RAF Units based in Devon & Cornwall

Unit	Base	Arrival	Departure	Aircraft	Notes
	Okehampton			Bristol Fighter, Atlas, Audax, Lysander	Used for summer camps by Army Co-operation Sqdns up to 1939 e.g 13 & 16 Sqdns
B Flight + HQ, 276 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	21/10/41	4/4/44	Lysander, Walrus, Anson, Defiant, Spitfire	Air-Sea Rescue
‘B’ Flight 2 AACU	Roborough	1940	13/2/43	various	Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit, became 1623 Flt.
02 det. RAE	Exeter	14/9/39	2/42	Virginia,Battle,Harrow,P4/34,Wellesly	officially the Research Department Flight
02 det. RAE (det)	Haldon	1940	1941 ?	various	officially the Research Department Flight based at Exeter
1 Ferry Unit	St.Merryn	15/11/46	17/5/48	various
1 RNCU	Chivenor	May 52	?	?	Radar Navigation Conversion Unit
1 Sqdn	Harrowbeer	20/6/44	22/6/44	Spitfire
1 Sqdn.	Predannack	29/4/44	20/6/44	Spitfire
1 TWU det.	Chivenor	1/8/80	1/4/81	Hawk	63 (Reserve) Sqdn. Became 2 TWU
10 Group ASR Flight (1 of 4)	Roborough	14/5/41	21/10/41	Lysander	Absorbed into 276 Sqdn.
10 Grp Comms Flt (det)	Bolt Head	Feb 43	Oct 43	?
10 OTU det	St.Eval	4/8/42	23/7/43	Whitley
10 RFS	Exeter	Apr 49	20/6/54	Tiger Moth, Anson, Chipmunk	Refresher Flying School
10 Sqdn. RAAF	Mount Batten	1/4/40	31/10/45	Sunderland
11 Ferry Unit	Dunkeswell	9/8/45	15/8/45	various	became 16 FU
118 Sqdn. det.	Perranporth	1941	1941	Spitfire	autumn 1941
118 Sqdn. det.	Predannack	1941	1941	Spitfire	autumn 1941
120 Sqdn. det.	Predannack	1942	1942	Liberator	summer 1942
124 Sqdn. det.	Exeter	1943	1943	Spitfire	spring 1943
125 Sqdn.	Exeter	15/4/43	14/11/43	Beaufighter
126 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	3/7/44	30/8/44	Spitfire
130 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	25/10/41	30/11/41	Spitfire
130 Sqdn.	Perranporth	17/7/42	30/3/43	Spitfire
130 Sqdn.	Portreath	16/6/41	25/10/41	Spitfire
131 Sqdn.	Exeter	26/6/43	16/8/43	Spitfire
131 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	24/3/44	24/5/44	Spitfire VII
132 Sqdn.	Perranporth	18/5/43	20/6/43	Spitfire
1360 Flt.	St.Mawgan	1/8/57	1/2/58	Whirlwind
14 Sqdn.	Chivenor	24/10/44	25/5/45	Wellington XIV
1404 Flt	St.Eval	8/3/41	11/8/43	Blenheim IV, Hudson III/IV, Albemarle, Hampden, Ventura II
141 Sqdn.	Predannack	18/2/43	30/4/43	Beaufighter
1417 Flight	Chivenor	8/1/42	4/4/42	Wellington VIII	Leigh Light Trials unit - became 172 Sqdn.
143 Sqdn.	Portreath	16/9/43	12/2/44	Beaufighter
143 Sqdn.	St.Eval	27/8/43	16/9/43	Beaufighter
144 Sqdn.	Davidstow	10/5/44	1/7/44	Beaufighter X
1449 (Fighter) Flight	St.Marys	10/4/42	17/9/44	Hurricane I, II & X	6 aircraft
1457 Flt.	Predannack	15/11/41	8/9/42	Havoc, Boston	Turbinlite, became 536 Sqdn.
1478 Flt.	Portreath	11/6/43	12/6/43	?
1487 Flt. Det	Exeter	Mar 42	Aug 43	Lysander
15 Group Comms Flight	Roborough	13/6/39	1/2/41	various
151 Sqdn.	Exeter	19/4/46	11/7/46	Mosquito NF.XXX
151 Sqdn.	Predannack	17/5/45	19/4/46	Mosquito XXX
152 (GR) Wing	Predannack	15/4/44	7/9/44	none ?	Wing HQ (179, 311, 524 Sqdns)
152 Sqdn.	Portreath	9/4/41	25/8/41	Spitfire
1529 Flight	St.Mawgan	1/12/44	27/1/46	Oxford
153 (GR) Wing	Portreath	15/4/44	14/9/44	none ?	Wing HQ (for 235 & 248 Sqdns.)
