Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Unit | Location | Notes |
India | ||
RAF Station Allahabad | ||
No 95 Air Stores Park | Allahabad | |
RAF Station Ambala | ||
No 1 School of Technical Training | RAF Ambala | |
No 1 Service Flying Training School | RAF Ambala | |
No 303 Maintenance Unit | RAF Ambala | |
Central Map Section | RAF Ambala | |
Base Accounts Office | RAF Ambala | |
Followers' Reception Centre | RAF Ambala | |
Central Trade Test Board | RAF Ambala | |
RAF Station Alipore | ||
No 293 Wing | Alipore | |
No 67 Sqn | Alipore | Hurricane |
No 146 Sqn | Alipore | Hurricane |
Care & Maintenance Party | Alipore | |
Care & Maintenance Party | Armarda Road | |
No 177 Sqn | Armarda Road | Beaufighter |
No 288 AMES | Amghata | |
RAF Liaison Section | Agra | |
Wireless Operators' School | Andheri | |
General Reconnaissance School | Andheri | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Arkonam | |
No 11 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | Arkonam | |
No 127 Repair and Salvage Unit | Arkonam | |
No 88 Air Stores Park | Arkonam | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Amadabad | |
No 122 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Asansol | |
Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Asansol | |
No 91 Air Stores Park | RAF Asansol | |
No 169 Wing | Agartala | |
Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Agartala | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Agartala | |
No 869 AMES | Agartala | |
No 5 Sqn | Agartala | Mohawk |
No 130 Repair and Salvage Unit | Agartala | |
No 155 Sqn | Agartala | Mohawk |
No 219 AMES | Bankura | |
Explosive Storage Section | Babugarh | |
No 567 AMES | Basirhat | |
Armament Training Unit | Bairagarh (Bhopal) | |
Reinforcement Staging Post | Bairagarh (Bhopal) | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Baigachi | |
No 11 Sqn | Baigachi | Blenheim |
No 590 AMES | Balasore | |
No 35 Personnel Transit Centre | Ballygunge | |
No 308 Maintenance Unit | Bamrauli | |
No 225 Group | Bangalore | |
Communication Flight | Bangalore | |
MT Storage Unit | Bangalore | |
No 7 Wireless Unit | Bangalore | |
No 357 Wireless Unit | Bangalore | |
Calibration Flight | Bangalore | |
Air Transit Section | Bangalore | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Bangalore | |
No 23 Air Support Control | Bangalore | |
No 39 Wireless Unit | Barrackpore | |
Air Observers' Air Gunners' School | Baroda | |
No 679 AMES | Baruipur | |
Care & Maintenance Party | Begumpet | |
No 1 Elementary Flying Training School | Begumpet | |
No 224 AMES | Bhadrack | |
Base Personnel Office | Bombay | |
No 51 Embarkation Unit | Bombay | |
RI and MU | Bombay | |
No 289 AMES | Bombay | |
RAF Naval Liaison Section | Bombay | |
Air Transit Section | Bombay | |
No 984 (Balloon) Sqn | Bombay | Mk VI Balloons |
Rover Flight, No 979 (Balloon) Sqn | Bombay | Mk VI Balloons |
No 1 Signals School | Bombay | |
No 305 Maintenance Unit | Bombay | |
RAF Base HQ | Bombay | |
SS 'Shenking' | Bombay | |
Combined Training Centre | Bombay | |
AHQ Bengal | Calcutta | |
Communication Flight | Calcutta | |
No 54 Embarkation Unit | Calcutta | |
No 274 (Balloon) Wing | Calcutta | |
No 978 (Balloon) Sqn | Calcutta | |
No 23 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
No 355 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
Calibration Flight | Calcutta | |
No 2 RAF Postal Centre | Calcutta | |
No 101 Repair and Salvage Unit | Calcutta | |
No 75 Air Stores Park | Calcutta | |
Air Transit Section | Calcutta | |
Civil Repair Organisation | Calcutta | |
No 3 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
No 8 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit | Calcutta | |
No 221 Group | Calcutta | |
No 226 ASR Unit | Calcutta | |
Calcutta Co-operation Unit | Calcutta | |
No 10 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
No 4 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
No 5 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
