RAF_Coastal_Command_order_of_battle_during_World_War_II

RAF Coastal Command order of battle during World War II

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This article lists the order of battle of RAF Coastal Command throughout the Second World War in the European Theatre of World War II.

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Footnotes

[N 1]
This unit was formed from No. 1401 (Meteorological) Flight in August 1942. One flight was equipped with Spitfire PR.IVs, one of Mosquito PR.IVs and one of Hudsons.^[23]
[N 2]
541, 542 and 543 Sqns were all formed from 1 PRU on 19 October 1942; each was equipped with the Spitfire PR.Mk.IV.^[23]

Citations

[1]
Ashworth 1992, Appendix II
[2]
Lake 1999, p. 264.
[3]
Delve 1994, p. 51.
[4]
Lake 1999, p. 282.
[5]
Lake 1999, pp. 29-30.
[6]
Lake 1999, p. 182.
[7]
Lake 1999, p. 183.
[8]
Lake 1999, p. 270.
[9]
Lake 1999, pp. 270-271.
[10]
Ashworth 1992, Appendix III
[11]
Lake 1999, p. 256.
[12]
Lake 1999, p. 48.
[13]
Ashworth 1992, Appendix IV
[14]
Lake 1999, p. 87.
[15]
Lake 1999, p. 259.
[16]
Lake 1999, p. 260.
[17]
Lake 1999, pp. 87-88.
[18]
Lake 1999, p. 257.
[19]
"Consolidated PBY Catalina in US Navy Service".
[20]
Ashworth 1992, Appendix V
[21]
name="RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Kostenuk, Griffin"
[22]
name=RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Kostenuk, Griffin
[23]
Matusiak 2007, p. 21.
[24]
Lake 1999, p. 262.
[25]
Lake 1999, p. 90.
[26]
Lake 1999, p. 255.
[27]
Lake 1999, pp. 255-256.
[28]
Lake 1999, p. 146.
[29]
See also Order of battle 6 June 1944, including Nos 4,5,6,7,9, 131, 132 OTUs and . .
[30]
Lake 1999, p. 99.

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Blumenson, Martin & Greenfield, Ken. Command Decisions. United States Government Printing. 1984. ISBN 978-0-16-001912-8
Buckley, John. The RAF and Trade Defence, 1919–1945: Constant Endeavour. Ryburn Publishing. 1995. ISBN 1-85331-069-7
Buckley, John. Air Power in the Age of Total War. UCL Press. 1998. ISBN 1-85728-589-1.
Blair, Clay. Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939–1942 Cassel & Co. 1996. ISBN 0-304-35260-8
Blair, Clay. Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942–1945. Cassel & Co. 1996. ISBN 0-304-35261-6
Bowyer, Chaz. Coastal Command at War. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-7110-0980-5.
Corum, James. The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War, 1918–1940. Kansas University Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-7006-0836-2
de la Ferté, Philiip Joubert. The Birds and the Fishes: The Story of Coastal Command. Hutchinson. 1960. (No ISBN)
Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1994. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
Forczyk, Robert. Fw 200 Condor Vs Atlantic Convoys, 1941–1943. Osprey Publications. 2010. ISBN 978-1-84603-917-1
Goulter, Christina. A Forgotten Offensive: Royal Air Force Coastal Command's Anti-Shipping Campaign, 1940–1945. Frank & Cass. London. 2005. ISBN 0-7146-4147-2.
Hendrie, Andrew. The Cinderella Service: RAF Coastal Command 1939–1945. Pen & Sword Aviation. 2006. ISBN 978-1-84415-346-6.
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Kostenuk S. Griffin J. RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Samuel Stevens Hakkert & Company, 1977. ISBN 0-88866-577-6
Lake, Alan. Flying Units of the RAF: The ancestry, formation and disbandment of all flying units from 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
March, Daniel J. British Warplanes of World War II. Rochester, Kent, UK: Grange Books, 1998. ISBN 1-84013-391-0.
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Terraine, John. Business in Great Waters: The U-Boat Wars, 1916–1945. Leo Cooper. London. 1989. ISBN 0-85052-760-0

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[24] [N 1]
This unit was formed from No. 1401 (Meteorological) Flight in August 1942. One flight was equipped with Spitfire PR.IVs, one of Mosquito PR.IVs and one of Hudsons.^[23]

[25] [N 2]
541, 542 and 543 Sqns were all formed from 1 PRU on 19 October 1942; each was equipped with the Spitfire PR.Mk.IV.^[23]

[Ashworth1992AppendixII-1] [1]
Ashworth 1992, Appendix II

[Lake1999p264-2] [2]
Lake 1999, p. 264.

