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List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units

Ensign of the Royal Air Force

The following is a list of Royal Air Force Maintenance Units (MU). The majority of MUs were previously Equipment Depots (ED), Storage Depots (SD) and Aircraft Storage Units (ASU)s.

No. 1 MU – No. 100 MU

No. 101 MU – No. 200 MU

No. 201 MU – No. 300 MU

No. 301 MU – No. 400 MU

A Japanese Aichi E13A reconnaissance seaplane is loaded aboard a flatbed truck at Seletar Airport, Singapore, by members of 126 Repair and Salvage Unit (RAF).

No. 401 MU – No. 500 MU

No. 1 (India) MU – No. 10 (India) MU

See also

References

Citations

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  53. ^ a b c "RAF Colerne". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
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  59. ^ "History of Hawarden Airfield". Chester Hawarden Airport. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  60. ^ National Archives – A History of 49 MU: RAF Henlow
  61. ^ National Archives – A History of 49 MU: RAF Faygate
  62. ^ National Archives – A History of 49 MU: RAF Lasham
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  64. ^ "RAF Cardiff". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  65. ^ "Splott Aerodrome, Cardiff Municipal Airport, RAF Cardiff, RAF Pengam Moor, Splott". Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  66. ^ a b "RAF Bungay airfield". Control Towers. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  67. ^ Bowyer 1979, p. 196.
  68. ^ National Archives – A History of 54 MU: RAF Cambridge
  69. ^ "RAF Newmarket". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  70. ^ National Archives – A History of 55 MU: Ballmenoch House
  71. ^ "RAF Longman (Inverness Town)". Morayvia. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  72. ^ "VH-APG. Short S-25 Sandringham 7. c/n SH-57C". Aussie Airliners. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  73. ^ National Archives – A History of 58 MU: RAF Newark
  74. ^ "Stations-S". www.rafweb.org.
  75. ^ "RAF Skellingthorpe". raf-lincolnshire.info. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  76. ^ "Stations-N". www.rafweb.org.
  77. ^ "Stations-C". www.rafweb.org.
  78. ^ "Stations-H". www.rafweb.org.
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  80. ^ "Stations-S". www.rafweb.org.
  81. ^ a b c d "Account of RAF Aircraft Engineer Joe Bosher (serving from late 1956 with No. 58 Aircraft Maintenance Unit RAF) stationed at RAF Sutton Bridge". Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  82. ^ airfieldinformationexchange – Carnaby: Salvage Centre
  83. ^ National Archives – A History of 59 MU: Newland
  84. ^ National Archives – A History of 60 MU: RAF Tolerton
  85. ^ "RAF Shipton SE550590". Brian Pears. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  86. ^ "Bomber Command – Rufforth". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  87. ^ "RAF Dishforth". Air of Authority. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  88. ^ "Preservation Projects". The Lightning Association. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  89. ^
    Sub-site at RAF Bircotes from 1944 to 1948
    "RAF Cranage 1945". Royal Air Force Cranage Association. Retrieved 31 May 2012."RAF Cranage 1954". Royal Air Force Cranage Association. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  90. ^ "RAF Wilmslow – Recollections". The Wilmslow Website. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  91. ^ "RAF Helensburgh". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  92. ^ "Historical Information about Spitfire LA198". Glasgow Life. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  93. ^ National Archives – A History of 63 MU: RAF Woolsington
  94. ^ National Archives – A History of 64 MU: Ruslip
  95. ^ National Archives – A History of 64 MU: RAF Hatfield
  96. ^ National Archives – A History of 66 MU: Cuckney
  97. ^ "RAF Church Lawford". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  98. ^ "RAF Wellesbourne Mountford". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  99. ^ "RAF Woodcote 70 MU 1941–1959". Mycetes. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  100. ^ "Bicester". WW2 Airfields of Oxfordshire. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  101. ^ Francis 2007, p. 19.
