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Fighter Command - April 1946

[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | No 60 Group | AuxAF Sqns]

Command HQ - RAF Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Fighter Command Detachment Norway  
No 1 Film Production Unit RAF Stanmore Park  

No 11 Group

HQ - Uxbridge, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
South-Eastern Sector
RAF Station Biggin Hill Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent Station in Technical Training Command
Sector HQ RAF Biggin Hill  
RAF Station Manston Manston, nr Ramsgate, Kent Forward airfield, South-Eastern Sector
No 130 Sqn RAF Manston  
No 6130 Servicing Echelon RAF Manston  
No 567 (AAC) Sqn RAF Manston Vengence TT/Oxford/Spitfire
No 8 Ground Controlled Approach RAF Manston  
No 8 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Manston  
No 1001 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Manston
RAF Station Hawkinge Hawkinge, nr Folkestone, Kent Satellite airfield, South-Eastern Sector
RAF Station West Malling Maidstone, Kent Forward airfield, South-Eastern Sector.
No 29 Sqn RAF West Malling Mosquito
No 6029 Servicing Echelon RAF West Malling  
No 1019 Servicing Wing HQ RAF West Malling
RAF Station Penshurst   Satellite airfield, South-Eastern Sector
C & M Party RAF Penshurt  
Western Sector
RAF Station Exeter Exeter Air Port, Honiton Clyst, Devon
Sector HQ RAF Exeter
No 222 Sqn RAF Exeter Meteor
No 6222 Servicing Echelon RAF Exeter
No 245 Sqn RAF Exeter Meteor
No 6245 Servicing Echelon RAF Exeter  
No 691 (AAC) Sqn RAF Exeter Various
No 1014 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Exeter  
RAF Station Bolthead Satellite airfield, Western Sector
Care & Maintenance Party RAF Bolthead
RAF Station Harrowbeer   Satellite, Western Sector
RAF Station Warmwell   Satellite, Western Sector
No 6 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Warmwell  
RAF Station Colerne Colerne, Bath, Wiltshire Forward airfield, Western Sector
No 74 Sqn RAF Colerne Meteor
No 6074 Servicing Echelon RAF Colerne
No 1006 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Colerne  
Ships Personnel Holding Unit RAF Colerne  
RAF Station Predannack   Forward airfield, Western Sector
No 151 Sqn RAF Predannack Mosquito
No 6151 Servicing Echelon RAF Predannack  
No 1017 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Predannack  
RAF Station Weston Zoyland Forward airfield, Western Sector
No 587 (AAC) Sqn RAF Weston Zoyland Spitfire/Vengence/Harvard
No 3505 (AAC) Servicing Unit RAF Weston Zoyland
No 3506 (AAC) Servicing Unit RAF Weston Zoyland
Southern Sector
RAF Station Nether Wallop    
Sector HQ RAF Nether Wallop  
RAF Station Chilbolton   Forward airfield, Southern Sector
No 54 Sqn RAF Chilbolton Tempest
No 6054 Servicing Echelon RAF Chilbolton
No 247 Sqn RAF Chilbolton Tempest
No 6247 Servicing Echelon RAF Chilbolton  
No 1007 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Chilbolton  
RAF Station Tangmere   Forward airfield, Southern Sector
No 85 Sqn RAF Tangmere Mosquito
No 6085 Servicing Echelon RAF Tangmere  
No 1 Refuelling & Re-arming Party RAF Tangmere  
No 9 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Tangmere  
No 1013 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Tangmere  
RAF Station Dunsfold   Satellite airfield, Southern Sector
RAF Station Friston   Satellite airfield, Southern Sector
C & M Party RAF Friston  
RAF Station Westhampnett   Satellite airfield, Southern Sector
C & M Party RAF Westhampnett  
Essex Sector
RAF Station North Weald North Weald, Epping, Essex Station in TTC
Sector HQ RAF North Weald  
RAF Station Bentwaters   Forward airfield, Essex Sector
No 64 Sqn RAF Bentwaters Hornet
No 6064 Servicing Echelon RAF Bentwaters  
No 56 Sqn RAF Bentwaters Meteor
No 6056 Servicing Echelon RAF Bentwaters
No 1002 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Bentwaters  
No 7 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Bentwaters  
RAF Station Bradwell Bay   Satellite airfield, Essex Sector
RAF Station Ipswich   Satellite airfield, Essex Sector
C & M Party RAF Ipswich  
RAF Station Raydon   Satellite airfield, Essex Sector
RAF Station Boxted   Forward airfield, Essex Sector
No 25 Sqn RAF Boxted Mosquito
No 6025 Servicing Echelon RAF Boxted  
No 1008 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Boxted  
RAF Station Castle Camps   Satellite airfield, Essex Sector
No 1 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Castle Camps  
RAF Station Duxford   Forward airfield, Essex Sector
No 165 Sqn RAF Duxford  
No 6165 Servicing Echelon RAF Duxford  
No 1021 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Duxford  
RAF Station Andrews Field   Satellite airfield, Essex Sector
No 1 Aircraft Delivery Flt RAF Andrews Field  
RAF Station Little Walden   Satellite airfield, Essex Sector
C & M Party RAF Little Walden  
Non-Operational Stations
RAF Station Aberporth    
No 595 (AAC) Sqn RAF Aberporth Vengence TT/Spitfire
RAF Defford    
Telecommunications Flying Unit RAF Defford Various
RAF Fairwood Common nr Swansea, Glamorganshire  
No 1009 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Fairwood Common  
No 2 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Fairwood Common  
RAF Station Gatwick    
RAF Station Manorbier
RAF Station Northolt   Station in Transport Command
Fighter Command Communication Sqn RAF Northolt
No 3 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Northolt  
No 11 Group Communication Flight RAF Northolt
RAF Station Old Sarum
RAF School of Air Support RAF Old Sarum Various
RAF Station Oatlands Hill   Satellite airfield (Old Sarum)
C & M Party RAF Oatlands Hill Satellite airfield (Old Sarum)
RAF Station Podington    
RAF Station Rudloe Manor    
Fighter Command Control and Reporting School RAF Rudloe Manor  
RAF Station Stapleford Tawney    
Advanced Landing Grounds
Selsey