Controllers Training Unit | Calcutta | |
No 11 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
No 12 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
No 19 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
MT Base Pool | Calcutta | |
Civilian Repair Organisation | Cawnpore | |
No 373 AMES | Char Chapli | |
No 20 Sqn | Charra | Lysander |
No 1 Sqn IAF | Charra | Hurricane |
Care and Maintenance Party | Chettinad | |
No 224 Group | Chittagong | |
Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Chittagong | |
No 676 AMES | Chittagong | |
No 40 Wireless Unit c/o 224 Group | Chittagong | |
No 37 Wireless Unit | Chittagong | |
Nos 680 - 685 AMES c/o 224 Group | Chittagong | |
Nos 641 - 646 AMES c/o 224 Group | Chittagong | |
Rover Flight, No 978 (Balloon) Sqn | Chittagong | Mk VI Balloons |
No 21 Sector Operations Room | Chittagong | |
No 166 Wing | Chittagong | |
No 607 Sqn | Chittagong | Hurricane |
No 215 Sqn | Chakala | Wellington |
Air Landing School | Chakala | |
No 4 Hill Depot | Chakrata | |
Technical and Disciplinary School | Chakrata | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Cholavaram | |
No 45 Sqn | Cholavaram | No aircraft |
No 82 Sqn | Cholavaram | Blenheim |
No 84 Sqn | Cholavaram | Vengeance |
No 39 Air Stores Park | Chundpur | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Cochin | |
No 6 Hill Station | Cochin | |
No 312 Maintenance Unit | Cochin | |
Flying Boat Base | Cocanada | |
Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Cox's Bazaar | |
175 Wing | Cuttack | |
No 353 Sqn | Cuttack | Hudson |
Care and Maintenance Party | Cuttack | |
No 129 Repair and Salvage Section | Cuttack | |
No 94 Air Stores Park | Cuttack | |
No 12 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | Cuttack | |
No 6 Wireless Unit | Cuttack | |
No 851 AMES | Deganga | |
Transit Camp | Dehra Dun | |
RAF Station Delhi | ||
Air Transit Section | RAF Delhi | |
No 1 Central Medical Board | RAF Delhi | |
Parachute Repair Section | RAF Delhi | |
No 164 Signals Wing | RAF Delhi | |
No 359 Wireless Unit | RAF Delhi | |
No 369 Wireless Unit | RAF Delhi | |
No 544 AMES | Diamond Harbour | |
No 99 Sqn | Digri | Wellington |
RAF Liaison | Dinjan | |
No 60 Sqn | Dohazari | Blenheim IV |
No 136 Sqn | Dum Dum | Hurricane |
Care and Maintenance Party | Dum Dum | |
Reinforcement Section Staging Party | Dum Dum | |
No 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit | Dum Dum | Spitfire/B-25 |
No 176 Sqn | Dum Dum | No aircraft |
No 258 Sqn | Dum Dum | Hurricane |
No 261 Sqn | Dum Dum | Hurricane |
No 543 AMES | Egra | |
No 247 AMES | Elliotganj | |
Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Fenny | |
No 877 Wing | Fenny | |
No 615 Sqn | Fenny | Hurricane |
No 167 Wing | Fenny | |
No 8514 AMES | Gopalpur | |
No 291 AMES | Grubb's Island | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Hakimpet | |
No 857 AMES | Imphal | |
No 281 AMES | Jagatsingpur | |
No 979 (Balloon) Sqn | Jamshedpur | |
No 853 AMES | Jessore | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Jessore | |
No 125 Repair and Salvage Unit | Jessore | |
No 87 Air Stores Parks | Jessore | |
No 113 Sqn | Jessore | Blenheim IV |
No 34 Sqn | Jessore | Blenheim |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Jiwani (Baluchistan) | |
RAF Station Jodphur | ||
No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Jodhpur | |
No 319 Maintenance Unit | RAF Jodhpur | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | RAF Jodhpur | |
AA Co-operation Flt | Juhu (Bombay) | |
Calibration Flt | Juhu (Bombay) | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Juhu (Bombay) | |
RAF Station Kanchrapara | ||
No 60 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Kanchrapara | |
MT Storage Unit | RAF Kanchrapara | |
No 27 Sqn | RAF Kanchrapara | Beaufighter |
No 313 Maintenance Unit | Kankinara | |
No 226 (Maintenance) Group | Karachi | |
No 301 Maintenance Unit | Karachi | |
Air Reinforcement Centre | Karachi | |
