Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Area - April 1920

No 10 Group

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
No 210 Sqn	Gosport	Sqn Ldr J A G DeCourcy
No 238 Sqn	Cattewater	Sqn Ldr G F Breese
School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation	Lee-on-Solent	Edmund D M Robertson DFC; later A/Cdre

No 29 (Fleet) Group

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
No 203 Sqn	Forming - Leuchars
No 205 Sqn	Forming - Leuchars
Coastal Area Aircraft Depot	Donibristle	Wg Cdr Richard C M Pink; later A/Cdre
RAF Base Leuchars	Leuchars	Wg Cdr Robert P Ross DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre
RAF Practice Base	Houton Bay	Sqn Ldr T W Elsdon
Aircraft in Fighting Ships (a)		Sqn Ldr Richard E C Pierse DSO, AFC; later ACM

(a) In the course of disbandment or amalgamation

Directly Administered by Area HQ

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
No 230 Sqn	Felixstowe	Wg Cdr C E Risk
RAF Airship Base	Howden	A/Cdre Edward M Maitland CMG, DSO, AFC
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment	Isle of Grain	Wg Cdr Henry R Busteed OBE, AFC; later A/Cdre
Seaplane and Storage Station, Killingholme	Killingholme	Sqn Ldr E V S Wilberforce
Air Ministry, MT Section	London	Flt Lt L F P Bawn
Air Ministry, Wireless Section	London	Fg Off A E Pitcher
Details Pay Section	London	Fg Off J Freeman-Fowler
Inspector of Recruiting RAF	London	Wg Cdr R G Blomfield DSO

RAF Staffs aboard RN Aircraft Carriers

Source - April 1920 Air Force List

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