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RAF Stations - W
[Definition of a RAF
Station]
[Waddington | Wadi Saidna |
Wahn |
Wainfleet | Wanborough |
Warboys | Warmwell | Wartling |
Warwick | Watchfield |
Waterbeach | Waterloo |
Wattisham | Watton | Weeton |
Wegburg |
Welford | Wellesbourne Mountford | Wellingore |
Wendling | Westcott | West
Drayton | West Freugh | West Hartlepool |
West
Kirby | West Malling | West Raynham |
Weston on the Green | Weston-super-Mare |
Weston
Zoyland | Westhampnett |
Westley | Wethersfield | Weybourne |
Wheaton Aston | Whitley Bay |
Whitefield | White Waltham |
Wick | Wickenby | Wig
Bay | Wigsley | Wigtown |
Wildenrath | Windermere | Windrush |
Wing |
Winfield |
Winkfield | Winthorpe |
Witchford | Wittering |
Wombleton |
Woodbridge |
Woodvale | Woodhall Spa |
Woolfax Lodge | Woolsington
| Worksop | Wormingford |
Worthy Down | Wortley |
Wratting Common | Wrexham |
Wroughton | Wunstorf |
Wymeswold | Wythall | Wyton]
Evidence so far has only shown those in
RED as satellites not self administering stations
RAF
Waddington
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Main units (continued): -
No 5 Group Target Towing Flt (Jan - Feb 1940)
142 Sqn (15 Jun - 3 Jul 1940)
207 Sqn (1 Nov 1940 - 17 Nov 1941)
DB-7 Flt (29 Dec 1940 - 15 Dec 1941)
No 6 Blind Approach Training Flt (6 Jan - Oct 1941)
No 1506 Beam Approach Training Flt (Oct 1941 - 9 Feb 1943)
420 Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 7 Aug 1942)
No 729 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)
No 2729 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - xxx 1942)
No 44 Conversion Flt (16 Jan - 9 Nov 1942)
No 420 Conversion Flt (16 May - 19 Jun 1942)
9 Sqn (7 Aug 1942 - 14 Apr 1943, 15 Jan 1975 - 1 May 1982)
No 9 Conversion Flt (8 Aug - 9 Nov 1942)
No 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit (9 Nov 1942 - 1 Jan 1943)
No 2890 Sqn RAF Regiment (Jun 1943 - xxx 1944)
No 2956 Sqn RAF Regiment (Jun - xxx 1943)
467 Sqn (13 Nov 1943 - 15 Jun 1945)
463 Sqn (25 Nov 1943 - 3 Jul 1945)
No 5 Group Film Unit (?)
617 Sqn (17 Jun 1945 - 19 Jan 1946)
61 Sqn (25 Jan 1946 - 6 Aug 1953)
12 Sqn (26 Jul - 18 Sep 1946)
57 Sqn (7 Oct 1946 - 4 Apr 1951)
100 Sqn (23 Mar 1950 - 2 Aug 1953)
49 Sqn (25 Jun 1952 - 1 Aug 1953)
Lincoln Conversion Flt (1953)
27 Sqn (26 May 1955 - 31 Dec 1957)
21 Sqn (1 Jun 1955 - 30 Jun 1957)
No 230 OCU (31 May 1956 - 18 Jun 1961)
83 Sqn (21 May 1957 - 10 Oct 1960)
101 Sqn (26 Jun 1961 - 4 Aug 1982)
Vulcan Display Flight (1 Apr 1984 - Sep 1994)
Nimrod AEW Joint Trials Unit (18 Dec 1984 - Apr 1987)
Sentry Standards Unit (1 Jan 1993 - Current)
Sentry Training Sqn (1 Jun 1990 - 1 Apr 1996)
8 Sqn 1 Jul 1991 - Current)
Electronic Warfare Operational Support Establishment (1 Apr
1995 - Current)
51 Sqn (28 Apr 1995 - Current)
Air Warfare Centre (4 Sep 1995 - Current)
23 Sqn (1 Apr 1996 - Current)
Sentry Operational Evaluation Unit (3 Jun 1996 - Current)
No 34 Expeditionary Air Wing (1 Apr 2006 - Current)
5 Sqn (1 Apr 2000 - Current)
54 Sqn (5 Sep 2005 - Current)
Air Transport and Air to Air Refuelling Operational
Evaluation Unit (xxx 2006 - Current)
No 26 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Location
County: - Lincolnshire
Lat/Long: 53:10:15N 00:31:15W
Grid Ref: SK982630
Height above sea level: 235ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - Nov 1916
No 5 Group (1944)
No 1 Group
No 3 Group (2006)
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Notes
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Main units: -
No 47 (Training) Sqn (13 Nov 1916 - 4 Jul 1918)
No 48 (Training) Sqn (13 Nov 1916 - 4 Jul 1918, 14 Mar - 4
Nov 1919)
82 Sqn (30 Mar - 17 Nov 1917)
HQ No 27 (Training) Wing (5 May 1917 - 1 Apr 1919)
No 51 (Training) Sqn (14 May 1917 - 4 Oct 1918)
105 Sqn (23 Sep - 3 Oct 1917)
No 75 (Training) Sqn (14 Nov - 22 Dec 1917)
No 44 (Training) Sqn (24 Nov 1917 - 14 Mar 1919)
97 Sqn (1 Dec 1917 - 21 Jan 1918, 25 Feb - 10 Mar 1941)
117 Sqn (1 Jan - 3 Apr 1918)
123 Sqn (1 Feb - 1 Mar 1918)
No 48 Training Depot Station (4 Jul 1918 - 14 Mar 1919
204 Sqn (11 Feb - 31 Dec 1919)
No 48 Training School (14 Mar 1919 -
203 Sqn (27 Mar - Dec 1919)
503 Sqn (5 Oct 1926 - 1 Nov 1938)
No 1 Aircraft Storage Unit (16 Feb 1935 - 15 Oct 1938)
50 Sqn (3 May 1937 - 10 Jul 1940, 26 Jan 1946 - 31 Jan 1951,
1 Aug 1961 - 31 Mar 1984)
110 Sqn (18 May 1937 - 11 May 1939)
No 3 Group Practice Flt (Jun - Oct 1937)
88 Sqn (7 Jun - 17 Jul 1937)
44 Sqn (16 Jun 1937 - 31 May 1943, 10 Aug 1960 - 21 Dec
1982)
Ferrying Flt (31 May 1939 - xxx xxxx)
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Links to related sites/pages
Station
Website, Bomber
Command 60th Anniversary website,
Officers Commanding,
RAF-Lincolnshire.info,
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF Wadi
Saidna
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
No 203 Group Communication Flt (17 Aug 1940 - 12 Apr 1943)
Staging Post, Khartoum (19 Nov 1941 -8 Mar 1943)
No 114 Maintenance Unit (26 Dec 1941 - 20 Feb 1943)
No 2 (Middle East) Ferry Control (20 May 1942 - 7 May 1944)
No 20 Terminal Staging Post (8 Mar 1943 - 1 Jun 1944)
HQ, No 115 (Transport) Wing (7 May - 1 Jun 1944)
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Location
Country: - Sudan
Lat/Long: 15:48:36N 32:30:36E
Height Above Sea Level:
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Wahn
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Badge not authorised |
Main units: -
No 6107 Servicing Echelon (13 – 14 Nov
1947)
Wahn Wing (Feb 1948 - xxx xxxx)
High Commissioner's Flt (30 Oct 1949 - Jun 1955)
No 83 Group Communication Flt (7 Sep 1952 - 3 Mar 1958)
HQ, No 148 Wing (1 Apr 1953 - 1 Sep 1957) 2 Sqn (
4 Sqn (
11 Sqn (
14 Sqn (
17 Sqn (
21 Sqn (
68 Sqn (
69 Sqn (
87 Sqn (
98 Sqn (
107 Sqn (
128 Sqn (
180 Sqn (
305 Sqn (
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Location
Country: - Germany
Lat/Long: 50:51:57N 07:08:34E
Grid Ref -
Height Above Sea Level - ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened -
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Notes
It is now known as Cologne/Bonn Airport.