No 29 Personnel Reception Centre | Karachi | |
No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | Karachi | |
No 3 Postal Centre | Karachi | |
No 57 Embarkation Unit | Karachi | |
No 212 Sqn | Karachi | Catalina |
Air Transit Section | Karachi | |
SS 'Dumana' | Karachi | |
No 320 Maintenance Unit (Aircraft Repair Depot) | Karachi | |
No 179 Wing | Karachi | |
Flying Boat Base | Karachi | |
No 248 AMES | Karaghpur | |
No 26 Wireless Unit | Karaghpur | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Kayattar | |
No 211 AMES | Khulna | |
RAF Station Kohat | ||
No 4 Sqn IAF | RAF Kohat | Lysander |
No 3 Sqn IAF | RAF Kohat | Audax |
RAF Station Lahore | ||
No 1 Initial Training Centre | RAF Lahore | |
No 307 Maintenance Unit | RAF Lahore | |
No 306 Maintenance Unit | RAF Lahore | |
W/T Installation and Fitting Party | RAF Lahore | |
No 31 Sqn | RAF Lahore | Lockheed/DC2/DC3 |
No 194 Sqn | RAF Lahore | Hudson |
No 227 (Training) Group | RAF Lahore | |
Travelling Medical Board | RAF Lahore | |
No 86 Air Stores Park | Lohegoan | |
No 1 Hill Depot | Lower Topa | |
Fire Fighting School | Lower Topa | |
School of Administration and Discipline | Lower Topa | |
No 168 Wing | Madhaighanja | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Madhaighanja | |
No 110 Sqn | Madhaighanja | Vengeance |
No 82 Repair and Salvage Unit | Madhaighanja | |
No 172 Wing | Madras | |
No 293 AMES | Madras | |
No 859 AMES | Madras | |
Air Transit Section | Madras | |
No 9 Wireless Unit | Madras | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Madura | |
No 554 AMES | Malabar | |
No 302 Maintenance Unit | Manauri | |
No 568 AMES | Mancharpur | |
No 885 AMES | Manipur Road | |
No 259 AMES | Mathurapur | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Miranshah | |
No 4 Sqn IAF - Detachment | Miranshah | Lysander |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Nagpur | |
No 92 Air Stores Park | Nai Hati | |
No 370 AMES | Negapatam | |
No 574 AMES | Navalur | |
No 225 AMES | Nellore | |
AHQ India | New Delhi | |
AHQ Communications Unit | New Delhi | |
Air Publications and Forms Store | New Delhi | |
RAF Dental Services | New Delhi | |
RAF Chaplain's Branch | New Delhi | |
No 864 AMES | Noa Hat | |
No 884 AMES | Noya | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Ondal | |
No 96 Air Stores Park | Ondal | |
No 228 AMES | Ongole | |
No 542 AMES | Pallavaram | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Pandaveswar | |
Communication Flight | Peshawar | |
No 152 Operational Training Unit | Peshawar | |
No 268 AMES | Pondicherry | |
No 2 Central Medical Board | Poona | |
Combined Training Centre | Poona | |
No 678 AMES | Port Canning | |
No 34 Personnel Reception Centre | Quetta | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Quetta | |
No 165 Wing | Ramu | |
No 79 Sqn | Ramu | Hurricane |
No 135 Sqn | Ramu | Hurricane |
No 171 Wing | Ranchi | |
No 22 Air Support Control | Ranchi | |
No 28 Sqn | Ranchi | Hurricane |
No 2 Sqn IAF | Ranchi | Lysander |
No 223 Group | Rawalpindi | |
No 240 Sqn | Red Hills Lake | Catalina |
No 151 Operational Training Unit | Risalpur | |
Care and Maintenance Party | St Thomas Mount | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | St Thomas Mount | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Salbini | |
No 159 Sqn | Salbini | Liberator |
No 170 Wing | Salbini | |
No 160 Sqn | Salbini | Non-operational |
No 123 Repair and Salvage Unit | Salbini | |
No 848 AMES | Sannoi | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Santa Cruz | |
RAF Regiment Training Centre | Secunderabad | Lysander |
No 3 Hill Depot | Shillong | |
No 870 AMES | Silchar | |
No 2 Wireless Unit | Silchar | |
No 2 Hill Depot | Solan | |
Code & Cypher School | Solan | |
Equipment School | Solan | |
No 36 Sqn | Tanjore | Non-operational |
No 8 Wireless Unit | Tanjore | |
No 5 Sqn - Detachment | Tezpur | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Tezpur | |
No 173 Wing | Trichinopoly | |
