USAAF Bases in United Kingdom - Air Force Historical ...

captain Barrel Anderson, USAF

Januarll, 1985

ARMY AIR FORCES STATIONS

A Guide to the Stations Where U .S . Army Air Forces Personnel

Served in the United Kingdom During World War II

by

Captain Barry J . Anderson, USAF

Research DivisionUSAF Historical Research CenterMaxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

31 January 1985

CONTENTS

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NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Section

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ARMY AIR FORCES STATION LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 1 - Numerical Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 2 - Alphabetical Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 3 - Geographical Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

United States military units assigned in the United Kingdom (UK)

during World War II had to avoid any direct connection with specific

geographic locations for security reasons . Most United States Army Air

Forces (USAAF) units therefore identified their location with a "station

number ." Although each USAAF installation in the UK was named--generally

after the nearest railway station--official correspondence and unit

histories most often employed the station number .

Without access to an index of the various station numbers, the

locations and units assigned in Great Britain are difficult to fathom,

if they can be determined at all . Hence the need for a station listing

to aid the researcher and historian . The Army Air Forces (AAF) numbers

allocated to stations ranged from AAF-101 through AAF-925 . But nothing is

ever as simple as it might first appear . Not all AAF numbers were used,

and not all installations had numbers (although the named ones are in the

minority) . Most of the stations appear in this listing, which is arranged

sequentially, alphabetically, and by location . Nonetheless, more than 40

years later, it is impossible to identify accurately every UK facility

occupied by the USAAF during World War II . The sources used to compile

this list included numerous station lists prepared by the USAAF in England,

Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland . These and other primary sources in

the USAF Historical Research Center collection all date from late 1941 to

late 1945 .

BACKGROUND

Even with a number and name, finding a USAAF airfield in the United

Kingdom during World War II was no easy matter . Although the UK is a small

nation, a little smaller in size than the state of Oregon, its 94,214

square miles supported an inventory of USAAF airfields, depots, and

installations that numbered in the hundreds at war's end . However small

the territory, for young American pilots newly arrived from the midwest

and used to training in the blue skies over Texas, it was easy to get lost .

England was (and still is) a patchwork of fields, towns, and villages,

all looking remarkably similar from the air . And for aircrew members

accustomed to using a single crossroads or country church as a landmark,

accurate navigation became crucial . Even on the ground, crewmen travelling

from place to place could find navigating difficult for in 1940, when a

German invasion appeared imminent, the British had removed practically all

the road signs and mile markers . Indeed, navigation became such a problem

that a special "Pathfinder" school was established at RAF* Alconbury

(AAF-102), Huntingdonshire .** Many navigators found themselves on orders

for AAF-102 to learn the mysteries of British H2S radio navigation gear

from experts of the 482d Bombardment Group . If one did find a newly

constructed USAAF airfield, security procedures required that it be

referred to in orders and on other travel documents by AAF number .

*During World War II, each USAAF-occupied airfield was prefixed bythe term "Royal Air Force Station ." Abbreviated to "RAF," this policy(with some exceptions) has remained in effect until the present . Thus,references to Alconbury Air Base, or Alconbury Field, are technicallyincorrect .

** Huntingdonshire and several other English counties "disappeared"during a postwar local government reorganization . The area formerly knownas "Huntingdonshire" was amalgamated into Cambridgeshire . In this study,the county locations given are those extant in 1942-1945 .

Several variations of the basic AAF station numbering system were in

use at different UK headquarters . Some fighter units prefixed the number

with an "F," leaving out the "AA." RAF Duxford, headquarters for the 66th

Fighter Wing and 78th and 350th Fighter Groups, was known as F-357 .

Eventually the list of AAF numbers grew to include a small number of

installations outside the British Isles . There were four U .S .-occupied

airfields in Iceland during the war--one of these designated AAF-354 . * It

was home for the 14th Fighter Group and the 50th Fighter Squadron .

Similarly, after the 6 June 1944 landings in Normandy, Ninth Air Force

units and headquarters began moving rapidly to the Continent . Some Dutch,

Belgian, and French bases were also assigned AAF numbers . The expansion

of USAAF airfields was so rapid, however, that the USAAF devised a series

of new numbering systems, and some of the previously designated bases in

Europe also acquired numbers with A-, B-, or Y- prefixes : Chievres

(AAF-181), Belgium, was also A-84 ; Merville, France, sported the dual

designation AAF-182 and B-53 .

Further east, on the Russian Front, United States Strategic Air Forces

in Europe established its eastern headquarters at Poltava, near Kiev in the

USSR . Poltava (AAF-559) was one of three Ukraine installations operated

*Station lists are not specific, but there were four airfields usedby the AAF in Iceland . Reykyavik, the main tactical field, was under RAFjurisdiction and was not used extensively by the USAAF . But the UnitedStates constructed Meeks and Patterson Fields at Reykyavik, as well asKassos Field on the north side of the island . Meeks and Patterson weredeveloped jointly as major staging points on one of the important airtransport routes to Europe .

in the Soviet Union by Headquarters, Eastern Command . The others were

established at Piryatin (AAF-560) and Mirgorod (AAF-561) .

AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION

U .S . Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Viscount Halifax* met in

the summer of 1942 and on 3 September agreed to USAAF operations from the

United Kingdom . Under terms of the reciprocal aid pact, the agreement

called for the British to supply all the facilities necessary for the

USAAF . But labor shortages in Britain and the need to get airfields built

as quickly as possible led to the use of U .S . aviation engineers . No

charge was made for their use, since the labor was considered "training."

In fact, American engineers became a vital element in a severely stretched

British construction program . In February 1945 another agreement made the

British government responsible for all capital expenditures on airfields

constructed for or improved by the USAAF . 1

By the end of 1942, USAAF leaders chose to build large bases, each

large enough to accommodate a complete combat group so that each combat

unit might have its own service group assigned . 2 Earlier, VIII Bomber

Command planned to divide its forces into five wing areas, each composed

of 15 airfields . The bulk of these installations at the time were in use

by RAF Bomber Command, but none were large enough to accommodate an entire

U .S . heavy bombardment group .

British planners--and their U.S . counterparts--assumed that each group

in VIII Bomber Command would station a squadron of bomber aircraft at its

*Sir Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, M.P .

main base with attendant service facilities, and then use satellite

stations for the remainder of the group's squadrons within the wing area .

But by November 1942 British and American military leaders realized that

the USAAF effort in the UK was increasing so rapidly that it would be more

productive to build or enlarge airfields to accommodate a whole group,

rather than separate the squadrons as each RAF wing* did . Both fighter and

bomber units were stationed in the same general areas, resulting in heavy

concentrations of USAAF stations, personnel, and aircraft in East Anglia,

the Midlands, and the West Country .

As the air war progressed, aerial priorities changed and the Eighth

Air Force gave up those bases programmed for its use in the 5th Wing area

northeast of London, predominantly in Essex . Among the airfields planned,

but not built for USAAF use, were facilities at Ingatestone, Maldon,

Southminster, Burnham-on-Crouch, and High Roding . In 1943 Lt Gen Ira Eaker

returned the area to RAF Bomber Command and concentrated his bomber forces

among the East Anglian bases . 3

Of the more than 140 United Kingdom airfields constructed or improved

by or for the USAAF, Air Transport Command occupied 7, and Eighth and Ninth

Air Forces occupied the others . Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces both

fielded units in the UK, but in 1943 moved their operations to the North

African and Mediterranean theaters . But until construction was completed

*The echelons of the Royal Air Force, in order of ascending size,were squadron, wing, and group, whereas the USAAF used the designationssquadron, group, and wing . This also explains the rationale behind the RAFsystem of officer ranks : squadron leader, wing commander, and group captain,respectively ; each equivalent in rank to major, lieutenant colonel, andcolonel in the USAAF .

on the majority of airfields, American units used RAF stations on a "joint

use," or "lodger" basis . Such airfields included Ashchurch, Bisterne,

Headcorn, High Halden, Kingsnorth, Lashenden, Lymington, Staplehurst,

Williamstrip, Winkton, and Woodchurch . USAAF use of these stations

usually predated 1944, although USAAF aircraft would land at RAF fields

in emergency situations .

Airfield construction can be divided between a small number built by

U .S . engineers and a greater number constructed by the British . American

aviation engineering battalions built Andrews Field (Great Saling), Birch,

Boreham, Chipping Ongar, Debach, Eye, Glatton, Gosfield, Great Dunmow,

Harrington, Matching, Nuthamstead, Raydon, and Stansted (Mountfichet) .

Harrington was constructed for the RAF in exchange for Little Staughton,

built by the British for the USAAF . (Figure 1 illustrates the typical

airdrome layout approved by the Engineering Section of VIII Air Force

Service Command in March 1943 .) By 1 June 1943, the Air Ministry had

54 bomber aerodromes under construction for the USAAF, in addition to the

13 just mentioned . Construction of fighter fields was also underway, and

the British allocated 10 of a total of 22 for exclusive U .S . use, with

the remainder designated as emergency landing fields . Six combat crew

replacement centers, the photo reconnaissance base at Mount Farm (AAF-234),

and another 19 observation and transport fields also took shape rapidly

amid the British landscape . Apart from this massive airfield construction

program, the USAAF also took over numerous RAF stations . Some of these

sorely needed stations the RAF wanted to keep but were nonetheless

surrendered to the USAAF . Referring to this spirit of generosity between

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British . . . have cooperated 100 percent in every regard . We are

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our British Allies . . . ."4

The facilities at former RAF fields ranged from excellent to primitive .

Each came supplied with a liaison officer, British communications equipment,

and civil engineering staff . * This helped ease the transition from state-

side training to a war operations footing for newly arrived combat groups .

Some fields, part of the pre-war RAF establishment, boasted barracks and

hangars, machine shops, and supply dumps ; but most of the others amounted

simply to a concrete runway or a grass strip "improved" with the addition

of pierced steel planking and the erection of tents and Nissen huts . **

None of the newly acquired airfields could be considered spacious by U .S .

standards of the day .

The complex of air bases across the middle of England was a vast one,

and a huge logistical "tail" had to support the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces'

"teeth ." In March 1942 General Eaker pushed for establishment of the depot,

repair, and overhaul facilities needed for sustained flying operations from

the UK . Warton (AAF-5$2), 25 miles north of Liverpool in Lancashire, had

been identified as an excellent site for this purpose by a group of Air

Corps officers during a visit to the Blackpool and Preston areas on

*Today, each USAF installation in the UK still has an RAF stationcommander--usually a squadron leader--assigned, as well as civil engineersfrom the Property Services Agency of the British Department of theEnvironment .

** Nissen huts resembled a corrugated metal barrel cut lengthwise andbolted to a concrete base . These were used on most UK airfields in WorldWar II .

27-28 October 1941,5 before the United States entered the war . During the

same trip to survey British flying operations, the group visited the

Huntingdon area . Airfields at Polebrook, Grafton Underwood, Kimbolton,

Little Staughton, Molesworth,* Chelveston,* Podington, and Thurleigh--all

to become famous bomber installations--were also identified as desirable .

Warton was exceptionally well sited with regard to essential services, and

with Burtonwood became one of the key USAAF logistical facilities in the

United Kingdom .

In 1943 the conversion of British sites to USAAF facilities quickened .

Wycombe Abbey, a girls school near RAF Bomber Command headquarters, became

Headquarters Eighth Air Force at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire . Silcock's

Warehouse, Liverpool, transformed from grain storage to become an aircraft

spares warehouse . Various country houses became other USAAF headquarters--

Bushey Hall at Watford, on the northwest side of London, and Lord Iveagh's**

home at Elveden Hall, Suffolk, are examples . Other houses large and small

accommodated the surge of USAAF personnel, personnel sometimes referred to

and over here!" But the need for

as USAAF forces and facilities

aircrew losses mounted . Any initial

British resentment at the local level was soon replaced by admiration and

even affection for the Yanks who flew bomber raids against Nazi Germany in

caustically as "over paid, over sexed,

still more personnel replacements grew

expanded, the air war intensified, and

*Forty years later these bases housed families of airmen assigned toRAF Alconbury .

**Major Sir Arthur Onslow Edward Guinness, Viscount Elveden, 2nd Earlof Iveagh .

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the broad daylight . * Thousands of airmen passed through the replacement

control depots at Stone (AAF-518 and AAF-594) in Staffordshire, which

served the VIII Air Force Service Command, and Chorley (AAF-591) in

Lancashire, from which IX Air Force Service Command drew replacements for

Ninth Air Force units .

But it wasn't just people that kept the USAAF flying--it was also the

spare parts, rubber tires, fuel, lubricants, ammunition, bombs, and all the

other vital supplies that flowed off the docks in Liverpool into and through

the Service Command supply depots . Burtonwood in Warrington became the

principal Base Air Depot Area headquarters for the UK, and developed into

the largest single U.S . supply, storage, and maintenance installation of

the war . As the number of combat airfields grew, so did the entire depot

complex, with Strategic Air Depot areas, Tactical Air Depot areas (also

known as Advanced Air Depots), and Base Air Depot Areas all serving sections

of the USAAF . Langford Lodge (AAF-597), Northern Ireland, developed rapidly

as a supply and maintenance depot . Other facilities in Northern Ireland

served important roles as training locations for newly arrived aircrews .

Geographically, Ulster was somewhat sheltered from Luftwaffe air raids

because of its distance from the Continent and because England offered

more tempting targets .

Combat Crew Replacement Centers established in Northern Ireland

included the facilities at Eglinton (AAF-344), Toome (AAF-236), Cluntoe

*Some authorities suggest that daylight raids were chosen because thenavigation skills among U .S . aircrews were insufficient to handle nightimeoperations without extensive additional training .

(AAF-238), Nutts Corner (AAF-235), Long Kesh (AAF-232), Maghaberry

(AAF-239), and Greencastle (AAF-237)--all built or improved for the USAAF .

Others in the Eighth Air Force Ulster construction program on 28 July 1942

included the satellite fields at Ballyhalbert, Bishop's Court, Mill Isle,*

Kirkistown, * Sydenham, Newtownards, Mullaghmore, and Maydown . A combat

crew replacement center and advanced supply and repair depot was planned at

St . Angelo--the facility furthest west in Northern Ireland--but records do

not confirm any actual USAAF use . The Eighth Air Force stationed a signal

battalion at Lurgan (AAF-350), and occupied facilities at Victoria Barracks,

Belfast (AAF-233), and Kircassock House (AAF-231) . Ninth Air Force operated

Aldergrove (AAF-439) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which had served

in 1940 as the terminus for the North Atlantic ferry route from the United

States . (Luftwaffe attacks in late 1940 forced the use of Prestwick

(AAF-500), Scotland, for this purpose in place of Aldergrove .)