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Main units: - HQ, No
139 Wing (8 Mar 1946 - 31 Oct 1947)
No
6128 Servicing Echelon (11 – 31 Mar 1946)
No 6098 Servicing Echelon (15 Mar 1946 – 1
Jul 1947, 9 Aug – 4 Nov 1947)
No 6069 Servicing Echelon (31 Mar 1946 – 7
Nov 1947)
No 6014 Servicing Echelon (1 Apr 1946 – 16
Aug 1949)
No 6305 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (18 Aug
– 11 Oct 1946)
No 6021 Servicing Echelon (3 – 26 Sep
1946) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Wainfleet
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Badge not yet located |
Main units: -
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Location
County: - Lincolnshire
Lat/Long: 53:03:41N 00:14:11E
Grid Ref -
Height Above Sea Level - ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - Aug 1938
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
RAF in Lincolnshire website, |
RAF Warboys
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
No 1655 Mosquito Training Unit (7 Mar - 30 Dc 1944)
No 1323 Automatic Gun Laying Turret Flt (1 Jan - 30 Sep
1945)
No 1696 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt (28 Jun - 28 Sep 1945)
128 Sqn (
No 6128 Servicing Echelon (20 Sep – 8 Oct
1945)
156 Sqn (
257 Sqn (
571 Sqn (
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Location
County: - Huntingdonshire (Cambridgeshire)
Lat/Long: 52:23:38N 00:05:45W
Grid Ref - TL290795
Height Above Sea Level - 100 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1941
No 8 Group (1944)
Closed - 1963 |
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Bomber
Command 60th Anniversary website, Commanding
Officers,
Control Towers website, |
RAF Warmwell
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
2 Sqn (
3 Sqn (
19 Sqn (
26 Sqn (
41 Sqn (
56 Sqn (
66 Sqn (
80 Sqn (
118 Sqn (
130 Sqn (
137 Sqn (
152 Sqn (
164 Sqn (
174 Sqn (
175 Sqn (
181 Sqn (
182 Sqn (
184 Sqn (
217 Sqn (
234 Sqn (
238 Sqn (
245 Sqn (
247 Sqn (
257 Sqn (
263 Sqn (
266 Sqn (
274 Sqn (
275 Sqn (
276 Sqn (
277 Sqn (
286 Sqn (
302 Sqn (
310 Sqn (
312 Sqn (
313 Sqn (
340 Sqn (
350 Sqn (
401 Sqn (
402 Sqn (
403 Sqn (
411 Sqn (
412 Sqn (
414 Sqn (
421 Sqn (
430 Sqn (
438 Sqn (
439 Sqn (
440 Sqn (
442 Sqn (
443 Sqn (
500 Sqn (
501 Sqn (
604 Sqn (
609 Sqn (
610 Sqn (
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Location
County: - Dorset
Lat/Long: 50:41:40N 02:20:30W
Grid Ref - SY765885
Height Above Sea Level - 203 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1937
No 11 Group (1944)
Closed - 1945 |
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Notes
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Main Units: -
No 2 Air Observers School (3 Sep 1939)
No 10 Air Observers School (3 Sep 1939 - 1 Jan 1940)
Air-Sea Rescue Flt (15 May - 20 Oct 1941)
No 10 Group Target Towing Flt (16
Jul - Oct 1941, Nov - 8 Dec 1941) No
3007 Servicing Echelon (14 – 23 Nov 1941)
No 3019 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov
1941 – 8 Mar 1942)
No 3036 Servicing Echelon (30 Nov – 5 Dec
1941, 12 – 17 Jul 1942, 21 – 31 Oct 1942)
No 604 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (18 – 23
Aug 1942)
No 3043 Servicing Echelon (21 Sep 1942 – 7
Sep 1943)
No 3010 Servicing Echelon (xxx – 12 Aug
1943, 18 Sep 1943 – 17 Jan 1944)
No 14 Armament Practice Camp (27 Aug - xxx
1944, 12 Nov 1944 - 4 Oct 1945)
No 17 Armament Practice Camp (27 Aug 1944
- 4 Oct 1945)
No 1 (2nd TAF) Armament Practice Camp
Servicing Unit (10 Dec 1944 - 7 Mar 1945)
No 6610 Servicing Echelon (21 Feb – 3 Mar
1945)
No 414 (2nd TAF) Armament Practice Camp
Servicing Unit (7 - 16 Mar 1945)
No 417 (2nd TAF) Armament Practice Camp
Servicing Unit (7 - 16 Mar 1945)
No 6041 Servicing Echelon (7 – 18 Mar
1945)
No 11 (2nd TAF) Armament Practice Camp
Servicing Unit (16 Mar 1945 - xxx xxxx)
No 18 (2nd TAF) Armament Practice Camp
Servicing Unit (16 Mar 1945 - xxx xxxx)
No 6438 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (19 Mar –
3 Apr 1945)
No 6003 Servicing Echelon (1 – 17 Apr
1945)
No 6439 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (3 – 23
Apr 1945)
No 6602 Servicing Echelon (18 Apr – 7 May
1945)
No 6274 Servicing Echelon (19 Apr – 7 May
1945, 3 – 7 Sep 1945)
No 6411 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (21 Apr –
7 Jun 1945)
No 6440 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (22 Apr –
29 May 1945) No 6175 Servicing Echelon (27
May – 11 Jun 1945)
No 6137 Servicing Echelon (20 – 26 Aug
1945)
No 6174 Servicing Echelon (7 – 19 Sep
1945)
No 6 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (25
Feb - 29 Mar 1946) |
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Detachments** No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (25 May - 17 Jun
1940) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Battle
of Britain Anniversary website, Officers Commanding,
Atlantikwall website,
Control Towers website, |
RAF Wartling
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Notes
Type 7 GCI Station (Fixed unit)
Type 21 GCI Station (mobile, five vehicle unit, comprising
10cm 'Nodding' heightfinder and 10cm surveillance radar)
No 24 Sector (12 May - 26 Jun 1944)
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Location
County: - Sussex
Lat/Long: 50:52:12N 00:20:46E
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Operational Control: -
Opened - Jan 1939
Closed - xxx 1978 |
Main units (continued): -
No 24 (Base Defence) Wing (3 - 12 May 1944)
No 24 (Base Defence) Sector (12 May - 12 Jul 1944)
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Links to related sites/pages
Subterranea Britannica website,
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Watchfield
