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

NameAirfields usedEquipment servicedNotes
No. 1 MURAF Kidbrooke between 9 April 1938 and 15 February 1947.Repair Depot
No. 1 Heavy Glider MURAF Netheravon between May 1943 and June 1946.Repair Depot
No. 2 MURAF Broadheath between 9 April 1938 and 15 March 1957. No. 2 Sub site at Pulham between 9 April 1938 and 12 August 1940. Sub site at Ridge Quarry, Corsham between 9 April 1938 and 31 December 1939. Satellite at RAF Bridleway Gate between 10 January 1944 and 10 May 1946. Sub site at Grange Quarry, Holywell between August 1939 and 15 March 1957. RAF Sealand between 15 March 1959 and 30 June 1969. Sub site at Ridge Quarry, Holywell between October 1959 and 30 June 1969.Ammunition Depot (1950–59) Packing Depot (1959–??) Equipment Depot Equipment Supply Depot (1963–69)Disbanded to become sub site of 7 MU
No. 3 MURAF Milton between 9 April 1938 and 31 December 1959. Sub site at RAF Akeman Street between 9 April 1938 and January 1947. Sub site at RAF Bicester between May 1947 and 20 May 1958. Sub site at RAF Chessington between 15 April 1943 and 1 August 1945. Sub site at RAF Chilbolton between 18 October 1945 and 11 June 1948. Sub site at RAF Chipping Norton between 29 October 1945 and 3 October 1953. Sub site at RAF Croughton between 17 July 1946 and 30 June 1951. Sub site at RAF Gravesend between 17 February 1945 and 30 June 1951. Sub site at RAF Grove between 31 October 1948 and c.May 1953, 1 April 1955 and 31 December 1958. Sub site at RAF Hermitage (The Pinewood Brick & Tile Works) between November 1941 and ???? Sub site at RAF Kidlington between 31 July 1948 and 31 March 1955. Sub site at RAF Kingston Bagpuize between 8 December 1944 and 15 June 1954. Sub site at RAF Membury between ???? and 31 March 1955 Sub site at RAF West Ruislip between 1 May 1947 and 30 June 1959. Sub site at RAF Sawbridgeworth between 1 December 1944 and 30 April 1947 Sub site at RAF Shellingford between May 1947 and 30 June 1948. Sub site at RAF Stanmore Park between October 1946 and 31 October 1949. Sub site at RAF Titchfield between 15 April 1945 and 2 July 1945. Sub site at RAF Titchfield between 31 December 1946 and 31 January 1947. Sub site at RAF Weston-on-the-Green between 1 October 1945 and 31 December 1947. Sub site at RAF Woodcote between 31 October 1947 and 31 October 1949. Sub site at RAF Woodcote between ???? and 31 January 1959.Universal Equipment Department (1938–42) Aircraft Equipment Depot (1942–59)
No. 4 MURAF West Ruislip between 9 April 1938 and 28 February 1957. Sub site at RAF Stanmore Park between 1 November 1939 and ???? Sub site at RAF Stanmore Park between 1 November 1949 and 28 February 1957.Repair Depot
No. 5 MURAF Kemble between 22 June 1938 and 31 March 1983. Sub site at RAF Berrow between November 1941 and September 1942 Sub site at RAF Beechwood Park between May 1941 and 17 Mar 1943 Sub site at Bush Barn between 22 September 1941 and February 1943 Sub site at RAF Barnsley Park between 19 August 1942 and September 1945 Sub site at RAF Aston Down between 30 September 1960 and 31 March 1983.Aircraft Storage Unit (1938–63): Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys and Tiger Moths. Aircraft Supply & Servicing Depot (1963–83)Disbanded 1983 to become USAF maintenance base, closed 1992.
No. 6 MURAF Brize Norton between 10 October 1938 and 31 December 1951. Sub site at RAF Barnsley Park between 1 July 1941 and 19 Aug 1942. Sub site at RAF Barton Abbey between February 1943 and February 1945. Sub site at Woburn Park between 1 July 1941 and 25 February 1943. Sub site at Woburn Park between Jan or Nov 1944 and May 1945. Sub site at RAF Watchfield between December 1940 and October 1941. Sub site at RAF Chipping Warden between 6 January 1946 and 11 December 1949. Sub site at RAF Market Harborough between 28 April 1947 and 5 October 1949.Aircraft Storage Unit Airspeed Horsas, Airspeed Oxfords, de Havilland Dragon Dominies. Bristol Blenheims, Handley Page Hampdens, Supermarine Spitfires and Fairey Battles.Held German jets at some point while at Brize Norton. Transferred to USAF 1 January 1952.
No. 7 MURAF Quedgeley between 15 April 1939 and 15 March 1996. sub sites at : Aberporth 1940. Babdown Farm between 31 Jul 1945 and 30 Sep 1950. RAF Bibury between 1 Dec 1944 and 28 Feb 1950. Collaton Cross, Plymouth between 20 Aug and 22 Oct 1945. Enstone between 15 Jan and 28 Oct 1946. Llandaff between 26 May 1943 and 14 Apr 1947. Pucklechurch between 21 Apr and 19 Jul 1945 and 30 Nov 1946 to 10 Nov 1958. RAF Sealand between 1 Jul 1969 and Dec 1978. Staverton between 4 Jun 1945 and 11 Aug 1953. Stoke Orchard between 16 Sep 1946 and 6 Mar 1950. Titchfield between 31 Dec 1946 and 1 Feb 1947.Universal Equipment Depot (1939–42) Aircraft Equipment Depot (1942–63) Equipment Supply Depot (1963–96) Airspeed Oxfords.
No. 8 MURAF Little Rissington. between 7 Feb 1939 and 30 Jun 1957. SLG at Great Shefford Pembridge No. 28 Barton Abbey No. 34 Woburn Park Stoke Orchard Watchfield Worcester Purgatory Storage Units at: Hatfield Luton Portsmouth Rawcliffe Paper Mills Long Marston Honeybourne sub site at StavertonAircraft Storage Unit Airspeed Oxfords.
