The locations of II(AC) Squadron since 1912


As befits the longest serving squadron in the Royal Air Force, II(AC) Sqn has since its inception at Farnborough in 1912 ranged far and wide and been located in many places around the world.  Some spots were called "home" for relatively short periods (witness August and September 1914); other bases were settled in for many years.  They are all listed here in chronological order.  Maybe you were part of the squadron at one of the more obscure locations.  If so, it would be grand to hear of your experiences.

Check out the following:

     13 May 1912 Farnborough
     26 Feb 1913 Montrose
     30 Jun 1914 Netherhaven
     05 Aug 1914 Farnborough
     12 Aug 1914 Swingate Down
     13 Aug 1914 - 14 Feb 1919 The Great War Years
     14 Feb 1919 Biscester (as Cadre)
     19 Oct 1919 Weston-on-the-Green
     01 Feb 1920 Oranmore (det. Castlebar, Fermoy)
     20 Jul 1922 Fermoy (det. Oranmore)
     13 Feb 1922 Digby
     02 Jun 1922 Aldergrove
     27 Sep 1922 Farnborough (det. Aldergrove)
     17 Sep 1923 Andover
     31 Mar 1924 Manston
     20 Apr 1927 HMS Hermes
     30 May 1927 Shanghai Racecourse
     13 Sep 1927 HMS Hermes
     27 Oct 1927 Manston
     03 Dec 1935 Hawkinge
     29 Sep 1939 Abbeville (det. Labuissier, Senon)
     10 May 1940 Labuissier (det. Wevelghem)
     19 May 1940 Boulogne
     20 May 1940 Lympne
     20 May 1940 Bakesbourne
     08 Jun 1940 Hatfield
     08 Jun 1940 Cambridge (det. Sawbridgeworth)
     24 Oct 1940 Sawbridgeworth
     19 Jul 1941 Firbeck
     23 Jul 1941 Sawbridgeworth
     04 Aug 1941 West Zoyland
     10 Aug 1941 Sawbridgeworth
     05 Dec 1941 Martlesham Heath
     07 Dec 1941 Sawbridgeworth (det. Gatwick)
     31 Jan 1943 Bottisham
              (det. Westcott, Newmarket, Cranfield, Duxford)

     19 Mar 1943 Fowlmere
     27 Mar 1943 Sawbridgeworth
     16 Jul 1943 Gravesend
     07 Aug 1943 Odiham
     22 Sep 1943 Hutton Cranswick
     06 Oct 1943 Odiham
     14 Nov 1943 North Weald
     30 Nov 1943 Sawbridgeworth
     22 Feb 1944 North Weald (det. Benson)
     29 Feb 1944 Sawbridgeworth
     11 Mar 1944 Dundonald
     24 Mar 1944 Sawbridgeworth
     04 Apr 1944 Gatwick
     27 Jun 1944 Odiham
     29 Jul 1944 Plumetot (B10)
     14 Aug 1944 Beny-sur-Mer (B4)
     01 Sep 1944 Boisney (B27)
     06 Sep 1944 Fresnoy (B31)
     11 Sep 1944 Fort Rouge (B43)
     27 Sep 1944 St. Denis-Westrem (B61)
     10 Oct 1944 Deurne (B70)
     23 Nov 1944 Gilze-Rijen (B77)
     09 Mar 1945 Mill (B89)
     18 Apr 1945 Twenthe (B106)
     30 May 1945 Celle (B118)
     17 Jun 1945 Hustedt (B150)
     06 Jul 1945 Warmwell
     20 Jul 1945 Hustedt (B150)
     19 Sep 1945 Celle (B118)
     10 Feb 1946 Sylt
     05 Mar 1946 Celle
     19 Aug 1946 Sylt
     16 Sep 1946 Celle
     15 Apr 1947 Wunstorf
     22 Nov 1947 Lubeck
     11 Dec 1947 Wunstorf
     28 Jun 1948 Wahn
     15 Sep 1949 Wunstorf
     29 Jun 1950 Bueckeburg
     15 May 1952 Gutersloh
     01 Jul 1953 Wahn
     28 Oct 1955 Geilenkirchen
     10 Oct 1957 Jever
     09 Sep 1961 Gutersloh
     01 Dec 1970 Bruggen
     03 May 1971 Laarbruch
     14 Jan 1991 Dhahran (det. Tabuk)
     16 Mar 1991 Laarbruch
     01 Dec 1991 Marham