt (30 Jun 1941 - 15 Feb 1942)

No 81 Repair and Salvage Unit (19 Sep 1941 - 28 Mar 1942)

232 Sqn (13 Jan - 5 Feb 1942)

258 Sqn (28 - 30 Jan 1942)

No 2846 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Mar 1946)

110 Sqn (22 Sep 1945 - 27 Feb 1946, 27 May - 27 Aug 1949, 17 Jan 1964 - 6 Mar 1969)

Detachments**

60 Sqn (Mar 1930 - Mar 1939)

605 Sqn (Jan 1942)

230 Sqn (Jul - Dec 1945)

110 Sqn (Feb - Apr 1946)

88 Sqn (Dec 1946 - Jun 1951)

155 Sqn (Oct 1954 - Jun 1959)

205 Sqn (Mar 1958 - Oct 1971)

Links to related sites/pages

Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Sembawang

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 1914 AOP Flt (1 Feb - 13 Jul 1948)

No 1907 AOP Flt (15 Jul 1948 - 27 Aug 1948, 2 May 1951 - 12 Dec 1952)

HQ, No 303 Wing (1 Feb - 1 May 1953)

No 1902 AOP Flt (xxx 1953 - 1 Nov 1954)

No 1903 AOP Flt (xxx 1953 - 1 Nov 1954)

28 Sqn (

60 Sqn (

62 Sqn (

194 Sqn (

453 Sqn (

656 Sqn (

Location

Country: -   Singapore

Lat/Long:  01:25:27N  103:48:36E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

 

Notes

 

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Seychelles

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

205 Sqn (

209 Sqn (

259 Sqn (

265 Sqn (

413 Sqn (

 

Location

Country: -  Seychelles

Lat/Long:  04:40:30S  55:31:18E

Height Above Sea Level:  10 ft

Operational Control: -

 

Notes

This was located at Port Victoria

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Shaibah

Badge of RAF Shaibah

Main units (continued): -

No 157 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Jul - 10 Nov 1945)

HQ, No 115 (Transport) Wing (24 Oct - 22 Nov 1945)

No 1358 Pampa Flt (31 Jan - 10 Apr 1946)

6 Sqn (

8 Sqn (

30 Sqn (

31 Sqn (

32 Sqn (

37 Sqn (

55 Sqn (

70 Sqn (

73 Sqn (

74 Sqn (

84 Sqn (

162 Sqn (

244 Sqn (

249 Sqn (

261 Sqn (

680 Sqn (

683 Sqn (

Location

Country: -   Iraq

Lat/Long: 

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

 

Notes

Main units: -

Central Air Communication Sqn (xxx - 16 Mar 1920)

Central Air Communication Section (16 Mar 1929 - 31 Mar 1922)

No 119 Maintenance Unit (19 Oct 1941 - 1 Jul 1945)

No 27 Personnel Transit Centre (1 Jun 1942 - 10 May 1944)

981 (Balloon) Sqn (Jul - 6 Sep 1942)

983 (Balloon) Sqn (xxx 1942 - 7 Feb 1943)

Aircraft Erection Unit (Iraq and Persia) (2 Apr 1943 - 5 Jan 1945)

No 34 Air Despatch & Reception Unit (xxx 1943 - Sep 1944)

Defence Flt, Iraq (15 Jun - 25 Aug 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Shallufa

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

HQ, No 245 (Naval Co-operation) Wing (20 Feb - 15 Apr 1943)

No 14 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (16 Apr 1943 - 1 Dec 1944)

Middle East Armament School (1 May 1943 - 9 Oct 1945)

No 39 (RN) Personnel Transit Centre (3 May 1944 - Aug 1945)

No 75 Operational Training Unit (9 Feb - 25 Jun 1945)

No 1342 (RP Training) Flt (Feb - 15 Apr 1945)

No 1343 (Conversion) Flt (Mar - 12 Sep 1945)

No 2 (SAAF) Wing (5 Sep  - 15 Dec 1945)

HQ, No 236 Wing (17 Sep - 20 Dec 1946)

Mediterranean and Middle East Communication Sqn (25 - 27 Oct 1947)

Middle East Air Force Target Towing Unit (1 Jan 1950 - 15 Jan 1952)

Middle East Air Force Instrument Training Flt (5 Jun 1950 - 15 Jan 1952)

6 Sqn (

14 Sqn (

32 Sqn (

37 Sqn (

38 Sqn (

39 Sqn (

40 Sqn (

46 Sqn (

70 Sqn (

76 Sqn (

82 Sqn (

90 Sqn (

104 Sqn (

162 Sqn (

213 Sqn (

220 Sqn (

221 Sqn (

252 Sqn (

351 Sqn (

454 Sqn (

458 Sqn (

620 Sqn (

Shallufa Satellite (LG 251)