No. 9 MURAF Cosford between 15 March 1939 and 22 June 1956. No. 30 RAF Brockton between 1941 and unknown. No. 33 RAF Weston Park between October 1940 and Summer 1945. Temporary Dispersals at: Castle Bromwich between October 1939 and 1940 DesfordAircraft Storage and Repair Unit (1938–39) Aircraft Storage Unit (1939–56) Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys and Tiger Moths. Supermarine Spitfires and Vickers Wellingtons at RAF Brockton. Avro Ansons and Supermarine Spitfires at RAF Cosford. Supermarine Spitfires at RAF Weston Park.
No. 10 MURAF Hullavington. between 8 Jul 1938 and 31 Dec 1959. No. 23 Down Farm No. 31 Everleigh No. 14 Overley Park Temporary Dispersals at: Mousehold 1940 Yatesbury 1940 Townsend between October 1940 and September 1941 Benson 1940Aircraft Storage Unit: Airspeed Oxfords and Avro Ansons.
No. 11 MURAF Chilmark. between 20 Mar 1939 and 27 Jan 1995. Sub site at Charlton Hawthorne Sub site at Dinton, Long Newnton Sub site at Elm Park Quarry, Hawthorn Sub site at Groveley Woods Sub site at Ridge Quarry, CorshamExplosives Storage Unit Ammunition Storage Depot Ammunition Supply DepotAlso used by USAAF
No. 12 MURAF Kirkbride between 5 June 1939 and 30 June 1960. No. 39 RAF Brayton Park between 29 May 1942 and December 1945. No. 10 RAF Wath Head between early 1941 and 12 January 1944. No. 9 RAF Hornby HallAircraft Storage Unit Handley Page Hampdens, Percival Proctors, Airspeed Oxfords Airspeed Horsas. Handley Page Halifaxes, Vickers Wellingtons, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and Vultee A-31 Vengeances.
No. 13 MURAF Henlow between 1 June 1939 and 20 Jan 1948.Aircraft Repair Depot Miles Magisters, Airspeed Oxfords, Tiger Moths, Handley Page Halifaxs, Supermarine Spitfire, de Havilland Mosquitoes and Douglas Dakotas. but mainly Hawker Hurricanes.
No. 14 MURAF Carlisle between 26 Sep 1938 and 26 Sep 1996. Sub site at Annan Sub site at Bishopbriggs Sub site at Catfoss Sub site at Crosby-on-Eden Sub site at Dumfries Sub site at RAF Elvington Sub site at Gibb Hill Sub site at Grangemouth Sub site at RAF Lissett Sub site at Long Benton Sub site at Usworth Sub site at Sandysyke Sub site at WigtownUniversal Equipment Depot Aircraft Equipment Depot Equipment Storage Depot
No. 15 MURAF Wroughton between 1 Apr 1940 and 31 Mar 1972. No. 31 SLG No. 1 SLG No. 12 SLG Temporary dispersal at Bicester Purgatory Storage Units at: Cowley Coventry Hatfield ReadingPool Aircraft Storage Unit Aircraft Supply & Servicing Depot (1963–72) Avro Ansons.Became RNAY Wroughton
No. 16 MURAF Stafford between 1 December 1939 and 31 March 1999. Sub-site at Castle Bromwich Sub-site at Folkingham Sub-site at Foulsham Sub-site at RAF Hixon between July 1945 and 5 November 1957. Sub-site at North Witham Sub-site at RAF Sealand between December 1978 and June 1989. Sub-site at TilstockUniversal Equipment Depot (1939–42) Aircraft Equipment Depot (1942–63) Equipment Storage Depot (1963–99)disbanded 1999 to become DSDC Stafford. Closed 31 Mar 2006. Site now MoD Stafford.
No. 17 MUPitfour Castle, Perth, Scotland between August 1941 and August 1942 Glen Carse, Perthshire between August 1942 and September 1945Equipment ParkNote: was to be an Ammunition Depot as part of No. 42 Group in 1939 but not formed.
No. 18 MURAF Tinwald Downs between 17 June 1940 and 1957. No. 9 SLG RAF Hornby Hall. No. 10 SLG RAF Wath Head between 12 January 1944 and September 1945. No. 11 SLG RAF Low Eldrig. No. 27 SLG RAF Lennoxlove. No. 36Aircraft Storage Unit Airspeed Oxfords. Storing and scrapping Vickers Wellingtons, and Westland Whirlwinds.
No. 19 MURAF St Athan between 7 February 1939 and 1 November 1968. No. 6 SLG RAF St Brides between 15 December 1940 and July 1945. No. 7 SLG RAF Chepstow between 13 May 1941 and 21 February 1942.Aircraft Storage Unit Miles Magisters. Supermarine Spitfires at RAF Chepstow. Hawker Hurricanes, Bristol Beauforts and Bristol Beaufighters.Became the Aircraft Engineering Wing at St Athan in 1968.
No. 20 MURAF Aston Down from October 1938 until September 1960. No. 5 SLG RAF Berrow between 1941 and August 1942. Pembridge No. 14 SLG Purgatory Site Unit at Whitchurch Sub site at Abbots BromleyEquipment Storage Unit Aircraft Storage Unit Avro Ansons.Disbanded into 5 MU on 30 September 1960.
No. 21 MURAF Fauld between 1 June 1938 and 1966. RAF Fauld between 1967 and 1973. Sub site at RAF Abbots Bromley. RAF Tatenhill between January 1945 and 1947.Explosives Storage Unit MT Storage Unit Ammunition Storage Depot Ammunition Supply Depot (1963–66)RAF Fauld was severely damaged in explosion 1944.
No. 22 MURAF Silloth between 5 June 1939 and 31 December 1960. No. 9 SLG No. 8 SLGAircraft Storage Unit Airspeed Oxfords.
No. 23 MURAF Aldergrove between 1 December 1939 and April 1978. No. 16 SLG No. 17 SLG No. 18 SLG No. 19 SLG No. 20 SLG No. 101 SLGAurcraft Storage Unit Repair & Salvage Unit MT Storage Unit Aircraft Supply & Servicing Depot (1963–78) Airspeed Oxfords.