No 12 Group

HQ - Watnall, Nottinghamshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes

North-Eastern Sector
RAF Station Blakelaw Newcastle upon Tyne  
Sector HQ RAF Blakelaw  
RAF Station Acklington Acklington, Morpeth, Northumberland Forward airfield, North-Eastern Sector
No 219 Sqn RAF Acklington Mosquito
No 6219 Servicing Echelon RAF Acklington  
No 263 Sqn RAF Acklington  
No 6263 Servicing Echelon RAF Acklington  
No 1010 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Acklington  
RAF Station Ouston   Satellite airfield, North-Eastern Sector.
C & M Party RAF Ouston

Yorkshire Sector
RAF Station Church Fenton Church Fenton, nr Tadcaster, West Yorkshire  
Sector HQ RAF Church Fenton  
No 264 Sqn RAF Church Fenton Beaufighter
No 6264 Servicing Echelon RAF Church Fenton  
No 1022 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Church Fenton  
RAF Station Hutton Cranswick Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, East Yorkshire Forward airfield, Yorkshire Sector
No 1 Sqn RAF Hutton Cranswick Spitfire
No 6001 Servicing Echelon RAF Hutton Cranswick  
No 129 Sqn RAF Hutton Cranswick  
No 6129 Servicing Echelon RAF Hutton Cranswick  
No 288 Sqn RAF Hutton Cranswick Spitfire/Vengence
No 1016 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Hutton Cranswick  
No 4 Aircraft Delivery Flight RAF Hutton Cranswick  

Lincolnshire Sector
RAF Station Digby Digby, Lincolnshire Station in TTC
Sector HQ RAF Digby  
RAF Station Molesworth   Forward airfield, Lincolnshire Sector
No 19 Sqn RAF Molesworth Spitfire
No 6019 Servicing Echelon RAF Molesworth  
No 234 Sqn RAF Molesworth Meteor
No 6234 Servicing Echelon RAF Molesworth  
No 1003 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Molesworth  
No 1335 Conversion Unit RAF Molesworth Meteor
No 5 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Molesworth  

