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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[Command HQ | No 30 Group | No 32 Group | No 33 Group | No 34 Group]
Command HQ - Old Church Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex
Units administered directly by Balloon Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Cardington | Cardington, Bedfordshire | |
| RAF Station Chessington | nr Surbiton, Surrey | This station is also shown as being under the direct control of No 30 Group |
| No 1 Balloon Training Unit | RAF Cardington | |
| Balloon Command Signals Unit | RAF Cardington |
HQ - Chessington, Nr Surbiton, Surrey
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Chessington | This station is also shown as being under the direct control of Command HQ | |
| No 954 Sqn | Huntspill, St George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey | |
| No 1 Balloon Centre | Kidbrooke, London SE3 | |
| No 901 Sqn | Federation Hall, Federation Road, Abbey Wood, SE2 | No 1 Balloon Centre |
| No 902 Sqn | No 1 Balloon Centre | |
| No 903 Sqn | 12 Champion Hill, Denmark Hill, Brixton SE5 | No 1 Balloon Centre |
| No 904 Sqn | Clapham College, Nightingale Lane, Clapham SW4 | No 1 Balloon Centre |
| No 952 Sqn | Mile Town School, Delamark Road, Sheerness, Kent | No 1 Balloon Centre |
| No 961 Sqn | Kent County Girls School, Frith Road, Dover | No 1 Balloon Centre |
| No 994 Sqn | Berkeley House, Boughton hill, Dunkirk, nr Canterbury, Kent | No 1 Balloon Centre |
| No 2 Mobile Balloon Unit | No 1 Balloon Centre | |
| No 3 Balloon Centre | Stanmore Park, Middlesex | |
| No 905 Sqn | 11 Kensington Palace Gardens, Kensington W8 | No 3 Balloon Centre |
| No 906 Sqn | 8 Hampstead Hill Gardens, Hampstead, NW2 | No 3 Balloon Centre |
| No 956 Sqn | Cottesbrook, Bath Road, Colnbrook, Slough, Buckinghamshire | No 3 Balloon Centre |
| No 4 Balloon Centre | Chigwell, Essex | |
| No 907 Sqn | Lakefield, 32 Wooberry Down, Harringay N4 | No 4 Balloon Centre |
| No 908 Sqn | Oakhurst, 54th Signals Territorial Drill Hall, Selsdon Road, Wanstead, E11 | No 4 Balloon Centre |
| No 909 Sqn | The Cedars, Portway, West Ham E15 | No 4 Balloon Centre |
| No 910 Sqn | TA Drill Hall, Vicarage Lane, East Ham E6 | No 4 Balloon Centre |
| No 928 Sqn | RAF Felixstowe | No 4 Balloon Centre |
| No 1 Mobile Balloon Unit | No 4 Balloon Centre | |
| No 12 Balloon Centre | Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire | |
| No 924 Sqn | Old Rectory, North Stoneham Park, Eastleigh, Hampshire | No 12 Balloon Centre |
| No 930 Sqn | Houghton House, Bassett Avenue, Southampton | No 12 Balloon Centre |
| No 932 Sqn | 10 Merton Road, Southsea, Portsmouth | No 12 Balloon Centre |
| No 933 Sqn | Redlands House, Redlands Lane, Fareham, Hampshire | No 12 Balloon Centre |
HQ - Claverton Manor, Claverton, Nr Bath, Somerset
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 11 Balloon Centre | Pucklechurch, Bristol | |
| No 912 Sqn | 'Woodstock', Upton Lane, Barnwood, Gloucester | No 11 Balloon Centre |
| No 927 Sqn | The Drinagh, Sneyd Park, Stoke Bishop, Bristol | No 11 Balloon Centre |
| No 935 Sqn | Winterbourne House, Winterbourne, nr Bristol. | No 11 Balloon Centre |
| No 955 Sqn | Banwell, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | No 11 Balloon Centre |
| No 957 Sqn | Bragg Church House, Hendford, Hill, Yeovil, Somerset | No 11 Balloon Centre |
| No 992 Sqn | RAF Old Sarum | No 11 Balloon Centre |
| No 13 Balloon Centre | Collaton Cross, Yealmpton, Plymouth, Devon. | |
| No 934 Sqn | Knowle Fort, St Budeaux, nr Plymouth, Devon | No 13 Balloon Centre |
| No 959 Sqn | Gwendra Hotel, Marine Drive, Falmouth | No 13 Balloon Centre |
| No 964 Sqn | Wolsdon House, Antony, Torpoint, Cornwall | No 13 Balloon Centre |
| No 14 Balloon Centre | Caerau, Ely, Cardiff | |
| No 953 Sqn | Ely Rise, Ely Road, Cardiff | No 14 Balloon Centre |
