Appendix XII
Equipment and Location of British Fighter Squadrons
8th August, 1940

Squadron Equipment War Station

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

MOVES OF SQUADRONS, 8TH-23RD AUGUST, I 94O

9th August: No. 266 from Wittering to Hornchurch.

13th August: No. 602 (City of Glasgow) from non-operational to West-hampnett, exchanging with No. 145.

14th August: No. 74 from Hornchurch to Wittering; No. 249 from Church Fenton to Middle Wallop.

19th August: No. 616 (South Yorkshire) from Leconfield to Kenley, exchanging with No. 64; No. 85 from Debden Sector to Croydon, exchanging with No. 111; No. 17 from Debden to Tangmere, exchanging with No. 601 (County of London).

22nd August: No. 264 from Kirton-in-Lindsey to Hornchurch, exchanging with No. 266.

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