UNIT MOVES

In late 1943, men and materiel were flowing into the UK at a

tremendous rate . The rapid expansion of USAAF bases meant that any unit

remaining at one station throughout the war would be an exceptional case

indeed . Therefore, though the station listing generally identifies a

particular unit with a station number and location, that unit is the one

most closely associated with that location during the war years . It was

not necessarily the final location of the unit at war's end . Because units

often moved, some are identified with more than one station number and

*Built as reciprocal aid projects, but never used by the USAAF .

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location . In at least one case, a station number moved . (See the note

associated with Hitcham [AAF-470], Suffolk .) In other cases, there appears

to have been considerable confusion even among members of allied wartime

headquarters staffs about certain stations and their corresponding station

numbers, especially when two stations were collocated . This most often

occurred when depots were established adjacent to flying units . In Norfolk,

the station numbers for Watton (AAF-376) and Neaton (AAF-505) were often

used interchangeably . Honington (AAF-375), Suffolk, was frequently listed

as AAF-595, the station number for Troston .

In addition to names, some key units were referred to by their

code names . * Headquarters, Eighth Air Force and its successor, United

States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAFE), headquartered in the

suburbs southwest of London at Bushey Park, Teddington, were dubbed

"WIDEWING ." Headquarters, VIII Bomber Command at High Wycombe,

Buckinghamshire, was code named "PINETREE ." To add to the plethora of

names, High Wycombe (AAF-101) is also referred to as Camp Lynn . Several

other installations also bore the "Camp" prefix . Camp Blainey, headquarters

for the Eighth Air Force's Third Air Division, became better known by its

original name--Elveden Hall (AAF-116) . Similarly, Camp Thomas (AAF-108)

in Norfolk quickly regained its local name of Old Catton . But Camp

Griffiths (AAF-586), an alternative name for the headquarters at Bushey

Park, proved the exception and retained its designation throughout the war .

USAAF headquarters spread throughout London and its suburbs . Sometimes

they were given station numbers ; sometimes not . Kew Gardens was one such

*All units had code names, but these were normally used intelecommunications only .

site, just south of the Thames . Others were near the U.S . Embassy--AAF-576

is listed as 20 North Audley Street, just off Grosvenor Square . Another

London example : AAF-405--Elsworth Road and Wadham Gardens in St . Johns

Wood . Both are listed as being in Hampstead Borough* where the IX Air

Defense Command had its headquarters . Yet another London station was

Bryanston Square (AAF-390), which became the U.S . Strategic Air Forces in

Europe rear echelon headquarters when the USSTAFE moved to the Continent .

By 1944, as U .S . forces in the UK reached their greatest numbers in

preparation for the Normandy invasion, U .S . installations seemingly had

sprung up everywhere . Although Figure 2 shows many of these airfields,

Army Air Forces unit commanders found

space with the RAF, the United States

Navy units . Military planners began to

blur the distinction between U .S . Army and U.S . Army Air Forces components .

The U.S . Army ordnance facility at Tidworth, Buckinghamshire, was assigned

the designation AAF-583 . Other station lists placed AAF-583 at Sharnbrook,

Bedfordshire, which was a USAAF ordnance and chemical depot . Another

ordnance and chemical depot, Barnham in Suffolk, carried two station

numbers despite its small size . Barnham's Warren Wood site was listed as

AAF-587 and its nearby Little Heath site became AAF-517 . (As late as 1971,

RAF Barnham was being used by the U .S . Air Force to billet airmen assigned

to nearby RAF Lakenheath .)

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Though this station list provides basic information for each station,

normally only combat flying units have been listed unless the primary USAAF

unit assigned was a non-flying organization . The typical USAAF station

included a fighter or bomber group and a service organization .* RAF

Alconbury, known as AAF-102 at the time, is the only major World War II

facility still operated by the U .S . Air Force . It is therefore interesting

to compare its station complement on 29 February 1944 with the one assigned

some 40 years later . Alconbury, then an Eighth Air Force station, was

assigned to the 1st Bombardment Division . The principal flying unit was

the 482d Bombardment Group, which was responsible for Eighth Air Force

"Pathfinder" training . (Because of this special responsibility, the 482d

was also regarded as part of the VIII Composite Command, which controlled

all advanced combat training for the Eighth Air Force in 1944 .) The 1st

headquarters nearby at Brampton Grange`*

at Alconbury by Detachment A of its Headquarters

Detachment 102 of the 18th Weather Squadront

also located at Alconbury, as was Sub Depot 440 of the VIII Strategic

Depot area that provided maintenance support . Elements of the 482d

Bombardment Group included a headquarters and headquarters squadron, and

the 812th, 813th, and 814th Bombardment Squadrons . Attached to the 4824

Bombardment Division--with

(AAF-103)--was represented

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*A World War 11 term for what is today called a combat support group .

** RAF Brampton is currently the headquarters of RAF Support Command .

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was the 36th Bombardment Squadron . The 41st Station Complement Squadron

provided service functions, and the 1203d Quartermaster Company had supply

responsibility . Bombs and ammunition were stored in revetments on the

north side of the field by members of the 1645th Ordnance Supply and

Maintenance Company . The 1251st Military Police Company (Aviation)

provided security . All military members of these units were paid by the

finance officer and nine men of the 2960th Financial Detachment . This

was no small task, because in February 1944 the 13 units and detachments

stationed at RAF Alconbury possessed a military strength of 2,783 . 6

By comparison, 40 years later RAF Alconbury was a Third Air Force

installation operated by the 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing . In

addition to its two flying units, the 1st Tactical Reconnaissance

Squadron and the 527th Aggressor Squadron,* the 10th TRW hosted the 17th

Reconnaissance Wing . The 17th was an Eighth Air Force tenant organization

at Alconbury, with one flying unit : the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron .

Services were provided by the 10th Combat Support Group, which included

four squadrons of its own . The 10th Transportation and Supply Squadrons

provided logistical support, and six squadrons performed aircraft

maintenance for the two wings . In addition to the 17th RW, the 10th TRW

supported 14 tenant organizations, including a U.S . Army detachment . The

32 military organizations at RAF Alconbury in 1982 had a combined strength

of 2,660 . 7

*This unique unit provided NATO aircrews with Warsaw Pact threattraining .

The similarity is remarkable, but it must be remembered that in 1944,

as Figure 2 graphically illustrates, RAF Alconbury was one of hundreds of

Eighth Air Force and Ninth Air Force installations at war against Germany .

Some 40 years later RAF Alconbury had become one of only five major U.S .

Air Force bases in the UK, supporting NATO . The role of American airpower

in the UK is not forgotten, however, and U .S . service men and women in

Great Britain today are welcome allies, sharing a bond forged in war . As

Prime Minister Winston Churchill observed on learning of the attack on

Pearl Harbor : 8

No American will think it wrong of me if I proclaim thatto have the United States at our side was to me the greatestjoy . . . . So we had won after all! . . . England would live .Britain would live . How long the war would last or in whatfashion it would end, no man could tell, nor did I at thatmoment care . . . . We should not be wiped out . Our historywould not come to an end . Hitler's fate was sealed .Mussolini's fate was sealed . As for the Japanese, theywould be ground to powder . All the rest was merely theproper application of overwhelming force . . . . No doubtit would take a long time . . . but there was no moredoubt about the end .

1 7

At the time, even Churchill could hardly have guessed the magnitude

of the U .S . military presence that would soon be stationed in the United

Kingdom . The build up was phenomenal, with the island nation becoming "the

world's largest aircraft carrier ." The following station listing provides

some idea of the scope of a part of that presence : the USAAF effort in

Great Britain during World War 11 .

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ARMY AIR FORCES STATION LIST

This listing is divided into three parts . Part 1, the numerical listing,includes all known station numbers . Part 2, the alphabetical listing, alsoincludes installations that were not assigned AAF numbers . Part 3 indexesthe alphabetical listing by geographic location, but does not include unitsassigned .

Explanation of terms :

AAF Number . The Army Air Forces station number assigned .

Name . The official name of the installation, with alternative namesappearing in parentheses .

Location . Majority of locations are counties in England ; locationsoutside England are identified by county (if available) and country .

Principal Unit(s) . Unit(s) assigned to the installation during WorldWar 11 . Space considerations preclude identifying every unit assigned, soflying units predominate . When no unit designation is available, thecommand--usually Eighth or Ninth Air Force--is given . Where informationis unknown, it is so indicated . Explanation of abbreviations and acronymsused appear in the glossary .

(Camp Thomas)

PART 1 - NUMERICAL LISTING

AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

101 High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HQ 8 AF ; VIII Bomber Comd(Camp Lynn)

102 Alconbury Huntingdonshire 452 Bomb Gp ; 1 Air Div

103 Brampton Grange Huntingdonshire HQ 1 Air Div

104 Hardwick Norfolk 20 Bomb Wg ; 93 Bomb Gp

105 Chelveston Northamptonshire 305 Bomb Gp

106 Grafton Underwood Northamptonshire 384 Bomb Gp

107 Molesworth Huntingdonshire 303 Bomb Gp

108 Old Catton Norfolk 2 Bomb Wg ; 14 Bomb Wg

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109 Podington Bedfordshire 92 Bomb Gp

110 Polebrook Northamptonshire 351 Bomb Gp

111 Thurleigh Bedfordshire 306 Bomb Gp

112 Bovingdon Hertfordshire 11 Cmbt Crew ReplacementCtr

113 Cheddington Buckinghamshire HQ VIII AF Composite Comd ;(Marsworth) 12 Cmbt Crew Replacement

Ctr ; 36 Bomb Sq ; 406Bomb Sq

114 Hethel Norfolk 389 Bomb Gp

115 Shipdham Norfolk 44 Bomb Gp

116 Elveden Hall Suffolk HQ 3 Air Div ; 92 Cmbt Bomb(Camp Blainey) Wg

117 Kimbolton Huntingdonshire 379 Bomb Gp

118 Wendling Norfolk 392 Bomb Gp

119 Horham Suffolk 95 Bomb Gp ; 323 Bomb Gp

120 Attlebridge Norfolk 466 Bomb Gp

121 Bassingbourne Cambridgeshire 91 Bomb Gp

122 Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire 355 Fighter Gp

123 Horsham St . Faith Norfolk 458 Bomb Gp

124 Tibenham Norfolk 445 Bomb Gp(Ti vetshalI)

125 Bungay Suffolk 446 Bomb Gp(Flixton)

126 Rattlesden Suffolk 447 Bomb Gp

127 Little Staughton Bedfordshire 2 Advanced Air Depot

128 Deenthorpe Northamptonshire 401 Bomb Gp

129 St . Eval Cornwall 479 Anti-Sub Gp

130 Glatton Huntingdonshire 457 Bomb Gp(Connington)

*See 554 Fersfield, Norfolk .

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131 Nuthampstead Hertfordshire 398 Bomb Gp

132 Beccles Suffolk Sq M, 17 RCD ; Air Service(Ellough) Comd

133 East Wretham Norfolk 359 Fighter Gp

134 Eye Suffolk 490 Bomb Gp

135 Hepworth Suffolk VIII AF Service Comd

136 Knettishall Suffolk 388 Bomb Gp

137 Lavenham Suffolk 487 Bomb Gp

138 Snetterton Heath Norfolk 96 Bomb Gp

139 Thorpe Abbots Norfolk 100 Bomb Gp

140 Winfarthing* Norfolk 562 Bomb Sq ; VIII AFService Comd

141 Bodney Norfolk 352 Fighter GP

142 Deopham Green Norfolk 452 Bomb Gp

143 North Pickenham Norfolk 492 Bomb Gp

144 Old Buckenham Norfolk 453 Bomb Gp

145 Rackheath Norfolk 467 Bomb Gp

146 Seething Norfolk 448 Bomb Gp

147 Ketteringham Hall Norfolk HQ 2 Air Div ; 95 Cmbt Bomb

Wg

148 Beaumont Essex 12 AF

149 Birch Essex 410 Bomb Gp

150 Boxted Essex 56 Fighter Gp

151 Butley Suffolk (Emergency landing field)(Bentwaters)

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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATI ON PRINCIPAL UNIT (S) ASSIGNED

152 Debach Suffolk 493 Bomb Gp

153 Framlingham Suffolk 390 Bomb Gp(Parham)

154 Gosfield Essex 410 Bomb Gp

155 Great Ashfield Suffolk 385 Bomb Gp

156 Mendelsham Suffolk 34 Bomb Gp

157 Raydon Suffolk 353 Fighter Gp

158 Sudbury Derbyshire Signal Storage Depot #1

159 Wormingford Essex 55 Fighter Gp ; 362 FighterGp

160 Marks Hall Essex 4 Bomb Wg ; 98 Cmbt Bomb Wg

161 Boreham Essex 394 Bomb Gp

162 Chipping Ongar Essex 387 Bomb Gp(Willingdale)

163 Cold Norton Essex 8 AF

164 Great Dunmow Essex 386 Bomb Gp(Little Easton)

165 Little Walden Essex 361 Fighter Gp ; 409 Bomb(Hadstock) Gp

166 Matching Essex 391 Bomb Gp

167 Ridgewell Essex 381 Bomb Gp

168 Rivenhall Essex 397 Bomb Gp

169 Stansted Essex 344 Bomb Gp ; 2 Tac Air(Mountfitchet) Depot

170 Wethersfield Essex 416 Bomb Gp

171 Stisted Hall Essex UNKNOWN

172 Snettisham Norfolk 1 Cmbt Crew Gunnery Sq

173 Dunkeswell Devon 479 Anti-Sub Gp

Northern Ireland

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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRI NCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

174 Sudbury Suffolk 92 Cmbt Bomb Wg ; 486 Bomb(Acton) Gp

175 Mousehole Cornwall Det, 18 Weather Sq

176 Narborough Norfolk 8 AF

177 Ludham Norfolk 9 AF

178 Matlask Norfolk IX Engr Comd

179 Harrington Northamptonshire 492 Bomb Gp

180 Villacoublay France HQ 27 Air Transport Gp ;(A-420) 370 Air Service Gp

181 Chievres Belgium 352 Fighter Gp ; 361(A-84) Fighter Gp

182 Merville France 8 AF(B-53)

183 Barisey le Cote France 761 Chemical Co (Avn) ; IXRADA

184 Charleroi Belgium HQ VIII Fighter Comd ;(A-87) 67 Tac Recon Gp

185 Wittem Holland 57 Fighter Control Sq

186-190 UNKNOWN

191 Ollencourt France Det E, HQ Sq, 9 BADA

192-193 UNKNOWN

194 Martigues France 345 Signal Co Wg

195 Carnillon France 384 Bomb Gp

196 Istres France 409 Air Service Gp

197-230 UNKNOWN

231 Kirkcassock House County Down, 496 Fighter Tng Gp ; VIII(Nyack) Northern Ireland AF Composite Comd

232 Long Kesh County Down, VIII AF Composite Comd

*Border of County Down, 5 miles SW of Lisburn .

