HEADQUARTERS,
FIGHTER COMMAND.
Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex
Air Officer
Commanding-in-Chief: Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding.
HEADQUARTERS,
No, 10 GROUP.
Rudloe Manor, Box, Wiltshire
Air Officer
Commanding: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Christopher Brand
PEMBREY SECTOR
STATION
Wing Commander J. H. Hutchinson
No. 92 Squadron
(Spitfire)- Squadron Leader P. J. Sanders(to Biggin Hill, 9/8/40)
FILTON SECTOR
STATION
Group Captain Robert Hanmer
No. 87 Squadron (Hurricane)-
Squadron Leader T. G. Lovell-Gregg; Squadron Leader R. S. Mills (from 18/8/40
based at Exeter Satellite Station, then to Bibury)
No. 213 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader H. D. McGregor
(based at Exeter Satellite Station; to
Tangmere on 7/9/40)
ST. EVAL
SECTOR STATION
(Coastal Command)
Fighter Section HQ: Group Captain
L. G. le B. Croke
No. 234 Squadron
(Spitfire) - Squadron Leader J. S. O'Brien; Flight Lieutenant
C. L. Page
(to Middle Wallop on 14/8/40, returning
to St. Eval 11/9/40)
No. 247
Squadron (Gladiator) - Flight Lieutenant H. A. Chater
(One flight only, operating from Roborough
Fleet Air Arm Station)
MIDDLE WALLOP
SECTOR STATION
Wing Commander David Roberts
No. 238 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader Harold Fenton; Flight Lieutenant
Minden Blake (acting CO until 15/9/40) (to St. Eval on 14/8/40, returning
Middle Wallop 919/40)
No. 609
Squadron (Spitfire) - Squadron Leader Horace Darley
(also operating from Warmwell Satellite
Station: Wing Commander George Howard)
No. 604
Squadron (Blenheim) - Squadron Leader Michael Anderson
No. 152 Spitfire
Squadron - Squadron Leader Peter Devitt
(also operating from Warmwell)
HEADQUARTERS,
No. 11 GROUP.
Hillingdon House, Uxbridge, Middlesex
Air Officer
Commanding: Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park
DEBDEN SECTOR
STATION
Wing Commander Laurence Fuller-Good
No. 17 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader C. W. Williams; Squadron Leader
A. G. Miller (from 29/8/40) (detached Tangmere 19/8/40, returning Debden
2/9/40)
No. 85
Squadron (Hurricane)- Squadron Leader Peter Townsend
(to Croydon from 19/8/40, returning Castle
Camps, Debden Satellite, 3/9/40, thence to Church Fenton)
NORTH WEALD
SECTOR STATION
Wing Commander Victor Beamish
No. 56 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader G. A. Manton
(also operating from Rochford Satellite
Station; transferred Boscombe Down 1/9/40)
No. 151
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader E. M. "Teddy" Donaldson
; Squadron Leader Eric King
(from 21/8/40); Squadron Leader H. West
(from 4/9/40) (to Stapleford Satellite Station on 29/8/40; thence to Digby
1/9/40)
HORNCHURCH
SECTOR STATION
Wing Commander Cecil Bouchier
No. 54 Squadron
(Spitfire) - Squadron Leader James Leathart; Squadron Leader
Donald Finlay (from 26/8/40 to 28/8/40 only); Squadron Leader Pat Dunworth
(from 6/9/40) (also operated from Manston; transferred Catterick 3/9/40)
No. 65
Squadron (Spitfire)- Squadron Leader A. L. Holland
(also operated from Manston; transferred
Turnhouse 27/8/40)
No. 74
Squadron (Spitfire)- Squadron Leader Francis White; Flight Lieutenant
Adolph Malan (from 28/8/40) (to Wittering on 14/8/40, thence to Kirton-in-Lindsey,
from 21/8/40, and Coltishall, from 10/9/40)
No. 266
Squadron (Spitfire) - Squadron Leader R. L. Wilkinson
(detached to Eastchurch Coastal Command
Station during 13/8/40; operated from Hornchurch and Manston until 21/8/40;
then to Wittering)
No. 600
Squadron (Blenheim) - Squadron Leader David Clark
(based at Manston, for night-readiness
only; transferred Hornchurch 24/8/40; thence to Redhill, forward airfield
for Kenley, from 15/9/40)
BIGGIN HILL
SECTOR STATION
Group Captain Richard Grice
No. 32 Squadron
