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This article lists the [[order of battle]] of [[RAF Coastal Command]] throughout the [[Second World War]] in the [[European Theatre of World War II]].
==3 September 1939==
;[[No. 15 Group RAF]] (GR), under command of [[Air Commodore]] R.G. Parry, [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]]<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixII">Ashworth 1992, Appendix II</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 204 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Mount Batten]]
|-
| [[No. 210 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Pembroke Dock]]
|-
| [[No. 217 Squadron RAF]] || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Warmwell]]
|-
| [[No. 228 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Pembroke Dock]]
|-
| [[No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p264">Lake 1999, p. 264.</ref> || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Aldergrove]]
|}
;[[No. 16 Group RAF]] (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.L.G. Marix, DSO<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixII"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 22 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Vildebeest]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|-
| [[No. 42 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Vildebeest]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 48 Squadron RAF]] || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|-
| [[No. 206 Squadron RAF]] || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p264"/> || [[Avro Anson]]||[[RAF Detling]]
|}
;[[No. 17 Group RAF]] (T), under command of Air Commodore T.E.B. Howe, [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|AFC]]<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixII"/><ref>Delve 1994, p. 51.</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
!Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[Torpedo Training Unit RAF]]<ref name="Lake 1999, p. 282">Lake 1999, p. 282.</ref> || various || [[Gosport|RAF Gosport]]
|-
| [[No. 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF]]<ref name="Lake 1999, pp. 29-30">Lake 1999, pp. 29-30.</ref> || various || [[Gosport|RAF Gosport]]
|-
| [[School of General Reconnaissance RAF]]<ref name="Lake 1999, p. 182">Lake 1999, p. 182.</ref> || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|-
| [[Seaplane Training Squadron RAF]]<ref>Lake 1999, p. 183.</ref> || various || [[RAF Calshot]]
|}
;[[No. 18 Group RAF]] (GR), under command of [[Air Vice Marshal]] [[Charles Breese|C.D. Breese]], [[Order of the Bath|CB]], AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixII"/>
{|class="wikitable"
!Squadron!!Type of aircraft!!Station
|-
| [[No. 201 Squadron RAF]] || [[Saro London]] || [[Sullom Voe|RAF Sullom Voe]]
|-
| [[No. 209 Squadron RAF]] || [[Supermarine Stranraer]] || [[Invergordon|RAF Invergordon]]
|-
| [[No. 220 Squadron RAF]] || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Thornaby]]
|-
| [[No. 224 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 233 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 240 Squadron RAF]] || [[Saro London]] || [[Invergordon|RAF Invergordon]]
|-
| [[No. 269 Squadron RAF]] || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Montrose]]
|-
| [[No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p270">Lake 1999, p. 270.</ref> || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Thornaby]]
|-
| [[No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999pp270-271">Lake 1999, pp. 270-271.</ref> || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Dyce]]
|}
==1 November 1940==
;[[No. 15 Group RAF]] (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.G. Parry, DSO<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIII">Ashworth 1992, Appendix III</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 48 Squadron RAF]] || [[Avro Anson]]|| [[Hooton Park|RAF Hooton Park]]
|-
| [[No. 209 Squadron RAF]] || [[Saro Lerwick]]|| [[RAF Pembroke Dock]]
|-
| [[No. 217 Squadron RAF]] || [[Avro Anson]]/[[Bristol Beaufort]]|| [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 236 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Blenheim]]|| [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p256">Lake 1999, p. 256.</ref> || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Carew Cheriton]]
|-
| [[No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p264"/> || [[Blackburn Botha]]/[[Armstrong Whitworth Whitley]] || [[RAF Aldergrove]]
|-
| [[No. 10 Squadron RAAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Pembroke Dock]]
|}
;[[No. 16 Group RAF]] (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal J.H.S. Tyssen, CB, DSO<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIII"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 22 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufort]] || [[RAF North Coates]]
|-
| [[No. 53 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Detling]]
|-
| [[No. 59 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|-