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No Badge authorised |
Main units (continued): -
Sub-site, No 7 Maintenance Unit (Sep - Nov 1940)
Blind Approach School (28 Sep 1940 - xxx 1941)
No 1 Blind Approach School (xxx - 31 Oct 1941)
Blind Approach Calibration Flt (12 Jul - Oct 1941)
Beam Approach Calibration Flt (Oct 1941 - 3 Jul 1942)
No 1 Beam Approach School (31 Oct 1941 - 31 Dec 1946)
Beam Approach Technical Training School (Oct 1942 - 4 Dec
1943)
Beam Approach Development Unit (4 Oct 1942 - 12 Apr 1943)
Airfield Controllers' School (15 Nov 1942 - 1 May 1948)
No 92 (Forward) Staging Post (25 May - 13 Jul 1944)
Sparrow
(Ambulance) Flt (2 Jun - 2 Aug 1944)
Anson Detachment, Watchfield (xxx xxxx - 18 Jul 1944)
School of Air Traffic Control (1 Nov 1946 - 10 Feb 1950)
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Location
County: - Berkshire
Lat/Long: 51:37:08N 01:39:00W
Grid Ref - SU245912
Height Above Sea Level - 331 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1940
No 50 Group (1944)
Closed - 1950 |
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Notes
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Main units: -
Used by No 5
Maintenance Unit for temporary dispersal No 4 Air Observer & Navigation School (20 Jul 1940 - 30 Aug
1941) No 11 Air Observer & Navigation School (20 Jul 1940 - 19 Jul
1941) No 50 Group Pool (xxx - xxx 1940) |
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Detachments**
No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (1942) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Waterbeach
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Badge not yet located |
Main units (continued): -
1 Sqn (
18 Sqn (
24 Sqn (
25 Sqn (
46 Sqn (
51 Sqn (
53 Sqn (
54 Sqn (
56 Sqn (
59 Sqn (
62 Sqn (
63 Sqn (
64 Sqn (
77 Sqn (
99 Sqn (
153 Sqn (
206 Sqn (
215 Sqn (
220 Sqn (
242 Sqn (
253 Sqn (
514 Sqn (
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Location
County: - Cambridgeshire
Lat/Long: 52:16:45N 00:11:00E
Grid Ref: TL486670
Height above sea level: 17 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1941
No 3 Group (1944)
Closed -
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Notes
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Main units: -
No 26 Conversion Flt (5 Oct 1941 - 2 Jan 1942)
No 106 Conversion Flt (Dec 1941 - 2 Jan 1942)
No 214 Conversion Flt (10 Apr - 1 May 1942, 9 Aug - 1 Oct
1942)
No 15 Conversion Flt (5 May - 7 Oct 1942)
No 1651 Conversion Unit (2 Jan - 7 Oct 1942)
No 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit (7 Oct 1942 - 20 Nov 1943)
No 1678 Heavy Conversion Unit (23 Nov 1943 - 12 Jun 1944)
No 14 Personnel Transit Centre (15 - 16 Jul 1944)
No 4059 Servicing Echelon (14 Sep 1945 –
15 Jun 1946)
No 4220 Servicing Echelon (22 Sep 1945 –
25 May 1946)
No 4051 Servicing Echelon (20 Aug 1946 – 1
Dec 1947)
No 4242 Servicing Echelon (17 Nov – 1 Dec
1947)
No 4077 Servicing Echelon (1 – 8 Dec 1947) |
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Detachments**
No 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit (1 May - 7 Jun 1943)
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Bomber
Command 60th Anniversary website, Commanding
Officers,
Control Towers website,
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RAF Waterloo
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
200 Sqn (
West Africa Communication Flt (31 May 1944 - 18 Jul 1945)
No 36 Personnel Transit Centre (8 Jul 1945 - 15 Jan 1946)
No 66 Staging Post (22 Oct 1945 - 1 Jun 1946)
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Location
Country: - Sierra Leone
Lat/Long: 08:20:19N 13:02:46W
Height Above Sea Level:
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF
Wattisham
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Main units (continued): -
No 17 Blind Approach Training Flt (Oct - Oct 1941)
No 1517 Beam Approach Training Flt (Oct - 4 Nov 1941, 19 May
- 14 Nov 1942)
18 Sqn (9 Dec - 24 Aug 1941)
236 Sqn (9 Feb - 3 Jul 1942)
4th Strategic Air Depot USAAF (Sep 1942 -
68th Observation Group USAAF (Oct - Nov 1942)
479th Fighter Group USAAF (May 1944 - xxx 1945)
266 Sqn (4 Nov - 5 Dec 1946, 4 Jan - 16 Apr 1947)
No 6266 Servicing Echelon (4 Nov – 5 Dec
1946, 4 Jan – 16 Apr 1947)
56 Sqn (20 Dec 1946 - 17 Apr 1947, 10 Jul 1959 - 11 Apr
1967, 21 Jan 1975 - 28 Jun 1976, 9 Jul 1976 - 1 Jul 1992)
No 6056 Servicing Echelon (20 Dec 1946 -
17 Apr 1947)
Air Ministry Servicing Development Unit (Mar 1947 - Apr
1950)
Fighter Command School of Technical Training (Jul 1947 - Sep
1949)
257 Sqn (27 Oct 1950 - 10 Jun 1956, 15 Jan - 31 Mar 1957)
263 Sqn (22 Nov 1950- 10 Jun 1956, 15 Jan - 30 Aug 1957)
152 Sqn (30 Jun 1954 - 18 Jun 1956, 16 Jan - 28 Aug 1957)
No 289 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Feb 1956)
111 Sqn (18 Jun 1958 - 30 Sep 1974)
41 Sqn (5 Jul 1958 - 31 Dec 1963)
No 1 Air Control Centre (27 Aug
1965 - xx xxx 1966)
29 Sqn (10 May 1967 - 31 Dec 1974)
23 Sqn (25 Feb 1976 - 30 Mar 1983)
'C' Flt, 25 Sqn (1 Mar 1983 - 1 Oct 1989)
74 Sqn (19 Oct 1984 - 1 Oct 1992)
'E' Flt, 85 Sqn (1 Oct 1989 - 1 Jul 1991)
Phantom Training Flt (1 Feb - 31 Dec 1991)
'B' Flt 22 Sqn (Jul 1994 - Current)
No 16 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Location
County: - Suffolk
Lat/Long: 52:07:30N 00:57:30E
Grid Ref: TM024518
Height above sea level: 290ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - Mar 1939
No 2 Group (Mar 1939 - Sep 1942)
USAAF (Sep 1942 - xxx 1945)
No 12 Group? (xxx 1945 - xxx xxxx)
No 11 Group
Closed - Jul 1993 |
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Notes
In July 1993 the station was handed over to the Army Air
Corps.
