Appendix 12: Equipment and Location of British Fighter Squadrons, 8th August 1940
Squadron | Equipment | War Station | |
NO. 10 GROUP, RUDLOE, NR. BATH (Air Vice-Marshal Sir Quintin Brand) | |||
Pembrey Sector | |||
92 | Spitfire | Pembrey | |
Filton Sector | |||
87 | Hurricane | Exeter | |
213 | Hurricane | Exeter | |
St. Eval Sector | |||
234 | Spitfire | St. Eval | |
247 | (One flight only) | Gladiator | Roborough |
Middle Wallop Sector (formerly in No. 11 Group) | |||
238 | Hurricane | Middle Wallop | |
609 | (West Riding) | Spitfire | Middle Wallop |
604 | (County of Middlesex) | Blenheim | Middle Wallop |
152 | Spitfire | Warmwell | |
NO. 11 GROUP, UXBRIDGE (Air Vice-Marshal K. R. Park) | |||
Tangmere Sector | |||
43 | Hurricane | Tangmere | |
601 | (County of London) | Hurricane | Tangmere |
145 | Hurricane | Westhampnett | |
Kenley Sector | |||
615 | (Auxiliary) | Hurricane | Kenley |
64 | Spitfire | Kenley | |
111 | Hurricane | Croydon | |
Biggin Hill Sector | |||
32 | Hurricane | Biggin Hill | |
610 | (County of Chester) | Spitfire | Biggin Hill |
501 | (County of Gloucester) | Hurricane | Gravesend |
600 | (City of London) | Blenheim | Manston |
54 | Spitfire | Hornchurch | |
65 | Spitfire | Hornchurch | |
74 | Spitfire | Hornchurch | |
41 | Spitfire | Hornchurch | |
Northolt Sector | |||
1 | Hurricane | Northolt | |
257 | Hurricane | Northolt | |
North Weald Sector | |||
151 | Hurricane | North Weald | |
56 | Hurricane | Rochford | |
25 | Blenheim | Martlesham | |
Debden Sector (formerly in No. 12 Group) | |||
17 | Hurricane | Debden | |
85 | Hurricane | Martlesham | |
NO. 12 GROUP, WATNALL, NR. NOTTINGHAM (Air Vice-Marshal T. L. Leigh-Mallory) | |||
Duxford Sector | |||
19 | Spitfire | Duxford | |
Coltishall Sector | |||
242 | Hurricane | Coltishall | |
66 | Spitfire | Coltishall | |
Wittering Sector | |||
229 | Hurricane | Wittering | |
266 | Spitfire | Wittering | |
23 | Blenheim | Colly Weston | |
Digby Sector | |||
46 | Hurricane | Digby | |
611 | (West Lancashire) | Spitfire | Digby |
29 | Blenheim | Digby | |
Kirton-in-Lindsey Sector | |||
222 | Spitfire | Kirton-in-Lindsey | |
264 | Defiant | Kirton-in-Lindsey and Ringway | |
Church Fenton Sector (formerly in No. 13 Group) | |||
73 | Hurricane | Church Fenton | |
249 | Hurricane | Church Fenton | |
616 | (South Yorkshire) | Spitfire | Leconfield |
NO. 13 GROUP, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE (Air Vice-Marshall R. E. Saul) | |||
Catterick Sector | |||
219 | Blenheim | Catterick | |
Usworth Sector | |||
607 | (Auxiliary) | Hurricane | Usworth |
72 | Spitfire | Acklington | |
79 | Spitfire | Acklington | |
Turnhouse Sector | |||
232 | (One flight only) | Hurricane | Turnhouse |
253 | Hurricane | Turnhouse | |
605 | (County of Warwick) | Hurricane | Drem |
141 | Defiant | Prestwick | |
Dyce Sector | |||
603 | (City of Edinburgh) | Spitfire | Dyce and Montrose |
Wick Sector | |||
3 | Hurricane | Wick | |
504 | (County of Nottingham) | Hurricane | Castletown |
232 | (One flight only) | Hurricane | Sumburgh |
Aldergrove Sector | |||
245 | Hurricane | Aldergrove |
MOVES OF SQUADRONS, 8th–23rd AUGUST, 1940
9th August: No. 266 from Wittering to Hornchurch.
13th August: No. 602 (City of Glasgow) from non-operational to Westhampnett, exchanging with No. 145.
14th August: No. 74 from Hornchurch to Wittering; No. 249 from Church Fenton to Middle Wallop.
19th August: No. 616 (South Yorkshire) from Leconfield to Kenley, exchanging with No. 64; No. 85 from Debden Sector to Croydon, exchanging with No. 111; No. 17 from Debden to Tangmere, exchanging with No. 601 (County of London).
22nd August: No. 264 from Kirton-in-Lindsey to Hornchurch, exchanging with No. 266.