153 Sqdn	Portreath	18/12/42	20/12/42	Beaufighter
1552 Flight	St.Mawgan	5/6/46	29/7/46
156 (GR) Wing	Harrowbeer	22/4/44	8/8/44	none ?	Wing HQ
157 Sqdn.	Predannack	9/11/43	7/5/44	Mosquito
16 Ferry Unit	Dunkeswell	15/8/45	26/4/46	various
16 Ferry Unit	St.Mawgan	26/4/46	15/11/46	various
16 Sqdn	Okehampton	May 1930	Sept 1930	Bristol Fighter	Each Flight in turn for about 4 weeks each.
16 Sqdn	Okehampton	Summer 1935	Summer 1935	Audax	Each flight for a month in turn
16 Sqdn	Okehampton	2/7/38	7/7/38	Lysander
16 Sqdn.	Exeter	21/11/42	1942	Mustang I
16 Sqdn.	Okehampton	3/8/40	15/8/40	Lysander I & II	& occasional dets to Spring 1942
16 Sqdn.	Okehampton	4/6/41	6/6/41	Lysander III & IIIA
16 Sqdn.	Okehampton	9/9/41	11/9/41	Lysander III & IIIA
16 Sqdn. (det)	Bolt Head	May 41	May 41 ?	Lysander	Chemical warfare training
16 Sqdn. det.	Roborough	1941	1942	Lysander	autumn 1941
1602 Flight	Cleave	1/11/42	1/12/43	Henley	merged into 639 Sqdn.
1602 Flight	St.Mawgan	23/2/43	28/2/43	Henley	from Trebelzue
1602 Flight	Trebelzue	14/12/42	28/2/43	Henley
1603 Flight	Cleave	1/11/42	16/12/42	Henley
1603 Flight	Cleave	27/1/43	1/12/43	Henley	merged into 639 Sqdn.
1603 Flight	Davidstow	16/12/42	27/1/43	Henley
1604 Flight	Cleave	1/11/42	1/12/43	Henley	merged into 639 Sqdn.
1604 Flight (det)	Trebelzue	14/12/42	23/3/43	Henley
161 Sqdn (det)	St.Eval	2/10/42	12/2/43 ?	Havoc, Albemarle	Comms with French agents/boats
161 Sqdn.(det)	Winkleigh	summer 44	Sept 44	Lysander	The Lysander part of the unit
1618 Flight	Cleave	1/11/42	1/12/43	Queen Bee, Tiger Moth	merged into 639 Sqdn.
1623 Flt.	Roborough	14/2/43	1/12/43	various	Anti-Aircraft Cooperation, became 691 Sqdn.
165 Sqdn.	Exeter	30/7/43	8/8/43	Spitfire
165 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	20/6/44	22/6/44	Spitfire
165 Sqdn.	Predannack	2/4/44	20/6/44	Spitfire
165 Sqdn. det.	Predannack	1942	1942	Spitfire	summer 1942
17 Sqdn.	Chivenor	11/2/49	13/3/51	Martinet TT1, Harvard T2B, Spitfire LF.16E, Oxford T.2, Beaufighter TT.10
172 Sqdn.	Chivenor	4/4/42	1/9/44	Wellington VIII, XII, XIV
175 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	10/10/42	9/12/42	Hurricane
179 Sqdn.	Chivenor	6/9/44	21/9/44	Wellington XIV
179 Sqdn.	Chivenor	23/10/44	1/11/44	Wellington XIV
179 Sqdn.	Predannack	28/4/44	6/9/44	Wellington
179 Sqdn.	St.Eval	1/11/44	30/9/46	Warwick, Lancaster
183 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	5/6/43	4/8/43	Typhoon
183 Sqdn.	Perranporth	18/9/43	14/10/43	Typhoon
183 Sqdn.	Predannack	14/10/43	1/2/44	Typhoon
19 Group CF	Harrowbeer	15/12/47	29/7/48	various	Communications Flight
19 Group Comms Flight	Roborough	5/2/41	15/12/47	various
19 Group Comms Flight	Roborough	27/8/51	1/4/60	various
19 Grp Comms Flt	St.Eval	29/7/48	27/8/51	Anson
19 Sqdn.	Perranporth	6/5/42	1/3/43	Spitfire
19 Sqdn. det.	Exeter	1943	1943	Spitfire	autumn 1943
19 Sqdn. det.	Harrowbeer	1942	1942	Spitfire	late 1942
192 Sqdn. (det)	Chivenor	summer 43	summer 43	some or all of Mosquitos, Wellingtons and Halifaxes
192 Sqdn. (det)	Davidstow	summer 43	summer 43	some or all of Mosquitos, Wellingtons and Halifaxes
193 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	18/12/42	17/8/43	Hurricane, Typhoon
2 CAACU	Exeter	18/3/51	31/12/71	Mosquito TT35, Hunter, Vampire, Meteor TT.20 etc...	Target towing
2 OADU	St.Mawgan	23/2/43	?	none	Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit, still present in Nov.43
2 OADU	Trebelzue	26/1/42	23/2/43	various	Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit
2 TWU	Chivenor	1/4/81	1/4/92	Hawk	Tactical Weapons Unit with 63 and 151 (Reserve) Sqdns
201 Sqdn.	St.Mawgan	1/10/58	14/3/65	Shackleton
203 AFS	Chivenor	15/10/47	19/7/49	Spitfire XVI & XIX, Martinet, Harvard	Advanced Flying School
203 Sqdn.	Mount Batten	1/1/29	28/2/29	Southampton II
203 Sqdn.	St.Eval	16/1/47	15/8/52	Lancaster
203 Sqdn.	St.Mawgan	16/10/96	?	Sea King
204 Sqdn.	Mount Batten	1/2/29	27/9/35	Southampton, Scapa
204 Sqdn.	Mount Batten	5/8/36	2/4/40	Scapa, London, Sunderland