[3] [3]
Delve 1994, p. 51.

[Lake_1999,_p._282-4] [4]
Lake 1999, p. 282.

[Lake_1999,_pp._29-30-5] [5]
Lake 1999, pp. 29-30.

[Lake_1999,_p._182-6] [6]
Lake 1999, p. 182.

[7] [7]
Lake 1999, p. 183.

[Lake1999p270-8] [8]
Lake 1999, p. 270.

[Lake1999pp270-271-9] [9]
Lake 1999, pp. 270-271.

[Ashworth1992AppendixIII-10] [10]
Ashworth 1992, Appendix III

[Lake1999p256-11] [11]
Lake 1999, p. 256.

[12] [12]
Lake 1999, p. 48.

[Ashworth1992AppendixIV-13] [13]
Ashworth 1992, Appendix IV

[Lake1999p87-14] [14]
Lake 1999, p. 87.

[Lake1999p259-15] [15]
Lake 1999, p. 259.

[Lake1999p260-16] [16]
Lake 1999, p. 260.

[17] [17]
Lake 1999, pp. 87-88.

[Lake1999p257-18] [18]
Lake 1999, p. 257.

[Cat-19] [19]
"Consolidated PBY Catalina in US Navy Service".

[Ashworth1992AppendixV-20] [20]
Ashworth 1992, Appendix V

[21] [21]
name="RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Kostenuk, Griffin"

[ReferenceA-22] [22]
name=RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Kostenuk, Griffin

[Mat0721-23] [23]
Matusiak 2007, p. 21.

[Lake1992p262-26] [24]
Lake 1999, p. 262.

[27] [25]
Lake 1999, p. 90.

[Lake_1999,_p._255-28] [26]
Lake 1999, p. 255.

[Lake_1999,_pp._255-256-29] [27]
Lake 1999, pp. 255-256.

[30] [28]
Lake 1999, p. 146.

[31] [29]
See also Order of battle 6 June 1944, including Nos 4,5,6,7,9, 131, 132 OTUs and . .

[Lake1999p99-32] [30]
Lake 1999, p. 99.

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Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 204 Squadron RAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Mount Batten
No. 210 Squadron RAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Pembroke Dock
No. 217 Squadron RAF	Avro Anson	RAF Warmwell
No. 228 Squadron RAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Pembroke Dock
No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF^[2]	Avro Anson	RAF Aldergrove

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 22 Squadron RAF	Vickers Vildebeest	RAF Thorney Island
No. 42 Squadron RAF	Vickers Vildebeest	RAF Bircham Newton
No. 48 Squadron RAF	Avro Anson	RAF Thorney Island
No. 206 Squadron RAF	Avro Anson	RAF Bircham Newton
No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF^[2]	Avro Anson	RAF Detling

Squadron	Type of aircraft	Station
Torpedo Training Unit RAF^[4]	various	RAF Gosport
No. 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF^[5]	various	RAF Gosport
School of General Reconnaissance RAF^[6]	Avro Anson	RAF Thorney Island
Seaplane Training Squadron RAF^[7]	various	RAF Calshot

Squadron	Type of aircraft	Station
No. 201 Squadron RAF	Saro London	RAF Sullom Voe
No. 209 Squadron RAF	Supermarine Stranraer	RAF Invergordon
No. 220 Squadron RAF	Avro Anson	RAF Thornaby
No. 224 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Leuchars
No. 233 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Leuchars
No. 240 Squadron RAF	Saro London	RAF Invergordon
No. 269 Squadron RAF	Avro Anson	RAF Montrose
No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron RAF^[8]	Avro Anson	RAF Thornaby
No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF^[9]	Avro Anson	RAF Dyce

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 48 Squadron RAF	Avro Anson	RAF Hooton Park
No. 209 Squadron RAF	Saro Lerwick	RAF Pembroke Dock
No. 217 Squadron RAF	Avro Anson/Bristol Beaufort	RAF St Eval
No. 236 Squadron RAF	Bristol Blenheim	RAF St Eval
No. 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF^[11]	Avro Anson	RAF Carew Cheriton
No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF^[2]	Blackburn Botha/Armstrong Whitworth Whitley	RAF Aldergrove
No. 10 Squadron RAAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Pembroke Dock