No. 24 MURAF Tern Hill between 10 March 1938 and 15 March 1951. No. 29 SLG No. 38 SLGRAF Stoke Heath between 1 June 1956 and 1 February 1959 Sub site at SealandAircraft Repair and Maintenance Depot (1938–42) Service Repair Depot (1942–51)DisbandedReformed No. 30, No. 34 & No. 291 MU's.
No. 25 MURAF Hartlebury between 1 September 1938 and . Sub site at Cardington Sub site at Chelveston Sub site at Edgehill Sub site at Halfpenny Green Sub site at Harrington Sub site at Madley Sub site at Melchbourne Park Sub site at Shobdon Sub site at Troston Sub site at Wythall Satellite at RAF Horham between October 1945 and October 1948.Universal Equipment Depot (1939–42) Aircraft Equipment Depot (1942–1963) Equipment Storage Depot (1963–1977). Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys.
No. 26 MUCowley (Repair Depot).Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys.
No. 26 MURAF Cardington between 10 February 1938 and 15 April 1947Balloon Repair Repair Depot
No. 27 MURAF Shawbury between 10 February 1938 and 1 July 1972 No. 37 SLG No. 21 SLG No. 29 SLG No. 33 SLG Temporary dispersals at: Elmdon AnstyAircraft Storage Unit (1938–63) Aircraft Supply & Servicing Depot (1963–72) Blenheims, Hurricanes Whitleys.Dealt with many types including fighters and bombers.
No. 28 MURAF Harpur Hill between 15 December 1939 and 31 October 1959. Sub site at RAF Ashbourne Sub site at Cairn Ryan Sub site at Darley Moor Sub site at Rowthorne TunnelExplosives Storage Unit Air Ammunition DepotUnderground munitions storage and RAF Mountain Rescue Team for the Peak District at RAF Harpur Hill 1939–1960.
No. 29 MURAF High Ercall between 1 October 1940 and 1 March 1957. No. 48 SLG No. 46 SLG No. 21 SLGAircraft Storage Unit
No. 30 MURAF Sealand between 1 August 1939 and 15 March 1951.RAf Stoke Heath between 15 March 1951 and 12 June 1956RAF Sealand between 1 February 1959 and unknown.Service Repair Depot Electronics Servicing Unit Avionics Repair de Havilland Mosquitos, Vickers Wellingtons and Avro Lancasters.
No. 31 MURAF Llanberis between May 1941 and 28 March 1955. Sub site at Holywell Sub site at Llandwrog Sub site at RhiwlasRAF Llandwrog between 28 March 1955 and 21 October 1956 Sub site at Cairn Ryan Sub site at LlanberisAmmunition Depot
No. 32 MURAF St Athan between 1 July 1939 and 1 November 1968.Service Repair Depot (1939–63) General Engineering Depot (1963–68) Miles Magisters.In the 1960s it major serviced Blackburn Beverley and the V bomber fleet. Became Aircraft Engineering Wing.
No. 33 MURAF Lyneham between 6 March 1940 and 31 December 1966. No. 45 SLG No. 2 SLG 31 SLG Yatesbury Sub site at HullavingtonAircraft Storage Unit (1940–1963) Aircraft Supply & Servicing Depot (1963–66) Bristol Blenheims and Airspeed Oxfords.
No. 34 MUMonkmoor Aerodrome, Shrewsbury between 1 March 1940 and 10 August 1945RAF Montford Bridge between 10 August 1945 to 30 June 1947Sleap between 30 June 1947 and 1 July 1948Stoke Heath between 1 July 1948 and 12 June 1956Salvage Centre (1940–45) Repair & Salvage Centre (1945–56) General Aircraft Hotspur and Miles Masters from RAF Shobdon.Disbanded into No. 24 MU
No. 35 MURAF Heywood between 1 June 1939 and 14 April 1967 Sub site at Bircotes Sub site at Bowlee Sub site at Breighton Sub site at Catterick Sub site at Cuckney Sub site at Goxhill Sub site at Grimsby Sub site at Handforth Sub site at Holme-on-Spalding Moor Sub site at North Killingholme Sub site at Norton Sub site at Riccall Sub site at Samlesbury Sub site at RAF Sandtoft between 27 December 1945 and 11 February 1946 Sub site at Strubby Sub site at Waltham Sub site at WartonUniversal Equipment Depot (1939–42) Aircraft Equipment Depot (1942–63) Equipment Supply Depot (1963–67): Tiger Moths.
No. 36 MURAF Sealand between 15 October 1936 and 1 May 1940.Snodland between 8 July 1940 and 1 July 1941 Sub site at NewdigateOaklands Park, Newdigate between 1 July 1942 and 1 February 1943 Sub site at SnodlandRuss Hill, Charlwood between 1 February 1943 and 8 August 1945 Sub site at SnodlandRedhill between 8 August 1945 and 31 January 1947Packing Depot (1936–40) Tiger Moths. Explosives Storage Unit (1940–47)Became No. 47 MUDisbanded
No. 37 MURAF Burtonwood between 1 April 1940 to 15 July 1942. No. 21 SLG No. 49 SLG No. 29 SLGRAF Burtonwood between 15 August 1946 and 1 March 1949.Aircraft Storage Unit (1940–42) Aircraft Repair Depot (1946–49)The unit became the RAF's centre for repair of aircraft built in the United States.
No. 38 MURAF Llandow between 1 April 1940 and 15 March 1957. No. 4 SLG No. 7 SLG No. 5 SLG Temporary dispersals at: Haverfordwest Weston-super-Mare BensonAircraft Storage Unit
No. 39 MURAF Colerne between 1 January 1940 and 1 October 1953. No. 1 SLg No. 2 SLG No. 28 SLG Detachment at WhitchurchAircraft Storage Unit Tiger Moths.