206 Sqdn.	Davidstow	18/3/44	12/4/44	Liberator VI	re-equipping from Fortress II
206 Sqdn.	St.Eval	30/5/41	12/8/41	Hudson
206 Sqdn.	St.Eval	12/4/44	11/7/44	Liberator
206 Sqdn.	St.Eval	27/9/52	14/1/58	Shackleton
206 sqdn.	St.Mawgan	14/1/58	7/7/65	Shackleton
208 AFS (RLG)	Dunkeswell	19/11/51	1/6/54	Vampire, Meteor
209 Sqdn.	Mount Batten	15/1/30	1/5/35	Iris III & V, Southampton II, Saro A.7, Singapore II, Perth, London I, Stranraer, Short R.24/31
209 Sqdn. (det)	Falmouth	1/10/39	Nov 39	Stranraer
21 Sqdn. det.	Exeter	1942	1942	Ventura	autumn 1942
210 Sqdn.	St.Eval	1/6/46	10/9/52	Lancaster
213 Sqdn.	Exeter	18/6/40	7/9/40	Hurricane
217 Sqdn.	St.Eval	2/10/39	29/10/41	Anson, Beaufort	re-equpped Sept 40
217 Sqdn.	St.Eval	14/1/52	7/4/52	Neptune MR1
217 Sqdn.	St.Mawgan	1/2/58	14/2/58	Whirlwind
22 Sqdn	St.Mawgan	4/6/56	1997	Whirlwind, Wessex
22 Sqdn.	Chivenor	Jun 56 ?	current	Whirlwind, Wessex, Sea King	A Flight only
22 Sqdn.	St.Eval	28/10/41	1/2/42	Beaufort
220 Sqdn.	St.Eval	14/11/51	4/12/56	Shackleton
220 sqdn.	St.Mawgan	4/12/56	1/10/58	Shackleton
222 Sqdn.	Exeter	11/12/45	8/7/46	Meteor III
222 Sqdn.	Predannack	15/12/44	21/2/45	Spitfire, Tempest
224 Sqdn.	St.Eval	9/12/41	19/2/42	Hudson
224 Sqdn.	St.Eval	25/4/43	11/9/44	Liberator
224 Sqdn.	St.Eval	20/7/45	10/11/47	Liberator, Lancaster
225 Sqdn. (det)	Okehampton	Summer 40		Lysander II
228 Sqdn.	St.Eval	1/6/46	30/9/46	Liberator
228 Sqdn.	St.Eval	1/7/54	29/11/56	Shackleton
228 Sqdn.	St.Eval	14/1/58	6/3/59	Shackleton
228 sqdn.	St.Mawgan	4/12/56	14/1/58	Shackleton
229 OCU	Chivenor	28/3/51	2/9/74	Vampire FB.5 & T.11; Meteor F.8 & T.7; Sabre F.4; Hunter 1,4,6,7,9,10; Tempest TT.5, Chipmunk and more ?	Comprising, at various times, of the following Reserve sqdns.: 63; 79; 145; 234. Also a Forward Air Controller Flight, Towed Target Flight and Fighter/Recce Flight.
233 Sqdn.	St.Eval	8/8/41	2/1/42	Hudson
234 Sqdn.	Bolt Head	18/3/44	29/4/44	Spitfire VB
234 Sqdn.	Portreath	27/4/42	23/8/42	Spitfire
234 sqdn.	Predannack	24/12/41	31/12/41	Spitfire
234 Sqdn.	Predannack	19/6/44	28/8/44	Spitfire
234 Sqdn.	St.Eval	18/6/40	14/8/40	Spitfire I
234 Sqdn.	St.Eval	11/9/40	24/2/41	Spitfire I
235 Sqdn.	Chivenor	16/7/42	21/1/43	Beaufighter IC & VIC
235 Sqdn.	Portreath	29/8/43	6/9/44	Beaufighter
236 OCU	St.Mawgan	1/7/70	1/4/82	Nimrod
236 OCU	St.Mawgan	1/11/83	1/10/92	Nimrod
236 Sqdn	Davidstow	6/8/44 ?	25/8/44 ?	Beaufighter	just a detachment ?
236 Sqdn. det	St.Eval	Jul 40	8/8/40	Blenheim IVF
236 Sqdn. det.	Predannack	1942	1943	Beaufighter	from late 1942
238 Sqdn.	St.Eval	14/8/40	10/9/40	Hurricane
240 Sqdn.	St.Eval	27/5/52	5/6/52	Shackleton
240 Sqdn. (det)	Falmouth	20/9/39	4/10/39	London
247 Sqdn.	Exeter	Dec 41	21/9/42	Hurricane
247 Sqdn.	Portreath	10/5/41	18/6/41	Hurricane
247 Sqdn.	Predannack	18/6/41	17/5/42	Hurricane IIA,B,C
247 Sqdn.	Roborough	1/8/40	10/2/41	Gladiator II	re-equipped with Hurricane I Jan/Feb 41
247 Sqdn. det	St.Eval	8/40	5/41	Gladiator, Hurricane	based at Roborough
248 Sqdn.	Chivenor	19/7/45	8/12/45	Mosquito VI
248 Sqdn.	Chivenor	17/12/45	30/5/46	Mosquito VI
248 Sqdn.	Portreath	17/2/44	12/9/44	Mosquito VI, XVIII
248 Sqdn.	Predannack	18/1/43	17/2/44	Beaufighter, Mosquito
25 Sqdn. det.	Predannack	1942	1942	Havoc	summer 1942
252 Sqdn.	Chivenor	1/12/40	6/4/41	Blenheim IF & IVF, Beaufighter IC
254 Sqdn.	Chivenor	29/6/45	26/11/45	Beaufighter X
254 Sqdn. det.	St.Eval	1940	1940	Blenheim	late 1940
257 Sqdn.	Exeter	21/9/42	8/1/43	Spitfire
257 Sqdn. (det)	Bolt Head	21/9/42	8/1/43	Typhoon IA & IB	Main base Exeter
26 Sqdn.	Chivenor	24/9/46	23/10/46	Tempest F.2
26 Sqdn.	Exeter	8/12/44	14/1/45	Spitfire
26 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	14/1/45	21/1/45	Mustang
26 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	3/4/45	23/5/45	Mustang
263 Sqdn	Exeter	30/11/41	Jan 1943	Whirlwind	Twelve aircraft
263 Sqdn (det)	Predannack	2/1/43	24/1/43	Whirlwind	Four aircraft
263 Sqdn (det)	Predannack	20/3/43	23/3/43	Whirlwind	Nine aircraft, attacks on Morlaix and Ponthou viaducts