Norfolk Sector
RAF Station Horsham St Faith Norwich, Norfolk  
Sector HQ RAF Horsham St Faith  
No 65 Sqn RAF Horsham St Faith Spitfire
No 6065 Servicing Echelon RAF Horsham St Faith  
No 307 (Polish) Sqn RAF Horsham St Faith Mosquito
No 6307 Servicing Echelon RAF Horsham St Faith  
No 695 Sqn RAF Horsham St Faith  
No 1004 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Horsham St Faith  
No 11 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Horsham St Faith  
RAF Station Matlask   Satellite airfield, Norfolk Sector.
C & M Party RAF Matlask
RAF Station Coltishall Scottow, Norwich, Norfolk Forward airfield, Norfolk Sector.
No 306 (Polish) Sqn RAF Coltishall Mustang
No 6306 Servicing Echelon RAF Coltishall  
No 309 (Polish) Sqn RAF Coltishall Mustang
No 6309 Servicing Echelon RAF Coltishall  
No 315 (Polish) Sqn RAF Coltishall Mustang
No 6315 Servicing Echelon RAF Coltishall  
RAF Station Hethal   Forward airfield, Norfolk Sector.
No 303 (Polish) Sqn RAF Hethal Mustang
No 6303 Servicing Echelon RAF Hethal  
No 316 (Polish) Sqn RAF Hethal Mustang
No 6316 Servicing Echelon RAF Hethal  
No 1012 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Hethal  
RAF Station East Wretham   Satellite airfield, Norfolk Sector.
C & M Party RAF East Wretham
RAF Station Fersfield   Satellite airfield, Norfolk Sector.

Non-Operational Stations
RAF Station Andover
No 43 OTU RAF Andover Various
No 657 Sqn RAF Andover  
No 4 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Andover  
RAF Station Barton Hall    
No 4 Instructors School (EVT) RAF Barton Hall  
RAF Cardington Balloon Development Unit Station in TTC
RAF Station Castle Bromwich
No 577 (AAC) Sqn RAF Castle Bromwich Spitfire/Oxford/Vengeance
No 3507 Servicing Unit RAF Castle Bromwich
RAF Station Charter Hall    
No 1005 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Charter Hall  
RAF Station Milfield   Satellite airfield (Charter Hall)
RAF Station East Moor    
No 54 OTU RAF East Moor Various
No 12 Group Communication Flt RAF Hucknell Various, Station in FTC
RAF Station Keevil    
No 61 OTU RAF Keevil Various
RAF Station Llanbedr    
No 631 (AAC) Sqn RAF Llanbedr Spitfire/Vengence
RAF Station Middleton St George    
No 13 OTU RAF Middleton St George Various
RAF Station Croft   Satellite, RAF Middleton St George
RAF Station Rednal    
C & M Party RAF Rednal  
RAF Station Spilsby    
No 287 (AAC) Sqn RAF Spilsby Spitfire/Tempest/Oxford
No 1011 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Spilsby  
RAF Station Twinwood Farm   Satellite airfield (Cranfield)
AI Conversion Flight RAF Twinwood Farm Beaufighter
C & M Party RAF Twinwood Farm  
RAF Station Walcot Hall    
C & M Party RAF Walcot Hall  
RAF Station West Raynham    
Central Fighter Establishment RAF West Raynham Various
RAF Station Great Massingham   Satellite airfield (West Raynham)

No 13 Group

HQ - Drummossie, Inverness

 
Unit Location/Address Notes

Orkneys Sector
RAF Station Dalcross    
No 41 Sqn RAF Dalcross Spitfire
No 6041 Servicing Echelon RAF Dalcross  
No 1020 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Dalcross  
RAF Station Inverness   Satellite airfield (Dalcross)
No 13 Group Communication Flt RAF Inverness Various
RAF Station Grimsetter    
Sector HQ RAF Grimsetter  
RAF Station Skeabrae   Satellite airfield (Grimsetter)
RAF Station Wick   Forward airfield, Orkney Sector.

Midlothian Sector
RAF Station Turnhouse Edinburgh 12, Midlothian  
Sector HQ RAF Turnhouse  
No 164 Sqn RAF Turnhouse Spitfire
No 6164 Servicing Echelon RAF Turnhouse  
No 1018 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Turnhouse  
No 10 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Turnhouse  
No 3508 Servicing Unit RAF Turnhouse  
RAF Station Dyce   Forward airfield, Midlothian Sector.
No 91 Sqn RAF Dyce Spitfire
No 6091 Servicing Echelon RAF Dyce
No 1015 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Dyce  
RAF Station West Freugh   Station in Maintenance Command
No 1353 (AAC) Flight RAF West Freugh Spitfire/Vengeance

