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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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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
and Headquarters Squadron .
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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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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
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Comd
AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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
AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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
AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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
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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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
47
AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
--- 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)
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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
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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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
AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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
AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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
PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
--- 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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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)
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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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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
PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
---
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 .
67
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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AAFNUMBER NAME LOCATION PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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
PRINCIPAL UNIT(S) ASSIGNED
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)
AAFCounty Number Name
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)
AAFCounty Number Name
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)
AAFCounty Number Name
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)
AAFCounty Number Name
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)
AAFCounty Number Name
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
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ENGLAND (continued)
AAFCounty Number Name
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)
AAFCounty Number Name
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 .
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ENGLAND (continued)
AAFCounty Number Name
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)
AAFCounty Number Name
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)
AAFCounty Number Name
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
AAFNumber Name County
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
AAFNumber Name County
--- 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