| [[No. 206 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 220 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Thornaby]]
|-
| [[No. 235 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p264"/> || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Detling]]
|-
| [[No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p270"/> || [[Avro Anson]]/[[Blackburn Botha]] || [[RAF Thornaby]]
|}
;[[No. 17 Group RAF]] (T), under command of Air Commodore T.E.B. Howe, CBE, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIII"/>
{|class="wikitable"
!Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[Torpedo Training Unit RAF]]<ref name="Lake 1999, p. 282"/> || [[Bristol Beaufort]] || [[RAF Abbotsinch]]
|-
| [[No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF]] || [[Bristol Blenheim]]/[[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Catfoss]]
|-
| [[No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF]] || various || [[RAF Chivenor]]
|-
| [[No. 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit RAF]]<ref>Lake 1999, p. 48.</ref> || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Detling]]
|-
| [[No. 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF]]<ref name="Lake 1999, pp. 29-30"/> || various || [[Gosport|RAF Gosport]]
|-
| [[No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF]] || various || [[RAF Silloth]]
|-
| [[No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance RAF]]<ref name="Lake 1999, p. 182"/> || [[Blackburn Botha]] || [[RAF Squires Gate]]
|-
| [[Flying Boat Training Squadron RAF|No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit]] || various || [[Stranraer|RAF Stranraer]]
|}
;[[No. 18 Group RAF]] (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal [[Charles Breese|C.D. Breese]], CB, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIII"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 42 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufort]] || [[RAF Wick]]
|-
| [[No. 98 Squadron RAF]] || [[Fairey Battle]] || [[Kaldadarnes, Iceland|RAF Kaldadarnes]]
|-
| [[No. 201 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[Sullom Voe|RAF Sullom Voe]]
|-
| [[No. 204 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[Sullom Voe|RAF Sullom Voe]]
|-
| [[No. 210 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Oban]]
|-
| [[No. 224 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 233 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 240 Squadron RAF]] || [[Supermarine Stranraer]]|| [[Stranraer|RAF Stranraer]]
|-
| [[No. 248 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Dyce]]
|-
| [[No. 254 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Dyce]]
|-
| [[No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p256"/> || [[Avro Anson]]/[[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999pp270-271"/> || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Dyce]]
|}
;[[No. 200 Group RAF]] (Coastal), under command of [[Group Captain]] A.D. Rogers, CBE, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIII"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 202 Squadron RAF]] || [[Saro London]]/[[Fairey Swordfish]] || [[RAF Gibraltar]]
|}
==12 February 1942==
;[[No. 15 Group RAF]] (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal [[James Robb (RAF officer)|J.M. Robb]], CB, DSO, [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]], AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIV">Ashworth 1992, Appendix IV</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 53 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[Limavady|RAF Limavady]]
|-
| [[No. 120 Squadron RAF]] || [[B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF Nutts Corner]]
|-
| [[No. 143 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Aldergrove]]
|-
| [[No. 201 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Castle Archdale]]
|-
| [[No. 206 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Aldergrove]]
|-
| [[No. 210 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[RAF Oban]]
|-
| [[No. 220 Squadron RAF]] || [[B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing Fortress]] || [[RAF Nutts Corner]]
|-
| [[No. 228 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[Stranraer|RAF Stranraer]]
|-
| [[No. 240 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[RAF Castle Archdale]]
|-
| [[No. 1402 Flight RAF|No. 1402 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87">Lake 1999, p. 87.</ref> || [[Supermarine Spitfire]]/[[Gloster Gladiator]] || [[RAF Aldergrove]]
|-
| [[No. 1405 Flight RAF|No. 1405 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Bristol Blenheim]]/[[Lockheed Hudson]] ||[[RAF Aldergrove]]
|}
;[[No. 16 Group RAF]] (GR), under command of Air Commodore I.T. Lloyd, CBE<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
!Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 22 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufort]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|-
