# RAF Coastal Command order of battle during World War II

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

## 3 September 1939
### No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.G. Parry, DSO

| 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 | Avro Anson | RAF Aldergrove |

### No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.L.G. Marix, DSO

| 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 | Avro Anson | RAF Detling |

### No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore T.E.B. Howe, CBE, AFC

| Squadron | Type of aircraft | Station |
| Torpedo Training Unit RAF | various | RAF Gosport |
| No. 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF | various | RAF Gosport |
| School of General Reconnaissance RAF | Avro Anson | RAF Thorney Island |
| Seaplane Training Squadron RAF | various | RAF Calshot |

### No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal C.D. Breese, CB, AFC

| 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 | Avro Anson | RAF Thornaby |
| No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF | Avro Anson | RAF Dyce |

## 1 November 1940
### No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.G. Parry, DSO

| 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 | Avro Anson | RAF Carew Cheriton |
| No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF | Blackburn Botha/Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | RAF Aldergrove |
| No. 10 Squadron RAAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Pembroke Dock |

### No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal J.H.S. Tyssen, CB, DSO

| 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 | Avro Anson | RAF Detling |
| No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron RAF | Avro Anson/Blackburn Botha | RAF Thornaby |

### No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore T.E.B. Howe, CBE, AFC

| Squadron | Type of aircraft | Station |
| Torpedo Training Unit RAF | 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 | Bristol Blenheim | RAF Detling |
| No. 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF | various | RAF Gosport |
| No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF | various | RAF Silloth |
| No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance RAF | Blackburn Botha | RAF Squires Gate |
| No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit | various | RAF Stranraer |

### No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal C.D. Breese, CB, AFC

| 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 | Avro Anson/Lockheed Hudson | RAF Leuchars |
| No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF | Avro Anson | RAF Dyce |

### No. 200 Group RAF (Coastal), under command of Group Captain A.D. Rogers, CBE, AFC

| Squadron | Type of Aircraft | Station |
| No. 202 Squadron RAF | Saro London/Fairey Swordfish | RAF Gibraltar |

## 12 February 1942
### No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal J.M. Robb, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC

| 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 | Supermarine Spitfire/Gloster Gladiator | RAF Aldergrove |
| No. 1405 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Bristol Blenheim/Lockheed Hudson | RAF Aldergrove |

### No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore I.T. Lloyd, CBE

| Squadron | Type of aircraft | Station |
| No. 22 Squadron RAF | Bristol Beaufort | RAF Thorney Island |
| No. 59 Squadron RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF North Coates |
| No. 217 Squadron RAF | Bristol Beaufort | RAF Thorney Island |
| No. 233 Squadron RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Thorney Island |
| No. 248 Squadron RAF | Bristol Beaufighter | RAF Bircham Newton |
| No. 279 Squadron RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Bircham Newton |
| No. 280 Squadron RAF | Avro Anson | RAF Detling |
| No. 407 (Demon) Squadron RCAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF North Coates |
| No. 415 (Swordfish) Squadron RCAF | Handley Page Hampden/Bristol Beaufort | RAF Thorney Island |
| No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Bircham Newton |
| No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | RAF Bircham Newton |
| No. 1401 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Bristol Blenheim | RAF Bircham Newton |
| No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF | Supermarine Spitfire | RAF Benson |

### No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC

| Squadron | Type of Aircraft | Station |
| Numerous Training Units | N/A | |

### No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal A. Durston, CB, AFC

| Squadron | Aircraft | Station |
| No. 42 Squadron RAF | Bristol Beaufort | RAF Leuchars |
| No. 48 Squadron RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Wick |
| No. 235 Squadron RAF | Bristol Beaufighter | RAF Dyce |
| No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Leuchars |
| No. 404 (Buffalo) Squadron RCAF | Bristol Blenheim | RAF Sumburgh |
| No. 413 (Tusker) Squadron RCAF | Consolidated Catalina | RAF Sullom Voe |
| No. 489 (RNZAF) Squadron | Bristol Blenheim | RAF Leuchars |
| No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Wick |
| No. 1406 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Bristol Blenheim | RAF Wick |
| No. 1408 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Wick |

