Appendix 18: Equipment and Location of Squadrons available in Nos. 16 and 18 Groups, Coastal Command, for Anti-invasion Duties, 26th September 1940
Squadron | Equipment | War Station |
NO. 18 GROUP, DONIBRISTLE (ROSYTH) (Air Vice-Marshal C. D. Breese) | ||
201 | Sunderland | Sullom Voe |
204 | Sunderland | Sullom Voe |
248 | Blenheim | Sumburgh |
254 | Blenheim | Dyce |
21 1 | Blenheim | Lossiemouth |
57 1 | Blenheim | Lossiemouth |
220 | Hudson | Thornaby |
224 2 | Hudson | Leuchars |
233 2 | Hudson | Leuchars |
269 | Hudson and Anson | Wick |
42 3 | Beaufort | Wick |
700 4 | Walrus | Sullom Voe |
NO. 16 GROUP, CHATHAM (Air Vice-Marshal T. H. S. Thyssen) | ||
235 | Blenheim | Bircham Newton |
53 5 | Blenheim | Detling |
59 5 | Blenheim | Thorney Island |
206 | Hudson | Bircham Newton |
500 (Auxiliary) | Anson | Detling |
22 | Beaufort | North Coates |
812 1 | Swordfish | Thornaby |
826 4 | Albacore | Bircham Newton |
NOTES
1 Lent by Bomber Command.
2 Elements detached to Aldergrove, leaving about the equivalent of one squadron at Leuchars.
3 Not operational until end of September.
4 Naval squadrons.
5 Former Army Co-Operation squadrons.