List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units
No. 1 MU – No. 100 MU

List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units

Section Title: No. 1 MU – No. 100 MU
Table Section Text: None

Name	Airfields used	Equipment serviced	Notes

No. 1 MU	RAF Kidbrooke between 9 April 1938 and 15 February 1947.	Repair Depot	Disbanded

No. 1 Heavy Glider MU	RAF Netheravon between May 1943 and June 1946.	Repair Depot	Disbanded

No. 2 MU	RAF Broadheath between 9 April 1938 and 15 March 1957. Sub site at Pulham between 9 April 1938 and 12 August 1940.	Ammunition Equipment Supply Depot	Disbanded to become sub site of 7 MU

No. 3 MU	RAF Milton between 9 April 1938 and 31 December 1959. Sub site at RAF Akeman Street between 9 April 1938 and January 1947.	Aircraft Equipment Depot	Disbanded

No. 4 MU	RAF West Ruislip between 9 April 1938 and 28 February 1957. Sub site at RAF Stanmore Park between 1 November 1939 and ????	Repair Depot	Disbanded

No. 5 MU	RAF Kemble between 22 June 1938 and 31 March 1983. Sub site at RAF Berrow between November 1941 and September 1942 Sub site at RAF Beechwood Park between May 1941 and 17 Mar 1943 Sub site at Bush Barn between 22 September 1941 and February 1943 Sub site at RAF Barnsley Park between 19 August 1942 and September 1945 Sub site at RAF Aston Down between 30 September 1960 and 31 March 1983.	Aircraft Storage Unit: Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys and Tiger Moths.	Disbanded 1983 to become USAF maintenance base, closed 1992.

No. 6 MU	RAF Brize Norton between 10 October 1938 and 31 December 1951. Sub site at RAF Barnsley Park between 1 July 1941 and 19 Aug 1942.	Airspeed Horsas, Airspeed Oxfords, de Havilland Dragon Dominies. Bristol Blenheims, Handley Page Hampdens, Supermarine Spitfires and Fairey Battles.	Held German jets at some point while at Brize Norton. Disbanded

No. 7 MU	RAF Quedgeley between 15 April 1939 and 15 March 1996. sub sites at : Aberporth 1940.	Aircraft Equipment Depot (Equipment Supply Depot): Airspeed Oxfords.	closed

No. 8 MU	RAF Little Rissington. between 7 Feb 1939 and 30 Jun 1957.	Airspeed Oxfords.	disbanded

No. 9 MU	RAF Cosford between 15 March 1939 and 22 June 1956. RAF Brockton between 1941 and unknown.	Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys and Tiger Moths. Supermarine Spitfires and Vickers Wellingtons at RAF Brockton.	disbanded

No. 10 MU	RAF Hullavington. between 8 Jul 1938 and 31 Dec 1959.	Aircraft Storage Unit: Airspeed Oxfords and Avro Ansons.	disbanded

No. 11 MU	RAF Chilmark. between 20 Mar 1939 and 27 Jan 1995.	Explosives Storage Unit	closed

No. 12 MU	RAF Kirkbride between 5 June 1939 and 30 June 1960. RAF Brayton Park between 29 May 1942 and December 1945.	Handley Page Hampdens, Percival Proctors, Airspeed Oxfords Airspeed Horsas. Handley Page Halifaxes, Vickers Wellingtons, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and Vultee A-31 Vengeances.	disbanded

No. 13 MU	RAF Henlow. between 1 June 1939 and 20 Jan 1948.	Miles Magisters, Airspeed Oxfords, Tiger Moths, Handley Page Halifaxs, Supermarine Spitfire, de Havilland Mosquitoes and Dakotas. but mainly Hawker Hurricanes.	disbanded

No. 14 MU	RAF Carlisle. between 26 Sep 1938 and 26 Sep 1996. RAF Lissett RAF Elvington.	Aircraft Equipment Depot (Equipment Storage Depot).	closed

No. 15 MU	RAF Wroughton between 1 Apr 1940 and 31 Mar 1972.	Avro Ansons.	disbanded

No. 16 MU	RAF Stafford between 1 December 1939 and 31 March 1999. Sub-site at RAF Hixon between July 1945 and 5 November 1957.	Aircraft Equipment Depot (Equipment Storage Depot).	disbanded 1999 to become DSDC Stafford. Closed 31 Mar 2006. Site now MoD Stafford.

