Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - June 1946

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Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex

Units controlled directly by HQ Coastal Command: -

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Flying Boat Depot Ship 'Freisenland'

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

RAF Northern Ireland

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Aldergrove
No 280 Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Aldergrove	Warwick II
No 518 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Halifax III
No 8518 Servicing Echelon	RAF Aldergrove
RAF Station Ballykelly
C & M Party	RAF Ballykelly
RAF Station Cluntoe
C & M Party	RAF Cluntoe
RAF Station Greencastle
C & M Party	RAF Greencastle
RAF Station Kirkistown
RAF Station Long Kesh
RAF Station Mullaghmore
C & M Party	RAF Mullaghmore
RAF Station Newtownards
C & M Party	RAF Newtownards
RAF Station Nutt's Corner
RAF Station Sydenham
RAFNI Communication Flight	RAF Sydenham	Various

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Alness
No 4 OTU	RAF Alness	Sunderland V/Spitfire V
RAF Station Bridlington
No 1104 Marine Craft Base Unit	RAF Bridlington
RAF Station Kinloss
No 6 OTU	RAF Kinloss	Warwick I/II
No 1100 Marine Craft Base Unit	RAF Kinloss
RAF Station Milltown		Satellite, Kinloss
RAF Station Leuchars	Leuchars, Fife
No 160 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Leuchars	Liberator
No 8160 Sqn Servicing Echelon	RAF Leuchars
No 203 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Leuchars	Liberator
No 8203 Sqn Servicing Echelon	RAF Leuchars
No 18 Group Communication Flt	RAF Leuchars
RAF School of General Reconnaissance	RAF Leuchars	Anson
No 3502 Servicing Unit	RAF Leuchars
RAF Station Woodhaven		Satellite airfield (Leuchars)
RAF Station Lossiemouth
RAF Station Oban
C & M Party	RAF Oban
RAF Station Connell		Satellite airfield (Oban)
RAF Station Sullom Voe	Sullom Voe, Shetlands
C & M Party	RAF Sullom Voe
RAF Station Scatsta		Satellite airfield (Sullom Voe)
C & M Party	RAF Stornoway
RAF Station Sumburgh	Sumburgh, Shetlands
C & M Party	RAF Sumburgh
RAF Station Tain
No 4 OTU (Detachment)	RAF Tain	Sunderland V/Spitfire V
No 518 Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Tain	Halifax V
No 1 Torpedo Training Unit	RAF Tain	Beaufighter X
No 280 Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Tain	Warwick II
No 22 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Tain

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Calshot	Calshot Spit, Hampshire
Marine Craft Section (Ferry Pool)	RAF Calshot
Survival and Rescue Training Unit	RAF Calshot	Sea Otter
RAF Station Chivenor	Chivenor, Barnstable, Devon
No 517 Sqn	RAF Chivenor	Halifax III/V
No 8517 Servicing Echelon	RAF Chivenor
No 21 Air Crew Holding Unit	RAF Chivenor
RNAS Roborough		Satellite airfield (Chivenor)
No 19 Group Communication Flt	RNAS Roborough	Various
RAF Station Pembroke Dock	Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
No 201 Sqn	RAF Pembroke Dock	Sunderland
No 8201 Servicing Echelon	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 230 Sqn  (Cadre)	RAF Pembroke Dock	Sunderland
No 8230 Servicing Echelon	RAF Pembroke Dock
RAF Station Porthcawl
No 1105 Marine Craft Base Unit	RAF Porthcawl
RAF Station St Davids
C & M Party	RAF St Davids
RAF Station St Eval	St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall
No 179 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Lancaster III
No 8179 Servicing Echelon	RAF St Eval
No 224 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Liberator V/VI/VIII
No 8224 Servicing Echelon	RAF St Eval
No 280 ASR Sqn (Detachment)	RAF St Eval	Warwick I

No 16 Wing

HQ - Black Lion Fields, Gillingham, Kent

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Beccles
C & M Party	RAF Beccles
RAF Station Felixstowe	Felixstowe, Suffolk
No 1103 Marine Craft Base Unit	RAF Felixstowe
Flying Boat Major Maintenance	RAF Felixstowe
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment	RAF Felixstowe
RAF Martlesham Heath		Satellite of Felixstowe
RNAS Gosport	Gosport, Hampshire
Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit (MAP)	RNAS Gosport	Various
RAF Station Halton		Station in TTC
ATDU Detachment	RAF Halton
RAF Station Langham
Rochester (Ministry of Supply)
No 16 Wing Communication Flt	Rochester	Various
RAF Station Thornaby
No 280 Sqn	RAF Thornaby	Warwick I
No 8280 Servicing Echelon	RAF Thornaby
Airborne Lifeboat  Preparation Unit	RAF Thornaby
RAF Station Thorney Island	Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
No 254 Sqn	RAF Thorney Island	Beaufighter
No 8254 Servicing Echelon	RAF Thorney Island
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit	RAF Thorney Island	Various
No 20 Air Crew Holding Unit	RAF Thorney Island
No 24 Air Crew Holding Unit	RAF Thorney Island
No 280 Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Thorney Island	Warwick I

No 106 (Photographic Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Fifield House, Benson, Oxfordshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Benson	Benson, Oxfordshire
No 106 Group Communication Flight	RAF Benson	Anson/Meteor III
No 8 OTU	RAF Benson	Various
No 541 Sqn	RAF Benson	Spitfire X/XI/XIX/Lancaster VII
No 8541 Servicing Echelon	RAF Benson
No 540 Sqn	RAF Benson	Mosquito PR Mk 34
No 8540 Servicing Echelon	RAF Benson
Photographic Reconnaissance Development Unit	RAF Benson
RAF Station Chalgrove		Satellite (Benson)
RAF Station Nuneham Park
Central Interpretation Unit	RAF Nuneham Park
RAF Station Mount Farm
C & M Party	RAF Mount Farm

Azores

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 242 Maintenance Unit	Angra, Terceira, Azores

RAF Gibraltar

HQ - Gibraltar

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Gibraltar (North Front)
No 301 AMES	RAF Gibraltar
No 73 Staging Post	RAF Gibraltar

ASR Marine Craft Units - Home

Source - SD161 (69th Edition) - June 1946

County names used are those in use at the time

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