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233 Belfast County Antrim, VIII AF Composite Comd(Victoria Barracks) Northern Ireland

234 Mount Farm Oxfordshire 7 Photo Gp

235 Nutts Corner County Antrim, 1404 AAF Base UnitNorthern Ireland

236 Toome County Londonderry, HQ 3 Cmbt Crew ReplacementNorthern Ireland Comd

237 Greencastle County Down, 496 Fighter Tng Gp ; 12Northern Ireland Cmbt Crew Replacement

Gtr

238 Cluntoe County Tyrone, Cmbt Crew Replacement CtrNorthern Ireland "B"

239 Maghaberry* County Down, 27 Air Transport GpNorthern Ireland

240 Mullaghmore County Londonderry, VIII AF Composite ComdNorthern Ireland

241-340 UNKNOWN

341 Bushey Hall Hertfordshire HQ VIII Fighter Comd(Watford)

342 Atcham Shropshire 495 Fighter Tng Gp ; 6Fighter Wg

343 Biggin Hill Kent 2 Fighter Sq ; 307 FighterSq

344 Eglinton County Londonderry, 82 Fighter GpNorthern Ireland

345 Goxhill Lincolnshire 496 Fighter Tng Gp ; 79Service Gp

346 High Ercall Shropshire 31 Fighter Gp ; 1 FighterGp ; 92 Fighter Sq

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347 Ibsley Hampshire 48 Fighter Gp ; 100 Fighter

Wg

348 Kenley Surrey 31 Fighter Gp(London)

349 Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincolnshire 1 Fighter Gp ; 91 FighterSq

350 Lurgan County Armagh, 63 Signal BnNorthern Ireland

351 Merston Sussex 31 Fighter Gp ; 307 FighterSq

352 West Hampnett Sussex 31 Fighter GP

353 Colerne Wiltshire 1 Fighter Gp

354 Iceland (See text) 27 Fighter Sq

355 Coltishall Norfolk 8 AF

356 Debden Essex 4 Fighter Gp

357 Duxford Cambridgeshire 350 Fighter Gp ; 78 FighterGp

358 Earls Colne Essex 323 Bomb Gp

359 Great Sampford Essex 336 Fighter Sq

360 Ouston Durham VIII Fighter Comd

361 Snailwell Suffolk 347 Fighter Sq ; IX AFService Comd

362 Ford Sussex 2 Det, 14 Fighter Gp

363 Tangmere Sussex 8 AF(Chichester)

364 Gloucester Gloucestershire VIII Fighter Comd

365 Halesworth Suffolk 56 Fighter Gp(Holton)

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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGN ED

366 Metfield Suffolk 353 Fighter Gp

367 Kingscliffe Northamptonshire 20 Fighter Gp

368 Wittering Northamptonshire 63 Fighter Sq ; 55 FighterSq

369 Martlesham Heath Suffolk 356 Fighter Gp

370 Saffron Walden Essex 65 Fighter Wg

371 Sawston Cambridgeshire 66 Fighter Wg

372 Walcot Hall Northamptonshire 67 Fighter Wg(Stamford)

373 Leiston Suffolk 358 Fighter Gp ; 357(Theberton) Fighter Gp

374 Bottisham Cambridgeshire 361 Fighter Gp

375 Honington Suffolk 364 Fighter Gp

376 Watton Norfolk 25 Bomb Gp ; 50 Fighter Sq

377 Wattisham Suffolk 479 Fighter Gp

378 Fowlmere Cambridgeshire 339 Fighter Gp

379 St . Germaine-en-Laye France HQ USSTAFE ; HQ Air TechServices Comd in Europe

380 Bath Somerset VIII AF Service Comd

381 Paris France VIII AF Service Comd(45 Sharron)

382 Sudbury Suffolk Signal Storage Depot #3,(Constitution Hill) RADA

383 Bolleville France 302 Air Transport Wg(A-25c)

384 Toussus-le-Noble France 311 Ferrying Sq ;(A-46) 67 Tac Recon Gp

385 Le Bourget France HQ 28 Reinforcement Bn(A-54c) (AAF)

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386 Paris France HQ 302 Air Transport Wg(1 Rue de Tillsitat Champs Elysees)

387 Northolt Middlesex 302 Air Transport Wg

388 Marseilles France Port Intransit Depot ; 302(Marignane Y-14) Air Transport Wg ; BADA ;

VIII AF Service Comd

389 Compiegne France HQ Continental IntransitDepots ; HQ 403 Base AirDepot ; 876 Airborne EngrAvn Bn

390 Bryanston Square London HQ USSTAFE (Rear) ; HQ AirTech Services Comd inEurope ; SHAPE (Rear)

391 UNKNOWN

392 Boise de Boulogne France HQ 70 Reinforcement Depot(ChateauRothschild)

393 Verdun France 128 Replacement Bn ;(A-82) 362 Ftr Gp ;

425 Night Ftr Sq

394 Le Francport France 1584 QM Bn Mobile (Avn)

395 Rouen France 6 Port Intransit Depot Sq

396 Fontenay France 908 Signal Co Depot

397 Pierrefonds France 762 Chemical Depot Co (Avn)

398 Montdidier France 2498 QM Truck Co (Avn)

399 Fignieres France 1905 Ord Ammo Co (Avn) ;1915 Ord Ammo Co (Avn)

400 Vi rton Belgium 2 Photo Tech Sq ; 19(Y-41) AAF Photo Intell Det ;

Co B, 942 Engr AvnTopographical Bn ; 26Stn Complement Sq

401 Haseley Court Oxfordshire 48 Bomb Disposal Sq

Fighter Gp, XIX AirSupport Comd

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402 Arborfield Cross Berkshire 9 AF Advanced Depot AreaComd

403 Kingston Bagpuize Berkshire 4 Tac Air Depot ; HQ IXEngr Comd

404 Chi Ibolton Hampshire 5 Tac Air Depot ; 368Fighter Gp ; IX TroopCarr Comd

405 Hampstead Borough Middlesex HQ IX Air Defense Comd(Elsworth Road (Greater London)and WadhamGardens, St .Johns Wood)

406 Andover Hampshire 370 Fighter Gp

407 Thruxton Hampshire 366 Fighter Gp

408 Beaulieu Hampshire 365 Fighter Gp

409 Uxbridge Buckinghamshire Det A, HQ & HQ Sq, 9 AF

410 Lashenden Kent 100 Fighter Wg ; 354Fighter Gp

411 High Halden Kent 358 Fighter Gp, XIX TacAir Comd

412 Headcorn Kent 362 Fighter Gp ; 100Fighter Wg, XIX Tac AirComd

413 Staplehurst Kent 363 Fighter Gp, XIX TacAir Comd

414 Winkton Hampshire 404 Fighter Gp, IX Tac AirComd

415 Bisterne Close Hampshire 371 Fighter Gp, IX Tac AirComd

416 Christ Church Hampshire 405 Fighter Gp, IX Tac AirComd

417 Ashford Kent 303 Fighter Wg ; 406

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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT S) ASSIGNED

418 Kingsnorth Kent 36 Fighter Gp, XIX AirSupport Comd

419 Woodchurch Kent 373 Fighter Gp, XIX AirSupport Comd

420 Popham Hampshire 926 Signal Bn, IX EngrComd

421 Chapel Row Berkshire 306 Fighter Control Sq,XXIX Tac Air Comd

422 Great Barrington Gloucestershire 925 Engr Avn Regt, IX EngrComd

423 Cokethorpe Oxfordshire 926 Engr Avn Regt, IX EngrComd

424 Sole Common Berkshire 876 Airborne Engr Bn ; 878Airborne Engr Bn, IXEngr Comd

425 Scorton Yorkshire 425 Night Fighter Sq, IXTac Air Comd

426 Stanlake Park Berkshire 459 Signal Const Bn, IXAir Support Comd

427 Langton Dorset 447 Signal Const Bn ; 448Signal Const Bn, XIX TacAir Comd

428 Coleby Grange Lincolnshire IX Air Defense Comd

429 Crookham Common Berkshire 26 Mobile R&R Sq, IX AFService Comd

430 Drems East Lothian, 75 Stn Complement Sq, IX

Scotland Air Defense Comd

431 Dering Woods Kent 814 Chemical Co ; 1922 OrdAmmo Co, IX AF ServiceComd

432 Charborough Park Hampshire 1577 QM Bn, IX AF ServiceComd

433 Bishopstrow Wiltshire Det B, 30 Mobile R&R Sq,IX AF Service Comd

IX Tac Air Comd

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434 Chisledon Wiltshire 834 Engr Avn Bn, IX EngrComd

435 Erle Stoke Village Wiltshire 125 Liaison Sq ; 153Liaison Sq, 9 AF

436 Bois Hall Essex Co D, 555 Signal AirWarning Bn ; 118 AAA Gp,IX Air Defense Comd

437 Norman Court Hampshire 52 AAA Brigade, IX AirDefense Comd

438 Brenzett Kent Battery C, 635 AAA,Automatic Weapons Bn,IX Air Defense Comd

439 Aldergrove County Antrim, 9 AF (North Atlantic RouteNorthern Ireland Ferrying Terminus, 1940)

440 Breamore Hampshire Det YA, 21 Weather Sq ; DetYA, 40 Mobile Comm Sq,9 AF

441 Bruern Abbey Oxfordshire HQ 877 Engr Airborne Bn,IX Engr Comd

442 Totton Hampshire 13 RCO

443 St . Marys Hill Glamorganshire, 9 AFWales

444 Stallington Grange Staffordshire VIII AF Service Comd

445 Stiffkey Norfolk HQ 448 AAA AutomaticWeapons Bn, IX AirDefense Comd

446 Taunton Somerset Det 0, Supply Div, BaseAir Depot #1

447 Weston Zoyland Somerset 442 Troop Carr Gp, IXTroop Carr Comd

448 Start Point Devon 738 Signal Air Warning Bn ;

(Rougham)

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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINC I PAL UNIT(S) ASSIGN ED

449 Middle Wallop Hampshire 67 Tac Recon Gp ; HQ IXTac Air Comd ; XIX AirSupport Comd

450 Zeals Wiltshire 32 Service Gp ; 302Airdrome Sq

451 Rudloe Manor Wiltshire 9 AF

452 Stony Cross Hampshire 367 Fighter Gp ; 387 BombGp

453 Tarrant Rushton Dorset 9 AF

454 Warmwell Dorset 474 Fighter Gp, 9 AF

455 Holmsley South Hampshire 394 Bomb Gp

456 Eastcote Middlesex IX Troop Carr Comd

457 Fai rford Gloucestershire 9 AF

458 Down Ampney Gloucestershire 9 AF

459 Blakehill Farm Wiltshire 9 AF

460 Winkleigh Devon 74 Service Gp, IX AFService Comd

461 Church Stanton Somerset 9 AF(Culmhead)

462 Upottery Devon 439 Troop Carr Gp

463 Exeter Devon 50 Troop Carr Wg ; 440Troop Carr Gp

464 Merryfield Somerset 441 Troop Carr Gp

465 Chalgrove Oxfordshire 10 Photo Gp (Recon)

466 Membury Berkshire 436 Troop Carr Gp ; 67Recon Gp ; 6 Tac AirDepot

467 Aldermaston Berkshire 434 Troop Carr Gp

468 Bury St . Edmunds Suffolk 94 Bomb Gp

* Prior to the move of the 4th Strategic Air Depot to Hitcham in April1944, this station number had been associated with Wattisham (see 377) .

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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PR INCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

469 Ramsbury Wiltshire 437 Troop Carr Gp ; 64Troop Carr Gp

470* Hi tcham Suffolk 4 Strat Air Depot

471 Keevil Wiltshire 62 Troop Carr Gp

472 Ascot Berkshire HQ 9 AF ; HQ IX AF Service(Sunninghill ComdPark)

473 Bristol Gloucestershire 1512 QM Truck Bn

474 Welford Park Berkshire 435 Troop Carr GP

475 Medmenham Buckinghamshire 1 Photo Interpretation Sq

476 Aldermaston Court Berkshire HQ XIX Air Support Comd

477 North Luffenham Rutland 9 AF

478 Woolfox Lodge Rutland IX Troop Carr Comd

479 North Witham Lincolnshire 1 Tac Air Depot ; 29 AirDepot Gp ; 33 Air DepotGp

480 St . Vincents Lincolnshire Det B, 1241 QM Co Service(Grantham Lodge) Gp (Avn) ; Det A, 1069 QM

Co Service Gp (Avn) ; HQIX Troop Carr Comd

481 Bottesford Leicestershire 436 Troop Carr Gp ; 440Troop Carr Gp

482 Balderton Lincolnshire 439 Troop Carr Gp

483 Barkstone Heath Lincolnshire 61 Troop Carr Gp ; 78Service Gp

484 Folkingham Lincolnshire 313 Troop Carr GP

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485 Great Saling Essex 99 Cmbt Bomb Wg ; 322 Bomb

(Andrews Field) Gp

486 Greenham Common Berkshire 53 Troop Carr Wg ; 438Troop Carr Gp ; 82Service Gp

487 Charmy Down Somerset 423 Night Fighter Sq ; IXTac Air Comd

488 Fulbeck Lincolnshire 442 Troop Carr GP

489 Cottesmore Rutland 316 Troop Carr Gp ; 317Service Gp

490 Langar Nottinghamshire 435 Troop Carr Gp

491 Bray Court Berkshire HQ IX Engr Comd

492 Hurn Hampshire 397 Bomb Gp

493 Spanhoe Northamptonshire 315 Troop Carr Gp ; 78

(Wakerly) Service GP

494 Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire Det 0, 93 SCSRD (USSTAFE) ;

(Phyllis Court) pet X, 93 SCSRD (USSTAFE)

495 Tiverton Devon Det N, 93 SCSRD

(KnightshayesCourt)

496 GranviIIe France UNKNOWN

497 Querqueville Cherbourg, France 6 Port Intransit Depot Sq ;

(A-23C) Det C, 27 Air TransportGp

498 Ebrington Manor Gloucestershire Det I, 93 SCSRD

499 Higham Heath Suffolk 1514 QM Truck Bn (Avn) Sp

500 Prestwick Ayrshire, Scotland 27 Air Transport Gp ; AirService Comd

501 Stowmarket Suffolk 1992 QM Truck Co, VIII AFService Comd

*Also listed as Stone (Duncan Hall), Staffordshire (see alphabeticallisting) .