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Main units: -
107 Sqn (3 May 1939 -3 Mar 1941)
110 Sqn (11 May 1939 - 17 Mar 1942)
114 Sqn (31 May - 10 Jun 1940)
No 8 Blind Approach Training Flt (18 Jan - 15 Feb
1941)
86 Sqn (3 Mar - 15 May 1941)
226 Sqn (27 May - 9 Dec 1941)
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Detachments**
17 Sqn (Sep - Dec 1939) |
504 Sqn (Oct - Dec 1939)
13 Sqn (Jun 1942) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Bomber
Command 60th Anniversary website, Commanding
Officers,
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF
Watton
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Main units (continued): -
No 17 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (29 Jan 1942 - 1 May
1943)
3rd Strategic Air Depot, USAAF ( May 1943 - xxx 1945)
803rd Reconnaissance Group, USAAF (22 Apr - 9 Aug 1944)
15th Bomb Group (R), USAAF (9 Aug 1944 - xxx 1945)
Radio Warfare Establishment (27 Sep 1945 - 1 Sep 1946)
Central Signals Establishment (1 Sep 1946 - 1 Jul 1965)
Ground Controlled Approach Operators School (Sep 1946 - 10
Mar 1952)
192 Sqn (15 Jul 1951 - 21 Aug 1958)
199 Sqn (15 Jul 1951 - 17 Apr 1952)
116 Sqn (1 Aug 1952 - 21 Aug 1958)
527 Sqn (1 Aug 1952 - 21 Aug 1958)
51 Sqn (21 Aug 1958 - 31 Mar 1963)
115 Sqn (21 - 25 Aug 1958, 1 Oct 1963 - 9 Apr 1969)
245 Sqn (21 - 25 Aug 1958)
263 Sqn (1 Jan 1959 - 30 Jun 1963)
Air Defence Missile Operations Training School (Jul 1960 -
Mar 1962)
151 Sqn (1 Jan 1962 - 25 May 1963)
Surface to Air Missile Operational Training School (Mar 1962
- 17 Aug 1964)
97 Sqn (25 May 1963 - 2 Jan 1967)
98 Sqn (1 Oct 1963 - 19 Apr 1969)
360 Sqn (23 Sep 1966 - 21 Apr 1969)
361 Sqn (2 Jan - 14 Jul 1967)
Electronic Warfare Engineering and Training Unit (1 - 25 Jan
1971)
No 611 Volunteer Gliding School (1 May 1996 - Current)
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Location
County: - Norfolk
Lat/Long: 52:33:53N 00:51:45E
Grid Ref: TF940000
Height above sea level: 190ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - Jan 1939
No 2 Group (Jan 1939 - Jan 1942) No 21 Group
(Jan 1942 - May 1943) USAAF (May 1943 - xxx 1945)
No 90 Group Closed - xxx 1978 |
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Notes
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Main units: -
21 Sqn (2 Mar 1939 - 24 Jun 1940)
34 Sqn (2 Mar - 12 Aug 1939)
82 Sqn (22 Aug 1939 - 21 Mar 1942)
18 Sqn (21 - 26 May 1940)
105 Sqn (10 Jul - 31 Oct 1940)
90 Sqn (3 - 15 May 1941)
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Links to related sites/pages
Bomber
Command 60th Anniversary website,
Unofficial website,
Commanding
Officers,
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF Weeton
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Notes
From Nov 1958, Weeton parented RAF Warton, No 29 Recruit
Centre (Preston) and the Air Traffic Control Unit at Preston.
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Location
County: - Lancashire
Lat/Long: 53:49:01N 02:56:13W
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 21 May 1940
No 20 Group (xxx 1940 - xxx xxxx)
No 24 Group (xxx xxxx - xxx 1965)
Closed - 1965 - 1970 |
Main units: -
No 8 School of Technical Training (21 May 1940 - 30 Sep
1965)
RAF Hospital (May 1940 - Dec 1959)
Fire and Rescue Training Unit (Jul 1940 - Aug 1943)
Mechanical Transport School (xxx Dec 1940
No 31 Bombing and Gunnery School (5 - 21 Mar 1941)
RAF Police School (Sep 1943 - Jan 1946)
No 19 Personnel Transit Centre (12 Feb - 23 Aug 1945)
No 9 School of Technical Training (Aug 1950 - Jul 1952)
HQ, No 2 Police District (Nov 1954 - Jul 1959)
RAF Support Unit Weeton (1 Oct 1965 - 31 Oct 1970)
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Hospital
Wegburg
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Main units: -
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Location
Country: - Germany
Lat/Long: 51:09:25N 06:18:20E
Height Above Sea Level:
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Operational Control: -
Opened -
Closed -
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Welford
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
No 1336 Conversion Unit (20 Jun 1945 - 1 Mar 1946)
Radar Navigation Aids Wing (Sep 1950 - Apr 1952)
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Location
County: - Berkshire
Lat/Long: 51:28:03N 01:24:00W
Grid Ref - SU415745
Height Above Sea Level - 450 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1943
USAAF (1944)
Closed -
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Unofficial website,
Commanding Officers, |
RAF
Wellesbourne Mountford
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
No 312 Ferry Training Unit (24 Apr - 17 Dec 1943)
No 91 Group Servicing Section (15 Feb - Oct 1944)
No 3 Glider Training Unit (24 Jul 1945 - 3 Dec 1947)
No 1 School of Photography (6 Jan 1948 - 22 Aug 1949)
School of Photography (22 Aug 1949 - 26 Aug 1963)
No 68 Maintenance Unit (27 Mar 1955 - 30 Nov 1956)
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Location
County: - Warwickshire
Lat/Long: 52:11:23N 01:36:30W
Grid Ref - SP264459
Height Above Sea Level - 154 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1941
No 91 Group (1944)
Closed - 1963 |
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, Officers
Commanding, |
RAF Wendling
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
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Location
County: - Norfolk
Lat/Long: 52:41:53N 00:50:45E
Grid Ref - TF924151
Height Above Sea Level - 250 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1942
USAAF (1944)
Closed -1961
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF Westcott
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
2 Sqn (
453 Sqn (
No 1 Engine Control and Demonstration Unit (2 Oct 1942 - 3
Feb 1945)
No 92 Group Servicing Section (xxx 1943 - Oct 1944)
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Location
County: - Buckinghamshire
Lat/Long: 51:50:45N 00:58:15W
Grid Ref - SP710170
Height Above Sea Level - 262 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1942
No 92 Group (1944)
Closed - 1945 |
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF
West Drayton
 |
Notes
It was used to house competitors for the 1948 Olympic Games.