| [[No. 59 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF North Coates]]
|-
| |[[No. 217 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufort]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|-
| [[No. 233 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|-
| [[No. 248 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 279 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 280 Squadron RAF]] || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Detling]]
|-
| [[No. 407 (Demon) Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p259">Lake 1999, p. 259.</ref>|| [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF North Coates]]
|-
| [[No. 415 (Swordfish) Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p260">Lake 1999, p. 260.</ref> || [[Handley Page Hampden]]/[[Bristol Beaufort]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|-
| [[No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p264"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p264"/> || [[Armstrong Whitworth Whitley]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 1401 Flight RAF|No. 1401 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF]] || [[Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF Benson]]
|}
;[[No. 17 Group RAF]] (T), under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| Numerous Training Units || N/A ||
|}
;[[No. 18 Group RAF]] (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal A. Durston, CB, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 42 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufort]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 48 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Wick]]
|-
| [[No. 235 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Dyce]]
|-
| [[No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p256"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 404 (Buffalo) Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p259"/> || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Sumburgh]]
|-
| [[No. 413 (Tusker) Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p260"/> || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[Sullom Voe|RAF Sullom Voe]]
|-
| [[No. 489 (RNZAF) Squadron]]<ref name="Lake1999p264"/> || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999pp270-271"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Wick]]
|-
| [[No. 1406 Flight RAF|No. 1406 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Wick]]
|-
| [[No. 1408 Flight RAF|No. 1408 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Wick]]
|}
;[[No. 19 Group RAF]] (GR), under command of  Air Commodore G.R. Bromet, CBE, DSO<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Aircraft !!Station
|-
| [[No. 22 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufort]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 86 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufort]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 209 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[RAF Pembroke Dock]]
|-
| [[No. 217 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufort]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 224 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 254 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF Carew Cheriton]]
|-
| [[No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p264"/> || [[Armstrong Whitworth Whitley]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 10 Squadron RAAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Mount Batten]]
|-
| [[No. 1404 Flight RAF|No. 1404 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 1417 Flight RAF|No. 1417 (Leigh Light Trials) Flight RAF]]<ref>Lake 1999, pp. 87-88.</ref> || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Chivenor]]
|-
| [[No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF]] || [[Bristol Blenheim]] || [[RAF St Eval]] (B Flight)
|}
;[[AHQ Gibraltar]], under command of Air Commodore S.P. Simpson, CBE, MC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 202 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]]/[[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[RAF Gibraltar]]
|}
;[[AHQ Iceland]], under command of Air Commodore W.H. Primrose, CBE, DFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixIV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
!Squadron!!Type of Aircraft!!Station
|-
| [[No. 269 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[Kaldadarnes, Iceland|RAF Kaldadarnes]]
|-
| [[No. 330 Squadron RNoAF|No. 330 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p257">Lake 1999, p. 257.</ref> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Reykjavik]]
|-
| [[No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999pp270-271"/> || [[Armstrong Whitworth Whitley]] || [[RAF Reykjavik]]
|-
| [[No. 1407 Flight RAF|No. 1407 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Reykjavik]]
|-
| [[VP-73]] ([[United States Navy]])<ref name="Cat">{{Cite web|url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_PBY_catalina_US_service.html|title = Consolidated PBY Catalina in US Navy Service}}</ref> || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] || [[RAF Reykjavik]]