221 Sqn (

No 57 Repair & Salvage Unit (29 Aug 1941 - 9 Mar 1943)

No 61 Repair & Salvage Unit (28 Oct 1942 - xxx 1943)

Location

Country: -  Egypt

Lat/Long:  30:03:00N  32:32:24E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

 

Notes

Main units: -

No 20 Training Depot Station (2 Aug - Nov 1918, May - 24 Jun 1919)

No 17 Training Depot Station (May - 25 Jul 1919)

HQ, No 257 (Heavy Bomber) Wing (20 Dec 1940 - 23 Oct 1941)

972 (Balloon) Sqn (19 May - 11 Jul 1941)

Special Signals Flt (1 Jul 1941 - xxx 1942)

No 37 Air Stores Park (28 Aug 1941 - 29  Jun 1942, 17 Jul - 3 Nov 1942)

HQ, No 231 Wing (27 Dec 1941 - 20 May 1942, 14 Dec 1945 - 31 Mar 1946)

HQ, No 238 Wing (30 Jan - 19 Aug 1942)

No 205 Group Training Unit (Feb - 15 Apr 1942)

974 (Balloon) Sqn (3 Apr - 14 Jul 1942)

Torpedo Bombing School (15 Apr - 16 May 1942)

No 5 Middle East Training School (16 May 1942 - 1 Dec 1944)

No 1 Mobile Torpedo Unit (1 Jul - 2 Sep 1942)

No 2 Mobile Torpedo Unit (1 Jul - 2 Sep 1942)

No 3 Mobile Torpedo Unit (1 Jul - 2 Sep 1942)

HQ, No 248 (General Reconnaissance/Torpedo Bomber) Wing (15 Aug - 18 Dec 1942)

No 1 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (2 Sep 1942 - 10 Mar 1944)

No 2 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (2 Sep 1942 - 10 Mar 1944)

No 3 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (2 Sep 1942 - 10 Mar 1944)

No 63 Repair & Salvage Unit (xx - 10 Nov 1942)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Shandur

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Main units: -

6 Sqn (

39 Sqn (

42 Sqn (

47 Sqn (

73 Sqn (

89 Sqn (

108 Sqn (

127 Sqn (

134 Sqn (

147 Sqn (

160 Sqn (

178 Sqn (

213 Sqn (

221 Sqn (

223 Sqn (

237 Sqn (

417 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Egypt

Lat/Long:  30:11:00N  32:33:36E Approx

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

 

Notes

Main Units: -

No 21 Sector (May 1942 - xxx xxxx)

Special Operations (Liberator) Flt (3 Jan - 22 Feb 1943)

No 70 Operational Training Unit (21May 1943 - 16 Jul 1945)

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Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

RAF Sharjah

Station badge - RAF Sharjah

Main units: -

'S' Sqn (Sep 1939)

244 Sqn (May - 17 Mar 1944)

No 44 Staging Post (Jan 1943 - 1 Aug 1945)

6 Sqn (20 Jan - 18 Feb 1953)

AHQ Levant Communication Flt (xxx 1957 - 1 Apr 1958)

84 Sqn (3 Sep 1967 - 30 Dec 1970)

78 Sqn (13 Oct 1967 - 21 Dec 1971)

Search & Rescue section (xxx 1968 - 1 Aug 1969)

210 Sqn (1 Nov 1970 - 15 Nov 1971)

Location

Country: - Oman

Lat/Long:  25:19:43N  55:31:02E

Height Above Sea Level:  111 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1932 (landing ground)

Closed - 14 Dec 1971

Notes

Raised to RAF Station status on 1 Aug 1945

It was Sharjah International Airport until 1977.

Detachments**

84 Sqn (xxx 1933 - Dec 1934, Feb 1939 - Sep 1940)

60 Sqn (Mar 1939 - Sep 1940)

244 Sqn (Nov 1940 - May 1942)

680 Sqn (Feb 1945 - Jul 1946)

294 Sqn (Jun 1945 - Apr 1946)

683 Sqn (Jun - Nov 1953)

73 Sqn (Jan - Mar 1954, Jul 1954 - Mar 1955)

249 Sqn (Jul - Oct 1957)

88 Sqn (Jul 1961 - xxx xxxx)

213 Sqn (Jul 1961 - xxx xxxx)

8 Sqn (Oct 1961 - Aug 1967, Sep 1967 - Dec 1971)

152 Sqn (Apr 1963 - Nov 1967)

208 Sqn (Jun 1964 - Sep 1971)

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RAF Sharnbrook

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Main units: -

 

