Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
USAF Units in the UK - July 1959
Location | Unit | Notes |
RAF Alconbury | 7560th Air Base Group 7560th Air Base Sqn 7560th Materiel Sqn 7560th Technical Reconnaissance Sqn 86th Bomb Sqn (T) 4th Tactical Depot Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Bentwaters | 81st Fighter Bomber Wing 81st Technical Reconnaissance Sqn 91st Fighter Bomber Sqn 81st Support Group 81st Air Base Sqn 81st Field Maintenance Sqn 81st Tactical Hospital |
Station in Fighter Command |
Bourne End | Detachment 1, 7th Air Division | |
RAF Bovingdon | 7531st Air Base Sqn 3rd AME Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Brize Norton | 3920th Supply Sqn 3920th Air Base Group 3920th Operations Sqn 3920th Supply Sqn 2nd Aviation Field Depot Sqn 1970th ACS Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Bruntingthorpe | 3912th Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
Burderop Park | 7505th USAF Hospital | Station in Home Command |
RAF Burtonwood | Northern Air Materiel Area HQ 53rd Weather Sqn 3111th Supply Group 3113th Air Base Wing 3113th Field Maintenance Sqn 7559th USAF Hospital |
Station in Maintenance Command |
Bushey Park (Ministry of Works) | 7533rd Air Base Sqn 28th Weather Sqn |
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RAF Chelveston | 3914th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Chicksands Priory | 6950th Radio Group (Mobile) |
Station in Signals Command |
RAF Croft | Detachment 1, 3113th Air Base Group Detachment 1, 7500th Air Base Group |
Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Croughton | 7562nd Air Base Sqn 1230th ACS Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
Denham | 7500th Air Base Group 7532nd Materiel Sqn 3rd AIP Sqn |
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Eastcote | HQ UK ACS Group | |
RAF Fairford | 3919th Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Feltwell | 672nd TTA Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Greenham Common | 3909th Air Base Group 3909th Operations Sqn 3909th Supply Sqn 4th Aviation Depot Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF High Wycombe | 485th Communication Sqn 3929th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Hillingdon | Detachment 2, 28th Weather Sqn Detachment 4, 603rd Communication Sqn |
Station in Flight Command |
Homewood Park (MOS) | Detachment 7, 12th Radar Bomb Scoring Sqn |
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RAF Honington | Detachment 1, 99th Aviation Depot Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Keevil | 1970th ACS Sqn (OL) | Station in FTC |
Kingston Blount | 1230th ACS Sqn (OL) | |
RAF Kirknewton | 6952nd Radio Sqn (Mobile) | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Lakenheath | 3910th Air Base Group 3910th Operations Sqn 3910th Supply Sqn 8th Aviation Depot Sqn 99th Aviation Depot Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
Liverpool | 59th VEI Flight | |
London |
13th SCA HQ Detachment 9, 7501st Support Sqn |
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RAF Menwith Hill (Harrogate) | US Army Field Station | |
RAF Mepal | Detachment 2, 7560th Materiel Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Mildenhall |
3913th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Molesworth | Detachment 1, 7560th Air Base Group |
Station in Bomber Command |
Northolt | Detachment 13, 7501st Support Sqn Detachment 1, 3918th Field Maintenance Sqn |
Station in Transport Command |
Prestwick | 1602nd Air Transport Wing 1631st Air Base Group 1631st Air Base Sqn 1631st Materiel Sqn 67th Air Rescue Sqn |
MTCA Airfield |
RAF Ruislip (West) | 1st Motor Transport Sqn Detachment 4, 7480th Supply Group |
Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF St Mawgan | 1970th ACS Sqn (OL) | Station in Coastal Command |
RAF Sculthorpe | 47th Bombardment Wing (Tactical) 47th Support Group 47th Supply Sqn 47th Air Base Sqn 78th Fighter Bomber Sqn 84th Bomb Sqn (T) 85th Bomb Sqn (T) 47th Field Maintenance Sqn 1st Tactical Depot Sqn 19th Tactical Reconnaissance Sqn 47th Tactical Hospital 420th Air Refuelling Sqn 605th Communication Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Shepherds Grove |
7519th Support Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF South Ruislip | HQ, 3rd Air Force HQ, 7th Air Division 7520th USAF Hospital 3rd Communication Group 603rd Communications Sqn 7500th Air Base Sqn 7501st Support Sqn |
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Stanstead Mountfitchet |
3930th Air Base Sqn Detachment 1, 1979th ACS Sqn |
MTCA |
RAF Sturgate | 3928th Supply Sqn 1245th ACS Sqn (OL) |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Tuddenham | Detachment 1, 3114th Ammunition Supply Sqn | |
RAF Upper Heyford | 3918th Air Base Group 3918h Supply Sqn 3918h Operations Sqn 3918th TRS Sqn 1st Aviation Field Depot Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Uxbridge | 1280th ACS Sqn (OL) Detachment 1, 7370th Flight Service Sqn |
Station in TTC |
RAF Wattisham | 1261st ACS Sqn | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Welford | 3115th Ammunition Supply Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF West Drayton | 3911th Air Base Group 3911th Supply Sqn 3911th Operations Sqn 3921st Reconnaissance Technical Sqn |
Station in TTC |
RAF Wethersfield | 20th Fighter Bomber Wing 20th Support Group 20th Air Base Sqn 55th Fighter Bomber Sqn 77th Fighter Bomber Sqn 20th Field Maintenance Sqn 20th Supply Sqn 20th Tactical Hospital |
Station in Bomber Command |
Wimpole Park | 7510th USAF Hospital | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Woodbridge | 79th Fighter Bomber Sqn 7546th Support Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
Source - SD161 (226th Edition) - July 1959
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