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Location Country: - Faroe Islands Lat/Long: 62:03:49N 07:16:38W Height Above Sea Level: 280 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 10 Jun 1942 Costal Command (10 Jun 1942 - xx xxx xxxx) Closed - |
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Notes It is now Vαagar Airport |
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Main units: - No 18 Terminal Staging Post (12 May 1945 - 30 Apr 1946) |
Location Country: - Holland Lat/Long: Height above sea level: ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - xx xxx 1945 BAFO (xx xxx - 20 Oct 1945) Transport Command (20 Oct 1945 - xx xxx xxxx) |
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Notes. Originally known as B93 |
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Main units (continued): - No 9 Group Target Towing Flt (16 Jul - 8 Dec 1941) No 710 (Ground Defence) Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942) 242 Sqn (16 Sep - 1 Nov 1941) 275 Sqn (15 Oct 1941 - 20 Apr 1944) No 1486 Flt (30 Oct 1941 - 8 Jul 1943) No 2710 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - xxx 1942) 350 Sqn (12 Nov 1941 - 19 Feb 1942) 131 Sqn (4 Mar - 16 Apr 1942) No 3037 Servicing Echelon (4 Mar 11 Apr 1942) 406 Sqn (31 Mar - 15 Nov 1943) No 604 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (31 Mar 13 Apr 1943) 125 Sqn (14 Nov 1943 - 25 Mar 1944) No 6125 Servicing Echelon (22 25 Mar 1944) 157 Sqn (26 Mar - 7 May 1944) No 6157 Servicing Echelon (26 Mar 1 May 1944) No 1528 Beam Approach Training Flt (1 Nov 1944 - 15 Sep 1945) No 1555 Radio Aids Training Flt (15 Sep - 17 Dec 1945) No 9 Section, No 1552 Beam Approach Training Flt, (8 May - 29 Jul 1946) No 1513 Radio Aids Training Flt (13 May - 31 Aug 1946) No 10 Air Gunners School (1 Dec 1946 - 1 Jul 1947) No 63 Gliding School (Jan 1947 - 31 Mar 1948) No 2 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit (6 Aug 1947 - 8 Mar 1948) 20 Sqn (19 Jul 1949 - 16 Sep 1951) Coastal Command Aircraft Preparation & Modification Flt (12 Mar - 28 May 1951) No 202 Advanced Flying School (1 Apr 1951 - 1 Jun 1954) No 7 Flying Training School (1 Jun 1954 - 15 Aug 1960) No 6 Trials Unit (5 Jan 1955 - Aug 1957) 'C' Flt, 22 Sqn (15 Feb 1955 - Current) Guided Weapons Development Sqn (1 Jun 1957 - 31 Dec 1958) Guided Weapons Training Sqn (1 Jan 1959 - 1 Jun 1962) Fighter Command Missile Practice Camp (1 Jun 1962 - 30 Apr 1968) Strike Command Air-to-Air Missile Establishment (30 Apr 1968 - Current) No 4 Flying Training School (15 Aug 1960 - Current) C Flt, 22 Sqn (Feb 1963 - xxx 1977) SAR Training Unit (3 Dec 1979 - 31 Mar 1997) No 208 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Apr 1994 - Current) No 19 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Oct 1994 - xxx 2013) No 74 (Reserve) Sqn (5 Oct 1994 - 22 Sep 2000) HQ & C Flt, 22 Sqn (xxx xxxx - Current) 203 (Reserve) Sqn (xxx 2008 - Current) 4 Sqn (24 Nov 2011 - Current) |
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Location County: - Anglesey 6 miles SE of Holyhead Lat/Long: 53:15:00N 04:32:15W Grid Ref: SH305758 Height above sea level: 26ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 15 Mar 1941 (as RAF Rhosneigr) No 9 Group (15 Mar 1941 - 18 Mar 1944) No 44 Group (18 Mar 1944 - 29 Jul 1946) FTC (29 Jul 1946 - 15 Apr 1948) No 12 Group (15 Apr 1948 - 4 Nov 1950) Coastal Command (4 Nov 1950 - xx Mar 1951) No 23 Group (12 Mar 1951 - xx xxx 1968) Training Command (xx xxx 1968 - xx xxx xxxx) Support Command (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx) Personnel & Training Command (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx) No 2 Group (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx) |
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Notes Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a Sector fighter station was issued in July 1940. It was originally known as Rhosneigr, but the name was changed in April 1941. Following its transfer to No 23 Group on 12 March 1951 it continued to be responsible for: -
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Main units: - 312 Sqn (3 Mar - 25 Apr 1941) 258 Sqn (17 - 22 Apr 1941) 615 Sqn (21 Apr - 11 Sep 1941) 456 Sqn (30 Jun 1941 - 29 Mar 1943) |