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502 Tostock Park Suffolk 1516 QM Truck Bn, CmbtSupport Wg

503 Romsey Hampshire Sq A, 19 RCD(Stanbridge Earlsand Roke Manor)

504 Portreath Cornwall Det A, 519 Service Sq,VIII AF Service Comd

505 Neaton Norfolk 3 Strat Air Depot ; $ AF

506 Milton Ernest Bedfordshire HQ VIII AF Service Comd(Twinwood Farm)

507 Perham Downs Wiltshire VIII AF Service Comd

508 Hurst Park Site Surrey 112 Observation Sq ; 9 AF

509* Kidderminster Worcestershire IX Tac Air Comd

510 Heston Middlesex 27 Air Transport Gp ; IXAir Defense Comd

511 Moulsford Manor Berkshire VIII AF Service Comdand Bucklands

512 St . Mawgan Cornwall 1406 AAF Base Unit(Trebelsue)

513 Liverpool Lancashire Port Intransit Depot #1,(Kirby House ; BADASilcocksWarehouse)

514 Kirkby Lancashire Port Intransit Depot #2,BADA

515 Wapley Common Gloucestershire Port Intransit Depot #3,BADA

516 St . Mellons Monmouthshire, Port Intransit Depot #4,Wales BADA

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517 Barnham Suffolk 754 Chemical Depot Co(Little Heath (Avn) ; 765 ChemicalSite) Depot Co (Avn)

518 Stone Staffordshire VIII AF Service Comd(Beatty Hall)

519 Grove Berkshire 3 Tac Air Comd Air Depot ;31 Transport Gp ; 43 AirDepot Gp ; 45 Air DepotGp

520 Melton Mobray Leicestershire 1720 Ord Munition Co ; 1961Ord Depot Co ; 1962 OrdDep Co, VIII AF ServiceComd

521 Braybrooke Northamptonshire 2107 Ord Bn Avn

522 Smethwick Staffordshire 892 Signal Depot Co ; 908Signal Depot Co ; SignalSupply Base Depot #1

523 Shaftsbury Dorset VIII AF Service Comd(Coombe HouseHotel)

524 Southport Lancashire 8 BADA(Palace Hotel)

525 Cranford Middlesex 27 Air Transport Gp ; 86(Meadowbank) Air Transport Sq

526 Bures Essex 2108 Ord Ammo Bn (Avn) Sp

527 Leicester Leicestershire Det, 892 Signal Depot Co

528 Nether Wallop Hampshire 1520 QM Truck Bn (Avn)

529 Tetbury Gloucestershire 1515 QM Truck Bn (Avn) Sp(Westonbirt)

530 Haydock Lancashire BADA, Cmbt Support Wg

531 Chrishall Cambridgeshire HQ 433 Signal Const Bn

532 Ringshall Suffolk 861 Engr Avn Bn

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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRI NCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

533 Altrincham Cheshire 2498 QM Truck Co (Avn) ; Sq(Dunham New A, 17 RCDPark)

534 Cuddington Cheshire VIII AF Service Comd

535 Hale Cheshire Air Service Comd

536 Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire 2069 QM Truck Co (Avn) ; Sq(Keele Hall) A, 18 RCD

537 Trowbridge Wiltshire Sq H, 17 RCD ; Sq I, 17 RCD

538 Saltby Lincolnshire 314 Troop Carr Gp ; 317Service Gp, IX TroopCarr Comd

539 Tilshead Wiltshire Sq E, 17 RCD ; VIII AFService Comd

540 Lydiard Tregoze Wiltshire 17 RCD ; VIII AF ServiceComd

541 Riseley Bedfordshire 756 Chemical Depot ; 763Chemical Depot, VIII AFService Comd

542 Crewe Cheshire Sq K, 17 RCD ; VIII AFService Comd

543 Kingham Oxfordshire VIII AF Service Comd

544 Ashdown Park Berkshire IX AF Service Comd

545 Earsham Norfolk 1916 Ord Ammo Co (Avn) ;2217 QM Truck Co (Avn)

546 Potters Hill Yorkshire Sq C, 13 RCD (Avn)

547 Abbots Ripton Huntingdonshire 2 Strat Air Depot

548 Eccles Norfolk Flt A & B, HQ & HQ Sq,VIII SARA

549 Nascot Lodge, Hertfordshire HQ Cmbt Support Wg (Prov) ;Watford 1584 QM Bn Mobile (Avn)

550 Williamstrip Park Gloucestershire 2106 Ord Ammo Bn

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551 Lymington Hampshire 50 Fighter Gp

552 Huyton Lancashire 1511 QM Truck Regt, AirService Comd

553 Brigg Lincolnshire 1517 QM Truck Bn, AirService Comd

554 Fersfield Norfolk HQ 17 RCD ; Det of 562 BombSq ; Air Service Comd

555 Shepherd's Grove Suffolk Air Service Comd

556 Alton Hampshire Det E, 93 SCSRD (Sp) ;

(Aylesfield USSTAFE

House)

557 Pangbourne House Oxfordshire Det F, 93 SCSRD (Sp) ;USSTAFE

558 Walhampton House Hampshire Det D, 93 SCSRD ; USSTAFE

559 Poltava Ukraine, USSR HQ Eastern Comd, USSTAFE

560 Piryatin Ukraine, USSR Eastern Comd, USSTAFE

561 Mirgorod Ukraine, USSR Eastern Comd, USSTAFE

562 Worcester Worcestershire Det G, 93 SCSRD (Sp)

(SpetchleyPark)

563 Kings Somborne Worcestershire Det H, 93 SCSRD (Sp)

(Furze DownHouse)

564 Egginton Derbyshire HQ 1519 QM Bn Mobile (Avn)

565 Preston Rutland Air Service Comd

566 Tugby Leicestershire Det K, 93 SCSRD (Sp)

(KeythorpeHall)

567 Witney Oxfordshire Det L, 93 SCSRD (Sp)

(Eynsham Hall)

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568 Valley Anglesey, Wales Det 568, Air TransportComd ; 1407 AAF Base Unit

569 Bamber Bridge Lancashire 13 RCD(Adams Hall)

570 Ayr Ayrshire, Scotland Det 8FC, Ferry & TransportService

571 Poynton Cheshire 571 Stn Complement Sq ;2189 QM Truck Co Avn ;304 Gas Defense Det

572 Melchbourne Park Bedfordshire Ord Automotive Depot, RADA

573 Stornoway Isle of Lewis, 9 AFScotland

574 Heathrow Middlesex Det, Ferry & TransportService, VIII AF ServiceComd

575 Hendon Middlesex 27 Air Transport Gp ; Det,Ferry & TransportService, VIII AF ServiceComd

576 London London W1 London Traffic Office, Det(20 North Audley A, 86 Air Transport Sq ;Street) HQ 5 Army Airways Comm

Sys Wg

577 MaghuII Lancashire 1511 QM Truck Regt, VIII(Liverpool) AF Service Comd

578 Manchester Lancashire VIII AF Service Comd(Bellvue Park)

579 Padgate Leicestershire HQ 131 Reinforcement Bn,USSTAFE

580 Wellingborough Northamptonshire 985 MP Co (Avn) ; 1 BombDiv, 8 AF

581 Wortley Yorkshire 1912 Ord Ammo Co ; 2002 OrdAmmo Co

582 Warton Lancashire 2 Base Air Depot

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583 Sharnbrook Bedfordshire 2107 Ord Ammo Bn

584 Thrapston Northamptonshire 6 Med Supply Plt (Avn) ; 46Med Supply Plt (Avn) ;Air Service Comd

585 Hull Yorkshire 1517 QM Truck Bn

586 Camp Griffiths London HQ 8 AF ; HQ USSTAFE(Kew Gardens ;Bushey Park ;Teddington)

587 Barnham Suffolk 2106 Ord Bn (Avn) ; VIII AF(Warren Wood Service ComdSite)

588 Bowes Moor Yorkshire VIII AF Service Comd

589 Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire 1988 QM Truck Co

590 Burtonwood Lancashire HQ BADA

591 Chorley Lancashire HQ 127 Reinforcement Bn(Washington Hall)

592 Groveley Wood Wiltshire 1925, 1927, and 1929 OrdCo Avn, Cmbt Support Wg

593 Burton Rough Sussex 461 Signal Const Bn, IXEngr Comd

594 Stone Staffordshire 8, 14, 16, and 18(Jefferson Hall) Replacement Control Ctrs

595 Troston Suffolk 1 Strat Air Depot

596 Kettering Northamptonshire 1514 QM Truck Bn (Avn) Sp(Goghton Park)

597 Langford Lodge County Antrim, 3 Base Air DepotNorthern Ireland

598 Litchfield Staffordshire Air Service Comd

599 Lords Bridge Cambridgeshire VIII AF Service Comd

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600-800 UNKNOWN

801 Bournemouth Hampshire 9 Base Air Depot

802 Baverstock Wiltshire 4 Base Air Depot(Dinton)

803 Filton Gloucestershire 21, 22, and 33 Mobile R&R(Bristol) Sqs

804-924 UNKNOWN

925 Remenham Berkshire 573 Signal Air Warning Bn ;XIX Air Support Comd

PART 2 - ALPHABETICAL LISTING

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547 Abbots Ripton Huntingdonshire 2 Strat Air Depot

Aberporth Pembrokeshire, 519 AAA Gun Bn, IX AirWales Defense Comd

Acton (see Sudbury, AAF-174)

Adams Hall (see Bamber Bridge, AAF-569)

Aintree Lancashire Det A, 1960 Ord Depot Co(Avn), BADA

--- "AJAX" (see Bushey Hall, Watford, AAF-341)

102 Alconbury Huntingdonshire 452 Bomb Gp ; 1 Air Div

439 Aldergrove County Antrim, 9 AF (North Atlantic RouteNorthern Ireland Ferrying Terminus, 1940)

--- Alderley Edge Cheshire 14 Liaison Sq, XIX TacAir Comd

467 Aldermaston Berkshire 434 Troop Carr Gp

476 Aldermaston Court Berkshire HQ XIX Air Support Comd

556 Alton Hampshire Det E, 93 SCSRD (Sp) ;Det E, 133 ReinforcementBn ; USSTAFE

533 Altrincham Cheshire 2498 QM Truck Co (Avn) ; SqA, 17 RCO

406 Andover Hampshire 370 Fighter Gp

--- Andrews Field (see Great Saling, AAF-485)

402 Arborfield Cross Berkshire 9 AF Advanced Depot AreaComd

--- Arthingworth Northamptonshire 2085 QM Truck Co Avn, CmbtSupport Wg

472 Ascot Berkshire HQ 9 AF ; HQ IX AF Service

2106 Ord Bn (Avn) ; VIIIAF Service Comd

42

AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATIO N PRINCI PA L UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

Ashchurch Gloucestershire bet B, 1962 Ord Depot Co(Avn), BADA

544 Ashdown Park Berkshire IX AF Service Comd

417 Ashford Kent 303 Fighter Wg ; 406Fighter Gp, XIX AirSupport Comd ; XXIX AirSupport Comd

--- Ashton Keynes Gloucestershire 826 Engr Avn Bn

--- Aston Devon 8 Intransit Depot Det G-2

342 Atcham Shropshire 495 Fighter Tng Gp ; 6Fighter Wg

120 Attlebridge Norfolk 466 Bomb Gp

--- Aylesfield House (see Alton, AAF-556)

570 Ayr Ayrshire, Scotland Det 8FC, Ferry & TransportService ; European AirTransport Wg

482 Balderton Lincolnshire 439 Troop Carr Gp

--- Ballyhalbert County Down, (Fighter airfield)Northern Ireland

569 Bamber Bridge Lancashire 13 RCD ; 1516 QM Truck Bn(Sp)

--- Banff Banffshire, Scotland (Joint use with RAF)

183 Barisey le Cote France 761 Chemical Co (Avn) ; IXBADA

483 Barkstone Heath Lincolnshire 61 Troop Carr Gp ; 78Service Gp

517 Barnham Suffolk 754 Chemical Depot Co(Avn) ; 765 ChemicalDepot Co (Avn)

587 Barnham Suffolk 1924 Ord Ammo Co (Avn) ;

43


121 Bassingbourne Cambridgeshire 91 Bomb Gp

380 Bath Somerset VIII AF Service Comd

802 Baverstock Wiltshire 4 Base Air Depot

--- Beatty Hall (see Stone, AAF-518)

408 Beaulieu Hampshire 365 Fighter Gp

148 Beaumont Essex 12 AF

132 Beccles Suffolk Sq M, 17 RCD ; Air ServiceComd

--- Bedford Bedfordshire Det A, 985 MP Co Avn,1 Bomb Div, 8 AF

233 Belfast County Antrim, VIII AF Composite ComdNorthern Ireland

Belleek Northern Ireland Det C, 24 Airways Comm Sq

Bellvue Park (see Manchester, AAF-578)

Bentwaters (see Butley, AAF-151)

