Appendix 8: Order of Battle, Coastal Command, 15th February, 1943
Headquarters Coastal Command
No. 15 Group
Squadrons
Nos. 201, 228, 246, 330, 422 (RCAF), 423 (RCAF)—Sunderland
Nos. 206, 220—Fortress
No. 120—Liberator
No. 28. (Det.)—Anson (Air Sea Rescue)
Flights—
No. 140. (Metcal.)—Spitfire, Hudson, Gladiator
No. 1. Group
Squadrons
Nos. 143, 236, 254—Beaufighter
Nos. 53, 320, 407 (RCAF)—Hudson
No. 86—Liberator
No. 41. (RCAF)—Hampden
No. 52. (Metcal.)—Spitfire, Hudson Mosquito, Gladiator
No. 279—Hudson (Air Sea Rescue)
No. 280—Anson (Air Sea Rescue)
Nos. 83. (FAA), 836 (FAA)—Swordfish
Nos. 540, 541, 542, 543, 544—Mosquito, Spitfire, Wellington, (P.R.)
No. 1. Group
Squadrons
Nos. 144, 235—Beaufighter
Nos. 45. (RAAF), 489 (RNZAF)—Hampden
No. 190—Catalina
No. 612—Whitley
No. 54. (Det.)—Mosquito (P.R.)
Flights
No. 1477—Catalina
No. 140. (Metcal.)—Spitfire, Hudson
No. 1. Group
Squadrons
Nos. 172, 179 (Det.), 304, 311, 547—Wellington
No. 224, 1st and 2nd Antisubmarine (USAAF)—Liberator
Nos. 1. (RAAF), 119, 461 (RAAF)—Sunderland
Nos. 248, 404 (RCAF)—Beaufighter
No. 502—Whitley
No. 58—Whitley, Halifax
No. 59—Fortress
No. 210—Catalina
No. 40. (RCAF) (on loan from Bomber Command)—Halifax
No. 54. (Det.)—Spitfire (P.R.)
Flights, Other Units—
No. 140. (Metcal.) Flight—Hudson, Ventura, Albemarle
No. 1. O.T.U. (Det.) (on loan from Bomber Command)—Whitley
Headquarters RAF Iceland—
Squadrons—
No. 269—Hudson
84th (U.S. Navy) Squadron—Catalina
No. 33. (Det.)—Northrop
No. 12. (Det.)—Liberator
Flights—
No. 140. (Metcal.)—Hudson
Headquarters RAF Gibraltar—
Squadrons—
Nos. 48, 233—Hudson
Nos. 202, 210 (Det.)—Catalina
No. 179—Wellington
No. 54. (Det.)—Spitfire (P.R.)
Abbreviations
Det.—Detachment
FAA—Fleet Air Arm
Metcal.—Meteorological Calibration
O.T.U.—Operational Training Unit
P.R.—Photographic Reconnaissance
RAAF—Royal Australian Air Force
RCAF—Royal Canadian Air Force
RNZAF—Royal New Zealand Air Force
USAAF—United States Army Air Force