Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Home Commands - January 1939

Maintenance Command

 

Unit	Location/Administered by	Officer Commanding
No 1 Maintenance Unit	RAF Kidbrooke	Gp Capt T Fawdry
Medical Stores Depot	RAF Kidbrooke
No 2 Maintenance Unit	RAF Altrincham	Wg Cdr T S James
No 2 Maintenance Sub-Unit	RAF Pulham	Flt Lt A H Anness
No 3 Maintenance Unit	RAF Milton	Wg Cdr W C Green
No 4 Maintenance Unit	RAF Ruislip	Wg Cdr E H Eldridge
No 5 Maintenance Unit	RAF Kemble	Sqn Ldr M F Tomkins
No 11 Maintenance Unit	RAF Chilmark	Wg Cdr A W Smith
No 21 Maintenance Unit	RAF Fauld	Sqn Ldr C S Whellock
No 24 Maintenance Unit	RAF Tern Hill	Sqn Ldr N W Law
No 26 Maintenance Unit	RAF Cardington	Sqn Ldr G G C Pigott
No 27 Maintenance Unit	RAF Shawbury	Sqn Ldr C Hanson Abbott
'A' Maintenance Unit	RAF Hendon	Sqn Ldr L W Park
'B' Maintenance Unit	Hammersmith	Gp Capt J A Stone
'C' Maintenance Unit	Coventry	Sqn Ldr A J Redman
'D' Maintenance Unit	Wembley	Sqn Ldr P J Mote
'E' Maintenance Unit	Newport	Flt Lt W Mac I King
'F' Maintenance Unit	RAF Kenley	Flt Lt H Cartwright (Retd)
'G' Maintenance Unit	Norwich	Flt Lt G R Thwaite
Packing Depot	RAF Sealand	Wg Cdr L H Vernon

Balloon Command

 

Unit	Location/Administered by	Officer Commanding
No 30 (Balloon) Group	London	A/Cdre J G Hearson (Retd)
No 1 Balloon Centre	Kidbrooke, London	Sqn Ldr (Hon A/Cdre) J B Bowen RAFO
No 901 (Balloon) Sqn AAF	No 1 Balloon Centre	Sqn Ldr J S Wheelwright AAF
No 902 (Balloon) Sqn AAF	No 1 Balloon Centre	Flt Lt A H Allen
No 903 (Balloon) Sqn AAF	No 1 Balloon Centre	Sqn Ldr G M Haslam AAF
No 2 Balloon Centre	Hook, Surrey	Vacant
No 904 (Balloon) Sqn AAF	No 2 Balloon Centre	Sqn Ldr E J Davis AAF
No 905 (Balloon) Sqn AAF	No 2 Balloon Centre	Sqn Ldr W G Horne AAF
No 3 Balloon Centre	Stanmore, Middlesex	Wg Cdr R F S Morton RAFO
No 906 (Balloon) Sqn AAF	No 3 Balloon Centre	Sqn Ldr E L Gower AAF
No 907 (Balloon) Sqn AAF	No 3 Balloon Centre	Sqn Ldr G Aste AAF
No 4 Balloon Centre	Chigwell, Essex	Sqn Ldr (Hon A/Cdre) B C H Drew RAFO
No 908 (Balloon) Sqn AAF	No 4 Balloon Centre	Sqn Ldr P L Dyson-Skinner AAF
No 909 (Balloon) Sqn AAF	No 4 Balloon Centre	Sqn Ldr D A J Buxton AAF
No 910 (Balloon) Sqn AAF	No 4 Balloon Centre	Sqn Ldr A M Lyons AAF

Observer Corps (Bentley Priory, Stanmore)

 

Unit	Location
Northern Area	RAF Catterick
No 7 Group No 8 Group No 9 Group No 10 Group No 30 Group
Midland Area	RAF Grantham
No 5 Group No 6 Group No 11 Group No 12 Group No 15 Group No 16 Group
Southern Area	Bentley Priory
No 1 Group No 2 Group No 3 Group No 4 Group No 17 Group No 18 Group No 19 Group
Western Area	11 Brunswick Road, Gloucester
No 22 Group No 23 Group No 24 Group No 25 Group No 27 Group
Scottish Area	10 Alva Street, Edinburgh
No 31 Group No 36 Group

Source - January 1939 Air Force List

County names used are those in use at the time

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