343 Biggin Hill Kent 2 Fighter Sq ; 307 FighterSq

149 Birch Essex 410 Bomb Gp

--- Bishop Stortford Essex Det B, 887 MP Co Avn, 8 AF

433 Bishopstrow Wiltshire Det B, 30 Mobile R&R Sq,IX AF Service Comd

415 Bisterne Close Hampshire 371 Fighter Gp, IX Tac AirComd

459 Blakehill Farm Wiltshire 9 AF

--- Blandford Camp Dorset 9 AF, IX Engr Comd

141 Bodney Norfolk 352 Fighter Gp

392 Boise de Boulogne France HQ 70 Reinforcement Depot

44


436 Bois Hall Essex Co D, 555 Signal AirWarning Bn ; 118 AAA Gp,IX Air Defense Comd

161 Boreham Essex 394 Bomb Gp

383 Bolleville France 302 Air Transport Wg

481 Bottesford Leicestershire 436 Troop Carr Gp ; 440Troop Carr Gp

374 Bottisham Cambridgeshire 361 Fighter Gp

--- Boughton Nottinghamshire 1961 Engr Depot Co, IX AFService Comd

801 Bournemouth Hampshire HQ IX BADA

112 Bovingdon Hertfordshire 11 Cmbt Crew ReplacementGtr ; 92 Bomb Gp ; 379Bomb Gp

588 Bowes Moor Yorkshire VIII AF Service Comd

150 Boxted Essex 386 Bomb Gp ; 56 FighterGp ; 5 Emergency RescueSq

Braintree Essex Det C, 1192 MP Co Avn ; 3Bomb Div, 8 AF ; 1 Plt,39 Med Field Hospital

103 Brampton Grange Huntingdonshire HQ 1 Air Div

521 Braybrooke Northamptonshire 2107 Ord Bn Avn, BADA

491 Bray Court Berkshire HQ IX Engr Comd

440 Breamore Hampshire Det YA, 21 Weather Sq ; DetYA, 40 Mobile Comm Sq,9 AF

438 Brenzett Kent Battery C, 635 AAA,Automatic Weapons Bn,IX Air Defense Comd

553 Brigg Lincolnshire 1517 QM Truck Bn, AirService Comd

45

AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) AS SIGNED

473 Bristol Gloucestershire 1512 QM Truck Bn

--- Bristol (see Filton, AAF-803)

441 Bruern Abbey Oxfordshire HQ 877 Engr Airborne Bn,IX Engr Comd

390 Bryanston Square London HQ USSTAFE (Rear) ; HQ AirTech Services Comd inEurope ; SHAPE (Rear)

Bucfailleigh Devon 208 Med Dispensary (Avn) ;IX Engr Comd

--- Bude Cornwall 9 AF

125 Bungay Suffolk 446 Bomb Gp ; 310 Bomb Gp

526 Bures Essex 2108 Ord Ammo Bn (Avn) Sp

589 Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire 1988 QM Truck Co

593 Burton Rough Sussex 461 Signal Const Bn, IXEngr Comd

590 Burtonwood Lancashire HQ RADA

468 Bury St . Edmunds Suffolk 94 Bomb Gp

341 Bushey Hall Hertfordshire HQ VIII Fighter Comd

--- Bushey Park (see Camp Griffiths, AAF-586)

151 Butley Suffolk (Emergency landing field)

Cambridge Cambridgeshire Det B, 985 MP Co Avn, 1Bomb Div, 8 AF ; EngrAvn Maint Co, HQ IX EngrComd

--- Camp Blainey (see Elveden Hall, AAF 116)

586 Camp Griffiths London HQ 8 AF ; HQ USSTAFE

--- Camp Lynn (see High Wycombe, AAF-101)

--- Camp Thomas (see Old Catton, AAF-108)

Carr Comd

46


195 Carnillon France 384 Bomb Gp

--- Chain Lodge Nottinghamshire Det A & B, 896 SignalDepot Co, 9 AF

465 Chalgrove Oxfordshire 10 Photo Gp (Recon)

421 Chapel Row Berkshire 306 Fighter Control Sq,XXIX Tac Air Comd

432 Charborough Park Hampshire 1577 QM Bn, IX AF ServiceComd

--- Chard Somerset (Billets)

184 Charleroi Belgium HQ VIII Fighter Comd ;67 Tac Recon Gp

487 Charmy Down Somerset 423 Night Fighter Sq ; IXTac Air Comd

Chateau Rothschild (see Bois de Boulogne, AAF-392)

Cheadle Staffordshire Det A, 3 AAF Radio Sq, 9AF

113 Cheddington Buckinghamshire HQ VIII AF Composite Comd ;12 Cmbt Crew ReplacementGtr ; 36 Bomb Sq ; 406Bomb Sq

Chedworth Gloucestershire 125 Liaison Sq

Chelmsford Essex Det D, 1192 MP Co Avn, 3Bomb Div, 8 AF

Cheltenham Gloucestershire 47 Liaison Sq, USSTAFE ;125 Liaison Sq, 9 AF

105 Chelveston Northamptonshire 305 Bomb Gp

Chichester (see Tangmere, AAF-363)

181 Chievres Belgium 352 Fighter Gp ; 361Fighter Gp

404 Chilbolton Hampshire 5 Tac Air Depot ; 368Fighter Gp ; IX Troop

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--- Childwall Valley Lancashire(?) 8 Intransit Depot G-3

162 Chipping Ongar Essex 387 Bomb Gp

434 Chisledon Wiltshire 834 Engr Avn Bn, IX EngrComd

591 Chorley Lancashire HQ 127 Reinforcement Bn

531 Chrishall Cambridgeshire HQ 433 Signal Const Bn

416 Christ Church Hampshire 405 Fighter Gp, IX Tac AirComd

Church Fenton (Leeds) Yorkshire 564 Signal Air Warning Bn,IX Air Defense Comd ; IXAF Service Comd

461 Church Stanton Somerset 9 AF

Cinderford Gloucestershire 1 Advanced Air Depot Area,(Forest of Dean) IX AF Service Comd

Cirencester Gloucestershire 78 Ord Bomb Disposal Sq,9 AF

238 Cluntoe County Tyrone, Cmbt Crew Replacement CtrNorthern Ireland "B"

Coggeshall Essex 136 Radio Security Section

423 Cokethorpe Oxfordshire 926 Engr Avn Regt, IX EngrComd

Colchester Essex Det B, 1192 MP Co Avn,3 Bomb Div, 8 AF

163 Cold Norton Essex 8 AF

428 Coleby Grange Lincolnshire IX Air Defense Comd

Coleford Gloucestershire 755, 759 Chemical DepotCo (Avn), IX AF ServiceComd

353 Colerne Wiltshire 1 Fighter Gp

Collyweston Northamptonshire (Fighter base)

48

AAFNUMB ER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

355 Coltishall Norfolk 8 AF

389 Compiegne France HQ Continental IntransitDepots ; HQ 403 Base AirDepot ; 876 Airborne EngrAvn Bn

--- Connington (see Glatton, AAF-130)

--- Constitution Hill (see Sudbury, AAF-382)

--- Coombe House Hotel (see Shaftsbury, AAF-523)

489 Cottesmore Rutland 316 Troop Carr Gp ; 317Service Gp

--- Cranage Northern Ireland(?) RAF ; US Army Comm Fltattached

Cranbrook Kent 3 Plt, 32 Sp Service Co(SOS unit) ; Det A, 56Field Hospital ; HQSection, 39 Med FieldHospital ; IX AF ServiceComd

525 Cranford Middlesex 27 Air Transport Gp ; 86Air Transport Sq

542 Crewe Cheshire Sq K, 17 RCD ; VIII AFService Comd

429 Crookham Common Berkshire 26 Mobile R&R Sq, IX AFService Comd

Crookston Edinburgh, HQ 448 AAA AutomaticScotland Weapons Avn Bn

534 Cuddington Cheshire VIII AF Service Comd

--- Culmhead (see Church Stanton, AAF 461)

--- Cushendall UNKNOWN Det G, 24 Airways Comm Sq

--- Davidstow Moor Cornwall Joint use, RAF and VIIIBomber Comd

--- Daws Hill Buckinghamshire HQ VIII Bomber Comd

49


152 Debach Suffolk 493 Bomb Gp

356 Debden Essex 4 Fighter Gp

128 Deenthorpe Northamptonshire 401 Bomb Gp

142 Deopham Green Norfolk 452 Bomb Gp

431 Dering Woods Kent 814 Chemical Co ; 1922 OrdAmmo Co, IX AF ServiceComd

Dinton (see Baverstock, AAF-802)

Ditchingham Norfolk 2212 QM Truck Co (Avn),Cmbt Support Wg

458 Down Ampney Gloucestershire 9 AF

430 Drems East Lothian, 75 Stn Complement Sq, IXScotland Air Defense Comd

--- Duncan Hall (see Stone)

--- Dunham New Park (see Altrincham, AAF-533)

173 Dunkeswell Devon 479 Anti-Sub Gp

--- Dunstable Bedfordshire Det A, 887 MP Co Avn, 8 AF

357 Duxford Cambridgeshire 350 Fighter Gp ; 78 FighterGp

358 Earls Colne Essex 323 Bomb Gp

545 Earsham Norfolk 1916 Ord Ammo Co (Avn) ;2217 QM Truck Co (Avn)

456 Eastcote Middlesex IX Troop Carr Comd

133 East Wretham Norfolk 359 Fighter Gp

498 Ebrington Manor Gloucestershire Det I, 93 SCSRD

548 Eccles Norfolk Flt A & B, HQ & HQ Sq,VIII SADA

564 Egginton Derbyshire HQ 1519 QM Bn Mobile (Avn)

50


344 Eglinton County Londonderry, 82 Fighter GpNorthern Ireland

--- Ellough (see Beccles, AAF-132)

--- Elsworth Road (see Hampstead Borough, AAF-405)

116 Elveden Hall Suffolk HQ 3 Air Div ; 92 Cmbt BombWg

435 Erle Stoke Village Wiltshire 125 Liaison Sq ; 153Liaison Sq, 9 AF

463 Exeter Devon 50 Troop Carr Wg ; 440Troop Carr Gp

134 Eye Suffolk 490 Bomb Gp

--- Eynsham Hall (see Witney, AAF-567)

457 Fairford Gloucestershire 9 AF

--- Fairlight Sussex 738 Signal Air Warning Co,XIX Tac Air Comd

554 Fersfield Norfolk H4 17 RCD ; Det, 562 BombSq ; Air Service Comd

399 Fignieres France 1905 Ord Ammo Co (Avn) ;1915 Ord Ammo Co (Avn),CADA

803 Filton Gloucestershire 21, 22, 33 Mobile R&R Sq ;IX AF Service Comd

--- Flixton (see Bungay, AAF-125)

484 Folkingham Lincolnshire 313 Troop Carr Gp

396 Fontenay France 908 Signal Co Depot, CADA

362 Ford Sussex 2 Det, 14 Fighter GP

378 Fowlmere Cambridgeshire 339 Fighter Gp

153 Framlingham Suffolk 390 Bomb Gp

Service Gp

51

AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATI ON PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

Friston Sussex Det E, 21 Weather Sq ;Det E, 40 Mobile CommGp, HQ 9 AF

488 Fulbeck Lincolnshire 442 Troop Carr GP

--- Furze Down House (see Kings Somborne, AAF-563)

130 Glatton Huntingdonshire 457 Bomb Gp

364 Gloucester Gloucestershire VIII Fighter Comd

--- Goghton Park (see Kettering, AAF-596)

154 Gosfield Essex 410 Bomb Gp

345 Goxhill Lincolnshire 496 Fighter Tng Gp ; 79Service GP

106 Grafton Underwood Northamptonshire 384 Bomb Gp

--- Grantham Lodge (see St . Vincents, AAF-480)

496 Granville France UNKNOWN

155 Great Ashfield Suffolk 385 Bomb Gp

422 Great Barrington Gloucestershire 925 Engr Avn Regt, IX EngrComd

164 Great Dunmow Essex 386 Bomb Gp

Great Malvern Worcestershire Det D, 1 Signal ServiceBn, 9 AF

485 Great Saling Essex 99 Cmbt Bomb Wg ; 322 BombGp

359 Great Sampford Essex 336 Fighter Sq

237 Greencastle County Down, 496 Fighter Tng Gp ; 12Northern Ireland Cmbt Crew Replacement

Ctr

486 Greenham Common Berkshire 53 Troop Carr Wg ; 438Troop Carr Gp ; 82

Ferry & TransportService, VIII AF ServiceComd

52


Greyfriars UNKNOWN 8 AF

519 Grove Berkshire 3 Tac Air Comd Air Depot ;31 Transport Gp ; 43 AirDepot Gp ; 45 Air DepotGp

592 Groveley Wood Wiltshire 1925, 1927, and 1929 OrdCo Avn, Cmbt Support Wg

--- Hadstock (see Little Walden, AAF-165)

535 Hale Cheshire Air Service Comd

365 Halesworth Suffolk 56 Fighter Gp

--- Halstead Essex 471 Engr Ammo Munition Co

405 Hampstead Borough Middlesex HQ IX Air Defense Comd(Greater London)

104 Hardwick Norfolk 20 Bomb Wg ; 93 Bomb Gp

179 Harrington Northamptonshire 492 Bomb Gp

--- Harrowbeer Devon 27 Air Transport Gp ; jointuse with RAF, US Navy

401 Haseley Court Oxfordshire 48 Bomb Disposal Sq

Haughley Park Suffolk Co A, 829 Engr Avn Bn

530 Haydock Lancashire RADA, Cmbt Support Wg

412 Headcorn Kent 362 Fighter Gp ; 100Fighter Wg, XIX Tac AirComd

574 Heathrow Middlesex Det, Ferry & TransportService, VIII AF ServiceComd

Hendon-on-Wall Nottinghamshire IX AF Service Comd

575 Hendon Middlesex 27 Air Transport Gp ; Det,

*Prior to the move of the 4th Strategic Air Depot to Hitcham in April1944, this station number had been associated with Wattisham, AAF-377 .

