RAF Marine Craft and Air Sea Rescue were attached to RAF Coastal Command so here to give you greater insight into Marinecraft use are the placements of Air Sea Rescue units in the UK Area.
Bomber and Fighter Commands also had dedicated aircraft for ASR duties the fighters for search and guidance to assist Marinecraft and Bombers That were generally carrying Airbourne Lifeboats beneath to facilitate rescues of downed aircrew.
U.S.A.A.F. also had their own versions of these elements including some rescue launches, but they relied heavily on RAF ASR Marinecraft to recover their aircrew from the sea.
Air Sea Rescue Units A.S.R.U.
Lerwick, Shapinsay, Thurso, Wick, Meikle Ferry, Cromarty / Invergordon, Burghead, Buckie, Fraserburgh, Aberdeen, Montrose, Tayport, Methyl, Berwick upon Tweed, Blyth, Hartlepool, Scalloway, Bridlington, Grimsby, Wells on Sea, Gorleston on Sea, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Dover / Ramsgate, Newhaven, Littlehampton, Cowes / Gosport, Sheerness, Calshot / Ostend, Calshot / Norway, Poole, Lyme Regis, Exmouth, Torquay, Portland / Weymouth, Salcombe, Falmouth / Newlyn, Mountbatten (Plymouth), Padstow, Barry, Porthcawl, Aberystwyth, Tenby, Fishguard, Swansea, Pwllheli, Holyhead, Fleetwood, Douglas / Peel / Ramsey, Kircudbright, Porta Ferry, Donaghadee, Larne, Stranraer, Lough Foyle, Campbeltown, Loch Boisdale, Menai Bridge / Belam Fort / Beaumaris , Drummore, Oban, Port Ellen, Iceland / Reykjavik / Akureyri, Gibraltar, Calshot / Malta, Calshot / Fraserburgh, Calshot, Calshot, Calshot
Marine Craft Sections M.C.S.
Pembroke Dock, Loch Lomond (Balloch), Lough Erne", Lough Neage, Woodhaven (Newport on Tay), Lake Windermere, Rhu (Gare Loch), Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)
POSTWAR MARINE CRAFT UNITS M.C.U.
ROYAL AIR FORCE Station Mountbatten. Plymouth. 1100 MCU Alness 1101 MCU Fowey 1102 MCU Falmouth 1103 MCU Felixstowe with Det. at Gorleston 1104 MCU Bridlington 1105 MCU Portrush / Porthcawl 1106 MCU Drummore 1107 MCU Newhaven / Thorney Island 1108 MCU Blyth 1109 MCU Boston 1110 MCU Immingham 1111 MCU Lyme Regis 1112 MCU Tayport 1113 MCU Holyhead 1114 MCU Ramsey 1124 MCU Seletar. Malaya. 1125 MCU Glugor. Malaya. 1151 MCU Marsaxlokk. Malta. 1152 MCU Khormaksar. Aden./ Masirah 1153 MCU Fanara / Limassol. Cyprus. Marine Craft Section. MCS Tenby as Det. from RAF Mountbatten Marine Craft Section. MCS Tresco, St Mary’s, Scilly Isles as a Det. from 1102 MCU Falmouth Marine Craft Section MCS Manama as Det from. RAF Muharraq. Bahrain. On closure of 1102 MCU Falmouth their number was transferred to MCS Gibraltar. On closure of 1125 MCU Glugor their number was transferred to MCS Gan.
MARINE CRAFT TRAINING SCHOOLS.
MCTS Calshot / Corsewall, MCTS Kipevu / Port Reitz, MCTS Fanara
On closure of these units training for all Marine Craft was at RAF Mountbatten
MARINE CRAFT MAINTENANCE UNITS.
62 / 213 MU Dumbarton 84 MU Calshot, 85 MU Felixstowe 97 MU Ferryside, 238 MU Tewksbury
On closure of these units all on line maintenance on all Marine Craft was done at RAF Mountbatten