Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - April 1958

[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Maritime HQ | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Coastal Command Communication Flight	RAF Bovingdon	Station in Fighter Command
RAF Element, Joint Anti-Submarine School	Londonderry	Shackleton
No 7301 Reserve Flight	RAF Northwood
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit	RAF St Mawgan	Shackleton/Sycamore, station in No 19 Group

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Aldergrove
No 120 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Shackleton
No 202 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Hastings
No 7312 Reserve Flight	RAF Aldergrove
No 1100 Marine Craft Unit	Alness
RAF Station Ballykelly
No 204 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Shackleton
No 240 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Shackleton
No 269 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Shackleton
No 7313 Reserve Flight	RAF Ballykelly
No 1108 Marine Craft Unit	Blyth
No 1109 Marine Craft Unit	Boston
No 1104 Marine Craft Unit	Bridlington
No 1106 Marine Craft Unit	Drummore
No 1113 Marine Craft Unit	Holyhead
RAF Station Kinloss
Maritime Operational Training Unit	RAF Kinloss	Shackleton
No 7352 Reserve Flight	RAF Kinloss
No 275 Sqn	RAF Leconfield	Sycamore, station in Fighter Command
No 18 Group Communication Flt	RAF Leuchars	Anson/Dakota, station in Fighter Command
HQ, No 18 Group	RAF Pitreavie Castle
No 7311 Reserve Flight	RAF Pitreavie Castle
No 1114 Marine Craft Unit	Ramsey
No 1112 Marine Craft Unit	Tayport

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 1102 Marine Craft Unit	Falmouth
No 1103 Marine Craft Unit	RAF Felixstowe	Station in TTC
No 1111 Marine Craft Unit	Lyme Regis
HQ, No 19 Group	RAF Mount Batten
Marine Craft Training School	RAF Mount Batten
No 7351 Reserve Flight	RAF Mount Batten
No 1107 Marine Craft Unit	Newhaven
C & M Party	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 1115 Marine Craft Unit	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 1105 Marine Craft Unit	Porthcawl
No 19 Group Communication Flt	Roborough (MTCA)	Anson/Prentice
RAF Station St Eval
No 42 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Shackleton
No 228 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Shackleton
RAF Station St Mawgan
No 22 Sqn	RAF St Mawgan	Whirlwind
No 220 Sqn	RAF St Mawgan	Shackleton
No 217 Sqn	RAF St Mawgan	Whirlwind
No 206 Sqn	RAF St Mawgan	Shackleton
No 7353 Reserve Flight	RAF St Eval

RAF Gibraltar

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station North Front
No 224 Sqn	RAF North Front	Shackleton
No 8 Mobile Oxygen Unit	RAF North Front
HQ, No 8 RAF Police District	RAF North Front	Functionally controlled by HQ, P & SS (UK)
No 331 Signals Unit (North Front)	RAF North Front
AHQ Gibraltar	RAF North Front

Maritime HQ

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Element, Maritime HQ	Chatham

Coastal Command, Inactive Stations

 

Inactive Station	Parent Station	Status
Alness	Kinloss
Ballyhalbert	Aldergrove
Carew Cheriton	Pembroke Dock
Castle Archdale	Ballykelly
Castle Rock	Ballykelly
Cluntoe	Aldergrove
Comber (Belfast) (M/F D/F)	Aldergrove
Dalcross	Kinloss
Dallachy	Kinloss
Downderry (Radar)	Mount Batten
Drummossie	Kinloss
Forres	Kinloss
Fowey	Mount Batten
Greencastle	Aldergrove
Greystones (Radar)	Aldergrove
Keith	Kinloss
Kete (Radar)	Pembroke Dock
Kilkeel (Radar)	Aldergrove
Kirkistown	Aldergrove
Langford Lodge	Aldergrove
Mullaghmore	Ballykelly
Newford (Radar)	St Eval
Nutts Corner	Aldergrove
Perndeen	St Mawgan
Perranporth	St Eval
Plympton (M/F D/F)	Mount Batten
Predannock	St Eval
Rosevalley	Kinloss
St Angelo	Castle Archdale
St Merryn	St Eval
Scousborough (GEE)	Kinloss
Skitten	Kinloss
Stornoway	Kinloss
Sullom Voe	Kinloss
Sumburgh (M/F D/F)	Kinloss
Tain	Kinloss
Talbenny (M/F D/F)	Pembroke Dock
Templeton	Pembroke Dock
Wick	Kinloss
Windy Head (GEE)	Kinloss

Source - SD161 (211th Edition) - April 1958

[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Maritime HQ | Inactive Stations]

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