No 60 (Signals) Group

HQ - 'Oxenden', Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
Radar Assembly Unit RAF Cardington Station in TTC
No 2 Installation Unit RAF Kidbrooke Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station Kidlington    
G L Unit RAF Kidlington  
RAF Station Leighton Buzzard    
Radio Navigational Aids Control RAF Leighton Buzzard  
RAF Station Malvern    
Telecommunications Research Establishment RAF Malvern  
RAF Station Thame    
Radar Assembly Unit RAF Thame  
RAF Station Watton    
Radio Warfare Establishment RAF Watton  
No 72 (Signals) Wing Attached to No 85 Group  
No 70 (Signals) Wing Tealing  
Radar stations controlled by No 70 (Signals) Wing: -  
Anstruther, Fife (C & M) Barrapoll, Isle of Tiree (C & M) Ben Hough, Isle of Tiree (C & M)
Borve Castle, Benbecula (C & M) Brennish, Isle of Lewis (C & M) Broad Bay, Isle of Lewis (C & M)
Burifa Hill, Thurso Clett, Whalsay, Shetlands (C & M) Cockburnspath, Berwickshire
Cocklaw, Peterhead Crannock Hill, Banff (C & M) Crustan, Orkneys
Deerness, Orkneys †Dirleton, East Lothian (Drem) Doonies Hill, Gregness, Aberdeen (C & M)
Douglas Wood, Monikie, Angus (C & M) Drone Hill, Berwickshire (C & M) Dunnet Head, Thurso (C & M)
Eorodale, Isle of Lewis (C & M) Fair Isle, Shetlands (N) (C & M) Fair Isle North, Shetlands (N) (C & M)
Fair Isle South, Shetlands (N) (C & M) Greian Head, Barra (C & M) (C & M) Grutness, Shetlands (C & M)
Hillhead, Fraserburgh Islivick, Isle of Lewis (C & M) Lamberton Moor, Berwickshire
Loth, Sutherland (C & M) Mangaster, Shetlands Netherbutton, Holm, Orkneys (C & M)
North Cairn, Stranraer (C & M) Noss Hill, Shetlands (C & M) Port Errol, Aberdeenshire (C & M)
Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire (C & M) †Russland, Orkneys (Skeabrae) (C & M) St Cyrus, Kincardineshire
Saligo, Islay (C & M) Sango, Lairg, Sutherland (C & M) Saxa Vord, Shetlands (N) (C & M)
School Hill, Portlethan, Aberdeen Scousburgh, Shetlands Skaw, Unst, Shetlands
South Ronaldsay, Orkneys (C & M) Tannach, Wick, Caithness (C & M) Ulbster, Caithness
Vik, Iceland Watsness, Walls, Shetlands (C & M) Whale Head, Sanday, Orkneys
Windyhead, Aberdeen Ballymartin, Co Down (C & M)  
Ballywoodan, Co Down (Bishops Court) (C & M) Castlerock, Co Derry (C & M) Greystones, Co Down
Kilkeel, Co Down (C & M) Roddans Port, C Down (C & M)  
No 73 (Signals) Wing Boston Spa, West Yorkshire  
Units and radar stations controlled by No 73 (Signals) Wing: -  
No 527 (Calibration) Sqn RAF Digby Station in TTC
Bamburgh, Northumberland Bard Hill. Salthouse, Holt, Norfolk Barkway, Royston Hertfordshire
Bempton, East Yorkshire Benacre, Lowestoft, Suffolk (C & M)  
Cleadon, South Shields, Durham (C & M) Clee Hill, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire Comberton, Pershore, (C & M)
Cregneish. Isle of Man (C & M) Cresswell, Morpeth, Northumberland Dalby, Isle of Man (C & M)
Danby Beacon, North Yorkshire (C & M) Daventry, Northamptonshire Goldsborough, Yorkshire
Hack Green, Nantwich, Cheshire (C & M) Happisburgh, Norwich Hawcoat, Barrow in Furness (C & M)
Hopton, Humberston, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Kinley Hill, Dawdown, Co Durham (C & M) †Langtoft, Peterborough (Wittering) (C & M) †Neatishead, Wrexham, Norfolk (Wittering)
Nevin, Caernarvonshire (C & M) †Northstead, Northumberland (Acklington) †Orby, Skegness (Skegness) (C & M)
†Patrington, Hull, East Yorkshire (Hutton Cranswick) Pen y Bryn, Llyn (C & M) Prestatyn, Flintshire (C & M)
Rhuddlan, Flintshire (C & M) †Seaton Snook, Durham (Thornaby)
Skendleby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire   Staxton Wold, Scarborough
Stenigot, Louth, Lincolnshire Stoke Holy Cross, Swainsthorpe, Norwich (C & M) †Trewan Sands, Anglesey (Valley) (C & M)
Trimmingham, Norfolk West Beckham, Holt, Norfolk Winterton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (C & M)