### No. 19 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore G.R. Bromet, CBE, DSO

| Squadron | Aircraft | Station |
| No. 22 Squadron RAF | Bristol Beaufort | RAF St Eval |
| No. 86 Squadron RAF | Bristol Beaufort | RAF St Eval |
| No. 209 Squadron RAF | Consolidated Catalina | RAF Pembroke Dock |
| No. 217 Squadron RAF | Bristol Beaufort | RAF St Eval |
| No. 224 Squadron RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF St Eval |
| No. 254 Squadron RAF | Bristol Blenheim | RAF Carew Cheriton |
| No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | RAF St Eval |
| No. 10 Squadron RAAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Mount Batten |
| No. 1404 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF St Eval |
| No. 1417 (Leigh Light Trials) Flight RAF | Vickers Wellington | RAF Chivenor |
| No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF | Bristol Blenheim | RAF St Eval (B Flight) |

### AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Commodore S.P. Simpson, CBE, MC

| Squadron | Aircraft | Station |
| No. 202 Squadron RAF | Short Sunderland/Consolidated Catalina | RAF Gibraltar |

### AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore W.H. Primrose, CBE, DFC

| Squadron | Type of Aircraft | Station |
| No. 269 Squadron RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Kaldadarnes |
| No. 330 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Reykjavik |
| No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | RAF Reykjavik |
| No. 1407 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Reykjavik |
| VP-73 (United States Navy) | Consolidated PBY Catalina | RAF Reykjavik |

## 15 February 1943
### No. 15 Group RAF under command of Air Vice Marshal T.A. Langford-Sainsbury, OBE, DFC, AFC

| Squadron | Type of aircraft | Station |
| No. 120 Squadron RAF | Consolidated Liberator | RAF Aldergrove |
| No. 201 Squadron RAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Castle Archdale |
| No. 206 Squadron RAF | Boeing Fortress | RAF Benbecula |
| No. 220 Squadron RAF | Boeing Fortress | RAF Aldergrove |
| No. 228 Squadron RAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Castle Archdale |
| No. 246 Squadron RAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Bowmore |
| No. 407 (Demon) Squadron RCAF | Vickers Wellington | RAF Chivenor |
| No. 422 Squadron RCAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Bowmore |
| No. 423 Squadron RCAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Castle Archdale |
| No. 1402 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Gloster Gladiator/Supermarine Spitfire/Lockheed Hudson | RAF Aldergrove |

### No. 16 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC

| 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 | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Bircham Newton |
| No. 407 (Demon) Squadron RCAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Docking |
| No. 521 (Meteorological) Squadron RAF | Supermarine Spitfire/de Havilland Mosquito/Lockheed Hudson | RAF Bircham Newton |
| No. 540 Squadron RAF | de Havilland Mosquito | RAF Benson |
| No. 541 Squadron RAF | Supermarine Spitfire | 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 |

### No. 17 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC

| Squadron | Type of Aircraft | Station |
| Numerous Training Units | N/A | |

### No. 18 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal A.B. Ellwood, CB, DSC

| 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 | Handley Page Hampden | RAF Leuchars |
| No. 489 (RNZAF) Squadron | 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 | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | RAF Wick |
| No. 1406 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Supermarine Spitfire/Lockheed Hudson | RAF Wick |
| No. 1408 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Handley Page Hampden | RAF Wick |
| No. 1477 (Norwegian) Flight RAF | Consolidated Catalina | RAF Woodhaven |

### No. 19 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal G.R. Bromet, CB, CBE, DSO

| 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) | Vickers Wellington | RAF Dale |
| No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF | Vickers Wellington | RAF Talbenny |
| No. 404 (Buffalo) Squadron RCAF | Bristol Beaufighter | RAF Chivenor |
| No. 405 (Vancouver) Squadron RCAF | Handley Page Halifax | RAF Beaulieu |
| No. 461 Squadron RAAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Hamworthy |
| No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | RAF St Eval |
| No. 543 Squadron RAF | Supermarine Spitfire | RAF St Eval |
| No. 1404 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Lockheed Hudson/Lockheed Ventura | RAF St Eval |
| No. 10 OTU | 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 |

### AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Commodore S.P. Simpson, CBE, MC

| 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) |

### AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore K.B. Lloyd, AFC

| 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 | Northrop N-3PB | RAF Reykjavik |
| No. 1407 (Meteorological) Flight RAF | Lockheed Hudson | RAF Reykjavik |
| VP-84 U.S. Navy | Consolidated PBY Catalina | RAF Reykjavik |

## 6 June 1944
### No. 15 Group RAF under command of Air Vice Marshal Sir Leonard Slatter, KBE, CB, DSC, DFC

| 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 | Gloster Gladiator/Supermarine Spitfire | RAF Aldergrove |