No. 17 MU	Pitfour Castle, Perth, Scotland between 1941 and 1945.	Equipment	Note: was to be an Ammunition Depot as part of No. 42 Group in 1939 but not formed.

No. 18 MU	RAF Tinwald Downs between 17 June 1940 and 1957. RAF Low Eldrig.	Airspeed Oxfords. Storing and scrapping Vickers Wellingtons.	Storing aircraft.

No. 19 MU	RAF St Athan between 7 February 1939 and 1 November 1968/7 April 1999. RAF Chepstow between 13 May 1941 and 21 February 1942.	Miles Magisters. Supermarine Spitfires at RAF Chepstow. Hawker Hurricanes, Bristol Beauforts and Bristol Beaufighters.	Civilian-manned Aircraft Storage Unit.

No. 20 MU	RAF Aston Down from October 1938 until September 1960. RAF Berrow between 1941 and August 1942.	Avro Ansons. Austers	Unknown

No. 21 MU	RAF Fauld between 1 June 1938 and 1966. RAF Fauld between 1967 and 1973.	Explosives Storage Unit	RAF Fauld was severely damaged in explosion 1944.

No. 22 MU	RAF Silloth.	Aircraft Storage Unit:Airspeed Oxfords.	Unknown

No. 23 MU	RAF Aldergrove.	Airspeed Oxfords.	Unknown

No. 24 MU	RAF Ternhill.	Unknown	Unknown

No. 25 MU	RAF Hartlebury. Satellite at RAF Horham between October 1945 and October 1948.	Aircraft Equipment Depot (Equipment Storage Depot).: Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys.	Unknown

No. 26 MU	Cowley (Repair Depot).	Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys.

No. 27 MU	RAF Shawbury. From February 1938 until July 1972.	Blenheims, Hurricanes Whitleys.	Dealt with many types including fighters and bombers.

No. 28 MU	RAF Ashbourne.	Unknown	Storage

No. 29 MU	RAF High Ercall.	Unknown	Storage

No. 30 MU	RAF Sealand.	de Havilland Mosquitos, Vickers Wellingtons and Avro Lancasters.	Dealt with bombers.

No. 31 MU	RAF Llanberis.	Explosives Storage Unit	Dealt with Explosives

No. 32 MU	RAF St Athan.	Miles Magisters.	Unknown

No. 33 MU	RAF Lyneham 18 May 1940.	Bristol Blenheims and Airspeed Oxfords.	Unknown

No. 34 MU	RAF Montford Bridge between June 1945 to September 1945. Shrewsbury from 1 March 1940	General Aircraft Hotspur and Miles Masters from RAF Shobdon.	Unknown

No. 35 MU	RAF Heywood between unknown and 1965/ Sub site at RAF Sandtoft between 27 December 1945 and 11 February 1946.	Aircraft Equipment Depot (Equipment Storage Depot): Tiger Moths.

No. 36 MU	RAF Sealand between 15 October 1938 and 1 May 1940.	Tiger Moths.	Unknown

No. 37 MU	RAF Burtonwood between 1 April 1940 to June 1942.	Various Aircraft	The unit became the RAF's centre for repair of aircraft built in the United States.

No. 38 MU	RAF Llandow starting from 1 April 1940.	Unknown	Storage

No. 39 MU	RAF Colerne between 1 January 1940 and 1 October 1953.	Tiger Moths.	Unknown

No. 40 MU

No. 41 MU	RAF Khormaksar	Hawker Hunters, Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneers, Vickers Valettas

No. 42 MU	RAF Lichfield between December 1939 and 6 March 1940.	Unknown	Storage

No. 43 MU	RAF Pengam Moors February 1940 until October 1945.	Unknown	The unit dismantled, packied and despatched fighter aircraft to overseas locations sometimes using Cardiff Docks.

No. 44 MU	RAF Kinnell between July 1945 and late 1945. RAF Methven	Unknown	Storage

No. 45 MU	RAF Kinloss April 1940 until 1956.	Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys, Vickers Wellingtons, Handley Page Halifaxes and Supermarine Spitfires.	The unit mainly dealt with Bombers but later on dealt with Fighters.