RAF_Coastal_Command_order_of_battle_during_World_War_II

RAF Coastal Command order of battle during World War II

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Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 22 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufort	RAF North Coates
No. 53 Squadron RAF	Bristol Blenheim	RAF Detling
No. 59 Squadron RAF	Bristol Blenheim	RAF Thorney Island
No. 206 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Bircham Newton
No. 220 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Thornaby
No. 235 Squadron RAF	Bristol Blenheim	RAF Bircham Newton
No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF^[2]	Avro Anson	RAF Detling
No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron RAF^[8]	Avro Anson/Blackburn Botha	RAF Thornaby

Squadron	Type of aircraft	Station
Torpedo Training Unit RAF^[4]	Bristol Beaufort	RAF Abbotsinch
No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF	Bristol Blenheim/Avro Anson	RAF Catfoss
No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF	various	RAF Chivenor
No. 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit RAF^[12]	Bristol Blenheim	RAF Detling
No. 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF^[5]	various	RAF Gosport
No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF	various	RAF Silloth
No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance RAF^[6]	Blackburn Botha	RAF Squires Gate
No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit	various	RAF Stranraer

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 42 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufort	RAF Wick
No. 98 Squadron RAF	Fairey Battle	RAF Kaldadarnes
No. 201 Squadron RAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Sullom Voe
No. 204 Squadron RAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Sullom Voe
No. 210 Squadron RAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Oban
No. 224 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Leuchars
No. 233 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Leuchars
No. 240 Squadron RAF	Supermarine Stranraer	RAF Stranraer
No. 248 Squadron RAF	Bristol Blenheim	RAF Dyce
No. 254 Squadron RAF	Bristol Blenheim	RAF Dyce
No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron RAF^[11]	Avro Anson/Lockheed Hudson	RAF Leuchars
No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF^[9]	Avro Anson	RAF Dyce

Squadron	Type of aircraft	Station
No. 53 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Limavady
No. 120 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Liberator	RAF Nutts Corner
No. 143 Squadron RAF	Bristol Blenheim	RAF Aldergrove
No. 201 Squadron RAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Castle Archdale
No. 206 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Aldergrove
No. 210 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Catalina	RAF Oban
No. 220 Squadron RAF	Boeing Fortress	RAF Nutts Corner
No. 228 Squadron RAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Stranraer
No. 240 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Catalina	RAF Castle Archdale
No. 1402 (Meteorological) Flight RAF^[14]	Supermarine Spitfire/Gloster Gladiator	RAF Aldergrove
No. 1405 (Meteorological) Flight RAF^[14]	Bristol Blenheim/Lockheed Hudson	RAF Aldergrove

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 53 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Docking
No. 86 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Liberator	RAF Thorney Island
No. 143 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF North Coates
No. 236 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF North Coates
No. 254 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF North Coates
No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron RAF^[11]	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Bircham Newton
No. 407 (Demon) Squadron RCAF^[15]	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Docking
No. 521 (Meteorological) Squadron RAF	Supermarine Spitfire^{[nb 1]}/de Havilland Mosquito/Lockheed Hudson	RAF Bircham Newton
No. 540 Squadron RAF	de Havilland Mosquito	RAF Benson
No. 541 Squadron RAF	Supermarine Spitfire^{[nb 2]}	RAF Benson
No. 542 Squadron RAF	Supermarine Spitfire	RAF Benson
No. 543 Squadron RAF	Supermarine Spitfire	RAF Benson
No. 544 Squadron RAF	Vickers Wellington/Supermarine Spitfire	RAF Benson
No. 833 Squadron FAA	Fairey Swordfish	RAF Thorney Island
No. 836 Squadron FAA	Fairey Swordfish	RAF Thorney Island

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 144 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF Leuchars
No. 190 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Catalina	RAF Sullom Voe
No. 235 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF Leuchars
No. 455 Squadron RAAF^[24]	Handley Page Hampden	RAF Leuchars
No. 489 (RNZAF) Squadron^[2]	Handley Page Hampden	RAF Wick
No. 540 Squadron RAF	de Havilland Mosquito	RAF Leuchars
No. 547 Squadron RAF	Vickers Wellington	RAF Tain
No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF^[9]	Armstrong Whitworth Whitley	RAF Wick
No. 1406 (Meteorological) Flight RAF^[14]	Supermarine Spitfire/Lockheed Hudson	RAF Wick
No. 1408 (Meteorological) Flight RAF^[14]	Handley Page Hampden	RAF Wick
No. 1477 (Norwegian) Flight RAF^[25]	Consolidated Catalina	RAF Woodhaven