No. 41 MURAF Lyneham between December 1939 and 6 March 1940Aircraft Storage UnitBecame No. 33 MU
No. 41 MURAF KhormaksarHawker Hunters, Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneers, Vickers Valettas[citation needed]
No. 42 MURAF Lichfield between December 1939 and 6 March 1940.Aircraft Storage UnitBecame No. 51 MU
No. 43 MURAF Cardiff between 3 February 1940 and 6 March 1940Became No. 52 MU
No. 44 MURAF Edzell between 1 August 1940 and 20 April 1949 No. 26 SLG No. 24 SLG No. 25 SLG Temporary dispersal at Perth Satellite at Montrose Satellite at Stracathro Satellite at Findo Gask Satellite at RAF Kinnell between July 1945 and late 1945. Satellite at ElginRAF Edzell between 6 June 1951 and 31 July 1956Aircraft Storage Unit
No. 45 MURAF Kinloss between 6 April 1940 and 15 January 1957. No. 40 SLG No. 41 SLG No. 42 SLG No. 102 Storage Sub-Site Brackla No. 105 Storage Sub-Site EglinAircraft Storage Unit Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys, Vickers Wellingtons, Handley Page Halifaxes and Supermarine Spitfires.The unit mainly dealt with Bombers but later on dealt with Fighters.
No. 46 MURAF Lossiemouth between 15 April 1940 and 15 February 1947. No. 42 SLG No. 43 SLG No. 40 SLG No. 105 Storage Sub-Site ElginAircraft Storage Unit Vickers Wellingtons.
No. 47 MURAF Sealand between 1 May 1940 and 15 March 1951. RAF Hawarden between 15 March 1951 and 15 March 1959Packing and Storage Depot
No. 48 MURAF Hawarden between 1 September 1939 and until 1 July 1957. No. 15 SLG No. 13 SLG RAF Tatton Park between August 1941 and May 1943. No. 49 SLG No. 100 SLG Temporary dispersals at: Ansty Elmdon Purgatory Storage Unit at BroughAircraft Storage Unit Percival Proctors, Airspeed Oxfords and Avro Ansons. Westland Lysanders and Vickers Wellingtons stored at Tatton Park.
No. 49 MURAF Henlow from October 1939 until November 1939. RAF Faygate from November 1939 until February 1946. Detachment at Gatwick Detachment at Ringwood Detachment at Tangmere Detachment at Iblsey Detachment at Odiham RAF Lasham from 12 February 1946 until 4 May 1948. RAF Colerne between 4 May 1948 and 1 March 1962. Detachment at HornchurchSealand from September 1968Repair & Salvage Tiger Moths.Packing Unit49 Maintenance Unit was formerly known as 1 Salvage Centre, formed at Henlow September 1939; became 49 Maintenance Unit, October 1939; moved to Faygate November 1939; moved to Lasham February 1946. Storage
No. 50 MUCowley, Oxford from 4 October 1940 until 18 December 1943. Det Taunton Tavistock Truro Sub site at WylyeHolloway, Cowley, Oxford between 18 December 1943 and 30 September 1945Repair & Salvage Tiger Moths.2 Salvage Centre, formed at Cowley, Oxford, September 1939; became 50 Maintenance Unit October 1939 Transported damaged aircraft and parts to the CRU and to firms participating in the Civilian Repair Organisation, and also to collect non-repairable parts and scrap for materials reclamation at MPRD
No. 51 MURAF Lichfield between 6 March 1940 and 1 July 1954. RAF Tatton Park between August 1941 and May 1943.Airspeed Oxfords, Avro Ansons and Tiger Moths. Westland Lysanders and Vickers Wellingtons stored at Tatton Park.Storage
No. 52 MURAF Cardiff between 6 March 1940 and 31 October 1945. RAF Pengam Moors February 1940 until October 1945.Packing DepotThe unit dismantled, packied and despatched fighter aircraft to overseas locations sometimes using Cardiff Docks.
No. 53 MURAF Bungay between July 1945 and 1955. RAF Thorpe Abbotts between 12 August 1940 and 1 February 1958.AmmunitionBomb Storage.
No. 54 MURAF Cambridge between October 1939 and March 1945. RAF Newmarket between 1 March 1945 and 31 January 1948.Unknown3 Salvage Centre, formed at Henlow September 1939; moved to Cambridge September 1939; became 54 Maintenance Unit October 1939; moved to Newmarket March 1945 Storage
No. 55 MUBallymenoch House, Holywood, Co. Down from October 1940 until September 1943.UnknownDisbanded
No. 56 MURAF Inverness (Longman) from 1942.UnknownStorage
No. 57 MURAF Wig Bay.Tiger Moths.Aircraft Storage Unit
No. 58 MURAF Newark from October 1939 until 15 November 1945. RAF Skellingthorpe from 15 November 1945 until 1 April 1947. RAF Newton from 1 April 1947 until 15 May 1950. RAF Cosford from late 1950 until December 1952. RAF Honington from 15 May 1950 until late 1950, and December 1952 until 20 July 1954. RAF Sutton Bridge from 20 July 1954 until 1 November 1957.Aircraft Storage Rolls-Royce Derwent Engine Field Servicing (DFS) Salvage and Recovery (S&R)58 Maintenance Unit was formerly known as 4 Salvage Centre, formed RAF Newark (satellite of RAF Waddington) August 1938; became 58 Maintenance Unit, October 1939; moved to RAF Skellingthorpe November 1945. At RAF Skellingthorpe: Salvaged crashed aircraft were stored at the base. At RAF Sutton Bridge, unit sections included: Rolls-Royce Derwent Engine Field Servicing (DFS), Salvage and Recovery (S&R), included dismantling Avro Lancaster Bombers.
No. 59 MUNewland near Coleford, Gloucestershire from May 1941 until December 1945.Unknown59 Maintenance Unit, formed at Newland, near Coleford, Gloucestershire May 1941; includes 59 Maintenance (Satellite) Unit, Rhoose, Cardiff.
No. 60 MURAF Tollerton from October 1939 until 14 February 1940. RAF Shipton from 15 February 1940 until November 1945. RAF Rufforth November 1945 until November 1974. RAF Dishforth between 1 March 1962 and 2 February 1966. RAF Leconfield From 2 February 1966 until 30 November 1976.Storage5 Salvage Centre, formed at Tollerton September 1939; later became 60 Maintenance Unit; moved to Shipton-by-Beningborough February 1940; moved to Rufforth November 1945. Storage
No. 61 MURAF Handforth RAF Cranage between 20 September 1945 and 19 March 1954Aircraft Equipment Depot (Equipment Storage Depot)
No. 62 MURAF Handforth. RAF Helensburgh between 28 August 1945 and 30 November 1947.StorageStorage
No. 63 MURAF Carluke From October 1949 until May 1946. RAF Woolsington from May 1946.Storage6 Salvage Centre, formed at Sealand; moved to Carluke September 1939; became 63 Maintenance Unit in October 1939; moved to Woolsington May 1946. Storage
No. 64 MURuslip from November 1941 until July 1942. RAF Hatfield from July 1942 until February 1946.Unknown64 Maintenance Unit, formed at Ruislip November 1941; includes Sub-Units at Hatfield, Newdigate, Warley near Brentwood, Black Park near Slough; HQ moved to Hatfield July 1942; disbanded February 1946.
