[303rd-Talk] BADs and SADS - I answered my own question

[Bob Van Pelt]

I answered my own question about Base Air Depots and Strategic Air Depots - see below.  This came from another website.  Bob

8th Air Force, VIII Air Service Command: 
  
Base Air Depots: 
  
BAD 1: Burtonwood, Cheshire. 
Assembly and preparation of shipped aircraft. 
Stores distribution. 
Service Modifications. 
Radial engine overhaul. 
B-17, P-38 and P-47 modification and overhaul. 
  
BAD 2: Warton, Lancashire. 
Stores distribution. 
Service Modifications. 
Radial engine overhaul. 
B-24 and P-51 modification and overhaul. 
  
BAD 3: Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland. 
Experimental and specialist modifications. 
Propeller overhaul. 
Modification kit manufacture. 
  
BAD 4: Baverstock & Greenham Common. 
As above, for the 9th Air Force. 
  
Strategic Air Depots: 
  
SAD 1: Troston (Honington) 
3rd Bomb Wing/Air Division overhaul and major repair. 
  
SAD 2: Little Staughton, later Abbots Ripton (Alconbury) 
1st Bomb Wing/Air Division overhaul and major repair. 
  
SAD 3: Neaton (Watton) 
2nd Bomb Wing/Air Division overhaul and major repair. 
  
SAD 4: Hitcham (Wattisham) 
8th AF Fighter Command overhaul and major repair. 
  
Below the SAD level each bomber base had a Sub-depot for day-to-day maintainance and repair tasks. 
  
Here is a list of Sub Depots assigned to VIII AF Service Command from May 1944 to Apr 1945: 
440th Sub Depot - Alconbury (102) 
441st Sub Depot - Bassingbourne (121) 
442nd Sub Depot - Chelveston (105) 
443rd Sub Depot - Grafton Underwood (106) 
444th Sub Depot - Molesworth (107) 
445th Sub Depot - Kimbolton (117) 
446th Sub Depot - Podington (109) 
447th Sub Depot - Polebrook (110) 
448th Sub Depot - Ridgewell (167) 
449th Sub Depot - Thurleigh (111) 
450th Sub Depot - Deenethorpe (128) 
451st Sub Depot - Snetterton Heath (138) 
452nd Sub Depot - Knettishall (136) 
453rd Sub Depot - Bury St Edmonds (468) 
454th Sub Depot - Rattlesden (126) 
455th Sub Depot - Great Ashfield (155) 
456th Sub Depot - Thorpe Abbotts (139) 
457th Sub Depot - Hitcham (377) 
458th Sub Depot - Framlingham (153) 
459th Sub Depot - Seething (146) 
460th Sub Depot - Bungay (125) 
461st Sub Depot - Hardwick (104) 
462nd Sub Depot - Tibbenham (124) 
463rd Sub Depot - Hethel (114) 
464th Sub Depot - Shipdham (115) 
465th Sub Depot - Wendling (118) 
466th Sub Depot - Deopham Green (142) 
467th Sub Depot - Old Buckenham (144) 
468th Sub Depot - Glatton (130) 
469th Sub Depot - Horsham St Faith (123) 
470th Sub Depot - Rackheath (145) 
471st Sub Depot - Lavenham (137) 
472nd Sub Depot - Attlebridge (120) 
473rd Sub Depot - Sudbury (158) 
474th Sub Depot - Halesworth (365) 
475th Sub Depot - Mendlesham (156) 
476th Sub Depot - Metfield (366) 
477th Sub Depot - Eye (134) 
478th Sub Depot - Nuthampstead (131) 
479th Sub Depot - North Pickenham (143) 
480th Sub Depot - Debach (152) 

All Base Air Depots (BAD) were assigned to Air Service Command, U. S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe, later renamed Air Technical Service Command in Europe.  BAD's did not have Air Depot Groups assigned to them. 
The 4 Strategic Air Depots and 41 Sub Depots listed above, were assigned to VIII AFSC.  Each SAD had 2 Air Depot Groups assigned to it. 
1st SAD (9th & 40th Air Depot Gps) - Troston (375) 
2nd SAD (5th & 35th Air Depot Gps) - Abbots Ripton (547) 
3rd SAD (31st & 46th Air Depot Gps) - Neaton (376) 
4th SAD (21st & 44th Air Depot Gps) - Hitcham (377) 
Also in 1944-45, there were 6 Tactical Air Depots, each with 2 Air Depot Gps, assigned to IX AF Service Command: 
1st TAD (29th & 33rd Air Depot Gps) - North Witham (479) 
2nd TAD (30th & 91st Air Depot Gps) - Stansted (169) 
3rd TAD (43rd & 45th Air Depot Gps) - Grove (519) 
4th TAD (2nd & 42nd Air Depot Gps) - Kingston Bagpuize (403) 
5th TAD (10th & 86th Air Depot Gps) - Chilbolton (404) 
6th TAD (7th & 16th Air Depot Gps) - Membury (466) 
The stations listed above were changed to locations on the continent between D-Day and VE-Day. 
The number in parenthesis after the location is the Station Number. 



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