  102. ^ National Archives – A History of 72 MU: Salcey Forest
  103. ^ National Archives – A History of 73 MU: Okehampton
  104. ^ National Archives – A History of 74 MU: Bough Beech
  105. ^ "A unique collection of Spitfire Memorabilia". Skyfield. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  106. ^ National Archives – A History of 77 MU: Redcastle
  107. ^ National Archives – A History of 79 MU: Lentran House
  108. ^ a b c "RAF Acaster Malbis". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  109. ^ National Archives – A History of 81 MU: Bowes Moor
  110. ^ a b "RAF Lichfield". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  111. ^ "RAF Woolsington". The Wartime Memories Project. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  112. ^ "RAF Calshot". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  113. ^ National Archives – A History of 85 MU: RAF Felixstowe
  114. ^ "RAF Manston". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  115. ^ National Archives – A History of 87 MU: RAF York
  116. ^ National Archives – A History of 88 MU: Meikle Ferry
  117. ^ National Archives – A History of 89 MU
  118. ^ "Riccall". Airfields In Yorkshire. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  119. ^ "RAF Marston Moor". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  120. ^ "RAF Melbourne". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  121. ^ "RAF Middleton St George". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  122. ^ "92 Maintenance Unit, formed at Brafferton August 1939; disbanded December 1947 (MU UK)..." discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  123. ^ a b "92 Maintenance Unit". RAF-Lincolnshire.Info. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  124. ^ "RAF Faldingworth (92 Maintenance Unit) Nuclear Bomb Store (Permanent Ammunition Depot)". Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  125. ^ "93 Maintenance Unit". RAF-Lincolnshire.Info. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  126. ^ "RAF Rackheath". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
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  128. ^ Bowyer 1979, p. 175.
  129. ^ "RAF Ridgewell". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  130. ^ "RAF Nuthampstead". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  131. ^ "Airport History". London Oxford Airport. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  132. ^ "RAF Faldingworth". Bomber County Aviation Resource. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  133. ^ National Archives – A History of 98 MU: Mawcarse
  134. ^ National Archives – A History of 98 MU: Fordoun
  135. ^ "RAF High Ercall". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  136. ^ "RAF South Witham". RAF Lincolnshire.info. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  137. ^ "RAF Helwan". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  138. ^ a b "RAF Aboukir". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  139. ^ a b "RAF Abu Sueir". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  140. ^ "RAF Amiriya/Amriya". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  141. ^ "RAF Akrotiri". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  142. ^ West National Archives – A History of 104 MU: Geraif West
  143. ^ The National Archives, Kew, London. AIR 29/2052
  144. ^ National Archives – A History of 105 MU: Addis Ababa
  145. ^ National Archives – A History of 106 MU: El Khanka
  146. ^ "Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939–1943". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  147. ^ National Archives – A History of 108 MU: LG222
  148. ^ "RAF Fayid". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  149. ^ National Archives – A History of 110 MU: Fort St Lucien
  150. ^ "Victor Flack – Part 5 – RAF to 1945". BBC History – WW2 People's War. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  151. ^ "No. 113 Maintenance Unit RAF – Badge Awarded January 1960". Royal Air Force Heraldry Trust. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  152. ^ "RAF Nicosia". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  153. ^ Royal Air Force (30 June 1944). "Index card for file for 114 Maintenance Unit, formed at Wadi Seidna (Egypt) April 1942; [disbanded February 1943] (AIR 29/1043)". The National Archives (United Kingdom).