No 121 Repair and Salvage Unit | Trichinopoly | |
No 6 Sqn IAF | Trichinopoly | Hurricane - Forming |
No 8 Sqn IAF | Trichinopoly | Vengeance - Forming |
Civil Repair Organisation | Trichinopoly | |
Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Ulunderpet | |
Care and Maintenance Party | Vizagapatam | |
No 7 Sqn IAF | Vizagapatam | Vengeance - Forming |
No 2000 AMES | Waltair | |
No 42 Sqn | Yelahanka | No aircraft |
Ceylon | ||
No 272 AMES | Batticaloa | |
No 5009 AMES | Chapel Hill | |
RAF Station China Bay | ||
No 321 Sqn | RAF China Bay | Catalina |
No 990 Sqn - Detachment | RAF China Bay | Mk VI Balloons |
No 1 Fixed Torpedo Unit | RAF China Bay | |
RAF Station Colombo | ||
No 222 Group | RAF Colombo | |
No 62 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Colombo | |
No 89 Air Stores Park | RAF Colombo | |
No 45 Embarkation Unit | RAF Colombo | |
No 22 Wireless Unit | RAF Colombo | |
No 990 Sqn | RAF Colombo | Mk VI Balloons |
Calibration Flight | RAF Colombo | |
No 25 Wireless Unit | RAF Colombo | |
No 203 ASR Unit | RAF Colombo | |
No 226 ASR Unit | RAF Colombo | Also shown at Calcutta |
No 13 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF Colombo | |
No 20 Sector Operations Room | RAF Colombo | |
No 30 Sqn | Dambulla | Hurricane |
No 128 Repair and Salvage Unit | Dambulla | |
No 93 Air Stores Park | Dambulla | |
No 3 Sector Operations Room | Dambulla | |
No 539 AMES | Dutch Tower | |
No 292 AMES | Elizabeth Point | |
No 254 AMES | Galle | |
Transit Camp | Galle | |
No 209 AMES | Galle | |
No 4 AMES | Horton Plain | |
No 553 AMES | Hambantota | |
No 552 AMES | Kandaloya | |
No 5010 AMES | Kodiputumala | |
RAF Station Kogalla | ||
No 205 Sqn | RAF Kogalla | Catalina |
No 413 Sqn RCAF | RAF Kogalla | Catalina |
No 589 AMES | Kuchchavali | |
No 1 Explosives Park | Kurunegala | |
No 858 AMES | Manning Town | |
RAF Station Minneriya | ||
No 22 Sqn | RAF Minneriya | Beaufort |
No 217 Sqn | RAF Minneriya | Hudson |
No 524 AMES | Mount Lavinia | |
No 538 AMES | Mutwal | |
No 849 AMES | Namunukula | |
No 546 AMES | Namunukula | |
No 296 AMES | Parantham | |
RAF Station Ratmalana | ||
Communication Flight | RAF Ratmalana | |
No 273 Sqn | RAF Ratmalana | Hurricane |
No 2 Explosives Park | RAF Ratmalana | |
No 2 Fixed Torpedo Unit | RAF Ratmalana | |
No 290 AMES | Ridgeway | |
No 3 AMES | Trincomalee | |
No 2 Operations Room | Trincomalee | |
Maldive Islands | ||
No 2001 AMES | Addu Attol | |
Island Base | Addu Attol | Under RAF Kogalla |
Chagos Islands | ||
Island Base | Diego Garcia | Under RAF Kogalla |
Units in China (Under No 224 Group) | ||
HQ RAF in China | Chengtu | |
No 517 AMES | Chengtu | |
No 677 AMES | Kunming | |
Units not yet located | ||
No 211 Sqn | ||
No 191 Sqn | ||
No 90 Air Stores Park | ||
No 97 Air Stores Park | ||
No 83 Repair and Salvage Unit | ||
No 84 Repair and Salvage Unit | ||
Nos 176, 177 & 178 Wing | ||
Nos 227 - 248 ASR Units | ||
No 63 Embarkation Unit, Cochin | ||
Nos 1571 - 1574 Gunnery Flights | ||
No 325 Maintenance Unit | ||
No 321 Maintenance Unit | ||
US Army Air Force
(10th Air Force) India and China Ancillary units are not shown |
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China Task Force (10th Air Force) | Chungking | |
HQ 10th Air Force | New Delhi | |
23rd Fighter Group comprising: -
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Kunming (China)
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P-40E |
51st Fighter Group comprising: -
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Dinjan
|
P-40E |
341st Bombardment Group (Medium) comprising: -
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Karachi
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B-25C |
7th Bombardment Group (Heavy) comprising: -
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Karachi
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B-17 to be re-equipped with B-24s |
Source - March 1943 SD161
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