|}
==15 February 1943==
;[[No. 15 Group RAF]] under command of Air Vice Marshal T.A. Langford-Sainsbury, OBE, DFC, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV">Ashworth 1992, Appendix V</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 120 Squadron RAF]] || [[B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF Aldergrove]]
|-
| [[No. 201 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Castle Archdale]]
|-
| [[No. 206 Squadron RAF]] || [[B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing Fortress]] || [[RAF Benbecula]]
|-
| [[No. 220 Squadron RAF]] || [[B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing Fortress]] || [[RAF Aldergrove]]
|-
| [[No. 228 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Castle Archdale]]
|-
| [[No. 246 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Bowmore]]
|-
| [[No. 407 (Demon) Squadron RCAF]]<ref>name="RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Kostenuk, Griffin"</ref> || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Chivenor]]
|-
| [[No. 422 Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="ReferenceA">name=RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Kostenuk, Griffin</ref> || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Bowmore]]
|-
| [[No. 423 Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Castle Archdale]]
|-
| [[No. 1402 Flight RAF|No. 1402 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Gloster Gladiator]]/[[Supermarine Spitfire]]/[[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Aldergrove]]
|}
;[[No. 16 Group RAF]], under command of Air Vice Marshal B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 53 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Docking]]
|-
| [[No. 86 Squadron RAF]] || [[B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|-
| [[No. 143 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF North Coates]]
|-
| [[No. 236 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF North Coates]]
|-
| [[No. 254 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF North Coates]]
|-
| [[No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p256"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 407 (Demon) Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p259"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Docking]]
|-
| [[No. 521 Squadron RAF|No. 521 (Meteorological) Squadron RAF]] || [[Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants)|Supermarine Spitfire]]{{#tag:ref|This unit was formed from No. 1401 (Meteorological) Flight in August 1942. One flight was equipped with Spitfire PR.IVs, one of Mosquito PR.IVs and one of Hudsons.<ref name="Mat0721">Matusiak 2007, p. 21.</ref>|group=nb}}/[[de Havilland Mosquito]]/[[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 540 Squadron RAF]] || [[de Havilland Mosquito]] || [[RAF Benson]]
|-
| [[No. 541 Squadron RAF]] || [[Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants)|Supermarine Spitfire]]{{#tag:ref|541, 542 and 543 Sqns were all formed from [[1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit|1 PRU]] on 19 October 1942; each was equipped with the Spitfire PR.Mk.IV.<ref name="Mat0721"/>|group=nb}} || [[RAF Benson]]
|-
| [[No. 542 Squadron RAF]] || [[Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants)|Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF Benson]]
|-
| [[No. 543 Squadron RAF]] || [[Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants)|Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF Benson]]
|-
| [[No. 544 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Wellington]]/[[Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF Benson]]
|-
| [[833 Naval Air Squadron|No. 833 Squadron FAA]] || [[Fairey Swordfish]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|-
| [[836 Naval Air Squadron|No. 836 Squadron FAA]] || [[Fairey Swordfish]] || [[RAF Thorney Island]]
|}
;[[No. 17 Group RAF]], under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
|Numerous Training Units||N/A||
|}
;[[No. 18 Group RAF]], under command of Air Vice Marshal A.B. Ellwood, CB, DSC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 144 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 190 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[Sullom Voe|RAF Sullom Voe]]
|-
| [[No. 235 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 455 Squadron RAAF]]<ref name="Lake1992p262">Lake 1999, p. 262.</ref> || [[Handley Page Hampden]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 489 (RNZAF) Squadron]]<ref name="Lake1999p264"/> || [[Handley Page Hampden]] || [[RAF Wick]]
|-
| [[No. 540 Squadron RAF]] || [[de Havilland Mosquito]] || [[RAF Leuchars]]
|-
| [[No. 547 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Tain]]
|-
| [[No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999pp270-271"/> || [[Armstrong Whitworth Whitley]] || [[RAF Wick]]
|-