Ceased being an RAF Station in April 1994, but still has an
RAF presence in the London Air Traffic Control Centre (Military)
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Location
County: - Middlesex/Greater London
Lat/Long: 51:30:16N 00:27:50W Approx
|
Main units: -
Central Trade Test Board (1 Sep 1924 - 2 Sep 1939, xxx 1939
- xxx 1945)
No 3 Personnel Transit Centre (23 Aug - 30 Oct 1939)
WAAF Depot (30 Oct 1939 - xxx xxxx)
Signals Development Unit (xxx xxxx - xxx 1947)
3911th Air Base Group, USAF (xxx 1951 - xxx 1962)
HQ, Military Air Traffic Organisation
School of Control and Reporting (31 Oct 1974 - Jun 1990)
London Air Traffic Control Centre (Military)
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|
Operational Control: -
Opened - 1924
No 3 Group (2006)
|
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Links to related sites/pages
Commanding Officers,
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF West
Freugh
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
'E' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (17 May
- 15 Sep 1938, 20 May 1939 - 1 Oct 1942)
No 4 Air Observers School (17 Apr - 1 Nov 1939, 16 Jun 1941
- 11 Jun 1943)
No 3015 Servicing Echelon (2 – 10 Aug
1942)
No 3036 Servicing Echelon (4 – 12 Aug
1942)
No 1353
Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flt (26 Jun 1945 - 11 Feb 1946)
No 103 Storage Sub-site (31 Jul 1945 - Oct 1946)
130 Sqn (
289 Sqn (
290 Sqn (
Royal Aircraft Establishment, West Freugh (1 May 1956 - 1
Apr 1992)
Test and Evaluation Establishment, West Freugh (1 Apr 1992 -
1 Apr 1995)
Defence Test & Evaluation Organisation West Freugh (1 Apr
1995 - Current)
Main units (Luce Bay): -
255 Sqn (
258 Sqn (
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|
Location
County: - Wigtownshire
Lat/Long: 54:51:00N 04:56:38W
Grid Ref - NX110545
Height Above Sea Level - 55 ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened - 1936
No 29 Group (1944)
Closed -
|
|
Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, Officers Commanding, |
RAF West
Kirby
 |
Main units (based or in transit): -
243 Sqn (
658 Sqn (
659 Sqn (
No 3204 Servicing Commando (19 May - 27 Jun 1943)
No 16 Personnel Transit Centre (28 Apr - 17 May 1944)
No 3205 Servicing Commando (2 Nov - 5 Dec 1944)
Units formed at West Kirby: -
No 24 Combined Air Observers School, RATG (23 - 27 Jun 1941)
976 (Balloon) Sqn (21 - xx Aug 1941)
HQ, No 322 Wing
(7 Sep - Oct 1942)
HQ, No 331 Wing
(7 - 15 May 1943)
No 3203 Servicing Commando (18 Aug - Oct 1943)
HQ, No 342 Wing (20 Oct - 2 Nov 1944)
No 12 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (25 Oct - 5 Nov 1944)
HQ, No 341 Wing
(1 Nov 1944)
No 61 Personnel Transit Centre (1 - xx Aug 1945)
No 2 Heavy Glider Servicing Unit (1 Jan 1946 - xxx xxxx)
No 44 Heavy Glider Servicing Unit (21 Jan - 9 Feb 1946)
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|
Location
County: - Lancashire (Merseyside)
Lat/Long: 53:22:23N 03:11:02W Approx
Grid Ref -
SJ21_86_
Height Above Sea Level - ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened -
(1944)
Closed -
|
|
Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo
of the general area on Google Maps, Unofficial
Station Website, West Kirby
Association, |
RAF West
Malling
 |
Main units (continued): -
No 3002 Servicing Echelon (15 May – 11 Jun 1943)
3 Sqn (14 May - 11 Jun 1943 )
No 504 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (4 Aug – 18
Sep 1943)
No 3038 Servicing Echelon (4 Aug – 20 Sep
1943)
130 Sqn (5 Aug - 18 Sep 1943)
234 Sqn (5 Aug - 16 Sep 1943)
64 Sqn (6 - 25 Sep 1943)
No 3041 Servicing Echelon (6 – 25 Sep
1943)
350 Sqn (7 - 19 Sep 1943)
No 3012 Servicing Echelon (7 – 19 Sep
1943)
124 Sqn (20 Sep 1943 - 5 Jan 1944, 18 Jan - 18 Mar 1944)
No 3011 Servicing Echelon (20 Sep 1943 – xxx 1944)
410 Sqn (20 Oct - 8 Nov 1943)
96 Sqn (8 Nov 1943 - 20 Jun 1944)
No 6085 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 1 May
1944, 17 Apr 1947 – 17 May 1948)
No 6096 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 20 Jun
1944)
No 6616 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 24 Apr 1944)
91 Sqn (23 Apr - 21 Jul 1944, 3 - 10 Jun 1946)
HQ, No 148 Airfield (6 - 12 May 1944)
HQ, No 148 Wing (12 May - 19 Jun 1944)
409 Sqn (14 May - 19 Jun 1944)
No 6409 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (14 May -
19 Jun 1944)
41 Sqn (19 - 28 Jun 1944)
No 6041 Servicing Echelon (19 – 28 Jun
1944)
No 6610 Servicing Echelon (19 – 27 Jun 1944)
322 Sqn (20 Jun - 21 Jul 1944)
No 6316 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (1 – 10
Jul 1944)
316 Sqn (4 - 11 Jul 1944)
80 Sqn (5 Jul - 29 Aug 1944)
No 6080 Servicing Echelon (5 Jul – 29 Aug
1944)
274 Sqn (5 Jul - 17 Aug 1944)
No 6274 Servicing Echelon (5 Jul – 17 Aug
1944)
157 Sqn (21 Jul - 29 Aug 1944)
287 Sqn (10 Sep 1945 - 15 Jun 1946)
No 6029 Servicing Echelon (29 Oct 1945 17
May 1948 – cadre from 25 Sep 1946)
567 Sqn (26 Apr - 15 Jun 1946)
500 Sqn (10 May 1946 - 10 Mar 1957)
247 Sqn (1 - 12 Jun 1946, 7 - 16 Sep 1946)
No 6091 Servicing Echelon (3 – 10 Jun
1946)
25 Sqn (5 Sep 1946 - 19 Apr 1947, 3 May - 16 Jun 1947, 25
Jul 1947 - 5 Jan 1948, 27 Feb - 30 Apr 1948, 14 May 1948 - 30 Sep 1957)
No 6025 Servicing Echelon (5 Sep 1946 – 17
May 1948)
14 Sqn (29 Sep - 17 Oct 1947, 13 May - 4 Jun 1948)
No 141 Gliding School (30 Jun 1949 - xxx 1950/51)
153 Sqn (28 Feb 1955 - 17 Sep 1957)
No 1 Air Experience Flt (12 Sep 1959 - 10 Sep 1960)
No 618 Volunteer Gliding School (9 Jan 1965 - Mar 1995)
US Navy Facilities Flt (xxx 1965 - xxx 1967)
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|
Location
County: - Kent
Lat/Long: 51:16:15N 00:24:23E
Grid Ref: TQ680555
Height above sea level: 280 ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened - Jun 1940
No 11 Group (1944) Closed - Aug 1964 |
|
Notes
Opened as a civilian airfield in 1930.
The site has subsequently been used by Short Brothers at
service RAF Varsities and Chipmunks.
In 1972 it was used as a reception centre or Ugandan
refugees and many of the building are used by the Tonbridge and Malling
District Council.
|
|
Main units: -
HQ, No 51 Wing (8 - 10 Jun 1940)
26 Sqn (8 Jun - 3 Sep 1940, 19 - 31 May 194226 - 31 Jul
1942)
141 Sqn (11 - 25 Jul 1940)
66 Sqn (30 Oct - 7 Nov 1940)
No 421 Flt (31 Oct - 6 Nov 1940)
264 Sqn (14 Apr 1941 - 1 May 1942)
29 Sqn (27 Apr 1941 - 13 May 1943, 1 May - 19 Jun 1944, 29
Oct 1945 - 12 Jan 1946, 27 Jan - 11 Feb 1946, 21 Mar - 6 Apr 1946, 18 Oct
1946 - 26 Feb 1947, 31 Mar - 3 May 1947, 16 May - 16 Jun 1947, 24 Jul 1947 -
5 Jan 1948, 26 Feb - 14 May 1948, 27 May 1948 - 25 Nov 1950)
No 1452 Flt (7 Jul 1941 - 8 Sep 1942)
No 4 Refuelling
and Re-arming Party (1 Aug 1941 -9 Feb 1942)
No 1528 Beam Approach Training Flt (22 Nov 1941 - 7 Dec
1942)
No 2710 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1942 - xxx xxxx)
'B' Flt, No 3203 Servicing Commando (9 - 19 Feb 1942)
32 Sqn (5 May - 14 Jun 1942, 7 Jul - 14 Aug 1942, 20 Aug -
10 Sep 1942)
No 3003 Servicing Echelon (5 May – 18 Jun
1942, 7 Jul – 7 Sep 1942)
616 Sqn (3 - 7 Jul 1942, 18 Mar - 24 Apr 1944)
485 Sqn (16 - 22 Aug 1942)
610 Sqn (16 - 21 Aug 1942, 19 - 27 Jun 1944)
No 2769 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)
531 Sqn (8 Sep - 2 Oct 1942, 9 Oct 1942 - 25 Jan 1943)
486 Sqn (10 - 29 Oct 1942)
No 3208 Servicing Commando (3 - 9 May 1943)
85 Sqn (13 May 1943 - 1 May 1944, 21 Jul - 29 Aug 1944, 16
Apr - 16 Jun 1947, 30 Jun 1947 - 5 Jan 1948, 26 Feb - 28 May 1948, 11 Jun
1948 - 18 Sep 1957, 5 Jun 1959 - 6 Sep 1960)
|
|
Detachments**
19 Sqn (Feb - Aug 1941)
255 Sqn (Sep 1941 - Mar 1942)
|
133 Sqn (Feb - May 1942) No
6316 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (28 Apr – 4 Jul 1944) |
|
Links to related sites/pages
Battle
of Britain Anniversary website, Commanding
Officers, Subterranea Britannica website,
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF
West Raynham
 |
Main units (continued): -
98 Sqn (12 Sep - 15 Oct 1942)
342 Sqn (1 Apr - 15 May 1943)
No 2755 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1943 - Jul 1944)
No 2770 Sqn RAF Regiment
No 2836 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1943 - xxx xxxx)
HQ, No 100 Group (3 Dec 1943 - 18 Jan 1944)
141 Sqn (4 Dec 1943 - 3 Jul 1945)
239 Sqn (10 Dec 1943 - 1 Jul 1945)
No 100 Group Communications Flt (25 Jan - 9 Feb 1944)
No 1694 Flt (24 Jan - 21 May 1944)
Special Duties (Radio) Development Unit (21 Mar - 25 Apr
1944)
Central Fighter Establishment (1 Oct 1945 - 5 Oct 1962)
CFE included: -
-
Day Fighter Leaders School (1 Oct 1945 - 15 Mar 1958)
-
All-Weather Wing (3 Jul 1950 - Feb 1956)
-
All-Weather Development Sqn (Feb 1956 - Aug 1959)
-
All-Weather Fighter Leaders School (Jul 1950 - 15 Mar 1958)
-
All-Weather Fighter Combat School (15 Mar 1958 - 1 Jul 1962)
-
Day Fighter Combat Sqn (15 Mar 1958 - 13 Nov 1962)
Fighter Command Instrument Training Flt/Sqn (20 May 1950 - 1
Dec 1952)
85 Sqn (9 Sep 1960 - 31 Mar 1963, 1 - 25 Apr 1963, 19 Dec
1975 - 1 Jul 1991)
1 Sqn (13 Aug 1963 - 18 Jul 1969)
54 Sqn (14 Aug 1963 - 1 Sep 1969)
Kestral Evaluation Sqn (15 Oct 1964 - 28 Feb 1965)
41 Sqn (1 Sep 1965 - 31 Jul 1970)
Fighter Command Trials Unit (1 Feb 1966 - 30 Jun 1967)
'UK Echelon', 4 Sqn (1 Sep 1969 - 13 Mar 1970)
Bloodhound Support Unit (6 Oct 1971 - 18 Dec 1975)
100 Sqn (1 Feb 1972 - 5 Jan 1976)
45 Sqn (1 Aug - 29 Sep 1972)
No 66 Sqn RAF Regiment
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|
Location
County: - Norfolk
Lat/Long: 52:47:00N 00:40:30E
Grid Ref: TF850245
Height above sea level: 241ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened - 1939
No 2 Group (1939 - 1 Dec 1943) No 100
Group (1 Dec 1943 - xxx 1945) Fighter Command (1945 - May
1963) No 38 Group (May 1963 - Jul 1969) No 11
Group (Jul 1969 - 1 Jul 1994) |
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Notes
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Main units: -
101 Sqn (9 May 1939 - 6 Jul 1941)
90 Sqn (10 May - 13 Aug 1939, 27 Aug 3 Sep 1939, 11 - 14 Sep
1939, 15 May - 28 Jun 1941)
No 2 Group Target Towing Flt (Oct 1939 - Mar 1941)
76 Sqn (30 Apr - 20 May 1940)
139 Sqn (30 May - 10 Jun 1940)
18 Sqn (12 Jun - 9 Sep 1940)
268 Sqn (20 - 21 Jun 1941)
No 1420 Flt (19 Jul - 15 Nov 1941)
114 Sqn (19 Jul 1941 - 13 Nov 1942)
180 Sqn (11 Sep - 19 Oct 1942)
|
|
Detachments**
614 Sqn (Jul 1941 - Aug 1942) |
|
Links to related sites/pages
Bomber
Command 60th Anniversary website, Commanding
Officers,
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF
Weston-super-Mare
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
No 39 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (3 Jul - 3
Sep 1939)
No 5 Air Observer & Navigation School (1 Nov 1939 - 12 Jun
1930)
No 3 Air Observer & Navigation School (3 - 12 Jun 1940)
No 3 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (21 Apr 1941 - 2
Feb 1942)#
No 1 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (4 May 1941 - 1 Dec
1942)#
No 8 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (4 May 1941 - 1 Dec
1942)
286 Sqn (10 Oct - 29 Nov 1942)
Centaurus Flt (xxx - 15 Oct 1943)
Polish Air Force Staff College (Apr 1944 - 30 Apr 1946)
|
|
Location
County: - Somerset
Lat/Long: 51:20:08N 02:56:15W
Grid Ref - ST345602
Height Above Sea Level - 17 ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened - 1936
No 24 Group (1944)
Closed -
|
|
Notes
It is now home to the International Helicopter Museum.
# This unit was located in the town of Weston-super-Mare.
|
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
FAA Archive Website,
Atlantikwall website,
Control Towers website, |
RAF
Weston Zoyland
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
No 13 Armament Practice Camp (18 Oct - 20 Nov 1943)
2 Sqn (
16 Sqn (
19 Sqn (
26 Sqn (
32 Sqn (
63 Sqn (
73 Sqn (
76 Sqn (
98 Sqn (
122 Sqn (
140 Sqn (
151 Sqn (
168 Sqn (
169 Sqn (
170 Sqn (
171 Sqn (
222 Sqn (
225 Sqn (
231 Sqn (
239 Sqn (
268 Sqn (
285 Sqn (
286 Sqn (
318 Sqn (
400 Sqn (
414 Sqn (
430 Sqn (
525 Sqn (
542 Sqn (
587 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 -
613 Sqn (
614 Sqn (
653 Sqn (
691 Sqn (
No 3 All-Weather Jet Refresher Sqn (Jun - xxx 1955)
|
|
Location
County: - Somerset
Lat/Long: 51:06:15N 02:54:15W
Grid Ref - ST365345
Height Above Sea Level - 30 ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened - 1926
No 70 Group (1944)
Closed - 1969 |
|
Notes
|
|
Main units: -
RAF Practice Camp, Weston Zoyland (xxx 1926 - xxx xxxx)
Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flt (Jun - Sep 1932, Jun - Sep
1933, 23 May - 15 Sep 1934, 21 May - 4 Sep 1935)
'A' Flt, Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (26 May - 1 Sep
1936)
'A' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 20 May - 16
Sep 1937, 16 May - Sep 1938, 27 Mar - 27 Aug 1939, 3 Sep 1939 - 29 Sep 1942,
Oct - 1 Nov 1942)
'C' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (6 Sep -
4 Dec 1939)
'K' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Dec
1939 - xxx 1940)
No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (5 Aug - 6 Oct 1940)
'P' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (25 Aug
1941 - 1 Nov 1942)
No 3225 Servicing Commando (8 - 12 Sep 1942)
No 3226 Servicing Commando (2 Oct - 2 Nov 1942, 4 Dec 1942 -
3 Feb 1943)
No 1600 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov 1942 - 1 Dec
1943)
No 1601 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov 1942 - 1 Dec
1943)
Target Towing Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp, Locking
(20 Jan - 17 Jun 1943)
No 1625 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (17 Jun - 1 Dec
1943) Transport Command Base Unit (27 Aug 1943 - 5 Feb 1944) Base Transport Unit (1 Sep 1943 - 28 Jan 1944)
No 3207 Servicing Commando (28 Sep - 31 Oct 1943)
No 1 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (Nov - Dec 1945)
No 3 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (Nov - Dec 1945)
No 6151 Servicing Echelon (11 Jul – 10 Oct 1946) |
|
Detachments**
No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (7 Jul - 5 Aug
1940, 10 Nov 1940 - 5 Mar 1942) |
|
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, Officers Commanding,
Atlantikwall website,
Control Towers website, |
RAF
Wethersfield
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
196 Sqn (
No 6196 Servicing Echelon (9 Oct 1944 – 26
Jan 1945)
No 1677 (Target Towing) Flt (28 Dec 1944 - 14 Jan 1945, 19
Oct 1945 - 15 Jan 1946)
Operational and Refresher Training Unit (15 Oct 1945 - 1 Apr
1946)
No 1 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (29 Mar - xxx 1946)
No 1385 (Heavy Transport) Conversion Unit (1 Apr - 7 Jul
1946)
299 Sqn (
|
|
Location
County: - Essex
Lat/Long: 51:58:23N 00:30:38E
Grid Ref - TL725335
Height Above Sea Level - 315 ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened - 1941
USAAF (1944)
Closed -
|
|
Notes
|
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, Commanding
Officers, |
RAF Weybourne
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
'X' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (16 May
- 14 Sep 1939)
'T' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (25 Feb
- 29 Apr 1942)
|
|
Location
County: - Norfolk
Lat/Long: 52:56:42N 01:07:50E
Grid Ref -
TG11_43_
Height Above Sea Level - ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened -
Closed -
|
|
Notes
|
|
Detachments
No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (7 Dec 1942 - 30 Nov
1943) |
|
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF
Wheaton Aston
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
RLG for No 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (14 Mar 1942 - 1
Aug 1943)
No 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Aug 1943 - 5 Dec
1946)
|
|
Location
County: - Staffordshire
Lat/Long: 52:43:53N 02:14:00W
Grid Ref - SJ842150
Height Above Sea Level - 350 ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened - 1941
No 21 Group (1944)
Closed - 1947 |
|
Notes
|
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF White
Waltham
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units (continued): -
ATA School (Oct 1940 - 1 Apr 1942)
No 1 Ferry Pilots
Pool (5 Nov 1940 - 1 May 1942)
ATA (Training) Ferry Pool (Jan 1941 - Apr 1943)
ATA Advanced Flying Training School (1 Apr 1942 - 30 Nov
1945)
ATA Air Movements Flt (Apr 1942 - Aug 1945)
No 1 Ferry Pool
ATA (1 May 1942 - 31 Mar 1946)
No 54 Group Communication Flt (xxx - 1 May 1943)
2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Flt (1 Jun - 24 Jul
1943)
No 402 Air Sores Park (7 Feb - 5 Apr 1944)
RAF Staff College Communication Flt (24 Jun - 10 Sep 1946)
RAF Staff College Flt (10 Sep 1946 - 3 Feb 1948)
Reserve Command Instrument Training Flt (1 Aug 1948 - 6 Apr
1949)
Reserve Command Training Flt (22 Sep 1948 - 1 Aug 1950)
HQ, Home Command (1 Aug 1950 - 31 May 1959)
Home Command Communication Sqn (1 Aug 1950 - 31 May 1959)
Home Command Training Flt (1 - 8 Aug 1950)
Home Command Examining Unit (8 Aug 1950 - xxx 1951, 31 Dec
1951 - 15 Jan 1959)
No 6 Air Experience Flt (8 Sep 1958 - 23 Aug 1973)
No 1 Air Experience Flt (7 Feb - 12 Sep 1959, 10 Jun 1960 -
1 Apr 1963)
University of London Air Sqn (8 Feb 1959 - 8 Aug 1973)
No 2 Mobile Glider Servicing Party (xxx xxxx - 26 Feb 1968)
|
|
Location
County: - Berkshire
Lat/Long: 51:30:03N 00:46:28W
Grid Ref -
Height Above Sea Level - 133 ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened -
Air Transport Auxiliary: 1940 - 1945
Closed -
|
|
Notes
It is now home to the West London Aero Club.
|
|
Main units: -
Reserve Command Communication Flt (2 Sep 1939 - 27 May 1940,
10 Sep 1946 - 1 Aug 1950) No 50 Group Communication Flt (2
Sep 1939 - xxx xxxx) Training Command Communication Flt
(12 Jan - 27 May 1940)
No 3 Ferry Pilots Pool/Ferry Pool
ATA (15 Feb - 5 Nov 1940)
Flying Training Command
Communication Flt (27 May 1940 - 15 Feb 1942, 1 May 1959 - 1 Apr 1964)
HQ, Air Transport Auxiliary (xxx 1940 - Sep 1945) |
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
FAA Archive Website |
RAF Whitley
Bay
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
No 2 RAF Regiment School (Feb 1942 - 25 Jan 1943)
Senior NCOs' Course (25 Jan - 6 Dec 1943)
The Air Crew NCOs School (6 Dec 1943 - 8 Jun 1945)
No 16 Initial Training Wing (1 Oct 1943 - 1 Feb 1944)
No 24 Air Crew Holding Unit (8 Mar - 22 May 1944)
|
|
Location
County: - Northumberland
Lat/Long: 55:02:40N 01:26:31W
Grid Ref -
NZ35_72_
Height Above Sea Level - ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened -
Closed -
|
|
Notes
|
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Wick
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units (continued): -
3 Sqn (
22 Sqn (
41 Sqn (
42 Sqn (
43 Sqn (
48 Sqn (
50 Sqn (
58 Sqn (
61 Sqn (
86 Sqn (
111 Sqn (
122 Sqn (
144 Sqn (
220 Sqn (
236 Sqn (
248 Sqn (
254 Sqn (
269 Sqn (
279 Sqn (
281 Sqn (
303 Sqn (
316 Sqn (
404 Sqn (
407 Sqn (
415 Sqn (
455 Sqn (
489 Sqn (
504 Sqn (
518 Sqn (
519 Sqn (
605 Sqn (
608 Sqn (
612 Sqn (
618 Sqn (
|
|
Location
County: - Caithness
Lat/Long: 58:27:23N 03:05:30W
Grid Ref - ND363527
Height Above Sea Level - 120 ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened - 1939
No 18 Group (1944)
Closed - 1978 |
|
Notes
It is now Wick Airport.
|
|
Main units: - 'A' Flt, Photographic
Reconnaissance Unit (1 Jul - 1 Oct 1940) 'C' Flt,
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (11 Oct - 16 Nov 1940) 'C'
Flt, No 1 PRU (16 Nov 1940 - 7 Jan 1941) 'B' Flt, No 1 PRU (9
Jan - 16 Apr 1941) 'D' Flt, No 1 PRU (15 Apr - Jul 1941)
Mosquito Flt, No 1 PRU (May - Dec 1941) 'E' Flt, No 1 PRU (15
Jul - Oct 1941) No 4 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (28 Mar
1942 - 1 Feb 1946) No 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flt (11 Dec 1943 - 14 Jun
1944) No 6122 Servicing Echelon (29 Aug –
24 Sep 1945, 19 Oct 1945 – 3 Jan 1946)
No 6118 Servicing Echelon (19 Oct 1945 – 3
Jan 1946)
No 6303 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (5 Jan
– 6 Mar 1946) |
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, Battle
of Britain Anniversary website, Officers Commanding, |
RAF Wickenby
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
12 Sqn (
109 Sqn (
626 Sqn (
Sub-site, No 61 Maintenance Unit (21 Dec 1945 - 1 Nov 1949)
No 93 Maintenance Unit (4 Oct 1948 - 1 Jan 1949, 1 Jan 1949
- 8 Jan 1951)
Sub-site, No 93 Maintenance Unit (8 Jan 1951 - 30 Apr 1956)
No 92 Maintenance Unit (1 Sep 1952 - 30 Sep 1956)
|
|
Location
County: - Lincolnshire
Lat/Long: 53:18:45N 00:21:00W
Grid Ref - TF088803
Height Above Sea Level - 84 ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened - 1942
No 1 Group (1944)
Closed - 1956 |
|
Notes
|
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Bomber
Command 60th Anniversary website, RAF-Lincolnshire.info,
Control Towers website, |
RAF Wig Bay
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
See Stranraer
Seaplane Training Sqn (xxx 1940 - 1 Mar 1941)
Flying Boat Servicing Unit (12 Mar - 25 Sep 1942)
No 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (25 Sep 1942 - 1 Feb 1944)
No 11 Flying Boat Fitting Unit (15 May - 8 Oct 1943)
No 57 Maintenance Unit (8 Oct 1943- 1 Oct 1951)
Flying Boat Storage Unit (1 Oct 1951 - 31 Oct 1957)
|
|
Location
County: - Wigtownshire (Dumfries and Galloway)
Lat/Long: 54:57:54N 05:03:54W
Grid Ref -
Height Above Sea Level - ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened -
Closed -
|
|
Notes
|
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Wigsley
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
455 Sqn (
RLG for No 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (Apr - May 1942)
No 1654 Conversion Unit (15 Jun - 7 Oct 1942)
No 50 Conversion Flt (21 - 22 Aug 1942)
No 83 Conversion Flt (21 - 22 Aug 1942)
No 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit (7 Oct 1942 - 1 Sep 1945)
No 28 Air Crew Holding Unit (20 Sep 1945 - 10 Jan 1946)
|
|
Location
County: - Nottinghamshire
Lat/Long: 53:13:00N 00:43:30W
Grid Ref - SK855695
Height Above Sea Level - 33 ft
|
|
Operational Control: -
Opened - 1942
No 7 Group (1944)
Closed - 1958 |
|
Notes
|
|
Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Bomber
Command 60th Anniversary website, RAF-Lincolnshire.info,
Control Towers website, |
RAF Wigtown
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
114 Sqn (
174 Sqn (
175 Sqn (
182 Sqn (
No 1 Air Observers School (13 Sep 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)
No 3206 Servicing Commando (18 - 26 Sep 1943)
Sub-site, No 14 Maintenance Unit (1 Jul 1946 - 1 Mar 1948)
|
|
Location
County: - Wigtownshire
Lat/Long: 54:51:00N 04:26:30W
Grid Ref - NX433536
Height Above Sea Level - 20 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1941
No 29 Group (1944)
Closed - 1948 |
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, Officers Commanding,
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