(Hurricane)- Squadron Leader John Worrall; Squadron Leader Michael
Crossley (from 16/8/40) (to Acklington 28/8/40)
No. 600
Squadron (Blenheim) - Squadron Leader David Clark
(based at Manston, for night-readiness
only; transferred Hornchurch 24/8/40; thence to Redhill, forward airfield
for Kenley, from 15/9/40)
No. 610
Squadron (Spitfire) - Squadron Leader John Ellis
(to Acklington 31/8/40)
No. 501
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader Harry Hogan
(operating at Gravesend Satellite Station,
then to Kenley from 10/9/40)
Other forward bases in the Biggin Hill
Sector were:
Hawkinge
- Squadron Leader E. E. Amold
Lympne (the
emergency landing field) - Squadron Leader D. H. Montgomery
KENLEY SECTOR
STATION
Wing Commander Tom Prickman
No. 615 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader Joseph Kayll
(to Prestwick 29/8/40)
No. 64
Squadron (Spitfire) - Squadron Leader Aeneas MacDonell
(to Leconfield and Ringway, 19/8/40)
No. 111
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader John Thompson
(operating from Croydon Satellite Station
until 19/8/40; transferred to Debden until 3/9/40; returning to Croydon
7/9/40; thence to Drem)
No. 1 (RCAF)
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader Ernest McNab
(based at Croydon, non-operational until
16/8/40; transferred to Northolt Sector, fully operational 17/8/40)
NORTHOLT
SECTOR STATION
Group Captain Stanley Vincent
No. 1 (RAF)
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader D. A. Pemberton
(to Wittering 9/9/40)
No. 303 (Polish)
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader Zdzislaw Krasnodebski
(until 6/9/40); Squadron Leader Ronald Kellett
(non-operational until 31/8/40)
No. 257
Squadron (Hurricane)- Squadron Leader H. Harkness (until 12/9/40);
Flight Lieutenant Robert Stanford Tuck
(to Debden 15/8/40; from 5/9/40 operating from Martlesham Heath Satellite
Station)
TANGMERE
SECTOR STATION
Wing Commander Jack Poret
No. 43 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader John 'Tubby' Badger;
Squadron Leader Caesar Hull (from 1/9/40);
Squadron Leader Tom Dalton-Morgan (from
16/9/40) (to Usworth 8/9/40)
No. 145
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader John Peel
(operating from Westhampnett Satellite
Station; to Montrose Flying Training Command Station and Dyce Coastal Command
Station on 14/8/40)
No. 601
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader the Hon. Edward Ward;
Flight Lieutenant Sir Archibald Hope,
Bt. (from 16/8/40) (to Debden 19/8/40, returning Tangmere 2/9/40; thence
to Exeter, 7/9/40)
HEADQUARTERS,
No.12 GROUP.
Watnall, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Air Officer
Commanding: Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
CHURCH FENTON
SECTOR
Group Captain C. F. Horsley
No. 73 Hurricane
Squadron - Squadron Leader J.W.C More
(to Debden 5/9/40 C.O Squadron Leader
M.L. Beytagh)
No. 249 Hurricane
Squadron - Squadron Leader Eric King; Squadron Leader John Grandy
(from 21/8/40) (to Boscombe Down 14/8/40;
transferred to North Weald 1/9/40)
No. 616
Squadron (Spitfire) - Squadron Leader Marcus Robinson;
Squadron Leader H. E. Burton (from 3/9/40)
(operating from Leconfield Satellite Station; to Kenley 20/8/40; to Coltishall,
then Kirton-in-Lindsey from 3/9/40)
No. 302 (Polish)
Squadron (Hurricane)- Squadron Leader Jack Satchell and Squadron
Leader Mumler
(non-operational until 20/8/40; attached
Duxford 13/9/40)
KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY
SECTOR
Wing Commander S. H. Hardy
No. 222 Squadron
(Spitfire)- Squadron Leader Johnnie Hill
(to Hornchurch 30/8/40)
No. 264
Squadron (Defiant) - Squadron Leader Philip Hunter; Squadron
Leader Desmond Garvin (from 24/8/40) (to Hornchurch 22/8/40; withdrawn
to Kirton-in-Lindsey 28/8/40)
DIGBY SECTOR
STATION
Wing Commander Ian Parker