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494 Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire Det 0, 93 SCSRD (USSTAFE) ;Det X, 93 SCSRD (USSTAFE)

135 Hepworth Suffol k VIII AF Service Comd

510 Heston Middlesex 27 Air Transport Gp ; IXAir Defense Comd

114 Hethel Norfolk 389 Bomb Gp

499 Higham Heath Suffolk 1514 QM Truck Bn (Avn) Sp

346 High Ercall Shropshire 31 Fighter Gp ; 1 FighterGp ; 92 Fighter Sq

411 High Halden Kent 358 Fighter Gp, XIX TacAir Comd

101 High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HQ 8 AF ; VIII Bomber Comd

Hinxton Cambridgeshire 50 Fighter Control Sq

470* Hitcham Suffolk 4 Strat Air Depot

Hitchin Hertfordshire Det C, 887 MP Co Avn, 8 AF

455 Holmsley South Hampshire 394 Bomb Gp

Holton (see Halesworth, AAF-365)

HolywelI Cornwall IX AF Service Comd

Honiley Warickshire 416 Fighter Sq ; 12 AF

375 Honington Suffolk 364 Fighter Gp

Honiton Devon IX AF Service Comd

119 Horham Suffolk 95 Bomb Gp ; 323 Bomb Gp

123 Horsham St . Faith Norfolk 458 Bomb Gp

54

AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRIN CIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

Hounslow Middlesex 9 AF

Howard Hall (see Stone)

585 Hull Yorkshire 1517 QM Truck Bn

Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Det C, 985 MP Co Avn,1 Bomb Div, 8 AF

492 Hurn Hampshire 397 Bomb Gp

508 Hurst Park Site Surrey 112 Observation Sq ; 9 AF

552 Huyton Lancashire 1511 QM Truck Regt, AirService Comd

347 Ibsley Hampshire 48 Fighter Gp ; 100 FighterWg

354 Iceland (See text) 27 Fighter Sq

Ilminster Somerset Det A, 315 Stn ComplementSq, IX Troop Carr Comd

Ilton Somerset 61 Field Hospital ; 562Ambulance Co (Motor)9 AF

Ipswich Suffolk Det F, 1192 MP Co Avn,3 Bomb Div, 8 AF

--- Isle Abbots UNKNOWN VIII AF Service Comd

196 Istres France 409 Air Service Gp

--- Jefferson Hall (see Stone, AAF-594)

--- Keele Hall (see Newcastle-under-Lyme, AAF 536)

471 Keevil Wiltshire 62 Troop Carr Gp

--- Kells Point Northern Ireland UNKNOWN ; Air Terminaltransferred to RAF

348 Kenley Surrey 308 Fighter Sq, 31 FighterGp

596 Kettering Northamptonshire 1514 QM Truck Bn (Avn) Sp

147 Ketteringham Hall Norfolk HQ 2 Air Div ; 95 Cmbt BombWg

AAFNUMBER NAME

LOCATION

PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

Kew

Surrey

HQ & HQ Battery, 52 AAFBrigade ; HQ & HQ Battery118 AAA Gp

Kew Gardens

(see Camp Griffiths, AAF-586)

Keythorpe Hall

(see Tugby, AAF-566)

509*Kidderminster

Worcestershire

318 Stn Complement Sq,IX Tac Air Comd

117

Kimbolton

Huntingdonshire

379 Bomb Gp

543

Kingham

Oxfordshire

VIII AF Service Comd

367

Kingscliffe

Northamptonshire

20 Fighter Gp

418

Kingsnorth

Kent

36 Fighter Gp, XIX AirSupport Comd

563

Kings Somborne

Worcestershire

Det H, 93 SCSRD (Sp)

403

Kingston Bagpuize

Berkshire

4 Tac Air Depot ; HQ IXEngr Comd

---

Kingston Deverill

UNKNOWN

112 Observation Sq, 9 AF

---

Kinloss

Morayshire,

Joint use, RAF and VIIIScotland

Bomber Comd

---

Kirby House, Lancashire (see Liverpool, AAF-513)

514

Kirkby

Lancashire

Port Intransit Depot #2,RADA

231

Kirkcassock House

County Down,

496 Fighter Tng Gp ; VIIINorthern Ireland

AF Composite Comd

Kirkistown

County Down,

Reciprocal aid field,Northern Ireland

built by United States

349

Kirton-in-Lindsey

Lincolnshire

1 Fighter Gp ; 91 FighterSq

*Also listed as Stone (Duncan Hall), Staffordshire .

55

56

AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCI PA L UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

136 Knettishall Suffolk 388 Bomb Gp

--- Knightshayes Court (see Tiverton, AAF-495)

Knock Camp Dorset(?) Det ZQ, 21 Weather Sq ;Det ZQ, 40 Mobile CommSq, 9 AF

Knutsford Cheshire 14 Liaison Sq ; XIX Tac AirComd

490 Langar Nottinghamshire 435 Troop Carr Gp ; 441Troop Carr Gp

597 Langford Lodge County Antrim, 3 Base Air DepotNorthern Ireland

427 Langton Dorset 447 Signal Const Bn ; 448Signal Const Bn, XIX TacAir Comd

410 Lashenden Kent 100 Fighter Wg ; 354Fighter Gp

137 Lavenham Suffolk 487 Bomb Gp

385 Le Bourget France HQ 28 Reinforcement Bn,9 AF

--- Leek Staffordshire 9 AF

394 Le Francport France 1584 QM Bn Mobile (Avn) ;2192, 2221, 2222 QMTruck Co Avn ; CADA

527 Leicester Leicestershire Det, 892 Signal Depot Co

373 Leiston Suffolk 358 Fighter Gp ; 357Fighter Gp

Leuchars Fifeshire, Det, 18 Weather SqScotland

Limavady County Londonderry, 81 Stn Complement Sq, IXNorthern Ireland Troop Carr Comd

Liskeard Cornwall 1360 MP Co Avn ; 1366 MP CoAvn, IX AF Service Comd

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598 Litchfield Staffordshire Air Service Comd

--- Little Easton (see Great Dunmow, AAF-164)

--- Little Heath Site (see Barnham, AAF-517)

127 Little Staughton Bedfordshire 2 Advanced Air Depot

165 Little Walden Essex 361 Fighter Gp ; 409 BombGp ; 493 Bomb Gp ; 361Fighter Gp ; 56 FighterGp ; 97 Cmbt Bomb Wg

513 Liverpool Lancashire Port Intransit Depot #1,BADA

Liverpool (see Maghull, AAF-577 ; Liverpool, AAF-513)

Llanover Wales 816 Engr Avn Regt Det ;395 Signal Co Avn Det,9 AF

London (see Kenley, AAF-348 ; London, AAF-576 ; CampGriffiths, AAF-586 ; Bryanston Square, AAF-390)

576 London London W1 London Traffic Office, DetA, 86 Air Transport Sq ;HQ 5 Army Airways CommSys Wg

232 Long Kesh County Down, VIII AF Composite ComdNorthern Ireland

Lopscombe Devon(?) 546 AAA Automatic WeaponsBn Battery

599 Lords Bridge Cambridgeshire VIII AF Service Comd

Lossiemouth Morayshire, Joint use, RAF and VIIIScotland Bomber Comd

177 Ludham Norfolk 9 AF

350 Lurgan County Armagh, 63 Signal Bn ; Det FF, 21Northern Ireland Weather Sq ; pet FF, 40

Mobile Comm Sq

540 Lydiard Tregoze Wiltshire 17 RCD ; VIII AF ServiceComd

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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PR INCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

551 Lymington Hampshire 50 Fighter Gp

239 Maghaberry County Down, 27 Air Transport GpNorthern Ireland

577 Maghull Lancashire 1511 QM Truck Regt, VIIIAF Service Comd

Maidstone Kent Det A, 1223 MP Co Avn,9 AF

578 Manchester Lancashire Det A, Port InstransitDepot Gp ; VIII AFService Comd

Manston Kent Det A, 16 Mobile R&R Sq(Heavy), VIII AF ServiceComd

Marble Glamorgan, Det B, 392 Signal Co, 9 AFScotland

--- Market Drayton Shropshire Det P, 24 Airways Comm Sq

--- Market Lavington Wiltshire 125 Liaison Sq ; HQ 9 AF

--- Marignane Y-14 (see Marseilles, AAF-388)

160 Marks Hall Essex 4 Bomb Wg ; 98 Cmbt Bomb Wg

--- Marlborough Wiltshire Det YD, 21 Weather Sq ;Det YD, 40 Mobile CommSq, 9 AF

388 Marseilles France Port Intransit Depot ; 302Air Transport Wg ; BADA ;VIII AF Service Comd

--- Marsworth (see Cheddington, AAF-113)

194 Martigues France 345 Signal Co Wg

369 Martlesham Heath Suffolk 356 Fighter Gp

166 Matching Essex 391 Bomb Gp

178 Matlask Norfolk IX Engr Comd

AAFNUMBER NAME

LOCATION


Maydown

County Londonderry, 52 Fighter Gp, 82 Fighter

59

Northern Ireland Gp ; 8 AF

Meadowbank (see Cranford, AAF-525)

475 Medmenham Buckinghamshire 1 Photo Interpretation Sq

572 Melchbourne Park Bedfordshire Ord Automotive Depot, BADA

520 Melton Mobray Leicestershire 1720 Ord Munition Co ; 1961Ord Depot Co ; 1962 OrdDep Co, VIII AF ServiceComd

466 Membury Berkshire 436 Troop Carr Gp ; 67Recon Gp ; 6 Tac AirDepot

156 Mendelsham Suffolk 34 Bomb Gp

464 Merryfield Somerset 441 Troop Carr Gp

351 Merston Sussex 31 Fighter Gp ; 307 FighterSq

182 Merville France 8 AF

366 Metfield Suffolk 353 Fighter Gp

-M- Middlesborough Yorkshire 564 Signal Air Warning Bn,IX Air Defense Comd

449 Middle Wallop Hampshire 67 Tac Recon Gp ; HQ IXTac Air Comd ; XIX AirSupport Comd

Mill Isle County Antrim, Cmbt Crew ReplacementNorthern Ireland Ctr-B

Milton Hampshire HQ 825 Engr Bn (Avn), IXEngr Comd

506 Milton Ernest Bedfordshire HQ VIII AF Service Comd

561 Mirgorod Ukraine, USSR Eastern Comd, USSTAFE

107 Molesworth Huntingdonshire 303 Bomb Gp

Defense Comd

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398 Montdidier France 2498 QM Truck Co (Avn)

Morely Hall Norfolk Det B, 987 MP Co Avn ;598 Army Postal Unit

Moreton Essex 474 Fighter Gp, 9 AF

511 Moulsford Manor Berkshire VIII AF Service Comdand Bucklands

234 Mount Farm Oxfordshire 7 Photo Gp

Mountfitchet (see Stansted, AAF-169)

175 Mousehole Cornwall Det, 18 Weather Sq

240 Mullaghmore County Londonderry, VIII AF Composite ComdNorthern Ireland

Nantwich Cheshire 158 Liaison Sq, 9 AF

176 Narborough Norfolk 8 AF

549 Nascot Lodge, Hertfordshire HQ Cmbt Support Wg (Prov) ;Watford 1584 QM Bn Mobile (Avn)

505 Neaton Norfolk 3 Strat Air Depot, 8 AF

--- Nelson Hall (see Stone)

528 Nether Wallop Hampshire 1520 QM Truck Bn (Avn)

--- Newcastle (see Woolsington Airport)

536 Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire 2069 QM Truck Co (Avn) ;Sq A, 18 RCD, VIII AFService Comd

--- Newtownards County Down, VIII AF Composite ComdNorthern Ireland

Nook Camp Wiltshire Det ZU, 21 Weather Sq ;Det ZU, 40 Mobile CommGp

437 Norman Court Hampshire 52 AAA Brigade, IX Air

USSTAFE

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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATI ON PRINCIPA L UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

Northampton Northamptonshire Det E, 985 MP Co (Avn),1 Bomb Div, 8 AF

477 North Luffenham Rutland 9 AF

387 Northolt Middlesex 302 Air Transport Wg

143 North Pickenham Norfolk 492 Bomb Gp

--- Northwich Cheshire Det YC, 21 Weather Sq ;Det YC, 40 Mobile CommGp

479 North Witham Lincolnshire 1 Tac Air Depot ; 29 AirDepot Gp ; 33 Air DepotGp

Norwich Norfolk 987 MP Co (Avn), 2 AirDiv, 8 AF

131 Nuthampstead Hertfordshire 398 Bomb Gp

235 Nutts Corner County Antrim, 1404 AAF Base UnitNorthern Ireland

--- Nyack (see Kirkcassock House, AAF-231)

--- Oakridge Farm Sussex Co B, 461 Signal Const Bn,IX AF Service Comd

Oatland Hills UNKNOWN Det 105, 8 Intransit Depot,IX AF Service Comd

144 Old Buckenham Norfolk 453 Bomb Gp

108 Old Catton Norfolk 2 Bomb Wg ; 14 Bomb Wg

191 Ollencourt France Det E, HQ Sq, IX BADA

--- Otterbourne Hampshire 1517 QM Truck Bn Avn Sp,Cmbt Support Wg

-W- Oulton Norfolk 803 Bomb Sq (Prov)

360 Ouston Durham VIII Fighter Comd

579 Padgate Leicestershire HQ 131 Reinforcement Bn,

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--- Paighton Devon IX AF Service Comd

--- Palace Hotel (see Southport, AAF-524)

557 Pangbourne House Oxfordshire Det F, 93 SCSRD (Sp) ;USSTAFE

--- Parham (see Framlingham, AAF-153)

386 Paris France HQ 302 Air Transport Wg

381 Paris France VIII AF Service Comd

507 Perham Downs Wiltshire VIII AF Service Comd

--- Peterborough Huntingdonshire Det F, 985 MP Co Avn,1 Bomb Div, 8 AF

--- Phyllis Court (see Henley-on-Thames, AAF-494)

397 Pierrefonds France 762 Chemical Depot Co(Avn), CADA

"PINETREE" (see High Wycombe, AAF-101)

560 Piryatin Ukraine, USSR Eastern Comd, USSTAFE

Plymouth* Devon 1 Air Cmbt Control Sq(Amphibious), IX TacAir Comd

109 Podington Bedfordshire 92 Bomb Gp

110 Polebrook Northamptonshire 351 Bomb Gp

559 Poltava Ukraine, USSR HQ Eastern Comd, USSTAFE

420 Popham Hampshire 926 Signal Bn, IX EngrComd ; IX Air SupportComd

504 Portreath Cornwall Det A, 519 Service Sq,VIII AF Service Comd

* See Harrowbeer,

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546 Potters Hill Yorkshire Sq C, 13 RCD (Avn)