 

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:13:26N  00:32:42W Approx

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

RAF Shawbury

Station badge - RAF Shawbury

Main units (continued): -

No 10 Training Sqn (30 Jun 1917 - 7 Jul 1918)

90 Sqn (8 - 18 Oct 1917)

5 Training Sqn, AFC (14 Jan - 2 Apr 1918)

No 9 Training Depot Station (15 Mar 1918 - 25 Apr 1919)

131 Sqn (15 Mar - 17 Aug 1918)

137 Sqn (1 Apr - 4 Jul 1918)

No 27 Maintenance Unit (10 Feb 1938 - 1 Jul 1972)

No 11 Flying Training School (16 May 1938 - 3 Sep 1939)

No 11 Service FTS (3 Sep 1939 - 14 Mar 1942)

No 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (14 Mar - 31 Jan 1944)

411 Sqn (5 - 7 Jun 1942, 5 - 8 Aug 1942)

No 1534 Beam Approach Training Flt (7 Dec 1942 - 29 May 1945)

Central Navigation School (11 Feb - 28 Oct 1944, 31 Jul 1949 - 10 Feb 1950)

Empire Air Navigation School (28 Oct 1944 - 31 Jul 1949)

Central Navigation and Control School (10 Feb 1950 - 11 Feb 1963)

The Staff Navigation Course (xxx xxxx - 11 Feb 1963)

University of Birmingham Air Sqn (24 May 1958 - Mar 1978)

Central Air Traffic Control School (11 Feb 1963 - Current)

No 2 Flying Training School (29 Sep 1976 - 30 Mar 1997)

Aircraft Storage Flt (Jul 1982 - xxx 199x)

Defence Helicopter Flying School (1 Apr 1997 - Current)

60 Sqn (DHFS) (1 May 1997 - Current)

Location

County: - Shropshire

Lat/Long:  52:47:45N  02:40:00W

Grid Ref:  SJ550220

Height above sea level:  245ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - Jun 1917

Closed - 1920

Re-opened - 1938

Personnel & Training Command (2006)

Notes

Main units: -

No 67 Training Sqn (11 Jun 1917 - 1 Apr 1918)

No 29 Training Sqn (15 Jun 1917 - 14 Jan 1918)

No 30 Training Sqn (15 - 30 Jun 1917)

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Station Website, Commanding Officers, Aerial photo on Google MapsControl Towers website

RAF Sheikh Othman

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Main units (continued): -

Staging Post (9 Jun 1942 - 8 Mar 1943)

Fighter Defence Flt, Aden (1 Oct 1942 - 31 Jan 1943

No 30 Staging Post (8 Mar 1943 - 1 Jun 1946)

HQ, No 115 (Transport) Wing (22 Nov 1945 - 10 Apr 1946)

8 Sqn (

11 Sqn (

39 Sqn (

41 Sqn (

94 Sqn (

203 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Aden

Lat/Long:  12:54:36N  45:00:00E  Approx

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

 

Notes

Main Units: -

No 73 Operational Training Unit (20 Nov 1941 - 24 Nov 1942)

No 3 (Middle East) Ferry Control (20 May 1942 - 1 Feb 1944)

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Aerial photo of presumed area on Google Maps,

RAF Sherburn in Elmet

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Main units: -

46 Sqn (

73 Sqn (

No 7 Ferry Pilots Pool (5 Nov 1940 - 1 May 1942)

Detachment of Leeds University Air Sqn (Apr 1941 - 15 Dec 1945)

No 7 Ferry Pool ATA (1 May 1942 - Oct 1945)

Leeds University Air Sqn (1 May 1948 - 18 Mar 1954)

Location

County: - West Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   53:47:15N  01:13:15W

Grid Ref -  SE520330

Height Above Sea Level - 26 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1917

No 21 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps FAA Archive Website,

RAF Shipdham

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Main units: -

 

 

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:37:38N  00:56:00E

Grid Ref -  TF982075

Height Above Sea Level - 215 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google MapsControl Towers website

RAF Shobdon

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Main units: -

88 Sqn (

577 Sqn (

No 5 Glider Training School (30 Jul 1942 - 15 Nov 1945)

Glider Instructors Flt (1 Feb - 22 Dec 1943)

Sub-site, No 25 Maintenance Unit (28 Feb 1946 - 18 Dec 1953)

Location

County: - Herefordshire

Lat/Long:   52:14:08N  02:53:00W

Grid Ref -  SO390603

Height Above Sea Level - 300 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 23 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Detachments