### No. 16 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal F.L. Hopps, CB, CBE, AFC

| 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 | 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 | Supermarine Spitfire | RAF Manston |

### No. 17 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC

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

### No. 18 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal S.P. Simpson, CB, CBE, MC

| Squadron | Type of Aircraft | Station |
| No. 86 Squadron RAF | Consolidated Liberator | RAF Tain |
| No. 210 Squadron RAF | Consolidated Catalina | RAF Sullom Voe |
| No. 281 Squadron RAF | Vickers Warwick (ASR) | RAF Gt Orton/RAF Wick/RAF Sumburgh (Dets.) |
| No. 330 Squadron RAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Sullom Voe |
| No. 333 Squadron RAF | de Havilland Mosquito/Consolidated Catalina | RAF Sumburgh/RAF Leuchars/RAF Woodhaven |
| No. 521 (Meteorological) Squadron RAF | Lockheed Ventura/Supermarine Spitfire | RAF Skitten |
| No. 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flight RAF | Avro Anson | RAF Wick |

### No. 19 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC

| Squadron | Type of aircraft | Station |
| No. 53 Squadron RAF | Consolidated Liberator | RAF St Eval |
| No. 58 Squadron RAF | Handley Page Halifax | RAF St David's |
| No. 144 Squadron RAF | Bristol Beaufighter | RAF Davidstow Moor |
| No. 172 Squadron RAF | Vickers Wellington | RAF Chivenor |
| No. 179 Squadron RAF | Vickers Wellington | RAF Predannack |
| No. 201 Squadron RAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Pembroke Dock |
| No. 206 Squadron RAF | Consolidated Liberator | RAF St Eval |
| No. 224 Squadron RAF | Consolidated Liberator | RAF St Eval |
| No. 228 Squadron RAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Pembroke Dock |
| No. 235 Squadron RAF | Bristol Beaufighter | RAF Portreath |
| No. 248 Squadron RAF | de Havilland Mosquito | RAF Portreath |
| No. 282 Squadron RAF | Vickers Warwick (ASR) | RAF Davidstow Moor |
| 304 Dywizjon Bombowy (Polish Air Forces) | Vickers Wellington | RAF Chivenor |
| No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF | Consolidated Liberator | RAF Predannack |
| No. 404 (Buffalo) Squadron RCAF | Bristol Beaufighter | RAF Davidstow Moor |
| No. 407 (Goose) Squadron RCAF | Vickers Wellington | RAF Chivenor |
| No. 461 Squadron RAAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Pembroke Dock |
| No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF | Handley Page Halifax | RAF St David's |
| No. 517 Squadron RAF | Handley Page Halifax (Met) | RAF Brawdy |
| No. 524 Squadron RAF | Vickers Wellington | RAF Davidstow Moor |
| No. 547 Squadron RAF | Consolidated Liberator | RAF St Eval |
| No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF | Vickers Wellington | RAF Chivenor |
| No. 10 Squadron RAAF | Short Sunderland | RAF Mount Batten |
| No. 816 Squadron FAA | Fairey Swordfish | RAF Perranporth |
| No. 838 Squadron FAA | Fairey Swordfish | RAF Harrowbeer |
| No. 849 Squadron FAA | Grumman Avenger | RAF Perranporth |
| No. 850 Squadron FAA | Grumman Avenger | RAF Perranporth |
| US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-103 | PB4Y-1 Privateer | RAF Dunkeswell |
| US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-105 | PB4Y-1 Privateer | RAF Dunkeswell |
| US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-110 | PB4Y-1 Privateer | RAF Dunkeswell |
| US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-114 | PB4Y-1 Privateer | RAF Dunkeswell |

### No. 106 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore J.N. Boothman, CB, DFC, AFC

| Squadron | Type of aircraft | Station |
| No. 540 Squadron RAF | de Havilland Mosquito | RAF Benson |
| No. 541 Squadron RAF | Supermarine Spitfire | RAF Benson (Det. at RAF St Eval) |
| No. 542 Squadron RAF | Supermarine Spitfire | RAF Benson |
| No. 544 Squadron RAF | de Havilland Mosquito | RAF Benson |

### No. 247 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal G R Bromet KBE, CB, DSO, DL

| 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 |

### AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Vice Marshal W. Elliott, CB, CBE, DFC

| 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) |

### AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore C.G. Wigglesworth, AFC

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