571 Poynton Cheshire 571 Stn Complement Sq ;2189 QM Truck Co Avn ;304 Gas Defense Det

Predannack Cornwall SOS unit ; joint use, RAFand VIII Bomber Comd

Preston Lancashire 8 Intransit Depot G-4

565 Preston Rutland Air Service Comd

500 Prestwick Ayrshire, Scotland 27 Air Transport Gp ; AirService Comd

497 Querqueville Cherbourg, France 6 Port Intransit Depot Sq ;Det C, 27 Air TransportGp

145 Rackheath Norfolk 467 Bomb Gp

469 Ramsbury Wiltshire 437 Troop Carr Gp ; 64Troop Carr Gp

126 Rattlesden Suffolk 447 Bomb Gp

157 Raydon Suffolk 353 Fighter Gp

--- Reaminster Dorset 9 AF

925 Remenham Berkshire 573 Signal Air Warning Bn ;XIX Air Support Comd

167 Ridgewell Essex 381 Bomb Gp

532 Ringshall Suffolk 861 Engr Av Bn

--- Ringwood Hampshire 1926 Ord Co, 2109 Ord Bn,IX AF Service Comd

541 Riseley Bedfordshire 756 Chemical Depot ; 763Chemical Depot, VIII AFService Comd

168 Rivenhall Essex 397 Bomb Gp

Roke Manor (see Romsey, AAF-503)

64

AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATI ON PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

503 Romsey Hampshire Sq A, 19 RCD

395 Rouen France 6 Port Intransit Depot Sq

--- Rougham (see Bury St . Edmunds, AAF-468)

451 Rudloe Manor Wiltshire HQ IX Tac Air Comd, 9 AF

--- Rushden Northamptonshire Det G, 985 MP Co Avn,,1 Bomb Div, 8 AF

--- St . Albans Hertfordshire Det D, 887 MP Co Avn, 8 AF

--- St . Angelo County Tyrone, (Fighter airfield)Northern Ireland

129 St . Eval Cornwall 479 Anti-Sub Gp

379 St . Germaine-en-Laye France HQ USSTAFE ; HQ Air TechServices Comd in Europe

--- St . Johns Wood (see Hampstead Borough, AAF-405)

443 St . Marys Hill Glamorganshire, 9 AFWales

512 St . Mawgan Cornwall 1406 AAF Base Unit

516 St . Mellons Monmouthshire, Port Intransit Depot #4,Wales BADA

480 St . Vincents Lincolnshire Det B, 1241 QM Co ServiceGp (Avn) ; Det A, 1069 QMCo Service GP (Avn) ; HQIX Troop Carr Comd

370 Saffron Walden Essex 65 Fighter Wg

538 Saltby Lincolnshire 314 Troop Carr Gp ; 317Service Gp, IX TroopCarr Comd

Savernake Forest Wiltshire 1907 Ord Ammo Co, IX AFService Comd

371 Sawston Cambridgeshire 66 Fighter Wg

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Scarborough Yorkshire HQ & HQ Co, 564 SignalAirways Bn, IX AirDefense Comd

425 Scorton Yorkshire 425 Night Fighter Sq, IXTac Air Comd

--- Sculthorpe Norfolk 803 Bomb Sq (Prov)

146 Seething Norfolk 448 Bomb Gp

523 Shaftsbury Dorset VIII AF Service Comd

583 Sharnbrook Bedfordshire 2107 Ord Ammo Bn

--- Shelton (see Chelveston, AAF-105)

555 Shepherd's Grove Suffolk Air Service Comd

115 Shipdham Norfolk 44 Bomb Gp

--- Silcocks Warehouse (see Liverpool, AAF-513)

522 Smethwick Staffordshire 892 Signal Depot Co ; 908Signal Depot Co ; SignalSupply Base Depot #1

--- Smiths Lawn Berkshire 31 Transport Gp ; 316 AirTransport Sq Flt

361 Snailwell Suffolk 347 Fighter Sq ; IX AFService Comd

138 Snetterton Heath Norfolk 96 Bomb Gp

172 Snettisham Norfolk 1 Cmbt Crew Gunnery Sq

424 Sole Common Berkshire 876 Airborne Engr Bn ; 878Airborne Engr Bn, IXEngr Comd

Southampton Hampshire Det 112, 8 AF IntransitDepot Gp, IX AF ServiceComd

524 Southport Lancashire 8 RADA

493 Spanhoe Northamptonshire 315 Troop Carr Gp ; 78Service Gp

*The same number is also used to identify Kidderminster .

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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) AS SIGNED

Spetchley Park (see Worcester, AAF-562)

444 Stallington Grange Staffordshire VIII AF Service Comd

Stamford (see Walcot Hall, AAF-372)

Standbridge Earls (see Romsey, AAF 503)

426 Stanlake Park Berkshire 459 Signal Const Bn, IXAir Support Comd

Stanmore Hertfordshire American component, AlliedExpeditionary AF

169 Stansted Essex 344 Bomb Gp ; 2 Tac AirDepot

413 Staplehurst Kent 363 Fighter Gp, XIX TacAir Comd

448 Start Point Devon 738 Signal Air Warning Bn ;IX Tac Air Comd

122 Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire 355 Fighter Gp

445 Stiffkey Norfolk HQ 448 AAA AutomaticWeapons Bn, IX AirDefense Comd

171 Stisted Hall Essex UNKNOWN

518 Stone Staffordshire VIII AF Service Comd(Beatty Hall)

509* Stone Yarnfield, 12 RCD ; 93 SCSRD (Sp)(Duncan Hall) Staffordshire

Stone Staffordshire Replacement Control Ctr(Howard Hall)

594 Stone Staffordshire 8, 14, 16, and 18(Jefferson Hall) Replacement Control Ctrs

AAFNUMBER NAME

LOCATION


---

Stone

Staffordshire

Replacement Control Ctr(Nelson Hall)

452

Stony Cross

Hampshire

367 Fighter Gp ; 387 BombGp

573

Stornoway

Isle of Lewis,

9 AFScotland

501

Stowmarket

Suffolk

1992 QM Truck Co, VIII AFService Comd

158

Sudbury

Derbyshire

Signal Storage Depot #1

174

Sudbury

Suffolk

92 Cmbt Bomb Wg ; 486 BombGp

382

Sudbury

Suffolk

Signal Storage Depot #3,BADA .

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Sunninghill Park (North) (see Ascot, AAF-472)

HQ 9 AF

Sunninghill Park (South) (see Ascot, AAF-472)

HQ IX AF Service Comd

Sutton Coldfield

Warickshire

890 Army Postal Unit ; 891Army Postal Unit

Swindon

Wiltshire

942 Engr Avn Troop Bn,IX Engr Comd

---

Sydenham

Northern Ireland

VIII AF Composite Comd

363

Tangmere

Sussex

8 AF

453

Tarrant Rushton

Dorset

9 AF

446

Taunton

Somerset

Det 0, Supply Div, BaseAir Depot #1

---

Teddington

(see Camp Griffiths, AAF-586)

---

Templeton

Pembrokeshire,

RAF Coastal Comd base,Wales

with USAAF gunnery fltfacilities

529

Tetbury

Gloucestershire

1515 QM Truck Bn (Avn) Sp

-

Theberton

(see Leiston, AAF-373)

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139 Thorpe Abbots Norfolk 100 Bomb Gp

584 Thrapston Northamptonshire 6 Med Supply Plt (Avn) ; 46Med Supply Plt (Avn) ;Air Service Comd

407 Thruxton Hampshire 366 Fighter Gp

111 Thurleigh Bedfordshire 306 Bomb Gp

124 Tibenham Norfolk 445 Bomb Gp

539 Tilshead Wiltshire Sq E, 17 RCD ; VIII AFService Comd

Tiree Argyll, Inner Joint use, released to RAFHebrides, Oct 1944Scotland

495 Tiverton Devon Det N, 93 SCSRD

--- Tivetshall (see Tibenham, AAF-124)

236 Toome County Londonderry, HQ 3 Cmbt Crew ReplacementNorthern Ireland Comd

--- Torquay Devon 1293 Mp Co Avn, IX Tac AirComd

502 Tostock Park Suffolk 1516 QM Truck Bn, CmbtSupport Wg

442 Totton Hampshire 13 RCD, IX AF Service Comd

384 Toussus-le-Noble France 311 Ferrying Sq ;67 Tac Recon Gp

--- Towyn Cornwall 8 AF

--- Trebelsue (see St . Mawgan, AAF-512)

595 Troston Suffolk 1 Strat Air Depot

537 Trowbridge Wiltshire Sq H, 17 RCD ; Sq I, 17 RCD

566 Tugby Leicestershire Det K, 93 SCSRD (Sp)

--- Twinwood Farm (see Milton Ernest, AAF-506)

AAFNUMBER NAME

462 Upottery

409 Uxbridge

568 Valley

393 Verdun

---

Victoria Barracks

180 Villacoublay

400 Virton

---

Wadham Gardens

--- Wakerly

372

Walcot Hall

558

Walhampton House

--- Walton

515

Wapley Common

454 Warmwell

---

Warren Wood Site

582 Warton

---

Washington Hall

---

Watford (see Bushey

377 Wattisham

376 Watton

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LOCATION


Devon

439 Troop Carr Gp

Buckinghamshire

Det A, HQ & HQ Sq, 9 AF

Anglesey, Wales

Det 568, Air TransportComd ; 1407 AAF Base Unit

France

128 Replacement Bn ;362 Ftr Gp ;425 Night Ftr Sq

(see Belfast, AAF-233)

France

HQ 27 Air Transport Gp ;370 Air Service Gp

Belgium

2 Photo Tech Sq ; 19AAF Photo Intell Det ;Co B, 942 Engr AvnTopographical Bn ; 26Stn Complement Sq

(see Hampstead Borough, AAF-405)

(see Spanhoe, AAF-493)

Northamptonshire

67 Fighter Wg

Hampshire

Det D, 93 SCSRD ; USSTAFE

Norfolk

Co A, 819 Engr Avn Bn ;820 Engr Avn Bn

Gloucestershire

Port Intransit Depot #3,BADA

Dorset

474 Fighter Gp, 9 AF

(see Barnham, AAF-587)

Lancashire

2 Base Air Depot

(see Chorley, AAF-591)

Hall, AAF-341 ; Nascot Lodge, AAF-549)

Suffolk

479 Fighter Gp

Norfolk

25 Bomb Gp ; 50 Fighter Sq

*See Fersfield, AAF-554 .

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AAFNUMBE R NAME LOCATION PRI NCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED

474 Welford Park Berkshire 435 Troop Carr Gp

580 Wellingborough Northamptonshire 985 MP Co (Avn), 1 BombDiv, 8 AF

118 Wendling Norfolk 392 Bomb Gp

352 West Hampnett Sussex 31 Fighter Gp

--- Westonbirt (see Tetbury, AAF-529)

--- Weston-Super-Mare Somerset Det YF, 21 Weather Sq ;Det YF, 40 Mobile CommSq, 9 AF

447 Weston Zoyland Somerset 442 Troop Carr Gp, IXTroop Carr Comd

170 Wethersfield Essex 416 Bomb Gp

--- Weybread Norfolk 827 Engr Avn Bn

--- Whitchurch Shropshire 495 Fighter Tng Gp

--- "WIDEWING" (see Camp Griffiths, AAF-586)

550 Williamstrip Park Gloucestershire 2106 Ord Ammo Bn

--- Willingdale (see Chipping Ongar, AAF-162)

--- Wilmont County Antrim, 761 Chemcial Depot CoNorthern Ireland (Avn)

140 Winfarthing* Norfolk 562 Bomb Sq ; VIII AFService Comd

460 Winkleigh Devon 74 Service Gp, IX AirSupport Comd

414 Winkton Hampshire 404 Fighter Gp, IX Tac AirComd

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1 Rue de Tillsit at Champs Elysees (see Paris, AAF-386)

20 North Audley Street (see London, AAF-576)

45 Sharron (see Paris, AAF-381)

AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNI T( S) ASSIGNED

567 Witney Oxfordshire Det L, 93 SCSRD (Sp)

185 Wittem Holland 57 Fighter Control Sq

368 Wittering Northamptonshire 63 Fighter Sq ; 55 FighterSq

419 Woodchurch Kent 373 Fighter Gp, XIX AirSupport Comd

478 Woolfox Lodge Rutland IX Troop Carr Comd

Woolsington Airport Northumberland 321 Fighter Control Sq ;(Newcastle) HQ 573 Signal Air

Warning Bn ; HQ Battery,22 AAA Gp, IX AirDefense Comd

562 Worcester Worcestershire Det G, 93 SCSRD (Sp)

159 Wormingford Essex 55 Fighter Gp ; 362 FighterGp

581 Wortley Yorkshire 1912 Ord Ammo Co ; 2002 OrdAmmo Co

Yeovil Somerset (Billets)(Houndstone &Lufton Barracks)

450 Zeals Wiltshire 32 Service Gp ; 302, 66Airdrome Sq

PART 3 - GEOGRAPHICAL LISTING

(For organizational information, see Part 2)

AAFNumber Name

BELGIUM

184 Charleroi181 Chievres400 Virton

ENGLAND

AAFCounty Number Name

BEDFORDSHIRE --- Bedford--- Dunstable127 Little Staughton572 Melchbourne Park506 Milton Ernest (Twinwood Farm)109 Podington541 Riseley583 Sharnbrook111 Thurleigh

BERKSHIRE 467 Aldermaston476 Aldermaston Court402 Arborfield Cross472 Ascot (Sunninghill Park, North and South)

544 Ashdown Park491 Bray Court421 Chapel Row429 Crookham Common486 Greenham Common519 Grove403 Kingston Bagpuize466 Membury511 Moulsford Manor and Bucklands925 Remenham--- Smiths Lawn424 Sole Common426 Stanlake Park474 Welford Park

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ENGLAND (continued)


BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 113 Cheddington (Marsworth)--- Daws Hill101 High Wycombe ("PINETREE," Camp Lynn)475 Medmenham409 Uxbridge

CAMBRIDGESHIRE 121 Bassingbourne374 Bottisham--- Cambridge531 Chrishall357 Duxford378 Fowlmere--- Hinxton599 Lords Bridge371 Sawston122 Steeple Morden

CHESHIRE --- Alderley Edge533 Altrincham (Dunham New Park)542 Crewe534 Cuddington535 Hale--- Knutsford--- Nantwich--- Northwich571 Poynton

CORNWALL --- Bude--- Davidstow Moor--- Holywell--- Liskeard175 Mousehole504 Portreath--- Predannack129 St . Eval512 St . Mawgan (Trebelsue)--- Towyn

DERBYSHIRE 564 Egginton158 Sudbury

use .