No. 65 MURAF BlabyStorageStorage
No. 66 MUCuckney from March 1942 until December 1945.Unknown
No. 67 MUMarshalsea's Garage in Wellington Road TauntonStorageCovered the south-west
No. 68 MURAF Church Lawford between 1 December 1954 and 27 March 1955. RAF Hindley Green RAF Wellesbourne Mountford between 27 March 1955 and 30 November 1956.StorageStorage
No. 69 MURAF SandysikeSecondary Aircraft Equipment Depot site for 14 MU
No. 70 MURAF Woodcote.StorageStorage
No. 71 MURAF Bicester. Sub site at RAF Gaydon between 1 December 1971 and 31 October 1974. RAF West Ruislip. Sub site at Slough.StorageStorage
No. 72 MUSalcey Forest, Roade, near Northampton, from March 1942Unknown
No. 73 MUOkehampton from December 1942 until October 1945.UnknownDisbanded
No. 74 MUBough Beech, near Edenbridge, from February 1942 until September 1945.UnknownDisbanded
No. 75 MURAF WilmslowStorageCovered Lancashire and Cheshire.
No. 76 MURAF WroughtonStorageStorage
No. 77 MURedcastle, near Killearnan, Ross-shire from June 1941 until December 1945.UnknownDisbanded
No. 78 MUBynea, South Wales from late 1940 Pencoed Tinplate WorksUnknownCivilian manned unit
No. 79 MULentran House, Inverness from July 1941 until September 1945.UnknownDisbanded
No. 80 MURAF Acaster Malbis between 21 January 1947 and 12 December 1947.StorageStorage
No. 81 MUBowes Moor from December 1941 until October 1947.Chemical warfare agents (CWA)Disbanded
No. 82 MURAF Lichfield between 4 April 1941 and 15 November 1945.StorageStorage
No. 83 MURAF Woolsington, Newcastle from 26 July 1940StorageStorage
No. 84 MURAF Calshot between 1 December 1941 and 15 March 1946.StorageStorage
No. 85 MURAF Felixstowe from October 1941 until June 1946.UnknownDisbanded
No. 86 MURAF Manston between 1944 and 31 August 1945. Sundridge AerodromeStorageStorage
No. 87 MURAF York from est. January 1942 until December 1945.UnknownDisbanded
No. 88 MUMeikle Ferry, near Tain from January 1942 until February 1946.UnknownDisbanded
No. 89 MUBarton Mills from October 1942 until April 1946.UnknownDisbanded
No. 90 MURAF Warton between Unknown and 1958.Barrack and Clothing Storage Unit
No. 91 MURAF Riccall. RAF Acaster Malbis between 1944 and 15 December 1947 then between 15 December 1947 and 31 March 1948 as a sub site. RAF Lissett 1945–1947. Sub site at RAF Marston Moor between 31 Jan 1949 and 15 September 1953. Sub site at RAF Melbourne between 24 January 1949 and 18 September 1954. Sub site at RAF Middleton St. George between 1950 and 31 Mar 1957.AmmunitionBomb Storage
No. 92 MUBrafferton between 1939 and 1947. RAF Wickenby between 1952 and 1956. RAF Faldingworth between 1957 and 1972. RAF Barnham.Blue DanubeNuclear Weapons Storage.
No. 93 MURAF Wickenby between 1949 and 1952. RAF Faldingworth RAF Acaster Malbis between 1 April 1957 and 1 August 1957.AmmunitionStored ordnance on the runways
No. 94 MURAF Great Ashfield Sub site at RAF Bungay between 1955 and 1962. sub site at RAF Rackheath between 27 January 1948 and 16 August 1954. RAF Honington between 1950 and 1956. RAF Ridgewell between 10 September 1946 and 31 March 1957.AmmunitionBomb Storage.
No. 95 MURAF Ridgewell as a sub site between 10 July 1945 and 27 January 1948. RAF Ridgewell between 1 October 1948 and 25 March 1955. Sub site at RAF Nuthampstead between 10 July 1945 and 27 January 1948 Sub site at RAF Nuthampstead between 1 October 1949 and 30 October 1954.UnknownUnknown
No. 96 MURAF Kidlington between unknown and 1951.UnknownUnknown
No. 97 MUStaple Station, Kent (20 May 1940 - 10 July 1940) RAF Faldingworth between 1957 and 1972.Ammunition Blue DanubeNo 7 Air Ammunition Park in Sept 1938 Mobilisation Plans, replaced by 36 MU Snodland Nuclear Weapons Storage.
No. 98 MUMawcarse, Kinross-shire, from May 1940 until June 1946. Fordoun, Kincardine-shire from June 1946 until August 1947.UnknownDisbanded
No. 99 MURAF Lichfield between 1 February 1954 and 1 March 1957. RAF High Ercall between 1 March 1957 and 8 June 1962.UnknownUnknown
No. 100 MURAF South Witham between 1942 and 1949.

No. 101 MU – No. 200 MU

NameAirfields usedEquipment servicedNotes
No. 101 MURAF Tura between 1937 and 1947. RAF Helwan until 1941.
No. 102 MURAF Aboukir between 1 November 1938 and 1 January 1939. RAF Abu Sueir between 1 January 1939 and 1 February 1942. RAF Amriya between 1 July 1943 and 31 August 1946. RAF Benina during 1948. RAF Berka during 1948.
No. 103 MURAF Aboukir between 12 November 1939 and 30 October 1946. RAF Akrotiri between 15 November 1955 and 31 January 1975.
