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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 |