  154. ^ "RAF Wadi Saidna". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  155. ^ "RAF Steamer Point". Radfan Hunters. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  156. ^ "RAF Habbaniya". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  157. ^ "RAF Takoradi". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  158. ^ "RAF Elmas". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  159. ^ "RAF Kabrit". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  160. ^ "RAF Basrah". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  161. ^ "RAF Catania". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  162. ^ "RAF Shaibah". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  163. ^ "British units serving in Palestine 1945–1948". Britain's Small Wars. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  164. ^ National Archives – A History of 121 MU: Fuka
  165. ^ National Archives – A History of 123 MU: Aqir
  166. ^ National Archives – A History of 124 MU: Burg-el-Arab
  167. ^ National Archives – A History of 125 MU: Habbaniya
  168. ^ National Archives – A History of 126 MU: Zubair
  169. ^ National Archives – A History of 127 MU: Zubair
  170. ^ National Archives – A History of 128 MU: Fayid
  171. ^ National Archives – A History of 129 MU: Gaza
  172. ^ National Archives – A History of 130 MU: Helwan
  173. ^ National Archives – A History of 131 MU: Khormaksar
  174. ^ National Archives – A History of 132 MU: 132MU
  175. ^ National Archives – A History of 133 MU: Eastleigh
  176. ^ National Archives – A History of 134 MU: Ahwaz
  177. ^ National Archives – A History of 135 MU: LG.237
  178. ^ National Archives – A History of 136 MU: Burg El Arab
  179. ^ National Archives – A History of 141 MU: Qena
  180. ^ National Archives – A History of 143 MU: Hamrun
  181. ^ National Archives – A History of 144 MU: Maison Blanche
  182. ^ National Archives – A HIstory of 145 MU: Casablanca
  183. ^ National Archives – A History of 146 MU: Sidi Tabet
  184. ^ National Archives – A History of 151 MU: Seletar
  185. ^ National Archives – A History of 152 MU: Bukit
  186. ^ National Archives – A HIstory of 153 MU: Kuala Lumpur
  187. ^ National Archives – A History of 154 MU: Mingaladon
  188. ^ National Archives – A History of 155 MU: Setif
  189. ^ National Archives – A History of 159 MU: Mellaha
  190. ^ National Archives – A History of 16 MU: Aqir
  191. ^ National Archives – A History of 161 MU: Fayid
  192. ^ National Archives – A History of 162 MU: Setif
  193. ^ National Archives – A HIstory of 163 MU: Ras el Ma
  194. ^ National Archives – A History of 164 MU: Tunis
  195. ^ National Archives – A History of 165 MU: Gilgil
  196. ^ National Archives – A History of 166 MU: Nicosia
  197. ^ National Archives – A History of 167 MU: Sidi Ahmed
  198. ^ "Repair and Salvage Units".
  199. ^ Diary LAC A Richardson, 1230298
  200. ^ a b National Archives – A History of 176 MU: Hastings
  201. ^ a b Halpenny 1981, p. 136.
  202. ^ Halpenny 1981, p. 105.
  203. ^ Halpenny 1981, p. 172.
  204. ^ Halpenny 1981, p. 37.
  205. ^ Halpenny 1981, p. 161.
  206. ^ a b Bowyer 1979, p. 166.
  207. ^ Halpenny 1981, p. 153.
  208. ^ "Morpeth (Stannington)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  209. ^ Bowyer 1979, p. 184.
  210. ^ a b c Bowyer 1979, p. 185.
  211. ^ Bowyer 1979, p. 144.
  212. ^ Bowyer 1979, p. 172.
  213. ^ Bowyer 1979, p. 195.
  214. ^ "Stations-T".
  215. ^ "MAINTENANCE COMMAND". indianairforce.nic.in. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  216. ^ "322 Maintenance Unit and the demolition of SEAC Liberators". www.rquirk.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  217. ^ Wigmore, Paul (13 December 2013). "Tagore: the Long Walk". Personal website. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  218. ^ Original RAF group photo of 51 RAF and Indian personnel, clearly titled (including the name of the now closed photo studio and photographer), shot in July 1946 but unable to provide due to copyright restrictions.
  219. ^ "351 Maintenance Unit (MU), Hussein Dey (Algeria). Includes photograph and dedication".
  220. ^ "No. 351 M.U., R.A.F.: Reports".
  221. ^ Halpenny 1981, p. 188.
  222. ^ Sgt A Findlay memories of 420 RSU.

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