| No 958 Sqn | Green Willows, Sketty Park, Swansea | No 14 Balloon Centre |
| No 965 Sqn | St Theodore's Vicarage, Port Talbot, Glamorganshire | No 14 Balloon Centre |
| No 966 Sqn | 42 Fields Park Road, Newport, Monmouthshire | No 14 Balloon Centre |
HQ - Parkhead House, Abbey Lane, Sheffield 11
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 5 Balloon Centre | Whitehouse Common, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham | |
| No 911 Sqn | Springfield, 182 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich | No 5 Balloon Centre |
| No 913 Sqn | The Grange, Grange Road, Erdington, Birmingham 23 | No 5 Balloon Centre |
| No 993 Sqn | Crome House, St Faiths Road, Norwich, Norfolk | No 5 Balloon Centre |
| No 6 Balloon Centre | Wythall, Birmingham, South. | |
| No 914 Sqn | Groveley Hall, Redditch Road, Northfield, Birmingham 31 | No 6 Balloon Centre |
| No 915 Sqn | Rowheath Lido, Bournville, Birmingham | No 6 Balloon Centre |
| No 916 Sqn | Keresley Grange, Keresley, Coventry | No 6 Balloon Centre |
| No 917 Sqn | Manor House, Stivichall, Coventry | No 6 Balloon Centre |
| No 8 Balloon Centre | Lime Tree Farm, Fazakerley, Liverpool 10 | |
| No 919 Sqn | 2 Wexford Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire | No 8 Balloon Centre |
| No 921 Sqn | No 8 Balloon Centre | |
| No 970 Sqn | 'Arndene', Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness | No 8 Balloon Centre |
| No 9 Balloon Centre | Houghton Green, Warrington, Lancashire | |
| No 922 Sqn | Hall Nook, Penketh, Warrington, Lancashire | No 9 Balloon Centre |
| No 923 Sqn | Halton Castle, Runcorn, Lancashire | No 9 Balloon Centre |
| No 949 Sqn | Gresty Lodge, Crewe, Cheshire | No 9 Balloon Centre |
| No 10 Balloon Centre | Bowles, Middleton, Manchester | |
| No 925 Sqn | No 10 Balloon Centre | |
| No 926 Sqn | No 10 Balloon Centre | |
| No 931 Sqn | Wardle House, Wardle Road, Sale, Cheshire | No 10 Balloon Centre |
| No 963 Sqn | Oak Street Sunday School, Oak Street, Accrington, Lancs | No 10 Balloon Centre |
| No 16 Balloon Centre | Hemsworth, Norton, Sheffield | |
| No 918 Sqn | Highfields House, Broadway, Derby | No 16 Balloon Centre |
| No 939 Sqn | Broomgrove House, 11 Broomgrove Road, Sheffield 10 | No 16 Balloon Centre |
| No 940 Sqn | Greystones, Moorgate, Rotherham | No 16 Balloon Centre |
| No 17 Balloon Centre | Sutton-on-Hull, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire | |
| No 943 Sqn | Newlands House, Beverley Road, Hull. | No 17 Balloon Centre |
HQ - Tor House, Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 15 Balloon Centre | Long Benton, Forest Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | |
| No 936 Sqn | Hill House, Melbury road, Jesmond Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | No 15 Balloon Centre |
| No 937 Sqn | Belle Vue House, Belle Vue Bank, Lowfell, Gateshead, Co. Durham | No 15 Balloon Centre |
| No 938 Sqn | Hartburn Lodge, Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham | No 15 Balloon Centre |
| No 18 Balloon Centre | 38 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow C2 | |
| No 945 Sqn | 32 Hughendon Street, Glasgow W2 | No 18 Balloon Centre |
| No 946 Sqn | Clarence House, Renfrew, Paisley. | No 18 Balloon Centre |
| No 947 Sqn | Blairbeth House, Burnside, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire | No 18 Balloon Centre |
| No 929 Sqn | Dundas Castle, South Queensferry, West Lothian | Administered directly by Group HQ |
| No 950 Sqn | Lyness, Orkneys | Administered directly by Group HQ |
| No 920 Sqn | Londonderry | Operationally controlled by No 82 Group |
| No 968 Sqn | Belfast | Operationally controlled by No 82 Group |
Command HQ - Montrose Gordon Avenue, Stanmore, Middlesex
Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 30 Group | No 32 Group | No 33 Group | No 34 Group]
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