| [[No. 1406 Flight RAF|No. 1406 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Supermarine Spitfire]]/[[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Wick]]
|-
| [[No. 1408 Flight RAF|No. 1408 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Handley Page Hampden]] || [[RAF Wick]]
|-
| [[No. 1477 (Norwegian) Flight RAF]]<ref>Lake 1999, p. 90.</ref> || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[Woodhaven, Fife|RAF Woodhaven]]
|}
;[[No. 19 Group RAF]], under command of Air Vice Marshal G.R. Bromet, CB, CBE, DSO<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 58 Squadron RAF]] || [[Armstrong Whitworth Whitley]]/[[Handley Page Halifax]] || [[RAF Holmsley South]]
|-
| [[No. 59 Squadron RAF]] || [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing Fortress]] || [[RAF Chivenor]]
|-
| [[No. 119 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[RAF Pembroke Dock]]
|-
| [[No. 172 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Chivenor]]
|-
| [[No. 179 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Skitten]]
|-
| [[No. 210 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[RAF Pembroke Dock]]
|-
| [[No. 224 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF Beaulieu]]
|-
| [[No. 248 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Predannack Down]]
|-
| [[No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron|''304 Dywizjon Bombowy'']] ([[Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain|Polish Air Forces]]) <ref name="Lake 1999, p. 255">Lake 1999, p. 255.</ref> || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Dale]]
|-
| [[No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake 1999, pp. 255-256">Lake 1999, pp. 255-256.</ref> || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Talbenny]]
|-
| [[No. 404 (Buffalo) Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p259"/> || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Chivenor]]
|-
| [[No. 405 (Vancouver) Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p259"/> || [[Handley Page Halifax]] || [[RAF Beaulieu]]
|-
| [[No. 461 Squadron RAAF]]<ref name="Lake1992p262"/> || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Hamworthy]]
|-
| [[No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p264"/> || [[Armstrong Whitworth Whitley]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 543 Squadron RAF]] || [[Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants)|Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 1404 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]]/[[Lockheed Ventura]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 10 OTU]]<ref>Lake 1999, p. 146.</ref> || [[Armstrong Whitworth Whitley]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 10 Squadron RAAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Mount Batten]]
|-
| No. 1 AS (Anti-Submarine) Squadron, [[USAAF]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| No. 2 AS (Anti-Submarine) Squadron, [[USAAF]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|}
;[[AHQ Gibraltar]], under command of Air Commodore S.P. Simpson, CBE, MC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
!Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 48 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Gibraltar]] (North Front)
|-
| [[No. 179 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Gibraltar]] (North Front)
|-
| [[No. 202 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[RAF Gibraltar]] (Harbour)
|-
| [[No. 210 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[RAF Gibraltar]] (Harbour)
|-
| [[No. 233 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Gibraltar]] (North Front)
|-
| [[No. 544 Squadron RAF]] || [[Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants)|Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF Gibraltar]] (North Front)
|}
;[[AHQ Iceland]], under command of Air Commodore K.B. Lloyd, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
!Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 120 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF Reykjavik]]
|-
| [[No. 269 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Reykjavik]]
|-
| [[No. 330 Squadron RNoAF|No. 330 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p257"/> ||[[Northrop N-3PB]] || [[RAF Reykjavik]]
|-
| [[No. 1407 Flight RAF|No. 1407 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Reykjavik]]
|-
| [[VPB-84|VP-84 U.S. Navy]]<ref name="Cat"/> || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] || [[RAF Reykjavik]]
|}
==6 June 1944==
;[[No. 15 Group RAF]] under command of Air Vice Marshal Sir [[Leonard Slatter]], KBE, CB, DSC, DFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 59 Squadron RAF]] || [[B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF Ballykelly]]
|-
| [[No. 120 Squadron RAF]] || [[B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF Ballykelly]]
|-
| [[No. 281 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Warwick]] ([[Air-sea rescue|ASR]]) || [[Tiree|RAF Tiree]]
|-
| [[No. 422 Squadron RCAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Castle Archdale]]
|-
