Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Overseas Commands/Units - December 1941

[West Africa | Canada | South Africa | Russia]

West Africa

 

Location	Unit	Notes
Bathurst, Gambia	AM W/T Station
	No 200 Sqn	Hudson
	No 204 Sqn	Sunderland
	SS Dumana
	No 44 Embarkation Office
Fura Bay, Sierra Leone	No 95 Sqn	Sunderland
East Kissi, Sierra Leone	No 244 AMES
Freetown, Sierra Leone	No 26 Embarkation Office
	W/T Station
	AHQ West Africa
	SS Manela
Hastings, Sierra Leone	No 128 Sqn	Hurricane (4)
Wilberforce, Sierra Leone	No 265 AMES
Wellington, Sierra Leone	No 513 AMES
Takoradi, Gold Coast	RAF Station
	No 116 Maintenance Unit
	No 33 Embarkation Office
	Middle East Transport Flight	Hudson III
	Fighter Defence Flight	Hurricane
	General Reconnaissance Flight	Blenheim IV
Lagos, Nigeria	No 38 Embarkation Office
Units to operate but not yet located
Bathurst	Nos 651 & 652 AMES
Freetown	Nos 305 & 514 AMES
Takoradi	Nos 302 & 529 AMES

RAF Schools in Canada

Administered by the RCAF

 

School	Location	Notes
No 31 Elementary Flying Training School	De Winton, Alberta
No 32 Elementary Flying Training School	Bowden, Alberta
No 31 Service Flying Training School	Kingston, Ontario	Formerly No 7 SFTS, Peterborough
No 32 Service Flying Training School	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan	Formerly No 10 SFTS, Ternhill
No 33 Service Flying Training School	Carberry, Manitoba
No 34 Service Flying Training School	Medicine Hat, Alberta
No 35 Service Flying Training School	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
No 36 Service Flying Training School	Penhold, Alberta
No 37 Service Flying Training School	Calgary (Mu), Alberta
No 31 Air Navigation School	Port Albert, Ontario	Formerly No 1 S of AN, St Athan
No 32 Air Navigation School	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
No 33 Air Navigation School	Hamilton, Ontario
No 31 General Reconnaissance School	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	Formerly No 2 GRS, Squire's Gate
No 31 Bombing and Gunnery School	Picton, Ontario
No 31 (General Reconnaissance) Operational Training Unit	Debart, Nova Scotia
No 32 (Torpedo Bomber) Operational Training Unit	Patricia Bay, British Colombia
No 31 Radio School	Clinton, Ontario
No 31 RAF Personnel Depot	Moncton, New Brunswick

RAF Schools in South Africa

Administered by the SAAF

 

School (SAAF nomenclature in parenthesis)	Location	Notes
No 5 Combined Air Observer Navigation School (No 45 Air School)	Oudtsboorn, Cape Province	Ex Weston-super-Mare
No 7 Combined Air Observer Navigation School (No 47 Air School)	Queenstown, Cape Province	Formerly part of No 1 AONS, Prestwick
No 1 General Reconnaissance School (No 61 Air School)	George, Cape Province	Ex Squire's Gate

Unit in Russia

 

Location	Unit	Notes
	No 151 Wing
	No 81 Sqn	Hurricane IIB
	No 134 Sqn	Hurricane IIB
Archangel	No 46 Embarkation Unit

Source - December 1941 SD161

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