263 Sqdn.	Bolt Head	19/6/44	10/7/44	Typhoon IB
263 Sqdn.	Exeter	28/11/40	24/2/41	Hurricane, Whirlwind
263 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	20/2/43	15/3/43	Whirlwind	A Flight only
263 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	19/3/44	19/6/44	Typhoon
263 Sqdn.	Portreath	18/3/41	10/4/41	Whirlwind
263 Sqdn.	Portreath	1942	1942	Whirlwind	summer 1942
263 Sqdn.	St.Eval	24/2/41	18/3/41	Whirlwind
263 Sqdn. (det)	Bolt Head	15/3/43	19/3/43	Whirlwind	Main base Warmwell
263 Sqdn. det	St.Eval	29/12/40	24/2/41	Whirlwind	based at Exeter
264 Sqdn.	Predannack	30/4/43	7/11/43	Mosquito
264 Sqdn.	Predannack	25/9/44	30/11/44	Mosquito XIII
264 Sqdn. (det)	Trebelzue	end Dec 42	10/2/43	Mosquito II
264 Sqdn. det.	Portreath	1942	1943	Mosquito
266 Sqdn.	Bolt Head	7/3/44	12/3/44	Typhoon IB
266 Sqdn.	Exeter	8/1/43	21/9/43	Typhoon
266 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	21/9/43	15/3/44	Typhoon
266 Sqdn. det.	Predannack	1943	1943	Typhoon	autumn 1943
269 Sqdn.	Davidstow	8/1/44	8/3/44	Hudson IIIA, Martinet, Walrus, Spitfire VB
272 Sqdn.	Chivenor	3/4/41	28/5/41	Beaufighter IC
275 Sqdn.	Bolt Head	7/8/44	22/10/44	Walrus, Anson, Spitfire VC	Air Sea Rescue
275 Sqdn.	Chivenor	Nov 54	Oct 57 ?	Sycamore, Whirlwind	E Flight, became A Flight of 22 Sqdn.
275 Sqdn.	Exeter	22/10/44	12/1/45	Spitfire
275 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	12/1/45	15/2/45	Spitfire, Walrus	Air Sea Rescue
275 Sqdn. (det)	Bolt Head	Oct 44	Feb 45	Walrus, Anson, Spitfire VC	Air Sea Rescue
275 Sqdn. det.	Portreath	1944	1945	various	from summer 1944. Air Sea Rescue
276 Sqdn.	Portreath	4/4/44	18/9/44	various	Air Sea Rescue
276 Sqdn. (det)	Bolt Head	May 44	Sep 44	Walrus, Anson, Sea Otter, Spitfire VB	Air Sea Rescue
276 Sqdn. det	Portreath	1942	Apr 44	various	from winter 1942. Air Sea Rescue
276 Sqdn. det.	Perranporth	1942	1944 ?	various
276 Sqdn. det.	Roborough	1941	1944	various	late 1941
277 Sqdn. det.	Portreath	1944	1945	various	from late 1944. Air Sea Rescue
278 Sqdn. det.	Exeter	1945	1945	Spitfire, Walrus	early 1945
279 Sqdn (det)	Chivenor	15/8/42	19/8/42	Hudson
279 Sqdn (det)	Davidstow	5/2/43	9/6/43	Hudson
279 Sqdn (det)	Harrowbeer	9/6/43	14/12/43	Hudson
279 Sqdn (det)	St.Eval	23/8/42	5/2/43	Hudson
281 Sqdn.(dets)	Davidstow	Dec 43	Feb 45 ?	Warwick I
282 Sqdn.	Davidstow	1/2/44	19/9/44	Warwick I
282 Sqdn.	St.Eval	19/9/44	9/7/45	Warwick, Sea Otter
282 Sqdn. det	Exeter	1944	1945	various	autumn 1944 - early 1945
286 Sqdn. (det)	Winkleigh	April 44	?	Hurricane, Defiant
286 Sqdn. det	Portreath	1942	1942	various	spring 1942
286 Sqdn. det.	Harrowbeer	1/5/42 ?	26/5/42	Master (one aircraft)
286 Sqdn. det.	Perranporth	1942	1942	various	spring 1942
3 (Coastal) OTU	Chivenor	24/11/40	29/7/41	Blenheim, Beaufort, Anson	redesignated 5(Coastal) OTU
3 GTS	Exeter	Jan 45	Jul 45	Master II, Hotspur	Glider Towing School
302 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	1/11/41	5/5/42	Spitfire
302 Sqdn.	Perranporth	20/6/43	19/8/43	Spitfire
304 Sqdn.	Chivenor	19/2/44	21/9/44	Wellington XIV
304 Sqdn.	Davidstow	7/6/43	13/12/43	Wellington X then XIII then XIV	re-equipped Jun 43 & Sept 43
304 Sqdn.	Predannack	13/12/43	19/2/44	Wellington
304 Sqdn.	St.Eval	3/3/45	9/7/45	Wellington
307 Sqdn.	Exeter	26/4/41	15/4/43	Defiant, Beaufighter, Mosquito
307 Sqdn.	Predannack	Apr 43	9/11/43	Mosquito
308 Sqdn.	Exeter	1/4/42	7/5/42	Spitfire
310 Sqdn.	Exeter	7/5/42	26/6/43	Spitfire
310 Sqdn.	Perranporth	29/12/41	7/5/42	Spitfire
310 sqdn.	Predannack	9/2/42	11/2/42	Spitfire
310 Sqdn. (det)	Bolt Head	21/8/42	26/6/43	Spitfire VB & VC	Main base Exeter
311 Sqdn.	Predannack	23/2/44	7/8/44	Liberator
312 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	2/5/42	10/10/42	Spitfire
313 Sqdn.	Portreath	29/11/41	15/12/41	Spitfire
317 Sqdn.	Exeter	21/7/41	1/4/42	Hurricane, Spitfire
317 Sqdn.	Perranporth	21/6/43	21/8/43	Spitfire
329 Sqdn.	Exeter	30/8/45	17/11/45	Spitfire
329 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	19/6/45	16/7/45	Spitfire