No. 104 MUGeraif West, Khartoum (Sudan) from May 1941 until October 1943 Aleppo (Syria) from November 1943 until March 1944 Muqeibila (Palestine) from March 1944 until October 1945 Aqir from October 1945 until November 1945 RAF Habbaniya from 1954 to 1956
No. 105 MUAddis Ababa (Ethiopia) Nairobi (Kenya) from September 1941 until July 1942 Thika from July 1942 until May 1947
No. 106 MUEl Khanka, August 1941
No. 107 MURAF Kasfareet.Operated a maintenance, repair, and flight test center.Was formed at RAF Kasfareet (formerly known as RAF Geneifa).
No. 108 MULG222 Kilo 17 [Cairo to Fayoum Road] Egypt from August 1941 until December 1943 El Firdan from December 1943 until December 1945UnknownDisbanded
No. 109 MURAF Abu Sueir between 26 November 1941 and 13 February 1942 RAF Abu Sueir between 22 February 1943 and unknown. RAF Fayid during July 1946.
No. 110 MUFort St Lucien, Malta from May 1943 until disbanded November 1943 Re-formed Brindisi, Italy from December 1943 until December 1944 Unit was still based in Malta at Hal Far March 1945 and at Luqa in March 1947 based on service records of close relative
No. 111 MURAF Tura.Used to be part of No. 101 MU
No. 112 MUEl Agrud (later renamed Wadi Ysara), Egypt, June 1942
No. 113 MUFormed at Hurghada, Egypt on 1 November 1941. RAF Nicosia between 1 January 1955 and 30 April 1964.
No. 114 MUSudan, Libya, Italy, Aden after 1945Equipment Supply DepotIndex card for 114 MU, National Archives, indicates formed at Wadi Seidna, [Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, not Egypt], April 1942; [disbanded February 1943]; re-formed Zavia (Libya) March 1943; moved to Naples (Italy) December 1943. RAFweb indicates different dates for 114 MU's stay at Wadi Seidna: between 26 December 1941 and 20 February 1943. The unit was later located at Steamer Point; probably indicates RAF Khormaksar, Aden after the Second World War.
No. 115 MURAF Habbaniya between 1 March 1945 and 1 April 1958.
No. 116 MURAF Takoradi between 19 October 1941 and 30 August 1945.
No. 117 MURAF Elmas between 8 July and 7 November 1944. RAF Kabrit between 21 April 1945 and 14 April 1946.
No. 118 MURAF Basrah between 19 October 1941 and 30 April 1943. RAF Catania between 15 October 1943 and 21 September 1944.
No. 119 MURAF Shaibah between 19 October 1941 and 1 July 1945.
No. 120 MURAF Ras el Ain.
No. 121 MUFuka (Libya) from July 1941 until July 1942 Aqir (Palestine) from July 1942 until November 1942 Western Desert from November 1942 until July 1943 Sicily from July 1943 until September 1943 Italy from September 1943 until July 1945UnknownDisbanded
No. 122 MURAF Tobruk
No. 123 MUAqir (Palestine) from June 1941 until December 1941 Beirut (Lebanon) from December 1941 until May 1942 Aqir from May 1942 until September 1942 Baalbeck (Syria) from September 1942 until July 1943 Acre from July 1943 until October 1943 Gaza from October 1943 until July 1944 Campomarino (Italy) from July 1944 until November 1944 Termoli from November 1944 until September 1945UnknownDisbanded
No. 124 MUBurg-el-Arab (Egypt) from September 1941 Various locations Western Desert, Libya, Tunisia Cerignola (Italy) from December 1943 until April 1944 San Severo from April 1944 until August 1945 Ancona from August 1944 until March 1946UnknownDisbanded
No. 125 MUHabbaniya (Iraq) from January 1942 until February 1942 Kirkuk from February 1942 until October 1943 Massara (Egypt) from October 1943 until March 1944 Aboukir from March 1944 until May 1944 Crescia (Italy) from May 1944 until July 1944 Casserta from July 1944 until August 1944 Bouc-Bel-Air (France) from August 1944 until ? Gragnano – disbanded April 1945UnknownDisbanded
No. 126 MUZubair (Iraq) from January 1942 until September 1942 Khermanshah from September 1942 until October 1942 Hamadan from October 1942 until April 1943 Abu Sultan from April 1943 until July 1944 Italy from July 1944 until February 1946 Rivolto from February 1946 until June 1947UnknownDisbanded
No. 127 MUZubair, Iraq from July 1942 until April 1945UnknownDisbanded
No. 128 MUFayid, Egypt from September 1942 until January 1943 Abu Sultan from January 1943 until December 1945
No. 129 MUGaza, Palestine from June 1942 until December 1944UnknownDisbanded
No. 130 MUHelwan, Egypt from January 1944 until March 1944UnknownDisbanded
No. 131 MURAF Khormaksar, Aden – March 1942 until 1966In 1965 it was servicing Blackburn Beverley, Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, Scottish Aviation and Bristol Belvedere aircraft
No. 132 MUFayoum Road, near Almaza, Egypt from June 1942 until July 1942 Gaza, Palestine from July 1942 until October 1942 Matariya from October 1942 until July 1943 Helwan from July 1943 until March 1945 El Firdan from March 1945 until July 1945 Ismailia from July 1945 until October 1945
No. 133 MURAF Eastleigh, Kenya Colony
No. 134 MUAhwaz, Iran from May 1942 until May 1943 Habbaniya, Iraq from May 1943
No. 135 MULG.237, North Africa Gebel Hamzi, Egypt from May 1943 until November 1946UnknownDisbanded
No. 136 MUBurg El Arab, Egypt Aqir, Palestine – disbanded August 1942 Khanka, Egypt November 1942 Berka Main, Libya from April 1943 until May 1946UnknownRe-formed as 36 MU (Advanced Aircraft Depot) Khanka, Egypt November 1942 Re-formed as 136 Mobile Air Depot, Khanka, Egypt, September 1942;
No. 137 MUMalta
No. 138 MUTeheran, Persia (Iran) – disbanded September 1945
No. 139 MUMiddle East
No. 140 MUKhatatba, Egypt – disbanded July 1944UnknownDisbanded
No. 141 MUQena, Egypt Tripoli, Libya from April 1943 until November 1943 Caserta, Italy from November 1943 until July 1944 San Nicandro from July 1944 until January 1946 Bitteto from January 1946 until July 1946
No. 142 MUAcre, Palestine from September 1942 until March 1943 Nahariah from March 1943Explosive Storage Depot from June 1946.5 (Middle East) Air Depot, Acre, Palestine; became 142 Maintenance Unit September 1942; moved to Nahariah March 1943; reformed as 142 MU (Explosive Storage Depot) Fort Agrud June 1946.
