Bloodhound Mk1 and Mk2 Deployment Locations Richard Vernon
Here follows a complete list of Bloodhound Mk1 and Mk2 deployment for operational, training and trials use. Training deployment sites for 25, 41 and 65 Sqn are not included, bar 41 Sqn's first Cyprus detachment as that was an operational deployment with live weapons. BLOODHOUND Mk1 UK Royal Air Force 62 Sqn 1960-1964, RAF Woolfox Lodge
94 Sqn, 1960-1963, RAF Misson
112 Sqn, 1960-1964, RAF Breighton
141 Sqn 1959-1964, RAF Dunholme Lodge
222 Sqn, 1960-1964, RAF Woodhall Spa
257 Sqn, 1960-1963, RAF Warboys
263 Sqn, 1959-1963, RAF Watton
242 Sqn, 1959-1964, RAF Marham
247 Sqn, 1960-1963, RAF Carnaby
264 Sqn, 1958-1962, North Coates
266 Sqn, 1960-1964, RAF Rattlesden
Sweden Rb-365 Luftvarnsregemente (Lv) 3 (Swedish Army), Norrtalje, Sweden
F2 Hägernäs (Swedish Air Force)
Royal Australian Air Force 30 Sqn RAAF, 1962-1968, RAAF Williamtown
30 Sqn RAAF Det 'A', 1965-1968, Darwin (Lee Point)
BLOODHOUND MK2
UK - Royal Air Force
25 Sqn 1963-1970, RAF North Coates
25 Sqn A Flt, 1983-1989, RAF Barkston Heath
25 Sqn B Flt, 1983-1989, RAF Wyton
25 Sqn C Flt, 1983-1989, RAF Wattisham
25 Squadron disbanded as a Bloodhound Squadron in July 1989 and stood up again with Tornado F3 aircraft at Leeming. Their Bloodhound flights were re-allocated to 85 Squadron as D, E and F Flights. 25 Sqn HQ was at Wyton; the 25 Sqn nameplate was transferred to Flicker Sqn at Leeming in 1989
41 Sqn 1965-1970, RAF West Raynham
85 Sqn B Flt 1976-1990, RAF North Coates
85 Sqn 1975-1991 (A Flt 1975 - 1991, C Flt 1978-1979, D Flt 1980 - 1989), RAF West Raynham
85 Sqn C Flt, 1979-1990, RAF Bawdsey
85 Sqn D Flt, 1989-1990, RAF Barkston Heath (Transferred from 25 Sqn A Flt in 1989)
85 Sqn E Flt, 1981-1983 and 1989-1991, RAF Wattisham (transferred to 25 Sqn C Flt in 1983 then back to to Wattisham as 85 Sqn E Flt in 1989)
85 Sqn F Flt, 1989-1990, RAF Wyton (Transferred from 25 Sqn B Flt in 1989)
112 Sqn 1964-1967, RAF Woodhall Spa
BHSU 1971-1975, RAF West Raynham
Royal Air Force, RAFG (Germany)
25 Sqn A Flt, 1971-1983, RAF Bruggen
25 Sqn B Flt, 1971-1983, RAF Wildenrath
25 Sqn C Flt, 1970-1981, RAF Laarbruch
Royal Air Force, Near East Air Force (NEAF)
41 Sqn MS 5, 1967, RAF Episkopi, Cyprus
112 Sqn, 1967-1969, RAF Episkopi, Cyprus
112 Sqn, 1969-1975, Paramali West, Cyprus
Royal Air Force, Far East Air Force (FEAF)
33 Sqn, 1965-1970, RAAF Butterworth
65 Sqn, 1964-1970, RAF Seletar
Singapore Air Force
170 Sqn SADC 1970-1990, Site Alph at Seletar, Site Bravo in Ang Mo Kio and Site Charlie in Lim Chu Kang (Reference)
Switzerland - BL-64 ( Note: BL means Boden-Luft, Surface to Air, 64 means 1964, the year of the acquisition)
The system stood up between 1966 and 1968 and draw-down between 1998/1999.
Fliegerabwehr Lenkwaffen Regiment 7 (7th Air Defence Missile Regiment) HQ at Bettwil (1968-1999).
(Note: the Regiment contained two Battallions, each Battalion contained 3 Batteries, each Batterie operated out of its own fixed site. The six sites were distributed over the country. Some batteries operated two fire units, some only one: Each fire unit consisting of Radar, control center and 8 launchers. In each site there were bunker protected missiles for re-loading.)
Fliegerabwehr Lenkwaffen Abteilung 71 (71st Air Defence Missile Battalion) HQ at Emmen.
Flab Lwf Bttr I/71 (Air Defence Missile Battery 71 (71st Air Defence Missile Group), BL-64 ZH, Schmidrüti (single fire unit)
Flab Lwf Bttr II / 71, BL-64 ZG, Menzingen (two fire units)
Flab Lwf Bttr III / 71, BL-64 LU, Emmen (single fire unit)
Fliegerabwehr Lenkwaffen Abteilung 72 (72st Air Defence Missile Battalion) HQ at Bettwil.
Flab Lwf Bttr I / 72 (Air Defence Missile Battery 72 (72st Air Defence Missile Battalion), BL-64 AG, Bettwil (two fire units)
Flab Lwf Bttr II / 72, BL-64 SO, Laupersdorf (single fire unit)
Flab Lwf Bttr III / 72.,BL-64 FR, Torny-le-Grand (two fire units)
(Note: The two letters behind the BL-64 indicate the canton in which the site is located: ZH: Zürich, ZG: Zug, LU: Luzern, AG: Aargau, SO: Solothurn, FR: Fribourg. You will find the same two letters on the car plates from these cantons. The names after the canton indicate the town next to the fire units site)
Sweden
Swedish Rb-65 Bloodhound Mk 2 1965-1974 through 1978 (Swedish system were not used in fixed site role but were deployed to hidden sites dotted around the eastern coast of Sweden.
F8 Robotdivision, Barkarby, Stockholm
F10 Robotdivision, Ängelholm
F12 Robotdivision, Kalmar
F13 Robotdivision, Norrköping
F17 Robotdivision, Ronneby
Firing Sites
UK - RAF/RAE Aberporth
Australia - WRE Woomera (Range E Red Duster Firing Site)