329 Sqdn.	Perranporth	24/3/44	17/4/44	Spitfire
33 Sqdn.	Predannack	15/12/44	21/2/45	Typhoon
330 (B) Wing	Portreath	9/12/42	18/12/42	none ?	Wing HQ
340 Sqdn.	Perranporth	9/11/43	17/4/44	Spitfire
341 Sqdn.	Perranporth	11/10/43	14/4/44	Spitfire
349 Sqdn.	Predannack	16/2/45	19/4/45	Spitfire LF.IXe, Typhoon FR.Ib, Tempest V	re-equipment with Tempest never completed
36 Sqdn.	Chivenor	26/9/44	9/3/45	Wellington XIV
37 E&RFTS	Exeter	3/7/39	3/9/39	Tiger Moth
4 AEF	Exeter	8/9/58	27/12/95	Chipmunk	Air Experience Flight
4 FTS Weapons det.	Chivenor	1/10/94	14/3/95 ?	Hawk	Really from Oct 92 ?
400 Sqdn. (det)	Portreath	3/12/42	23/12/42	Mustang I	6 a/c for fighter escorts over Biscay
400 Sqdn. (det)	Trebelzue	23/12/42	14/143	Mustang I	6 a/c for fighter escorts over Biscay
404 Flt.	St.Eval	24/12/40	8/3/41	Blenheim IV	became 1404 Flt
404 Sqdn.	Chivenor	22/1/43	2/4/43	Beaufighter II & XI
404 Sqdn.	Davidstow	8/5/44	1/7/44	Beaufighter X	then dets to Sept 44
406 Sqdn.	Exeter	15/11/43	14/4/44	Beaufighter
406 Sqdn.	Predannack	8/9/42	8/12/42	Beaufighter
406 Sqdn.	Predannack	14/6/45	1/9/45	Mosquito XXX
406 Sqdn.	Winkleigh	14/4/44	17/9/44	Beaufighter VI, Mosquito XII & XXX
407 Sqdn	St.Eval	1/10/42	7/11/42	Hudson
407 Sqdn	St.Eval	3/11/43	2/12/43	Wellington
407 Sqdn.	Chivenor	1/4/43	3/11/43	Wellington XII & XIV
407 Sqdn.	Chivenor	2/12/43	29/1/44	Wellington XII & XIV
407 Sqdn.	Chivenor	28/4/44	24/8/44	Wellington XIV
407 Sqdn.	Chivenor	11/11/44	4/6/45	Wellington XIV	Disbanded
41 Sqdn.	Bolt Head	29/4/44	16/5/44	Spitfire XII
41 Sqdn.	Bolt Head	24/5/44	19/6/44	Spitfire XII
410 Sqdn. det.	Predannack	1943	1943	Mosquito
412 Sqdn.	Perranporth	13/4/43	21/6/43	Spitfire
414 Sqdn	Portreath	4/6/43	20/6/43	Mustang
414 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	26/5/43	4/6/43	Mustang
414 Sqdn. det.	Predannack	1943	1943	Mustang	winter 1943
415 Sqdn.	St.Eval	11/4/42	16/5/42	Hampden TB1
415 Sqdn.	St.Eval	11/4/43	24/8/43	Hampden TB1
415 Sqdn. (det)	St.Eval	18/10/42	31/10/42	Hampden TB1	6 a/c
415 Sqdn.(det)	Winkleigh	8/544	12/7/44	Albacore	8 a/c
416 Flight det.	Exeter	7/5/40	5/6/40	Lysander
42 Sqdn.	Exeter	13/7/37	17/7/37	Vildebeest
42 Sqdn.	St.Eval	28/6/52	8/10/58	Shackleton
42 Sqdn.	St.Mawgan	8/10/58	30/9/92	Shackleton, Nimrod
421 Sqdn. (det)	Bolt Head	30/6/42	8/7/42	Spitfire VB	14 a/c det to Exeter & Bolt Head
421 Sqdn. det.	Exeter	29/6/42	8/7/42	Spitfire
453 Sqdn.	Perranporth	20/8/43	15/10/43	Spitfire
456 Sqdn. det.	Predannack	1943	1943	various	summer 1943
459 Sqdn.	Chivenor	14/3/45	10/4/45	Wellington XIII
46 ERFTS	Roborough	1/8/39	3/9/39	Hart, Audax	Elementary & Reserve Flying Training Squadron
461 Sqdn.	Mount Batten	26/4/42	5/9/42	Sunderland
48 Sqdn. det.	St.Eval	Jun 40	Jun 40	Beaufort
482 Flight	Mount Batten	15/9/28	1/1/29	Southampton	Became 203 Sqdn.
485 Sqdn.	Predannack	25/2/45	19/4/45	Spitfire, Tempest
489 Sqdn	St.Eval	9/5/42	13/6/42	Hampden TB1
5 (Coastal) OTU	Chivenor	1/8/41	29/7/41	Beaufort, Anson/Oxford
5 Sqdn.	Chivenor	26/10/49	13/3/51	Martinet TT1, Harvard T2B, Spitfire LF.16E, Oxford T.2, Beaufighter TT.10, Vampire F.3
50 Sqdn (det)	St.Eval	20/8/42	23/8/42	Lancaster I	7 aircraft
500 Sqdn.	St.Eval	30/8/42	5/11/42	Hudson
500 Sqdn. (det)	Harrowbeer	15/9/41	6/10/41	Blenheim IV	Temporary attachment
502 Sqdn	St.Eval	22/2/42	2/3/43	Whitley, Halifax
502 Sqdn (det)	St.Eval	12/10/1941	14/10/41	Whitley	6 a/c for Atlantic sweep
502 Sqdn.	St.Eval	25/3/43	30/6/43	Halifax
504 Sqdn.	Exeter	18/12/40	21/7/41	Hurricane
51 Sqdn.	Chivenor	6/5/42	27/10/42	Whitley V
517 Sqdn.	Chivenor	3/11/45	21/6/46	Fortress II & III, Halifax III	Disbanded
517 Sqdn.	Chivenor	30/11/45	21/6/46	Halifax III	Disbanded
517 Sqdn.	St.Eval	11/8/43	25/11/43	Hudson III, Hampden