No. 143 MUHamrun from November 1942 until February 1943 Kalafrana from February 1945 until April 1945Equipment Depot, Malta, formed at Hamrun November 1942; became 143 Maintenance Unit February 1943; moved to Kalafrana February 1945; disbanded April 1945
No. 144 MUMaison Blanche, Algeria
No. 145 MUCasablanca, Morocco from March 1943 until April 1945UnknownDisbanded
No. 146 MUSidi Tabet, Tunisia from May 1943 until June 1944 Crescia from June 1944 until October 1944 Draria from October 1944 until April 1945UnknownDisbanded
No. 148 MU
No. 149 MU
No. 151 MUSeletar, Singapore; disbanded February 1942
No. 152 MUBukit Panjang, Singapore July 1941
No. 153 MUKuala Lumpur, Malaya from June 1941
No. 154 MUMingaladon from July 1941 until January 1942 Meiktila from January 1942 until March 1942 Lashio from March 1942
No. 155 MUSetif, Algeria from May 1943 until March 1945.Unknown1 Aircraft Repair Unit, renamed 7 Aircraft Repair Unit, then 155 Maintenance Unit, May 1943; based at Setif, Algeria and disbanded March 1945
No. 156 MUBlida, AlgeriaIncludes detachment at Boufarik
No. 157 MUHelwan, Egypt
No. 158 MUHelwan, Egypt
No. 159 MUMellaha, Libya Gioia, Italy from November 1943 until January 1944 Brindisi from January 1944 until May 1944 Capodichino from May 1944 until October 1946.UnknownDisbanded
No. 160 MUAqir, Palestine from September 1943 until est. December 1945Unknown
No. 161 MUFayid, EgyptUnknownbecame 2 Transport Aircraft Repair Unit, and moved to Kabrit, March 1944
No. 162 MUSetif, Algeria from August 1943 until July 1944. Blida from July 1944 until est. July 1945.UnknownDisbanded
No. 163 MURas el Ma, Morocco from July 1943 until September 1943 Oujda from September 1943 until June 1944 Blida, Algeria from June 1944 until July 1944.UnknownDisbanded
No. 164 MUTunis, Tunisia from June 1943 until Est. May 1944.Unknown
No. 165 MUKajiado, Kenya Gilgil from November 1943 until July 1944.UnknownDisbanded
No. 166 MUNicosia (Cyprus) from November 1943 until January 1944 Lakatamia January 1944 until April 1944 Nicosia from April 1944 until August 1945.UnknownDisbanded
No. 167 MUSidi Ahmed, near Bizerta, Tunisia from September 1943 until March 1944.Unknown113 Repair and Salvage Unit, formed at Sidi Ahmed, near Bizerta, Tunisia, May 1943; became 167 Maintenance Unit, September 1943.
No. 168 MURAF HeliopolisFormed from British Airways Repair Unit (B.A.R.U.) at Heliopolis on 1 March 1944, remained there until at least Jan 1946.
No. 176 MUHastings, Sierra Leone from December 1941 until July 1942. Kosso Town from July 1942 until September 1945.UnknownDisbanded
No. 177 MU
No. 178 MUTakoradi, Gold Coast (now Ghana) from June 1943 until September 1943
No. 179 MUOshodi, Nigeria

No. 201 MU – No. 300 MU

NameAirfields usedEquipment servicedNotes
No. 201 MURAF Poynton between 1942 and 1944. RAF Handforth between 1942 and 1944.
No. 202 MURAF Longparish between 1942 and 1955.
No. 203 MURAF Newark between 1942 and 1945.
No. 204 MURAF Rushden between 1942 and 1945.
No. 205 MURatho later RAF Bishopbriggs between 1942 and 1946.
No. 206 MURAF Swanton Morley during 1943. Hillingdon during 1943.
No. 207 MURAF East Retford between 1942 and 1945.
No. 208 MUGolden Grove locally known as Gelli Aur (later renamed RAF Llandeilo) between 1942 and 1945.<RCAHMW>
No. 209 MURAF Broughton between 1943 and 1946.
No. 210 MURAF Romsey between 1942 and 1945.
No. 211 MURAF Sawbridgeworth between 1942 and 1945
No. 212 MUWembley between 1943 and 1947
No. 213 MURAF Dumbarton between 1942 and 1947. RAF Greenock between 1942 and 1947.Marine Craft
No. 214 MUNewport between 1943 and 1947.
No. 215 MULocharbriggs between 1942 and 1945. Sub site at RAF Tinwald Downs.
No. 216 MUSutton Coldfield between 1942 and 1957.
No. 217 MURAF CardingtonCompressed Gas production unit.
No. 218 MURAF Colerne.
No. 219 MU
No. 220 MU
No. 221 MU
No. 222 MU
No. 223 MU
No. 224 MU
No. 225 MU
No. 226 MU
No. 227 MU
No. 228 MU
No. 229 MURAF Harrowbeer between 1942 and 1943
No. 230 MU
No. 231 MU
No. 232 MURAF Market Stainton between 1943 and 1948.Gas bombs, Tallboys and general munitions.
No. 233 MURAF Market Stainton RAF Goxill between 27 May 1945 and 14 December 1953.Bomb StorageBomb Storage
No. 235 MU
No. 236 MU
No. 237 MU
No. 238 MURAF Calshot end of Southampton Water, tasked with overhauling Air/Sea Rescue Launches. Closed in 1961, when work transferred to RAF Mount Batten, Plymouth.Sub site RAF Colerne?
No. 239 MU
No. 240 MU
No. 241 MU
No. 242 MULajes Field between 1944 and 1946.