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(continued)

*See p . 5 of text for Essex airfields planned but not built for USAAF

ENGLAND (continued)


DEVON --- Aston- .-- Bucfai l lei gh173 Dunkeswell463 Exeter--- Harrowbeer--- Honiton--- Lopscombe (?)--- Paighton-W- Plymouth448 Start Point495 Tiverton (Knightshayes Court)__- Torquay462 Upottery460 Winkleigh

DORSET --- Blandford Camp--- Knock Camp (?)427 Langton--- Reaminster523 Shaftsbury (Coombe House Hotel)453 Tarrant Rushton454 Warmwell

DURHAM 360 Ouston

ESSEX* 148 Beaumont149 Birch--- Bishop Stortford436 Bois Hall161 Boreham150 Boxted--- Braintree526 Bures--- Chelmsford162 Chipping Ongar (Willingdale)--- Coggeshall--- Colchester

(continued)

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ENGLAND (continued)


ESSEX (continued) 163 Cold Norton356 Debden358 Earls Colne154 Gosfield164 Great Dunmow (Little Easton)485 Great Saling (Andrews Field)359 Great Sampford--- Halstead1.65 Little Walden (Hadstock)160 Marks Hall166 Matching--- Moreton167 Ridgewell168 Rivenhall370 Saffron Walden169 Stansted (Mountfichet)171 Stisted Hall170 Wethersfield159 Wormingford

GLOUCESTERSHIRE --- Ashchurch--- Ashton Keynes473 Bristol--- Chedworth--- Cheltenham--- Cinderford, Forest of Dean--- Cirencester--- Coleford458 Down Ampney498 Ebrington Manor457 Fairford803 Filton (Bristol)364 Gloucester422 Great Barrington529 Tetbury (Westonbirt)515 Wapley Common550 Williamstrip Park

HAMPSHIRE 556 Alton (Aylesfield House)406 Andover408 Beaulieu415 Bisterne Close801 Bournemouth

ENGLAND (continued)

Coun tyAAFNumber Name

HAMPSHIRE 440 Breamore(continued) 432 Charborough Park

404 Chilbolton416 Christ Church455 Holmsley South492 Hurn347 Ibsley551 Lymington449 Middle Wallop--- Milton528 Nether Wallop437 Norman Court--- Otterbourne425 Popham--- Ringwood503 Romsey (Standbridge Earls and Roke Manor)--- Southampton452 Stony Cross407 Thruxton442 Totton558 Walhampton House414 Winkton

HERTFORDSHIRE 112 Bovingdon341 Bushey Hall (Watford, "AJAX" )-- Hitchin549 Nascot Lodge, Watford131 Nuthamstead--- St . Albans--- Stanmore

HUNTINGDONSHIRE 547 Abbots Ripton102 Alconbury103 Brampton Grange130 Glatton (Connington)--- Huntingdon117 Kimbolton107 Molesworth--- Peterborough

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ENGLAND (continued)


KENT 417 Ashford343 Biggin Hill438 Brenzett--- Cranbrook431 Dering Woods412 Headcorn411 High Halden418 Kingsnorth410 Lashenden--- Maidstone--- Manston413 Staplehurst419 Woodchurch

LANCASHIRE --- Aintree569 Bamber Bridge (Adams Hall)590 Burtonwood--- Childwall Valley (?)591 Chorley (Washington Hall)530 Haydock552 Huyton--- Kirby House, Liverpool514 Kirkby513 Liverpool577 Maghull578 Manchester (Bellvue Park)--- Preston--- Silcocks Warehouse, Liverpool524 Southport (Palace Hotel)582 Warton

LEICESTERSHIRE 481 Bottesford527 Leicester520 Melton Mobray579 Padgate566 Tugby (Keythorpe Hall)

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ENGLAND (continued)


LINCOLNSHIRE 482 Balderton483 Barkstone Heath553 Brigg428 Coleby Grange484 Folkingham488 Fulbeck345 Goxhill349 Kirton-in-Lindsey479 North Witham480 St . Vincents (Grantham Lodge)538 Saltby

LONDON 390 Bryanston Square586 Camp Griffiths (Bushey Park, Teddington,

"WIDEWING")405 Hamstead Borough (Middlesex)348 Kenley (Surrey)--- Kew Gardens576 London (20 North Audley Street, W .1)

MIDDLESEX 525 Cranford (Meadowbank)456 Eastcote405 Hampstead Borough (Greater London)574 Heathrow575 Hendon510 Heston--- Hounslow387 Northolt

NORFOLK 120 Attlebridge141 Bodney355 Coltishall142 Deopham Green--- Ditchingham545 Earsham133 East Wretham548 Eccles554 Fersfield104 Hardwick114 Hethel123 Horsham St . Faith

80

ENGLAND (continued)


NORFOLK (continued) 147 Ketteringham Hall177 Ludham178 Matlask--- Morely Hall176 Narborough505 Neaton143 North Pickenham--- Norwich144 Old Buckenham108 Old Catton (Camp Thomas)--- Oulton145 Rackheath--- Sculthorpe146 Seething115 Shipdham138 Snetterton Heath172 Snettisham445 Stiffkey139 Thorpe Abbots124 Tibenham--- Walton376 Watton118 Wendling--- Weybread140 Winfarthing

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE --- Arthingworth521 Braybrooke105 Chelveston (Shelton)--- Collyweston128 Deenthorpe106 Grafton Underwood179 Harrington596 Kettering (Goghton Park)367 Kingscliffe--- Northampton110 Polebrook--- Rushden493 Spanhoe (Wakerly)584 Thrapston372 Walcot Hall (Stamford)580 Wellingborough368 Wittering

ENGLAND (continued)


NORTHUMBERLAND --- Woolsington Airport (Newcastle)

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE --- Boughton--- Chain Lodge--- Heddon-on-Wall490 Langar

OXFORDSHIRE 441 Bruern Abbey465 Chalgrove423 Cokethorpe401 Haseley Court494 Henley-on-Thames (Phyllis Court)543 Kingham234 Mount Farm557 Pangbourne House567 Witney (Eynsham Hall)

RUTLAND 489 Cottesmore477 North Luffenham565 Preston478 Woolfox Lodge

SHROPSHIRE 342 Atcham346 High Ercall--- Market DraytonW-- Whitchurch

SOMERSET 380 Bath--- Chard487 Charmy Down461 Church Stanton--- Ilminster--- Ilton464 Merryfield446 Taunton--- Weston-Super-Mare447 Weston Zoyland--- Yeovil (Houndstone and Lufton Barracks)

*Also used for Kidderminster .

(continued)

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ENGLAND (continued)


STAFFORDSHIRE 589 Burton-on-Trent--- Cheadle--- Leek398 Litchfield536 Newcastle-under-Lyme (Keele Hall)522 Smethwick444 Stallington Grange518 Stone (Beatty Hall)509* Stone (Duncan Hall), Yarnfield594 Stone (Jefferson Hall)--- Stone (Howard Hall)--- Stone (Nelson Hall)

SUFFOLK 517 Barnham (Little Heath Site)587 Barnham (Warren Wood Site)132 Beccles (Ellough)125 Bungay (Flixton)468 Bury St . Edmunds (Rougham)151 Butley (Bentwaters)152 Debach116 Elveden Hall (Camp Blainey)134 Eye153 Framlingham (Parham)155 Great Ashfield365 Halesworth (Holton)--- Haughley Park135 Hepworth499 Higham Heath470 Hitcham375 Honington119 Horham--- Ipswich136 Knettishall137 Lavenham373 Leiston (Theberton)369 Martlesham Heath156 Mendlesham366 Metfield126 Rattlesden157 Raydon532 Ringshall555 Shepherd's Grove

ENGLAND (continued)


SUFFOLK (continued) 361 Snailwell501 Stowmarket174 Sudbury (Acton)382 Sudbury (Constitution Hill)502 Tostock Park595 Troston377 Wattisham

SURREY 348 Kenley--- Kew

SUSSEX 593 Burton Rough--- Fairlight362 Ford--- Friston351 Merston--- Oakridge Farm363 Tangmere (Chichester)352 West Hampnett

WARICKSHIRE --- Honiley--- Sutton Coldfield

WILTSHIRE 802 Baverstock433 Bishopstrow459 Blakehill Farm434 Chisledon353 Colerne435 Erle Stoke Village592 Groveley Wood471 Keevil540 Lydiard Tregoze--- Market Lavington--- Marlborough--- Nook Camp507 Perham Downs469 Ramsbury451 Rudloe Manor--- Savernake Forest--- Swindon539 Tilshead537 Trowbridge450 Zeals

FRANCE

AAFNumber Name

*Also used for Stone (Duncan Hall) .

183

Barisey le Cote392

Boise de Boulogne (Chateau Rothschild)383 Bolleville195 Carnillon389 Compiegne399 Fignieres396 Fontenay496 Granville196 Istres385

Le Bourget394

Le Francport388

Marseilles (Marignane)194 Martigues182 Merville398 Montdidier191 Ollencourt386

Paris (1 Rue de Tillsit at Champs Elysees)381

Paris (45 Sharron)397 Pierrefonds497

Querqueville, Cherbourg395 Rouen379

St . Germaine-en-Laye384 Toussus-le-Noble393 Verdun180 Villacoublay

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ENGLAND (continued)


WORCESTERSHIRE --- Great Malvern509 * Kidderminster563 Kings Somborne (Furze Down House)562 Worcester (Spetchley Park)

YORKSHIRE 588 Bowes Moor--- Church Fenton (Leeds)585 Hull--- Middlesborough546 Potters Hill--- Scarborough425 Scorton581 Wortley

AAFNumber Name

185 Wittem

AAFNumber Name

HOLLAND

ICELAND

354

4 airfields : KassosMeeksPattersonReykyavik

NORTHE RN I RELAND

AAFNumber Name County

439 Aldergrove Antrim-- Ballyhalbert Down

233 Belfast Antrim--- Bellek238 Cluntoe Tyrone--- Cranage (?)344 Eglinton Londonderry237 Greencastle Down--- Kells Point--- Kirkistown Down231 Kirkcassock House Down597 Langford Lodge Antrim--- Limavady Londonderry232 Long Kesh Down350 Lurgan Armagh239 Maghaberry Down--- Maydown Londonderry--- Mill Isle Antrim240 Mullaghmore Londonderry--- Newtownards Down235 Nutts Corner Antrim--- St . Angelo Tyrone--- Sydenham236 Toome Londonderry--- Wilmont Antrim

AAFNumber Name

UNKNOWN

CushendallGreyfriarsIsle AbbotsKingston DeverillOatland Hills

SCOTLAND


570 Ayr Ayrshire--- Banff Banffshire--- Crookston Edinburgh430 Drems East Lothian--- Kinloss Morayshire--- Leuchars Fifeshire--- Lossiemouth Morayshire--- Marble Glamorgan500 Prestwick Ayrshire573 Stornoway Isle of Lewis--- Tiree Argyll, Inner Hebrides

UKRAINE, USSR

AAFNumber Name

561 Mirgorod560 Piryatin559 Poltava

WALES


--- Aberporth Pembrokeshire--- Llanover Glamorganshire443 St . Marys Hill516 St . Mellons Monmouthshire--- Templeton Pembrokeshire568 Valley Anglesey

NOTES

1 . Army Air Forces Installation Directory, 15 Sep 1945, pp . 75-83 .

2 . W . F . Craven and J . L . Cate, The Army Air Forces in World War II ,Vol .

II :

Europe--Torch to Poi ntblank(Chicago,

1949),

p.

603 .

3 . "Assignment of Installations and Related Activities, UK," USAFHRC file

519 .934, Jun 1942-Dec 1944 .

4 . Craven and Cate, Vol . I : Plans and Early operations (Chicago, 1948),

p . 651 .

5 . Memo, Maj Gen George H . Brett, Air Corps, to Brig Gen Joseph T .

McNarney, 28 Oct 1941, in USAFHRC file 519 .9341, Oct 1941-Jul 1943 .

6 . "Station List and Strength Return, Army Air Forces in the UK, 29 Feb1944," prepared by the 93d Machine Records Unit, USAFHRC file 519 .273,29 Feb 1944 .

7 . History, 10th TRW, Jul-Dec 1982, Vol . I, p . 81 ; History, 17th RW,Oct-Dec 1982, Vol . I, p . 94 .

8 . Winston S . Churchill, The Second World War, Vol III : The GrandAlliance (Boston, 1950T,p. 6

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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AAA Anti-Aircraft ArtilleryAAD Advanced Air DepotAAF Army Air ForcesAF Air ForceAFCC Air Force Composite CommandAmmo AmmunitionAnti-Sub Anti-SubmarineAvn AviationBAD Base Air DepotBADA Base Air Depot AreaBn BattalionBomb BombardmentCADA Continental Air Depot Area (Provisional)Carr CarrierCmbt CombatCo CompanyComd CommandComm CommunicationConst ConstructionCtr CenterDet DetachmentDiv DivisionEngr Engineer, EngineeringFlt FlightGp GroupHQ HeadquartersIntel] IntelligenceMaint MaintenanceMed MedicalMP Military PoliceM .P . Member of ParliamentOrd OrdnancePhoto PhotographicPit PlatoonProv ProvisionalQM QuartermasterRAF Royal Air ForceRCD Replacement Control DepotRecon ReconnaissanceRegt RegimentR&R Reclamation and RepairSADA Strategic Air Depot AreaSCSRD Station Complement Squadron Reinforcement Depot

SHAPE

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

SOS

Services of SupplySp SpecialSq(s) Squadron(s)Stn StationStrat StrategicSys SystemTac TacticalTech TechnicalTng TrainingUS

United States (of America)USSTAFE

United States Strategic Air Forces in EuropeWg Wing

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