No. 46 MU	RAF Lossiemouth 15 April 1940 until 15 February 1947.	Vickers Wellingtons.	Storage

No. 47 MU	RAF Sealand between 1 May 1940 and 15 March 1951.	Austers	Storage

No. 48 MU	RAF Hawarden between 1 September 1939 and until 1 July 1957. RAF Tatton Park between August 1941 and May 1943.	Percival Proctors, Airspeed Oxfords and Avro Ansons. Westland Lysanders and Vickers Wellingtons stored at Tatton Park.	Storage

No. 49 MU	RAF Henlow from October 1939 until November 1939. RAF Faygate from November 1939 until February 1946.	Tiger Moths.	49 Maintenance Unit was formerly known as 1 Salvage Centre, formed at Henlow September 1939; became 49 Maintenance Unit, October 1939; moved to Faygate November 1939; moved to Lasham February 1946.

No. 50 MU	Cowley, Oxford from October 1939 until September 1945.	Tiger Moths.	2 Salvage Centre, formed at Cowley, Oxford, September 1939; became 50 Maintenance Unit October 1939; includes detachments at Taunton, Tavistock, Wylye.

No. 51 MU	RAF Lichfield between 6 March 1940 and 1 July 1954. RAF Tatton Park between August 1941 and May 1943.	Airspeed Oxfords, Avro Ansons and Tiger Moths. Westland Lysanders and Vickers Wellingtons stored at Tatton Park.	Storage

No. 52 MU	RAF Cardiff between 6 March 1940 and 31 October 1945.	Unknown	Storage

No. 53 MU	RAF Bungay between July 1945 and 1955. RAF Thorpe Abbotts between 12 August 1940 and 1 February 1958.	Ammunition	Bomb Storage.

No. 54 MU	RAF Cambridge between October 1939 and March 1945. RAF Newmarket between 1 March 1945 and 31 January 1948.	Unknown	3 Salvage Centre, formed at Henlow September 1939; moved to Cambridge September 1939; became 54 Maintenance Unit October 1939; moved to Newmarket March 1945 Storage

No. 55 MU	Ballymenoch House, Holywood, Co. Down from October 1940 until September 1943.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 56 MU	RAF Inverness (Longman) from 1942.	Unknown	Storage

No. 57 MU	RAF Wig Bay.	Tiger Moths.	Aircraft Storage Unit

No. 58 MU	RAF Newark from October 1939 until 15 November 1945. RAF Skellingthorpe from 15 November 1945 until 1 April 1947.	Aircraft Storage Rolls-Royce Derwent Engine Field Servicing (DFS) Salvage and Recovery (S&R)	58 Maintenance Unit was formerly known as 4 Salvage Centre, formed RAF Newark (satellite of RAF Waddington) August 1938; became 58 Maintenance Unit, October 1939; moved to RAF Skellingthorpe November 1945.

No. 59 MU	Newland near Coleford, Gloucestershire from May 1941 until December 1945.	Unknown	59 Maintenance Unit, formed at Newland, near Coleford, Gloucestershire May 1941; includes 59 Maintenance (Satellite) Unit, Rhoose, Cardiff.

No. 60 MU	RAF Tollerton from October 1939 until 14 February 1940. RAF Shipton from 15 February 1940 until November 1945.	Storage	5 Salvage Centre, formed at Tollerton September 1939; later became 60 Maintenance Unit; moved to Shipton-by-Beningborough February 1940; moved to Rufforth November 1945.

No. 61 MU	RAF Handforth RAF Cranage between 20 September 1945 and 19 March 1954	Aircraft Equipment Depot (Equipment Storage Depot)

No. 62 MU	RAF Handforth. RAF Helensburgh between 28 August 1945 and 30 November 1947.	Storage	Storage

No. 63 MU	RAF Carluke From October 1949 until May 1946. RAF Woolsington from May 1946.	Storage	6 Salvage Centre, formed at Sealand; moved to Carluke September 1939; became 63 Maintenance Unit in October 1939; moved to Woolsington May 1946.

No. 64 MU	Ruslip from November 1941 until July 1942. RAF Hatfield from July 1942 until February 1946.	Unknown	64 Maintenance Unit, formed at Ruislip November 1941; includes Sub-Units at Hatfield, Newdigate, Warley near Brentwood, Black Park near Slough; HQ moved to Hatfield July 1942; disbanded February 1946.