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (12 Sep 1940 - 28 May 1941)

No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (28 May - 1 Jul 1941, 31 Jan - 30 Nov 1943)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Sidmouth

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Main units: -

The Air Crew Officers School (1 Apr 1943 - 3 May 1945)

 

Location

County: - Devon

Lat/Long:   50:40:48N  03:14:20W

Grid Ref -  SY124874

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

RAF Sigiriya

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Main units: -

No 1303 Meteorological Flt (19 Apr - 1 Jul 1944)

No 1579 Calibration Flt (19 Apr - 7 Jul 1944)

No 20 Armament Practice Camp (9 Apr 1944 - 26 Jun 1945)

No 7008 Servicing Echelon (13 Jun – xxx 1945)

8 Sqn (

160 Sqn (

200 Sqn (

203 Sqn (

354 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

Lat/Long:  07:57:00N  80:43:30E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

 

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Silloth

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Main units: -

No 22 Maintenance Unit (5 Jun 1939 - 31 Dec 1960)

Coastal Command Landplane Pilots Pool (11 Nov 1939 - 1 Apr 1940)

No 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (1 Apr 1940 - 19 Oct 1943)

Polish Flt (4 Jan 1944 - xxx xxxx)

No 5 Ferry Pool (15 Oct 1945 - 25 May 1950)

215 Sqn (

320 Sqn (

 

Location

County: - Cumberland (Cumbria)

Lat/Long:   54:52:15N  03:21:30W

Grid Ref -  NY1244436

Height Above Sea Level - 25 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1939

No 17 Group (1944)

Closed - 1960

Notes

Detachments**

No 1353 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flt (1Oct 1945 - 15 Jun 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google MapsCommanding OfficersControl Towers website

RAF Silverstone

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Main units: -

No 92 Group Instructors Course/School/Flt (15 Mar 1944 - 15 Jul 1945)

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:   52:04:15N  01:00:45W

Grid Ref -  SP676418

Height Above Sea Level - 506 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 92 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

It is now a motor racing circuit and the home of the British Grand Prix.

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Aerial photo on Google MapsControl Towers website

RAF Skeabrae

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Main units: -

3 Sqn (

66 Sqn (

118 Sqn (

129 Sqn (

132 Sqn (

164 Sqn (

234 Sqn (

253 Sqn (

312 Sqn (

313 Sqn (

329 Sqn (

331 Sqn (

441 Sqn (

451 Sqn (

453 Sqn (

598 Sqn (

602 Sqn (

611 Sqn (

Location

County: - Orkneys

Lat/Long:   59:03:53N  03:16:00W

Grid Ref -  HY269207

Height Above Sea Level - 60 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 13 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Main Units: -

No 3038 Servicing Echelon (16 Feb – 11 Jun 1942, 15 Apr – 26 Jun 1943)

Advanced Ship Recognition Flt (7 Jan - 9 Feb 1943)

No 6118 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 12 Jul 1944)

No 6313 (Czech) Servicing Echelon (11 Jul – 4 Oct 1944)

No 6611 Servicing Echelon (3 Oct – 28 Dec 1944)

No 6402 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (27 Dec 1944 – 3 Apr 1945)

No 6345 (French) Servicing Echelon (3 Apr 1945)

No 6451 (RAAF) Servicing Echelon (17 May – 12 Jun 1945)

No 6453 (RAAF) Servicing Echelon (26 May – 14 Jun 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps FAA Archive Website,

RAF Skellingthorpe

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

50 Sqn (

61 Sqn (

463 Sqn (

619 Sqn (

RLG for No 3 Operational Training Unit (22 Aug - 26 Nov 1941)

RLG for No 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (Apr 1942)

No 50 Conversion Flt (16 Jun - 21 Aug 1942)

No 97 Conversion Flt (23 Sep - 16 Oct 1942)

No 383 Maintenance Unit (9 Aug - 15 Sep 1945)

No 58 Maintenance Unit (15 Nov 1945 - 1 Apr 1947)

Sub-site, No 92 Maintenance Unit (1 Sep 1952 - 16 Dec 1954)

Sub-site, No 93 Maintenance Unit (xxx xxxx - Dec 1950)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   53:12:45N  00:36:00W

Grid Ref -  SK925688

Height Above Sea Level - 60 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 5 Group (1944)

Closed - 1952

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google MapsBomber Command 60th Anniversary websiteRAF-Lincolnshire.info, Officers Commanding,

RAF Skipton on Swale

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Main units: -

300 Sqn (

420 Sqn (

424 Sqn (

432 Sqn (

433 Sqn (

 

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long: