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Main units (continued): - No 17 Training Sqn (8 Oct 1917 - 15 Jul 1918) No 16 Training Sqn (30 Oct 1917 - 15 Jul 1918) No 32 Training (AFC) Sqn (xxx 1917 - 14 Jan 1918) Detachment - 104th Aero Sqn, USAAS (24 Dec 1917 - 9 Jul 1918) 7th Training Sqn, AFC (14 Jan - 23 Feb 1918) No 36 Training Depot Station (15 Jul 1918 - - 15 May 1919) No 37 Training Depot Station (15 Jul 1918 - - 15 May 1919) 199th Aero Sqn, USAAS (Jul 1918 - xxx xxxx) 73 Sqn (10 Feb - 2 Jul 1919) 65 Sqn (12 Feb - 25 Oct 1919) 54 Sqn (17 Feb - 25 Oct 1919) 66 Sqn (10 - 29 Mar 1919) No 1 (Yatesbury ) Wing (15 May 1919 - xxx xxxx) No 2 Civil Air Navigation School (26 Sep 1938 - 1 Nov 1939) No 2 Electrical and Wireless School (1 Dec 1938 - 26 Aug 1940) No 10 Elementary Flying Training School (3 Sep 1939 - 7 Sep 1940) No 2 Air Observer & Navigation School (1 Nov 1939 - 14 Dec 1940) Special Signals School (18 Jan 1940 - 1 Mar 1941) Bristol Wireless Flight (14 May 1940 - Jul 1945) HQ, No 5 Wing (4 - 16 Jun 1940) No 6 Air Stores Park (18 - 20 Jun 1940) No 2 Signals School (26 Aug 1940 - 1 Jan 1943) No 50 Group Pool (xxx - xxx 1940) No 2 Radio School (1 Mar 1941 - 21 May 1942, 1 Jan 1943 - 31 Oct 1965) No 2 Radio Direction Finding School (21 May 1942 - 1 Jan 1943) No 9 Radio School (1 Jan 1943 - 30 Jan 1946) Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) Wing (10 Jul - xxx 1944) No 2 Elementary Flying Training School (9 Jul 1945 - 30 Sep 1947) HQ, No 27 Group (20 Jul 1953 - 1 May 1954) Casualty Evacuation Flt (14 Aug - 23 Dec 1956) HQ, No 215 Wing (Aug 1956 - 15 Jan 1957) |
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Location County: - Wiltshire Lat/Long: 51:25:54N 01:54:00W Grid Ref: SU060710 Height above sea level: 570 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1917 21th (Training) Wing (1916-18) No 27 Group (1944) Closed - 1969 |
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Notes Used as a sub-site for No 10 MU in 1940 |
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Main units: - No 55 Reserve Sqn (22 Nov 1916 - 1 Jun 1917) No 59 (Reserve) Sqn (30 Apr - 1 Jun 1917) No 62 Reserve Sqn (10 May - 1 Jun 1917) No 66 Reserve Sqn (10 May 1917 - 15 Jul 1918) HQ, 28th Wing RFC (1 Jun 1917 - 15 May 1919) No 13 Training Sqn (1 Jun 1917 - 15 Jul 1918) No 55 Training Sqn (1 Jun 1917 - 23 Jul 1917) No 59 Training Sqn (1 Jun - 30 Oct 1917) No 66 Training Sqn (1 Jun 1917 - 15 Jul 1918) 28 Sqn (23 Jul - 8 Oct 1917, 10 - 29 Mar 1919) 99 Sqn (15 - 30 Aug 1917) |
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Main units: - No 51 Group Communication Flt (xxx 1940 - 14 Jul 1945) No 20 Elementary Flying Training School (1 Mar 1941 - 9 Jan 1942) Detachment of Leeds University Air Sqn (Apr 1941 - 15 Dec 1945) No 23 Gliding School (May 1943 - Mar 1948) 609 Sqn (2 Sep 1946 - 6 Oct 1950) Leeds University Air Sqn (22 Apr 1947 - 1 May 1948, 18 Mar 1954 - 2 Nov 1959) No 1964 Reserve AOP Flt, 664 Sqn (1 Sep 1949 - 2 Feb 1953, 1 Jun 1954 - 10 Mar 1957) No 9 Air Experience Flt (8 Sep 1958 - 2 Nov 1959)
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Location County: - West Yorkshire Lat/Long: 53:51:57N 01:39:38W Grid Ref - Height Above Sea Level - ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - Closed - |
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Notes It is now Leeds Bradford International Airport. |
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Detachments No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Aug 1941 - 22 Jul 1942) |
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Main units: - No 7005 Servicing Echelon (30 Sep 24 Oct 1944) No 7123 Servicing Echelon (30 Sep 24 Oct 1944) No 7134 Servicing Echelon (30 Sep 4 Oct 1944) No 7047 Servicing Echelon (8 Oct 6 Nov 1944) No 7110 Servicing Echelon (26 Oct 1944 1 Mar 1945) No 7084 Servicing Echelon (31 Oct 1944 23 Apr 1945) No 224 Group Communication Flt (Jul - 9 Sep 1945) No 8 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (Aug - 28 Oct 1945) No 11 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (Sep - 28 Oct 1945) No 2 (Indian) Group Communication Flt (1 May 1946 - 1 Jun 1947) 5 Sqn ( 11 Sqn ( 30 Sqn ( 42 Sqn ( 45 Sqn ( 47 Sqn ( 60 Sqn ( 79 Sqn ( 84 Sqn ( 110 Sqn ( 113 Sqn ( 123 Sqn ( 134 Sqn ( 135 Sqn ( 146 Sqn ( 152 Sqn ( 211 Sqn ( 258 Sqn ( 261 Sqn ( 684 Sqn ( |
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Location Country - Karnataka, India Lat/Long: Height above sea level: 3.045 ft |
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Operational Control: -
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Notes It is now an active Indian Air Force station in Southern Air Command (2008). |
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Main Units: - Calibration Unit (Jul 1942 - 13 Sep 1943) HQ, No 171 Wing (2 May - 2 Jun 1943) No 23 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May 1943 - May 1944) No 3 Meteorological Flt (1 - 31 Jul 1943) No 2 Air Transit Section (16 Jul 1943 - 1 Sep 1944) No 1302 Meteorological Flt (31 Jul 1943 - 14 Mar 1944) No 1580 Calibration Flt (13 Sep 1943 - 4 Aug 1944) Reinforcement Staging Post (19 Dec 1943 - 1 Sep 1944) No 225 Group Communication Flt (10 Jan 1944 - May 1946) No 1672 (Mosquito) Conversion Unit (1 Feb - 3 Jun 1944, 29 Oct 1944 - 10 Aug 1945) No 21 Armament Practice Camp (31 Mar - 23 Sep 1944) No 1670 (Thunderbolt) Conversion Unit (20 Jun 1944 - 24 Jan 1945) No 2 Det, No 139 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1944 - Jan 1946) No 58 Staging Post (1 Sep 1944 - 20 Aug 1946) |
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Detachments** No 171 Wing (27 Jun - 5 Jul 1943) |
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Main units: - No 4 Group Communication Flt (xxx 1940 - xxx 1942) Clifton: - Detachment - 613 Sqn (Sep 1940 - Jul 41) No 33 Wing Communication Flt (15 Aug 1941 - 1 Jul 1943) 4 Sqn (27 Aug 1941 - 1 Mar 1943, 12 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943) Detachment - 169 Sqn (Jun 1942 - Oct 1942) 169 Sqn (15 Nov 1942 - 20 Dec 1942) 231 Sqn (21 Mar 1943 - 7 Jul 1943) 430 Sqn (9 Feb 1944 - 25 Feb 1944) 613 Sqn (xxx 1940 - xxx 1941, 28 May 1943 - 20 Jun 1943) 614 Sqn (Mar 1941 - Jul 1941) 809 Sqn FAA (28 Dec 1942 - 22 Mar 1943) 657 Sqn (26 Jun 1943 - 15 Aug 1943) 658 Sqn (30 Aug 1943 - 31 Dec 1943) 659 Sqn (17 Aug 1943 - 23 Apr 1944) No 4 Aircraft Delivery Flight (8 Mar 1944, - 7 xxx 1945, 5 Jun - 31 Oct 1945) |
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Location County: - North Yorkshire Lat/Long: 53:59:15N 01:05:45W Grid Ref - SE590550 Height Above Sea Level - 30 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - No 12 Group (1944) Closed - |
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Notes It is now a shopping centre. |
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Main units: - 82 Sqn ( 128 Sqn ( 200 Sqn ( 541 Sqn ( HQ, No 295 Wing (21 Sep 1944 - 1 Aug 1945) No 54 Staging Post (22 Oct 1945 - 18 Jul 1946) |
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Location Country: - Gambia Lat/Long: Height Above Sea Level: 95 ft |
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Notes It is now known as Banjul International Airport |
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Main units: - 182 Sqn (12 - 13 Mar 1943) 184 Sqn (12 Mar - 4 May 1943) No 610 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (12 Mar 1 Apr 1943) No 3209 Servicing Commando (8 May - 6 Jul 1943) No 3210 Servicing Commando (8 May - 3 Aug 1943) No 3207 Servicing Commando (9 May - 7 Jul 1943) No 3205 Servicing Commando (12 Jun - 19 Jul 1943) 263 Sqn (19 Jun 1943 - 12 Jul 1943) 488 Sqn (11 May - 28 Jul 1944) HQ, No 147 Wing (12 May - 29 Jun 1944) 410 Sqn (18 Jun -28 Jul 1944) HQ, No 149 Wing (29 Jun - 28 Jul 1944) 604 Sqn (25 - 28 Jul 1944) 949 (Balloon) Sqn (11 Aug - 15 Dec 1944) Glider Pick-Up Training Flt (8 Jan - 19 Mar 1945) 760 Sqn FAA (10 Apr -12 Sep 1945) 704 Sqn FAA (11 Apr - 4 Sep 1945) 771 Sqn FAA (25 Jul - 12 Sep 1945) 759 Sqn FAA (Yeovilton 19 Sep 1945 - 7 Jan 1946) |
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Location County: - Wiltshire Lat/Long: 51:05:30N 02:18:45W Grid Ref - ST777325 Height Above Sea Level - 550 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1942 Balloon Command (1944) Closed - 1946 |
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Main Units: - 286 Sqn (26 May - 21 Aug 1942, 28 Jul - 28 Sep 1944) No 3031 Servicing Echelon (23 Aug - 23 Dec 1942) No 3042 Servicing Echelon (23 Aug 23 Dec 1942) 66 Sqn (24 Aug - 26 Sep 1942, 29 Sep - 8 Oct 1942, 9 Oct - 1 Nov 1942, 14 Nov - 23 Dec 1942) 118 Sqn (24 Aug - 23 Dec 1942) 421 Sqn (21 - 24 Oct 1942, ) 132 Sqn (1 Mar - 5 Apr 1943) 174 Sqn (12 Mar - 5 Apr 1943) |
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Detachments 421 Sqn (1 - 14 Nov 1942) |
No 3 Glider Training Unit (21 Oct - 9 Dec 1944) No 107 (Transport) Operational Training Unit (20 Jan 1945) |
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Links to related sites/pages Aerial photo on Google Maps, FAA Archive Website, Atlantikwall website, Control Towers website, |
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