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Detachments** 219 Sqn (Dec 1940 - Jun 1942) 302 Sqn (20 Jun - 11 Jul 1941) 403 Sqn (11 - 17 Jul 1941) 605 Sqn (5 - 8 Aug 1941) 315 Sqn (23 May - xxx 1942) 247 Sqn (Sep 1942 - Feb 1943) 281 Sqn (Nov 1942 - Mar 1943, Mar - Aug 1945) 23 Operational Training Unit (Dec 1942 - xxx xxxx) 195 Sqn (2 Apr 1943 - xxx xxxx) |
285 Sqn (May - Aug 1943) Telecommunications Flying Unit (18 Jul 1944 - xxx xxxx) 650 Sqn (Nov 1944 - Jun 1945) 1606 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (Dec 1944 - xxx xxxx) No 206 Advanced Flying School (23 Feb - 1 Jun 1954) 845 Sqn FAA (11 - 13 Jun 1973) 826 Sqn FAA (16 - 23 Feb 1976) 819 Sqn FAA (29 Sep - 7 Oct 1986) University of Wales Air Sqn (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx) |
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Main units: - 89 Sqn (26 Oct 1943 - 29 Mar 1944, 25 Jun - 18 Aug 1944) No 11 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (10 Jan 1944 - 30 Sep 1945) 17 Sqn (29 Jun - 20 Nov 1944) No 1579 Calibration Flt (7 Jul - 18 Sep 1944) 176 Sqn (18 - 24 Aug 1944) 217 Sqn (7 Sep 1944 - 29 Jun 1945) No 121 Repair & Salvage Unit (24 - 25 Oct 1944 - xxx 1945) 132 Sqn (20 Jan - 25 Jun 1945) |
Location Country: - Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Lat/Long: 08:44:24N 80:29:49E Height Above Sea Level: |
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Operational Control: - SHQ opened - xx xxx xxxx SHQ disbanded - 15 Dec 1945 |
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Main Units: - 22 Sqn (15 Feb 1943 - 21 Apr 1944, 7 Jul - 23 Dec 1944) |
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Detachments** 176 Sqn (May 1943 - Aug 1944) |
60 Sqn (Aug - Sep 1943) 47 Sqn (Apr - Oct 1944) |
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Detachments** (except^): - 1435 Sqn (Nov 1943 - Jun 1944) 6 Sqn (Feb 1944 - Apr 1945) No 3 Forward Fighter Control Unit^ (8 May 1944 - 1 Jun 1945) 253 Sqn (May - Jul 1944) 'C' Detachment, No 110 Maintenance Unit (by 15 Jul - xx Dec 1944) 73 Sqn (Jul - Sep 1944) 249 Sqn (Jul - Sep 1944) 352 Sqn (Aug 1944 - Jan 1945) 351 Sqn (Sep 1944 - Mar 1945) 'B' Detachment, No 110 Maintenance Unit (by 1 Nov - xx Dec 1944) 352 Sqn^ (25 Jan - 4 Apr 1945) |
Location Country: - Yugoslavia Lat/Long: 43:02:33N 16:09:09E Height above sea level: ft |
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Operational Control: - SHQ opened - 28 July 1944 Balkan Air Force (28 Jul 1944 - 7 Jun 1945) SHQ Disbanded - 7 Jun 1945 |
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Main units (continued): - 5 Sqn (25 Jun - 16 Sep 1944, 10 - 24 Jun 1945, 30 Aug - 12 Sep 1945, 2 Nov - 5 Dec 1945) 84 Sqn (17 Nov 1942 - 13 Jan 1943) No 230 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (2 Aug 1944 - Feb 1945) No 240 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (Oct 1944 - F15 Oct 1945) No 34 Staging Post (1 Sep 1944 - 1 Oct 1946) No 88 Air Stores Park (27 Nov - 12 Dec 1944) No 7005 Servicing Echelon (10 24 Jun 1945, 30 Aug 9 Sep 1945) 89 Sqn (25 Jun - 18 Aug 1944) 30 Sqn (3 Jul - 12 Sep 1945, 2 Oct - 4 Dec 1945) No 7030 Servicing Echelon (7 Jul 12 Sep 1945, 2 Oct 4 Dec 1945) 615 Sqn (8 Jul - 25 Sep 1945) HQ, No 905 Wing (Jul - 12 Sep 1945) 81 Sqn (30 Aug - 25 Sep 1945) No 7081 Servicing Echelon (30 Aug 25 Sep 1945) No 102 Air Sores Park (14 Nov 1945 - 20 Jan 1946) |
Location Country - Andhra Pradesh, India. Lat/Long: Height above sea level: 15 ft |
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Operational Control: - SHQ opened - AHQ India (xx xxx xxxx - 15 Mar 1947) SHQ closed - 15 Mar 1947 |
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Notes It is now known as Vishakhapatnam Naval Air Station and is also a civilian airport. |
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Main units: - No 106 (Coast Defence) Flt, IAF (Jan - xxx 1942) No 6 Coast Defence Flt, IAFVR (Mar - 1 Apr 1942) No 104 (Coast Defence) Flt, IAF (1 Apr - xxx 1942, 31 Aug - 1 Dec 1942) No 346 Maintenance Unit (4 May 1944 - 12 Jun 1945) |
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Detachments** 135 Sqn (Mar 1942 - Jan 1943) 62 Sqn (Jun 1942 - Jan 1943) 136 Sqn (Jun - Sep 1942) 155 Sqn (Aug - Oct 1942) |
215 Sqn (Aug - Oct 1942) 42 Sqn (Dec 1942 - Feb 1943) 89 Sqn (Oct 1943 - Mar 1944) 203 Sqn (Oct 1944 - Feb 1945) No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (27 Jul - xxx 1945) |
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