Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
USAF Units in the UK - January 1954
Location | Unit | Notes |
RAF Abingdon | Detachment 2, 7501st Composite Sqn (Southern Installation District) | Station in Transport Command |
RAF Alconbury | No 1 Motor Maintenance Sqn Detachment 1, 7523rd Air Base Sqn |
Station in TTC |
RAF Barford St John | Detachment, 7562nd Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Bentwaters | 81st Fighter Interceptor Wing 91st Fighter Interceptor Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Blyton | 7536th Air Base Sqn | Station in Fighter Command |
Bovingdon | 7531st Air Base Sqn | MCA Airfield |
Brigstock Camp (War Office) | 32nd AAA Brigade School | |
RAF Brize Norton | 7530th Air Depot Group 3920th Air Base Group 4th Aviation Field Depot Sqn 92nd AAA Battalion |
Station in Bomber Command |
Burderop Park | 5th Hospital Group | Station in Home Command |
RAF Burtonwood | HQ, Northern Air Materiel Area 7559th Maintenance Group Depot 7559th Supply Group Depot 7559th Air Base Group Depot |
Station in Maintenance Command |
Bushey Hall (War Office) | HQ, 32nd AAA Brigade HQ, 6th Chemical Smoke Generating Battalion |
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RAF Bushey Park | 7533rd Air Base Sqn HQ, 9th Air Rescue Group HQ, 28th Weather Sqn |
Station in Home Command |
RAF Chelveston | 817th Aviation Engineer Battalion 7523rd Air Base Sqn 620th Engineer Aviation Maintenance Company 916th Engineer Aviation Supply Point Company |
Station in Maintenance Group |
Chicksands Priory | 6950th Security Group 10th Radio Sqn (Mobile) 7534th Air Base Sqn |
Station in No 90 Group |
Colliers End Camp (War Office) | HQ, 928th Engineer Aviation Group | |
Cranwick Camp (War Office) | 53rd Ordnance Survey Company | |
RAF Croughton | 7562nd Air Base Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
Dengie Flats Range | Detachment 1, 20th Air Base Group | |
Denham Studios | HQ, 7500th Air Base Group 7532nd Maintenance & Supply Sqn |
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Eastcote | Detachment 7, 7501st Composite Sqn (Dependents School) | |
RAF East Kirkby | 3931st Air Base Sqn | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Edzell | Detachment 1, 37th Radio Sqn (Mobile) | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Fairford | 3919th Air Base Group 2nd Aviation Field Depot Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Greenham Common | 3909th Air Base Group 8th Aviation Field Depot Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
Hargrave Camp (War Office) | 804th Engineer Aviation Battalion | |
Heston | Detachment 23, 3903rd Radar Bombing Scoring Sqn | MCA Airfield |
RAF High Wycombe | 485th Communication Sqn 3929th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
Homewood Park | 3915th Air Base Sqn | |
Kirkby | Detachment 3, 7559th Transport Sqn | |
RAF Kirknewton | 37th Radio Sqn (Mobile) 7535th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Lakenheath | 3912th Air Base Sqn 3913th Air Base Sqn 60th AAA Battalion |
Station in Bomber Command |
Langham Camp | 50th Radio Controlled Aircraft Target Unit | |
RAF Lindholme | 3916th Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
Liverpool | Detachment 1, 7559th Transport Sqn | |
London | Detachment 2, 494th Medical Group Flight 'A', 7370th Flight Service Sqn (Uxbridge Control Centre) 1171st Foreign Mission Sqn (MAAG) 7726th AAA Liaison Group |
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RAF Manston | 406th Fighter Bomber Wing: -
3917th Air Base Group 66th Air Rescue Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Membury | 3937th Air Base Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Mepal | Detachment 2, 7557th Supply Sqn (Subsistence) | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Middleton Stoney | 7515th Hospital Group | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Mildenhall |
3910th Air Base Group |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Molesworth | 7582nd Air Base Sqn 801st Engineer Aviation Battalion |
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Newmarket | Detachment 3, 7501st Composite Sqn (Eastern Installation District) | |
Northolt | Detachment 1, 7531st Air Base Sqn | MCA Airfield |
RAF North Pickenham | HQ, 7559th Ammunition Supply Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
Northwood | Detachment 4, 7501st Composite Sqn (South Eastern Installation District) | Station in Coastal Command |
Prestwick | 1631st Air Base Sqn 67th Air Rescue Sqn |
MCA Airfield |
Retford | Detachment 1, 7501st Composite Sqn (Northern Installation District) | |
RAF Scampton | 3930th Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Sculthorpe | HQ 49th Air Division HQ, 47th Bombardment Wing (Light): -
9th Aviation Field Depot Sqn 39th AAA Battalion |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Sealand | 7558th Air Depot Group 3rd Motor Transport Sqn |
Station in Maintenance Command |
Shaftesbury | 7551st Personnel Processing Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Shepherds Grove |
7519th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
Southampton | Detachment 2, 7559th Transport Sqn | |
RAF South Ruislip | HQ 3rd Air Force HQ, 7th Air Division HQ, 494th Medical Group 11th Communication Sqn 7500th Air Base Sqn |
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Stanstead Mountfichet | 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Detachment 2, 7523rd Supply Sqn |
MCA Airfield |
RAF Sturgate | 3928th Air Base Group | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Upper Heyford | 3918th Air Base Group 1st Aviation Field Depot Sqn 4th AAA Battalion |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Waddington | 3914th Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF West Drayton | 3911th Air Base Group 3921st Reconnaissance Technical Sqn |
Station in Home Command |
RAF Wethersfield | 20th Fighter Bomber Wing
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Station in Fighter Command |
Wimpole Park | 3rd Hospital Group | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Woodbridge | 79th Fighter Bomber Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
Source - SD161 (160th Edition) - January 1954
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