No. 65 MU	RAF Blaby	Storage	Storage

No. 66 MU	Cuckney from March 1942 until December 1945.	Unknown

No. 67 MU	Marshalsea's Garage in Wellington Road Taunton	Storage	Covered the south-west

No. 68 MU	RAF Church Lawford between 1 December 1954 and 27 March 1955. RAF Hindley Green RAF Wellesbourne Mountford between 27 March 1955 and 30 November 1956.	Storage	Storage

No. 69 MU	RAF Sandysike	Secondary Aircraft Equipment Depot site for 14 MU

No. 70 MU	RAF Woodcote.	Storage	Storage

No. 71 MU	RAF Bicester. Sub site at RAF Gaydon between 1 December 1971 and 31 October 1974.	Storage	Storage

No. 72 MU	Salcey Forest, Roade, near Northampton, from March 1942	Unknown

No. 73 MU	Okehampton from December 1942 until October 1945.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 74 MU	Bough Beech, near Edenbridge, from February 1942 until September 1945.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 75 MU	RAF Wilmslow.	Storage	Covered Lancashire and Cheshire.

No. 76 MU	RAF Wroughton	Storage	Storage

No. 77 MU	Redcastle, near Killearnan, Ross-shire from June 1941 until December 1945.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 78 MU	Bynea, South Wales from late 1940 Pencoed Tinplate Works	Unknown	Civilian manned unit

No. 79 MU	Lentran House, Inverness from July 1941 until September 1945.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 80 MU	RAF Acaster Malbis between 21 January 1947 and 12 December 1947.	Storage	Storage

No. 81 MU	Bowes Moor from December 1941 until October 1947.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 82 MU	RAF Lichfield between 4 April 1941 and 15 November 1945.	Storage	Storage

No. 83 MU	RAF Woolsington, Newcastle from 26 July 1940	Storage	Storage

No. 84 MU	RAF Calshot between 1 December 1941 and 15 March 1946.	Storage	Storage

No. 85 MU	RAF Felixstowe from October 1941 until June 1946.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 86 MU	RAF Manston between 1944 and 31 August 1945. Sundridge Aerodrome	Storage	Storage

No. 87 MU	RAF York from est. January 1942 until December 1945.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 88 MU	Meikle Ferry, near Tain from January 1942 until February 1946.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 89 MU	Barton Mills from October 1942 until April 1946.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 90 MU	RAF Warton between Unknown and 1958.	Barrack and Clothing Storage Unit

No. 91 MU	RAF Riccall. RAF Acaster Malbis between 1944 and 15 December 1947 then between 15 December 1947 and 31 March 1948 as a sub site.	Ammunition	Bomb Storage

No. 92 MU	RAF Wickenby between 1952 and 1956. RAF Faldingworth between 1957 and 1972. RAF Barnham.	Blue Danube	Nuclear Weapons Storage.

No. 93 MU	RAF Wickenby between 1949 and 1952. RAF Faldingworth RAF Acaster Malbis between 1 April 1957 and 1 August 1957.	Ammunition	Stored ordnance on the runways

No. 94 MU	RAF Great Ashfield Sub site at RAF Bungay between 1955 and 1962. sub site at RAF Rackheath between 27 January 1948 and 16 August 1954.	Ammunition	Bomb Storage.

No. 95 MU	RAF Ridgewell as a sub site between 10 July 1945 and 27 January 1948. RAF Ridgewell between 1 October 1948 and 25 March 1955.	Unknown	Unknown

No. 96 MU	RAF Kidlington between unknown and 1951.	Unknown	Unknown

No. 97 MU	RAF Faldingworth between 1957 and 1972.	Blue Danube	Nuclear Weapons Storage.

No. 98 MU	Mawcarse, Kinross-shire, from May 1940 until June 1946. Fordoun, Kincardine-shire from June 1946 until August 1947.	Unknown	Disbanded

No. 99 MU	RAF Lichfield between 1 February 1954 and 1 March 1957. RAF High Ercall between 1 March 1957 and 8 June 1962.	Unknown	Unknown

No. 100 MU	RAF South Witham between 1942 and 1949.

Sentence(s)

RAF Burtonwood was operated by No. 37 Maintenance Unit RAF until June 1942.

final_sentence: RAF Burtonwood was operated by No. 37 Maintenance Unit RAF until June 1942.