| [[No. 423 Squadron RCAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Castle Archdale]]
|-
| [[No. 518 Squadron RAF]] || [[Handley Page Halifax]] ([[Meteorology|Met]]) || [[Tiree|RAF Tiree]]
|-
| [[No. 1402 Flight RAF|No. 1402 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Gloster Gladiator]]/[[Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF Aldergrove]]
|}
;[[No. 16 Group RAF]], under command of Air Vice Marshal [[F.L. Hopps]], CB, CBE, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 143 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Manston]]
|-
| [[No. 236 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF North Coates]]
|-
| [[No. 254 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF North Coates]]
|-
| [[No. 279 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]] ([[Air-sea rescue|ASR]]) || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 280 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Warwick]] ([[Air-sea rescue|ASR]]) || [[RAF Strubby]] (Det. at [[RAF Thornaby]])
|-
| [[No. 415 (Swordfish) Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p260"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Bircham Newton]]
|-
| [[No. 455 Squadron RAAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Langham]]
|-
| [[No. 489 Squadron RNZAF|No. 489 (RNZAF) Squadron]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Langham]]
|-
| [[No. 521 Squadron RAF|No. 521 (Meteorological) Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Ventura]]/[[Gloster Gladiator]] || [[RAF Docking]]
|-
| [[819 Naval Air Squadron|No. 819 Squadron FAA]] || [[Fairey Swordfish]] || [[RAF Manston]]
|-
| [[848 Naval Air Squadron|No. 848 Squadron FAA]] || [[Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman Avenger]] || [[RAF Manston]]
|-
| [[854 Naval Air Squadron|No. 854 Squadron FAA]] || [[Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman Avenger]] || [[RAF Hawkinge]]
|-
| [[855 Naval Air Squadron|No. 855 Squadron FAA]] || [[Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman Avenger]] || [[RAF Hawkinge]]
|-
| [[No. 1401 Flight RAF|No. 1401 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF Manston]]
|}
;[[No. 17 Group RAF]], under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/><ref>See also Order of battle 6 June 1944, including Nos 4,5,6,7,9, 131, 132 OTUs and . [http://niehorster.org/017_britain/44-06-06_Neptune/Air/z-air_Group-017.htm].</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
|[[No. 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF]] || ||
|-
|Numerous Training Units||N/A||
|}
;[[No. 18 Group RAF]], under command of Air Vice Marshal S.P. Simpson, CB, CBE, MC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 86 Squadron RAF]] || [[B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF Tain]]
|-
| [[No. 210 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[Sullom Voe|RAF Sullom Voe]]
|-
| [[No. 281 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Warwick]] ([[Air-sea rescue|ASR]]) || [[Great Orton|RAF Gt Orton]]/[[RAF Wick]]/[[RAF Sumburgh]] (Dets.)
|-
| [[No. 330 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[Sullom Voe|RAF Sullom Voe]]
|-
| [[No. 333 Squadron RAF]] || [[de Havilland Mosquito]]/[[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[RAF Sumburgh]]/[[RAF Leuchars]]/[[Woodhaven, Fife|RAF Woodhaven]]
|-
| [[No. 521 Squadron RAF|No. 521 (Meteorological) Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Ventura]]/[[Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF Skitten]]
|-
| [[No. 1693 Flight RAF|No. 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p99">Lake 1999, p. 99.</ref> || [[Avro Anson]] || [[RAF Wick]]
|}
;[[No. 19 Group RAF]], under command of Air Vice Marshal B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 53 Squadron RAF]] || [[B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 58 Squadron RAF]] || [[Handley Page Halifax]] || [[St David's|RAF St David's]]
|-
| [[No. 144 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Davidstow Moor]]
|-
| [[No. 172 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Chivenor]]
|-
| [[No. 179 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[Predannack Airfield|RAF Predannack]]
|-
| [[No. 201 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Pembroke Dock]]
|-
| [[No. 206 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 224 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 228 Squadron RAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Pembroke Dock]]
|-
| [[No. 235 Squadron RAF]] || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Portreath]]
|-
| [[No. 248 Squadron RAF]] || [[de Havilland Mosquito]] || [[RAF Portreath]]
|-
| [[No. 282 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Warwick]] ([[Air-sea rescue|ASR]]) || [[RAF Davidstow Moor]]
|-
| [[No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron|''304 Dywizjon Bombowy'']] ([[Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain|Polish Air Forces]])<ref name="Lake 1999, p. 255"/> || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Chivenor]]