No. 243 MU
No. 244 MU
No. 245 MU
No. 246 MU
No. 247 MU
No. 248 MURAF ChessingtonMedical Equipment Storage Unit
No. 249 MU
No. 250 MU
No. 251 MU
No. 252 MU
No. 253 MURAF Spanhoe between 8 July 1945 and Spring 1947.Preparing military vehicles to be sold in public auctions.
No. 254 MURAF Balderton between 15 June 1945 and 1954.4,000 lb bombs and general ammunitionFormerly No. 1 Equipment Disposal Depot. Bombs were stored on the runways.
No. 255 MURAF Fulbeck RAF Saltby until 26 October 1948.
No. 256 MURAF Barkston HeathWar Surplus Storage Depot
No. 257 MU
No. 258 MURAF Shipdam Sub site at RAF North Pickenham between August 1945 and March 1948.
No. 259 MURAF North Witham between 1 July 1945 and May 1946.Equipment Disposal Depot
No. 260 MURAF Errol(56 Maintenance Wing)
No. 261 MURAF Morpeth.
No. 262 MURAF Horham between October 1945 and October 1948. RAF Snetterton Heath between January 1946 and 1948.
No. 263 MURAF Stansted Mountfitchet from August 1945 until October 1947. RAF Hitcham from October 1947. Satellite at RAF Stansted Mountfitchet from October 1947 until April 1949.
No. 264 MU
No. 265 MUWoodford, Cheshire
No. 266 MU
No. 267 MU
No. 268 MU
No. 272 MU
No. 273 MURAF Polebrook No. 113 Sub-storage Depot at RAF Market Stainton between February 1946 and 27 April 1947.Dismantling Airspeed Horsa gliders.
No. 274 MURAF Little Snoring between December 1945 and 1947. Sub site at RAF North Creake between 30 September 1945 and September 1947. Sub site at RAF Oulton between 3 October 1945 and November 1947. RAF Swannington between 1 October 1945 and November 1947.
No. 275 MU
No. 276 MU
No. 277 MU
No. 278 MU
No. 279 MU
No. 280 MU
No. 281 MURAF North Pickenham between 1949 and unknownSupplied ammunitionUSAF and RAF personnel together.
No. 282 MU
No. 290 MU
No. 291 MURAF Stoke Heath 1956 RAF Sealand 1958Aircraft Radar MaintenanceDate of move to Sealand is approx.

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).
NameAirfields usedEquipment servicedNotes
No. 301 MURAF Drigh Road, Karachi in 1942
No. 302 MU
No. 303 MU
No. 304 MU
No. 305 MU
No. 306 MU
No. 307 MU
No. 308 MUBamrauli, near Allahabad, IndiaRepair and storage of aircraft
No. 309 MU
No. 310 MU
No. 312 MU
No. 313 MUKankinara, India
No. 314 MU
No. 315 MU
No. 316 MU
No. 317 MU
No. 318 (X) MUHubbulpore between 1943 and 1947Ammunition
No. 319 MU
No. 320 MU
No. 321 MURAF Trichinopoly, now Tiruchirapalli International Airport, Aug-Nov 1942
No. 322 MUChakeri, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Uttar PradeshTasked with the demolition of B-24 SEAC Liberators 1945–1947
No. 325 MU
No. 326 MU
No. 327 MU
No. 328 MU
No. 329 MUBally, on the Barrackpore Road (Calcutta / Kolkata, West Bengal)
No. 330 MU
No. 331 MU
No. 332 MU
No. 333 MU
No. 335 MU
No. 336 MU
No. 337 MU
No. 338 (X) MU
No. 340 (X) MU
No. 341 (X) MUPulgaon, in the municipal council of Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.Included a motor transport section
No. 342 MU
No. 343 (X) MUWhitefields India (Bangalore). Lt/Col G Bennett RAOCSgt AJJ Green 1479355
No. 344 (X) MU
No. 345 (X) MU
No. 346 MU
No. 351 MUHussein Dey, French North Africa (now Algeria)September 1942 to June 1946 or December 1943 to March 1946
No. 352 MU
No. 353 MU
No. 355 MU
No. 356 MU
No. 357 MU
No. 358 MU
No. 359 MU
No. 360 MU
No. 361 MU
No. 362 MU
No. 363 MU
No. 364 MU
No. 374 MU
No. 375 MU
No. 376 MU
No. 377 MU
No. 378 MU
No. 379 MU
No. 380 MU
No. 381 MU
No. 382 MURAF Syerston between 23 July 1945 and October 1945.
No. 383 MU
No. 384 MU
No. 385 MU
No. 386 MU
No. 389 MU
No. 390 MURAF Seletar, Singapore between 1964 and 1966.
No. 392 MUBrindisi between 1945 and 1946.
No. 394 MURAF Heany between 1947 and 1954.Aircraft Repair and Storage Depot
No. 395 MURAF Bulawayo between 1947 and 1954.
No. 396 MUMombasa between 1947 and 1950.
No. 397 MUSafi between 1947 and 1955.
No. 398 MUHesedorf between 1948 and 1964.
No. 399 MUScheuen between 1948 and 1949.

No. 401 MU – No. 500 MU

NameAirfields usedEquipment servicedNotes
No. 420 MURAF Laarbruch between 1961 and 1967.English Electric Canberras, crash recovery.From Oct 1943: Romford, Ludnam, Hutton Cranswick, Matlask Bognor, Appledram (Chichester), Caen, Lille, Brussels, Antwerp, Bergen op Zoom, Breda, Nigmegan, Arnheim, Enslhede, Amsterdam, Osnebruck, Celle (Belsen), Fassburgh (Hamburg).
No. 431 MURAF Bruggen between 1960 and 1993.4th line airframe repair.Part of RAF Germany.

No. 1 (India) MU – No. 10 (India) MU

NameAirfields usedEquipment servicedNotes
No. 1 (INDIA) MUDrigh Road.1942 became 301 MU.
No. 2 (INDIA) MUAllahabad.1941–1942 became 302 MU.
No. 3 (INDIA) MUAmbala.1941–1942 became 303 MU.
No. 4 (INDIA) MUAsansol.1942 – became 304 MU.

See also

Citations

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