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Appendix 20: Equipment and Location of British Fighter Squadrons, 7th September 1940

Squadron Equipment War Station
NO. 10 GROUP, RUDLOE, NEAR BATH (Air Vice-Marshal Sir Quintin Brand)
Pembrey Sector
92 Spitfire Pembrey
Filton Sector
87 Hurricane Exeter and Bibury
213 Hurricane Exeter
St. Eval Sector
238 Hurricane St. Eval
247 (One flight only) Gladiator Roborough
Middle Wallop Sector
234 Spitfire Middle Wallop
609 (West Riding) Spitfire Middle Wallop
604 (County of Middlesex) Blenheim Middle Wallop
56 Hurricane Boscombe Down
152 Spitfire Warmwell
NO. 11 GROUP, UXBRIDGE (Air Vice-Marshal K. R. Park)
Tangmere Sector
43 Hurricane Tangmere
601 (County of London) Hurricane Tangmere
602 (City of Glasgow) Spitfire Westhampnett
Kenley Sector
66 Spitfire Kenley
253 Hurricane Kenley
72 Spitfire Croydon
111 Hurricane Croydon
Biggin Hill Sector
79 Spitfire Biggin Hill
501 (County of Gloucester) Hurricane Gravesend
Hornchurch Sector
222 Spitfire Hornchurch
603 (City of Edinburgh) Spitfire Hornchurch
600 (City of London) Blenheim Hornchurch
41 Spitfire Rochford
Northolt Sector
1 (Royal Canadian Air Force) Hurricane Northolt
303 (Polish) Hurricane Northolt
504 (County of Nottingham) Hurricane Northolt
1 Hurricane Heath Row
North Weald Sector
249 Hurricane North Weald
46 Hurricane Stapleford Abbots
Debden Sector
17 Hurricane Debden
257 Hurricane Martlesham and North Weald
25 Blenheim Martlesham
73 Hurricane Castle Camps
NO. 12 GROUP, WATNALL, NEAR NOTTINGHAM (Air Vice-Marshal T. L. Leigh-Mallory)
Duxford Sector
19 Spitfire Duxford
310 (Czechoslovakian) Hurricane Duxford
Coltishall Sector
242 Hurricane Coltishall
616 (South Yorkshire) Spitfire Coltishall
266 Spitfire Coltishall and Wittering
Wittering Sector
23 Blenheim Wittering
229 Hurricane Wittering and Bircham Newton
Digby Sector
151 Hurricane Digby
611 (West Lancashire) Spitfire Digby
29 Blenheim Digby
Kirton-in-Lindsey Sector
74 Spitfire Kirton-in-Lindsey
264 Defiant Kirton-in-Lindsey
Church Fenton Sector
85 Hurricane Church Fenton
302 (Polish) Hurricane Church Fenton
64 Spitfire Church Fenton and Ringway
NO. 13 GROUP, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE (Air Vice-Marshal R. E. Saul)
Catterick Sector
54 Spitfire Catterick
219 Blenheim Catterick
Usworth Sector
607 (Auxiliary) Hurricane Usworth
610 (County of Chester) Spitfire Acklington
32 Hurricane Acklington
Turnhouse Sector
65 Spitfire Turnhouse
141 Defiant Turnhouse
605 (County of Warwick) Hurricane Drem
615 (Auxiliary) Hurricane Prestwick
Dyce Sector
145 Hurricane Dyce and Montrose
Wick Sector
3 Hurricane Castletown
232 (One flight only) Hurricane Sumburgh
Aldergrove Sector
245 Hurricane Aldergrove