524 Sqdn.	Davidstow	7/4/44	1/7/44	Wellington XIII
53 Sqdn.	Davidstow	1/1/43	18/2/43	Hudson V
53 Sqdn.	St.Eval	20/3/41	3/7/41	Blenheim IV
53 Sqdn.	St.Eval	19/10/41	17/12/41	Hudson
53 Sqdn.	St.Eval	16/5/42	3/7/42	Hudson
53 Sqdn.	St.Eval	3/1/44	7/9/44	Liberator
53 Sqdn. det	St.Eval	22/2/41	20/3/41	Blenheim IV
536 Sqdn.	Predannack	8/9/42	27/10/42	Havoc, Hurricane	Turbinlite squadron
536 Sqdn. det.	Exeter	1942	1942	Havoc, Hurricane	late 1942 (Turbinlite Havoc)
54 Sqdn.	Roborough	6/5/35	21/5/35	Bulldog	Fighter affiliation with 204 Sqdn. Southamptons
541 Sqdn	St.Eval	15/10/43	18/7/44	PR Spitfires
543 Sqdn	St.Eval	19/10/42	15/10/43	PR Spitfires
547 Sqdn.	Chivenor	10/12/42	22/1/43	Wellington VIII
547 Sqdn.	Chivenor	2/4/43	31/5/43	Wellington VIII & XI
547 Sqdn.	Davidstow	31/5/43	25/10/43	Wellington XI
547 Sqdn.	St.Eval	10/1/44	29/9/44	Liberator
56 Sqdn.	Roborough	9/5/32	23/5/32	Siskin IIIA	Affiliation with flying boats based at Mount Batten
56 Sqdn.	Roborough	2/10/33	14/10/33	Bulldog IIA	Affiliation with 204 (FB) Squadron
58 Sqdn.	St.Eval	8/4/42	30/8/42	Whitley
58 Sqdn.	St.Eval	31/3/43	29/6/43	Halifax
59 Sqdn.	Chivenor	Dec 42	27/3/43	Fortress IIA	det. only to 6/2/43
6 CPF	St.Eval	15/1/40	27/5/40	Tiger Moth	Coastal Protection Flight
600 Sqdn.	Predannack	Jun 41	2/9/42	Beaufighter I, II
601 Sqdn.	Exeter	7/9/40	17/12/40	Hurricane
602 Sqdn.	Perranporth	20/1/43	14/4/43	Spitfire
604 Sqdn	Predannack	24/9/44	5/12/44	Mosquito XIII
604 Sqdn.	Predannack	7/12/42	18/2/43	Beaufighter
61 Sqdn (det)	St.Eval	16/7/42	23/8/42	Lancaster I	8 aircraft. R5724 QR.F sank U-751 on 17/7/42
610 Sqdn.	Bolt Head	26/6/43	19/12/43	Spitfire VB & VC
610 Sqdn.	Bolt Head	16/5/44	24/5/44	Spitfire XIV
610 Sqdn.	Exeter	4/1/44	7/4/44	Spitfire
610 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	24/5/44	19/6/44	Spitfire XIV
610 Sqdn.	Perranporth	30/4/43	26/6/43	Spitfire
611 Sqdn.	Bolt Head	17/7/44	30/8/44	Spitfire LF.VB (?) and IX	Re-equipped in July 44
611 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	24/6/44	3/7/44	Spitfire
611 Sqdn.	Predannack	3/7/44	17/7/44	Spitfire
612 Sqdn.	Chivenor	25/5/43	1/11/43	Wellington XIII
612 Sqdn.	Chivenor	3/12/43	26/1/44	Wellington XIII & XIV
612 Sqdn.	Chivenor	1/3/44	9/9/44	Wellington XIV
612 Sqdn.	Davidstow	12/4/43	25/5/43	Whitley VII & Wellington XIII	both types at the same time !
612 Sqdn.	St.Eval	1/11/43	3/12/43	Wellington
613 sqdn.	Portreath	20/6/43	15/7/43	Mustang
616 Sqdn.	Exeter	17/9/43	18/3/44	Spitfire
616 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	15/3/43	18/3/43	Spitfire
618 Sqdn. det	Predannack	1943	1944	Mosquito	from autumn 1943
624 VGS	Chivenor	3/9/65	current ?	Cadet, Sedbergh, Prefect, Venture, Vigilantk	Volunteer Gliding School
624 VGS	Exeter	1/9/55	3/9/65	various	Volunteer Gliding School
626 VGS	Culdrose	16/3/63	Oct 68	various
626 VGS	Predannack	Oct 68	1990	various	Volunteer Gliding School
626 VGS	Predannack	Jul 91		Vigilant	current (2007)
626 VGS	St.Mawgan	Nov 90	Oct 92	Viking / Venture
639 Sqdn.	Cleave	1/12/43	30/4/45	Henley, Hurricane IV
639 Sqdn. det.	Portreath	1944	1945	Henley, Hurricane	from summer 1944. Target towing
64 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	26/6/44	30/8/44	Spitfire
64 Sqdn.	Predannack	9/12/42	2/1/43	Spitfire
65 Sqdn.	Perranporth	29/3/43	31/5/43	Spitfire
652 Sqdn. (det)	Bolt Head	?/6/44	8/6/44	Auster IV	4 a/c of B Flight en route Normandy
66 Sqdn.	Exeter	24/2/41	27/4/41	Spitfire
66 Sqdn.	Perranporth	27/4/41	14/12/41	Spitfire IIA
66 Sqdn.	Portreath	14/12/41	27/4/42	Spitfire
66 Sqdn.	Predannack	26/9/42	29/9/42	Spitfire
691 Sqdn.	Chivenor	4/10/46	11/2/49	Vengeance TT.IV, Martinet TT1, Harvard T2B, Spitfire LF.16E, Oxford T.2	Renumbered 17 Sqdn.