No. 46 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader J. R. MacLachlan
(to Stapleford Satellite Station, North
Weald Sector, 1/9/40)
No. 611
Squadron (Spitfire) - Squadron Leader James McComb
(operating from Fowlmere Satellite Station,
Duxford Sector, from 11/9/40)
No. 29
Squadron (Blenheim) - Squadron Leader S. C. Widdows
COLTISHALL
SECTOR STATION
Wing Commander W. K. Beisiegel
No. 242 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader Douglas Bader
(to Duxford 2/9/40)
No. 66
Squadron (Spitfire) - Squadron Leader Rupert Leigh
(to Kenley 3/9/40, then to Gravesend from
11/9/40)
WITTERING
SECTOR STATION
Wing Commander Harry Broadhurst
No. 229 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader H. J. Maguire; Squadron Leader
John Banham (from 7/9/40) (to Northolt 9/9/40)
No. 23
Squadron (Blenheim) - Squadron Leader G. Heycock
(from Colly Weston Satellite 16/8/40;
to Middle Wallop and Ford (Fleet Air Arm Station) 13/9/40)
DUXFORD SECTOR
STATION
Wing Commander A. B. Woodhall
No. 19 Squadron
(Spitfire) - Squadron Leader P. C. Pinkham; Squadron Leader
Bryan Lane (from 5/9/40) (operating also from Fowlmere Satellite Station)
No. 310(Czech)
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader Douglas Blackwood;
Squadron Leader Sasha Hess
(non-operational until 18/8/40)
HEADQUARTERS,
No. 13 GROUP.
Blakelaw Estate, Ponteland Road,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland
Air Officer
Commanding: Air Vice-Marshal Richard Saul
CATTERICK
SECTOR STATION
Wing Commander G. L. Carter
No. 219 Squadron
(Blenheim) - Squadron Leader J. H. Little
No. 41
Squadron (Spitfire) - Squadron Leader H. R. L. Hood;
Squadron Leader Lister (from 8/9/40) (to
Hornchurch 3/9/40)
USWORTH SECTOR
STATION
Wing Commander Brian Thynne
No. 607 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader James Vick
(to Tangmere 9/9/40)
No. 72
Squadron (Spitfire) - Squadron Leader A. R. Collins;
Wing Commander Ronald Lees (for 2/9/40
only);
Flight Lieutenant Edward Graham (operating
from Acklington Satellite Station; to Biggin Hill on 31/8/40; operational
from Croydon after 1/9/40)
No. 79
Squadron (Spitfire) - Squadron Leader Hervey Hayworth
(operating from Acklington; to Biggin
Hill 27/8/40; transferred to Pembrey 8/9/40)
WICK SECTOR
STATION
(Coastal Command)
Fighter Section HQ: Wing Commander
Geoffrey Ambler
No. 3 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader S. F. Godden
(to Castletown 7/9/40)
No. 504
Squadron (Hurricane)- Squadron Leader John Sample
(operating from Castletown Satellite Station;
to Hendon, under Northolt Sector control 6/9/40)
No. 232
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader M. M. Stephens
(operating from Sumburgh Satellite Station
on half-squadron basis only)
DYCE SECTOR
STATION
(Coastal Command)
Fighter Section HQ: Group Captain
F. Crerar
No. 603 Squadron
(Spitfire) - Squadron Leader George Denholm
(operating with one Flight at Montrose
(Flying Training Command); to Hornchurch 27/8/40)
TURNHOUSE
SECTOR STATION
Wing Commander the Duke of Hamilton
and Bradon
No. 605 Squadron
(Hurricane) - Squadron Leader Walter Churchill;
Flight Lieutenant Archie McKellar (from
11/9/40)
(operating from Drem Satellite Station;
to Croydon 7/9/40)
No. 602
Squadron (Spitfire)- Squadron Leader A. V. R.'Sandy' Johnstone
(from Drem Satellite Station to Westhampnett,
Tangmere Sector, 13/8/40)
No. 253
Squadron (Hurricane) - Squadron Leader Tom Gleave and Squadron
Leader H. M. Starr (until 31/8/40);
Squadron Leader Gerry Edge
(partially operational from Prestwick
(Flying Training Command); to Kenley 30/8/40)
No. 141
Squadron (Defiant)- Squadron Leader W. A. Richardson
No. 245
Squadron (Hurricane)
(based at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland,
station administered from Air Ministry)
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