Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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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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Notes It is now Vαgar Airport |
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Main units (continued): - 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 - 1 Feb 1941 No 9 Group (1 Feb 1941 - Apr 1948) No 12 Group (Apr 1948 Flying Training Command (Mar 1951 - 1968) Training Command (1968 - Support Command Personnel & Training Command |
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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) No 9 Group Target Towing Flt (16 Jul - 8 Dec 1941) 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 710 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942) No 2710 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - xxx 1942) 350 Sqn (12 Nov 1941 - 19 Feb 1942) |
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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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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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Main units (continued): - 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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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) 5 Sqn (25 Jun - 16 Sep 1944, 10 - 24 Jun 1945, 30 Aug - 12 Sep 1945,2 Nov - 5 Dec 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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**Detachment dates indicate that a detachment(s) took place at some point between these dates.
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