691 Sqdn.	Exeter	1/8/45	29/4/46	various	Target towing
691 Sqdn.	Harrowbeer	21/2/45	1/8/45	various	Target towing
691 Sqdn.	Roborough	Dec 43	Feb 45	various	Anti-Aircraft Cooperation
691 Sqdn. det.	Perranporth	1944	1945	Henley, Hurricane
7 FTS	Chivenor	1/4/92	30/9/94	Hawk	Flying Training School formed from 2 TWU with 63 & 151 (renumbered 19 & 92 from 1/9/92) (Reserve) Sqdns.
7 Sqdn.	St.Mawgan	7/5/70	5/1/82	Canberra
77 Sqdn.	Chivenor	6/5/42	5/10/42	Whitley V
82 GS	Harrowbeer	19/2/48	16/8/50	Cadet, Sedbergh	Gliding School
82 GS	Roborough	Oct 43	19/2/48	Cadet, Sedbergh	Gliding School
82 GS (det)	St.Merryn	16/8/50	1/9/55	Cadet, Sedbergh
84 GS	Exeter	Jun 45	1/9/55	Cadet, Sedbergh	Gliding School
84 GS	Haldon	8/44 ?	6/46 ?	Cadet
85 Sqdn. det.	Predannack	1943	1943	Mosquito	summer 1943
86 Sqdn.	St.Eval	10/1/42	5/3/42	Beaufort
87 Sqdn.	Exeter	5/7/40	28/11/40	Hurricane
87 Sqdn. (det)	St.Marys	19/5/41	10/4/42	Hurricane I (& II ?)	permanent detachment of 6 a/c became 1449 Flight
9 FTS (RLG)	Dunkeswell	1/7/54	1/12/54	Vampire
93 Sqdn. det.	Exeter	1941	1941	Havoc	early 1941 for Pandora / Long Aerial Mine ?
95 GS	Perranporth	Apr 45	Jun 45	Cadet	Gliding School
A Flt 13 Sqdn	Okehampton	23/6/28	21/7/28	Atlas
A Flt 13 Sqdn	Okehampton	29/5/33	14/6/33	Audax
A Flt 13 Sqdn	Okehampton	16/6/33	19/7/33	Audax
A Flt 16 Sqdn	Okehampton	end June 1937	Sept 1937	Audax
A Flt. 16 Sqdn	Okehampton	July 1929	24/8/29	Bristol Fighter
A Flt. 16 Sqdn	Okehampton	14/6/39	1/7/39	Lysander
Army & Marines (dets)	Roborough	Apr 67	1972	Sioux	various helicopter units
ASDU	Portreath	1944	1945	Wellington, Warwick	Anti-Submarine Development Unit ?
ASDU	St.Mawgan	1945	23/6/46	Warwick
ASR Flt.	Perranporth	May 41	5/11/41	Lysander
ASV Training Flight/Unit	Chivenor	Jan 44 ?	20/6/45	Wellington XII, XIII & XIV
ASWDU	St.Mawgan	10/5/51	1/9/58
ATDU	Culdrose	18/5/56	31/8/58	various inc. Lincoln, Brigand TF.5, Canberra	Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit
B Flt 13 Sqdn	Okehampton	4/5/28	27/5/28	Atlas
B Flt 13 Sqdn	Okehampton	17/5/37	30/5/37
B Flt. 16 Sqdn	Okehampton	July 1930	July 1930	Atlas
B Flt. 16 Sqdn	Okehampton	Sept 1932	Nov 1932	Atlas
C Flt 13 Sqdn	Okehampton	30/5/28	23/6/28	Atlas
C Flt 13 Sqdn	Okehampton	11/7/30	26/7/30	Atlas
C Flt. 16 Sqdn	Okehampton	June 1929	30/6/29	Bristol Fighter
C Flt. 16 Sqdn	Okehampton	25/5/39	14/6/39	Lysander
C Flt. 2 AACU	St.Eval	27/4/40	16/8/40	Shark, Battle
CCAPMF	St.Mawgan	28/5/51	15/7/54	Coastal Command Aircraft Preparation and Modification Flight
CCFATU	Chivenor	6/1/46	21/2/46	Martinet, Hurricane IIC, Spitfire LF.16E	Disbanded - Coastal Command Fighter Affiliation Training Unit
CCModC	St.Mawgan	15/7/54	Feb 56	Coastal Command Modification Centre
Coastal Defence Co-operation Flight	Roborough	11/7/29	2/8/29	Various	Summer camp
Coastal Defence Co-operation Flight	Roborough	20/6/30	31/7/30	Various	Summer Camp
Coastal Defence Co-operation Flight	Roborough	5/6/31	?	Fairey IIIF	Summer camp ?