Wylfa, Anglesey (C & M)    
No 75 (Signals) Wing Broadstairs, Kent  
Stations and radar stations controlled by No 75 (Signals) Wing: -  
Bawdsey, Suffolk Beachy Head, Sussex (C & M) †Black Gang, Isle of Wight (Tangmere) (C & M)
Boniface Down, Ventnor, Isle of Wight Canewdon, Rochford, Essex Dengie, Essex (C & M)
Dunkirk, Faversham, Kent (C & M) Dunwich, Saxmundham, Suffolk (C & M) Durrington, West Worthing (C & M)
Dymchurch, Newchurch, Kent (C & M) †East Hill, Dunstable (Halton) (C & M) Elstree, Hertfordshire
Fairlight, Hastings (C & M) †Foreness, Cliftonville, (Manston) (C & M) Gibbett Hill, Hindhead
Great Bromley, Colchester (C & M) Grayfriars (C & M) Hawkshill Down, Walmer (C & M)
Heath Row, Middlesex High Street, Darsham, Suffolk †Hythe, Kent (Hornchurch) (C & M)
Kidbrooke, London Leith Hill, Surrey North Foreland, Kent
Pevensey, Sussex (C & M) Poling, Sussex (C & M) Rye, Isle of Wight (C & M)
St Lawrence, Isle of Wight (C & M) St Margarets Bay, Dover †Sandwich, Kent (Manston)
Shellow Cross, Essex Swingate, Dover Thorpeness, Felixstowe (C & M)
†Trimley Heath (Martlesham) Truleigh Hill, Shoreham, Sussex Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Walton, Walton on the Naze, Essex †Wartling, Pevensey (Friston) White Waltham, Berkshire
Whitstable, Kent (C & M) Wrotham, Kent
No 78 (Signals) Wing Holne Park, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, Devon  
Radar stations controlled by No 78 (Signals) Wing: -  
Beer Head, Seaton (C & M) Bolt Tail, Kingsbridge, Devon (C & M) Branscombe, Salcombe Sands (C & M)
Bullbarrow Hill, Dorset Carn Brae, Sennen Downderry, Cornwall (C & M)
Dry Tree, Helston, Cornwall (C & M) †Exminster, Exeter (Exeter) (C & M)
  Folly, Pembrokeshire Hartland Point, Devon
Hayscastle Cross, Pembrokeshire (C & M) †Hope Cove, Salcolmbe, Devon (Exeter) Kete, Pembrokeshire (C & M)
Kingswear, Devon Marks Castle, Land's End
†Newford, Scilly Isles (Portreath) (C & M) Northam, Devon (C & M) Penolver, Lizard, Cornwall
Rame Chapel, Tor Point, Cornwall (C & M) Rame Head, Tor Point, Cornwall (C & M)
Ringstead, Dorset †Ripperston, Pembrokeshire (Talbenny) St David's Head, Pembrokeshire (C & M)
St Twynells, Pembrokeshire (C & M) Sennen, Cornwall Sharpitor, Yelverton, Devon
†Sopley, Christchurch, Hampshire (Holmsley South) Southbourne, Bournemouth (C & M) Strumble Head, Fishguard (C & M)
The Jacka, The Verne, Portland, Dorset Tilly Whim, Swanage (C & M)
Trelanvean, Cornwall (C & M) †Treleaver, Cornwall (Predannack) Trerew, Newquay
Trevose Head, Newquay (C & M) Westcliff, Portland Dorset West Prawle, Devon
Worth Matravers, Swanage †Wrafton, Braunton, Devon (Chivenor)

Stations marked † are under the relevant Wing for technical maintenance but administered by the station shown in brackets.

Stations marked (N) are operated by the Admiralty

Auxiliary Air Force reformed on a cadre basis

 

No 500 (County of Kent) Sqn

No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn

 No 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn

No 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn

 No 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn
No 502 (Ulster) Sqn No 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn No 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn
No 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn No 607 (County of Durham) Sqn No 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn
No 600 (City of London) Sqn No 608 (North Riding) Sqn No 615 (Country of Surrey) Sqn
No 601 (City of London) Sqn No 609 (West Yorkshire) Sqn No 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn
No 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn No 610 (County of Chester) Sqn  

Source - SD161 (67th Edition) - April 1946

County names used are those in use at the time

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