|-
| [[No. 311 Squadron RAF|No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake 1999, pp. 255-256"/> || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[Predannack Airfield|RAF Predannack]]
|-
| [[No. 404 Squadron RCAF|No. 404 (Buffalo) Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p259"/> || [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || [[RAF Davidstow Moor]]
|-
| [[No. 407 Squadron RCAF|No. 407 (Goose) Squadron RCAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p259"/> || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Chivenor]]
|-
| [[No. 461 Squadron RAAF]]<ref name="Lake1992p262"/> || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Pembroke Dock]]
|-
| [[No. 502 Squadron RAF|No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p264"/> || [[Handley Page Halifax]] || [[St David's|RAF St David's]]
|-
| [[No. 517 Squadron RAF]] || [[Handley Page Halifax]] ([[Meteorology|Met]]) || [[RAF Brawdy]]
|-
| [[No. 524 Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Davidstow Moor]]
|-
| [[No. 547 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated Liberator]] || [[RAF St Eval]]
|-
| [[No. 612 Squadron RAF|No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAF]] || [[Vickers Wellington]] || [[RAF Chivenor]]
|-
| [[No. 10 Squadron RAAF]] || [[Short Sunderland]] || [[RAF Mount Batten]]
|-
| [[816 Naval Air Squadron|No. 816 Squadron FAA]] || [[Fairey Swordfish]] || [[RAF Perranporth]]
|-
| [[838 Naval Air Squadron|No. 838 Squadron FAA]] || [[Fairey Swordfish]] || [[RAF Harrowbeer]]
|-
| [[849 Naval Air Squadron|No. 849 Squadron FAA]] || [[Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman Avenger]] || [[RAF Perranporth]]
|-
| [[850 Naval Air Squadron|No. 850 Squadron FAA]] || [[Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman Avenger]] || [[RAF Perranporth]]
|-
| [[VPB-103|US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-103]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|PB4Y-1 Privateer]] || [[RAF Dunkeswell]]
|-
| [[VPB-105|US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-105]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|PB4Y-1 Privateer]] || [[RAF Dunkeswell]]
|-
| [[VPB-110|US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-110]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|PB4Y-1 Privateer]] || [[RAF Dunkeswell]]
|-
| [[VP-26|US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-114]] || [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|PB4Y-1 Privateer]] || [[RAF Dunkeswell]]
|}
;[[No. 106 Group RAF]], under command of Air Commodore J.N. Boothman, CB, DFC, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 540 Squadron RAF]] || [[de Havilland Mosquito]] || [[RAF Benson]]
|-
| [[No. 541 Squadron RAF]] || [[Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF Benson]] (Det. at [[RAF St Eval]])
|-
| [[No. 542 Squadron RAF]] || [[Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[RAF Benson]]
|-
| [[No. 544 Squadron RAF]] || [[de Havilland Mosquito]] || [[RAF Benson]]
|}
;[[No. 247 Group RAF]], under command of Air Vice Marshal [[Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet|G R Bromet]] {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|DSO|DL}}<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
! Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 220 Squadron RAF]] || [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] || [[Lajes Field|RAF Lagens]], [[Azores]]
|-
| [[No. 269 Squadron RAF]] || [[Lockheed Hudson]]/[[Supermarine Walrus]]/[[Supermarine Spitfire]] || [[Lajes Field|RAF Lagens]], [[Azores]]
|}
;[[AHQ Gibraltar]], under command of Air Vice Marshal W. Elliott, CB, CBE, DFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
!Squadron !! Type of aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 202 Squadron RAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Catalina]] || [[RAF Gibraltar]] (New Camp)
|-
| [[No. 520 Squadron RAF]] || [[Handley Page Halifax]]/[[Gloster Gladiator]] (Met) || [[RAF Gibraltar]] (North Front)
|}
;[[AHQ Iceland]], under command of Air Commodore C.G. Wigglesworth, AFC<ref name="Ashworth1992AppendixV"/>
{|class="wikitable"
!Squadron !! Type of Aircraft !! Station
|-
| [[No. 162 Squadron RCAF]] || [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated Canso]] || Skerja Fjord, [[Reykjavík]]
|-
| [[No. 1407 Flight RAF|No. 1407 (Meteorological) Flight RAF]]<ref name="Lake1999p87"/> || [[Lockheed Hudson]] || [[RAF Reykjavik]]
|}
==References==
;Footnotes
{{Reflist|2|group=nb}}
;Citations
{{Reflist|30em}}
;Bibliography
{{Refbegin}}
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* Blumenson, Martin & Greenfield, Ken. ''Command Decisions''. United States Government Printing. 1984. {{ISBN|978-0-16-001912-8}}
* [[John Buckley (historian)|Buckley, John]]. ''The RAF and Trade Defence, 1919–1945: Constant Endeavour''. Ryburn Publishing. 1995. {{ISBN|1-85331-069-7}}
* [[John Buckley (historian)|Buckley, John]]. ''Air Power in the Age of Total War''. UCL Press. 1998. {{ISBN|1-85728-589-1}}.