D Flight 1 AACU	Cleave	6/9/39	1/11/42	Wallace, Henley, Lysander, Magister	redesignated 1602 Flight
Exercise ‘Hazel Flute’	Chivenor	Sept. 95	Sept. 95	Harrier GR7
Exercise ‘Hill Foil’	Chivenor	May 95	May 95	Harrier GR7
Exeter UAS	Exeter	20/8/41	1943	Tiger Moth
FAA	Exeter	15/3/39	23/3/43	Skua	803 Sqdn.
FAA	Exeter	1943	1943	Swordfish, Seafire	various FAA units throughout 1943
FAA	Harrowbeer	Apr 43	Apr 43	Swordfish	834 Sqdn. det
FAA	Harrowbeer	Apr 44	Aug 44	Swordfish	838 Sqdn.
FAA	Perranporth	20/4/44	9/8/44	Swordfish, Avenger	816, 849, 850 Sqds, under 19 Group Coastal Command
FAA	Predannack	15/12/54			Satellite for Culdrose - current (2007)
FAA	Roborough	26/7/37	9/8/37	Osprey	801 Sqdn.
FAA	Roborough	27/7/38	6/8/38	Swordfish	810 Sqdn.
FAA	Roborough	28/8/39	10/2/40	Swordfish	814 Sqdn.
FAA	Roborough	27/5/40	21/6/40	Swordfish	819 Sqdn.
FAA	Roborough	12/6/40	21/6/40	Swordfish	815 Sqdn.
FAA	Roborough	1961	5/12/01	Tiger Moth, Chipmunk	Air Experience Flight operated by Airwork under various names
FAA	Roborough	6/12/01	current	Grob Tutor	727 Sqdn.
FAA	St.Eval	7/10/40	3/11/40	Albacore	829 Sqdn.
FAA	St.Eval	Nov 40	Dec 40	Swordfish	812 Sqdn. det.
FAA	St.Eval	31/1/41	6/2/41	Skua	801 Sqdn.
FAA	St.Eval	11/3/43	15/4/43	Swordfish	833 Sqdn.
FAA	St.Eval	7/8/44	26/8/44	Avenger	849 Sqdn.
FAA	St.Mawgan	23/10/54	31/10/56	744 Sqdn
FAA	St.Mawgan	24/5/82	25/2/82	Lynx	702 Sqdn. det 4
FAA	St.Mawgan	11/12/85	17/12/85	Lynx	702 Sqdn. det 3
FAA	St.Mawgan	4/2/91	14/2/91	Lynx	709 Sqdn. det 4
FAA	St.Mawgan	3/3/93	12/3/93	Sea King	849 Sqdn. det 1
FAA	St.Mawgan	2/4/93	1/4/96	Sea King	Sea King Training Unit
G Flight 1 AACU	Cleave	15/5/39	1/11/42	Wallace, Henley	redesignated 1603 Flight
GCA Flt.(det)	St.Eval	Nov 43	26/6/44	Oxford
GRU	Exeter	3/6/40	14/4/44	various	Gunnery Research Unit
Hawk Support Flight	Chivenor	1/9/95 ?	1/10/95 ?	?	To support 4 FTS detachments (but last Hawk flight from Chivenor was 17/3/95 !)
Hunter Flt.	Chivenor	24/7/61	?	Hunter	Hunter Flight, Fighter Command Instrument Rating Squadron
K Flight 1 AACU	Cleave	26/8/40	6/9/40	various
MOTU	St.Mawgan	7/7/65	1/7/70	Shackleton
No.1 Coastal Defence Training Flight	Roborough	9/6/33	30/6/33	Fairey IIIF	on exercise
Norwegian Training Base	Winkleigh	Jan 45	10/11/45	Harvard IIb, Oxford, Cornell	to RNoAF (in Norway)
O Flight 1 AACU	Cleave	5/11/40	1/11/42	Wallace, Henley, Lysander, Magister, Tiger Moth	redesignated 1604 Flight
O Flight 1 AACU	Trebelzue	29/5/42	27/10/42	Henley
OADU	Portreath	Jan 42	10/10/45		Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit
OFU	Chivenor	17/7/50	19/3/51	various inc. Buckmaster	Overseas Ferry Unit
PRU det.	St.Eval	1/7/40	18/10/42	PR Spifires	became 543 Sqdn
Sea King OCU	St.Mawgan	1/4/96	16/10/96	Sea King
Sea King Training Unit	Culdrose	17/2/78	4/10/79	Sea King HAR3 & HAR5
SMR	St.Mawgan	1/1/51	30/9/56	Lancaster MR3, Hastings, Oxford, Anson, Chipmunk
Station Flt.	Chivenor	1945	1956	various
Station Flt.	Davidstow	?	?	various inc Spitfire II, Tiger Moth & Beaufort
Station Flt.	Dunkeswell	?	?	Tiger Moth, Moth Minor, Proctor IV
Station Flt.	Exeter	1942	1946	various
Station Flt.	Harrowbeer	1944	1945	various
Station Flt.	Mount Batten	?	?	various inc Osprey, Walrus & Seafox
Station Flt.	Perranporth	?	?	various inc Magister, Lysander & Spitfire Vc
Station Flt.	Portreath	1944	1946	various
Station Flt.	Predannack	1944	1946	various
Station Flt.	Roborough	?	?	various
Station Flt.	St.Eval	1945	1956	various
Station Flt.	St.Mawgan	?	?	various
Station Flt.	Winkleigh	1944	1944	various inc Tiger Moth, Auster, Oxford
USAAF	Exeter	Apr 44	Oct 44	C-47
V Flight 1 AACU	Cleave	15/5/39	1/11/42	Queen Bee, Magister	redesignated 1618 Flight
Vickers	Predannack		Oct 1954	experimentals	Barnes Wallis Goose & Swallow swing-wing projects