Squadron	Type of aircraft	Station
No. 58 Squadron RAF	Armstrong Whitworth Whitley/Handley Page Halifax	RAF Holmsley South
No. 59 Squadron RAF	Boeing Fortress	RAF Chivenor
No. 119 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Catalina	RAF Pembroke Dock
No. 172 Squadron RAF	Vickers Wellington	RAF Chivenor
No. 179 Squadron RAF	Vickers Wellington	RAF Skitten
No. 210 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Catalina	RAF Pembroke Dock
No. 224 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Liberator	RAF Beaulieu
No. 248 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF Predannack Down
304 Dywizjon Bombowy (Polish Air Forces) ^[26]	Vickers Wellington	RAF Dale
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF^[27]	Vickers Wellington	RAF Talbenny
No. 404 (Buffalo) Squadron RCAF^[15]	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF Chivenor
No. 405 (Vancouver) Squadron RCAF^[15]	Handley Page Halifax	RAF Beaulieu
No. 461 Squadron RAAF^[24]	Short Sunderland	RAF Hamworthy
No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF^[2]	Armstrong Whitworth Whitley	RAF St Eval
No. 543 Squadron RAF	Supermarine Spitfire	RAF St Eval
No. 1404 (Meteorological) Flight RAF^[14]	Lockheed Hudson/Lockheed Ventura	RAF St Eval
No. 10 OTU^[28]	Armstrong Whitworth Whitley	RAF St Eval
No. 10 Squadron RAAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Mount Batten
No. 1 AS (Anti-Submarine) Squadron, USAAF	Consolidated B-24 Liberator	RAF St Eval
No. 2 AS (Anti-Submarine) Squadron, USAAF	Consolidated B-24 Liberator	RAF St Eval

Squadron	Type of aircraft	Station
No. 48 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Gibraltar (North Front)
No. 179 Squadron RAF	Vickers Wellington	RAF Gibraltar (North Front)
No. 202 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Catalina	RAF Gibraltar (Harbour)
No. 210 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Catalina	RAF Gibraltar (Harbour)
No. 233 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Gibraltar (North Front)
No. 544 Squadron RAF	Supermarine Spitfire	RAF Gibraltar (North Front)

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 120 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Liberator	RAF Reykjavik
No. 269 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Reykjavik
No. 330 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF^[18]	Northrop N-3PB	RAF Reykjavik
No. 1407 (Meteorological) Flight RAF^[14]	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Reykjavik
VP-84 U.S. Navy^[19]	Consolidated PBY Catalina	RAF Reykjavik

Squadron	Type of aircraft	Station
No. 59 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Liberator	RAF Ballykelly
No. 120 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Liberator	RAF Ballykelly
No. 281 Squadron RAF	Vickers Warwick (ASR)	RAF Tiree
No. 422 Squadron RCAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Castle Archdale
No. 423 Squadron RCAF	Short Sunderland	RAF Castle Archdale
No. 518 Squadron RAF	Handley Page Halifax (Met)	RAF Tiree
No. 1402 (Meteorological) Flight RAF^[14]	Gloster Gladiator/Supermarine Spitfire	RAF Aldergrove

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 143 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF Manston
No. 236 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF North Coates
No. 254 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF North Coates
No. 279 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson (ASR)	RAF Bircham Newton
No. 280 Squadron RAF	Vickers Warwick (ASR)	RAF Strubby (Det. at RAF Thornaby)
No. 415 (Swordfish) Squadron RCAF^[16]	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Bircham Newton
No. 455 Squadron RAAF	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF Langham
No. 489 (RNZAF) Squadron	Bristol Beaufighter	RAF Langham
No. 521 (Meteorological) Squadron RAF	Lockheed Ventura/Gloster Gladiator	RAF Docking
No. 819 Squadron FAA	Fairey Swordfish	RAF Manston
No. 848 Squadron FAA	Grumman Avenger	RAF Manston
No. 854 Squadron FAA	Grumman Avenger	RAF Hawkinge
No. 855 Squadron FAA	Grumman Avenger	RAF Hawkinge
No. 1401 (Meteorological) Flight RAF^[14]	Supermarine Spitfire	RAF Manston

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
Numerous Training Units	N/A

Squadron	Type of aircraft	Station
No. 220 Squadron RAF	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	RAF Lagens, Azores
No. 269 Squadron RAF	Lockheed Hudson/Supermarine Walrus/Supermarine Spitfire	RAF Lagens, Azores

Squadron	Type of aircraft	Station
No. 202 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Catalina	RAF Gibraltar (New Camp)
No. 520 Squadron RAF	Handley Page Halifax/Gloster Gladiator (Met)	RAF Gibraltar (North Front)

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 162 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated Canso	Skerja Fjord, Reykjavík
No. 1407 (Meteorological) Flight RAF^[14]	Lockheed Hudson	RAF Reykjavik