* Blair, Clay. ''Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939–1942'' Cassel & Co. 1996. {{ISBN|0-304-35260-8}}
* Blair, Clay. ''Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942–1945''. Cassel & Co. 1996. {{ISBN|0-304-35261-6}}
* Bowyer, Chaz. ''Coastal Command at War''. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1979. {{ISBN|0-7110-0980-5}}.
* Corum, James. ''The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War, 1918–1940''. Kansas University Press. 1997. {{ISBN|978-0-7006-0836-2}}
* [[Philip Joubert de la Ferté|de la Ferté, Philiip Joubert]]. ''The Birds and the Fishes: The Story of Coastal Command''. Hutchinson. 1960. (No ISBN)
* Delve, Ken. ''The Source Book of the RAF''. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1994. {{ISBN|1-85310-451-5}}.
* Forczyk, Robert. ''Fw 200 Condor Vs Atlantic Convoys, 1941–1943''. Osprey Publications. 2010. {{ISBN|978-1-84603-917-1}}
* [[Christina Goulter|Goulter, Christina]]. ''A Forgotten Offensive: Royal Air Force Coastal Command's Anti-Shipping Campaign, 1940–1945''. Frank & Cass. London. 2005. {{ISBN|0-7146-4147-2}}.
* Hendrie, Andrew. ''The Cinderella Service: RAF Coastal Command 1939–1945''. Pen & Sword Aviation. 2006. {{ISBN|978-1-84415-346-6}}.
* Hyde, H. Montgomery. ''British Air Policy Between the Wars, 1918–1939''. Heineman 1977. {{ISBN|0-434-47983-7}}.
* Kostenuk S. Griffin J. ''RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft'', Samuel Stevens Hakkert & Company, 1977. {{ISBN|0-88866-577-6}}
* Lake, Alan. ''Flying Units of the RAF: The ancestry, formation and disbandment of all flying units from 1912''. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. {{ISBN|1-84037-086-6}}.
* March, Daniel J. ''British Warplanes of World War II''. Rochester, Kent, UK: Grange Books, 1998. {{ISBN|1-84013-391-0}}.
* Matusiak, Wojtek. ''Merlin  PR Spitfires'' (Classic Warbirds No. 10). Wellington, New Zealand: Ventura Publications, 2007. {{ISBN|0-9582296-2-7}}.
* Nesbit, Roy Conyers. ''Coastal Command in Action, 1939–1945''. Budding Books. 2000 (2nd Edition). {{ISBN|1-84015-112-9}}
* Rawlings, John D.R. ''Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft''. London, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1982. {{ISBN|0-7106-0187-5}}.
* Saunders, Hilary Aidan St. George and Denis Richards. ''Royal Air Force, 1939–1945. Volume III: The Fight is Won''. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1975. {{ISBN|0-11-771594-8}}.
* [[John Terraine|Terraine, John]]. ''Business in Great Waters: The U-Boat Wars, 1916–1945''. Leo Cooper. London. 1989. {{ISBN|0-85052-760-0}}
{{Refend}}
==External links==
* http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_PBY_catalina_US_service.html
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