Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
AHQ India - New Delhi
Unit | Location | Notes |
India | ||
RAF Station Allahabad | ||
Reinforcing Staging Party | Allahabad | |
No 1 Reserve Aircraft Pool (Bomber) | Allahabad | |
No 177 Sqn | Allahabad | Beaufighter (Coastal) Non-operational |
No 22 Ferry Control | Allahabad | |
Air Transit Section | Allahabad | |
Indian ATC | 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 | |
Central Trade Test Board | RAF Ambala | |
No 2 Care & Maintenance Party | Alipore | |
No 607 Sqn | Alipore | Hurricane |
No 17 Sqn | Alipore | Hurricane |
Calibration Flight | Armarda Road | |
Air Fighting Training Unit | Armarda Road | |
No 288 AMES | Amghata | |
RAF Liaison Section, Central Command | Agra | |
Indian ATC | Aligarh University | |
No 1 Signals School | Andheri | |
General Reconnaissance/Air Naval School | Andheri | |
No 127 Repair and Salvage Unit | Arkonam | |
No 88 Air Stores Park | Arkonam | |
No 10 Care and Maintenance Party | Arkonam | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Amadabad | |
No 3 Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Asansol | |
No 168 Wing | RAF Asansol | |
No 2 Forward Repair Depot | RAF Asansol | |
No 45 Sqn | RAF Asansol | Vengeance - Non operational |
No 82 Sqn | RAF Asansol | Vengeance - Non operational |
No 368 Wireless Unit | Abbotabad | |
No 169 Wing | Agartala | |
No 3 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Agartala | |
No 4 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Agartala | |
No 1 Care and Maintenance Party | Agartala | |
No 5 Sqn | Agartala | Mohawk |
No 27 Sqn | Agartala | Beaufighter (Coastal) |
No 682 AMES | Agartala | |
No 319 AMES | Bankura | |
Explosive Storage Section | Babugarh (SHQ Delhi) | |
No 567 AMES | Basirhat | |
No 857 AMES | Buri Bazaar | |
Reinforcing Staging Party | Bidar | |
AHQ Bengal | Barrackpore | |
Communication Flight | Barrackpore | |
No 8 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit | Barrackpore | |
Flying Boat Base | Bombay | |
No 227 Group | Bombay | |
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 | |
Rover Flight, No 979 (Balloon) Sqn | Bombay | Mk VI Balloons |
No 305 Maintenance Unit | Bombay | |
RAF Base HQ | Bombay | |
SS 'Shenking' | Bombay | |
Combined Training Centre | Bombay | |
MT Storage Unit | Bombay | |
Civil Repair Organisation (MT) | Bombay | |
Cadets Education Centre | Bombay | |
Armament Training Unit | Bairagarh (Bhopal) | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Bairagarh (Bhopal) | |
No 6 Sqn IAF | Bairagarh (Bhopal) | Hurricane - non operational |
No 590 AMES | Balasore | |
No 40 Wireless Unit | Barisal | |
No 1 Elementary Flying Training School | Begumpet | |
No 367 Wireless Unit | Ballygunge | |
No 9 Care and Maintenance Party | Baigachi | |
No 176 Sqn | Baigachi | Hurricane/Beaufighter (Night Fighter) |
No 261 Sqn | Baigachi | Hurricane |
No 225 Group | Bangalore | |
MT Storage Unit | Bangalore | |
No 7 Wireless Unit | Bangalore | |
Calibration Flight | Bangalore | |
Air Transit Section | Bangalore | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Bangalore | |
No 357 Wireless Unit | Bangalore | |
No 23 Air Support Control | Bangalore | Also shown at Imphal |
RDF School | Bangalore | |
No 3 Hydrogen Comp Station | Bangalore | |
No 308 Maintenance Unit | Bamrauli | |
No 224 AMES | Bhadrack | |
No 224 Group | Chittagong | |
No 146 Sqn | Chittagong | Hurricane |
No 7 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Chittagong | |
No 676 AMES | Chittagong | |
No 10 Wireless Unit | Chittagong | |
No 12 Wireless Unit | Chittagong | |
No 37 Wireless Unit | Chittagong | |
Nos 680 AMES c/o 224 Group | Chittagong | |
Nos 683 AMES c/o 224 Group | Chittagong | |
Nos 684 AMES c/o 224 Group | Chittagong | |
Nos 685 AMES c/o 224 Group | Chittagong | |
Nos 642 - 646 AMES c/o 224 Group | Chittagong | |
Rover Flight, No 978 (Balloon) Sqn | Chittagong | Mk VI Balloons |
No 21 Sector Operations Room c/o No 224 Group | Chittagong | |
No 166 Wing | Chittagong | |
No 136 Sqn | Chittagong | Hurricane |
No 67 Sqn | Chittagong | Hurricane |
Repair & Salvage Unit | Chittagong | |
No 879 AMES | Chittagong | |
No 5029 AMES | Chittagong | |
No 20 Sqn - Detachment | Chittagong | Lysander |
No 226 ASR Unit | Chittagong | |
No 92 Equipment Park | Chittagong | |
No 39 Equipment Park | Chundpur | |
No 11 Care and Maintenance Party | Chettinad | |
RAF Station Cawnpore | ||
No 20 Sqn | Charra | Lysander |
No 54 Embarkation Unit | Calcutta | |
No 978 (Balloon) Sqn | Calcutta | |
No 23 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
No 355 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
Air Transit Section | Calcutta | |
Civil Repair Organisation (Aircraft) | Calcutta | |
No 3 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
No 221 Group | Calcutta | |
No 5 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
Controllers Training Unit | Calcutta | |
MT Storage Unit | Calcutta | |
Maintenance Wing (Bengal) | Calcutta | |
RAF Base HQs | Calcutta | |
No 1 Forward Repair Depot | Calcutta | |
No 863 AMES | Calcutta | Also shown at Dimapur |
No 8514 AMES | Calcutta | |
Flying Boat Base | Calcutta | |
No 75 Equipment Park | Calcutta | |
No 227 AMES | Calcutta | |
RAF Movements Section | Calcutta | |
Shuttle Service Unit (Balloon) | Calcutta | |
Civil Repair Organisation (MT) | Calcutta | |
No 293 Wing | Calcutta | |
No 4 Hill Depot | Chakrata | |
Technical and Disciplinary School | Chakrata | |
No 113 Sqn | Chadina | Blenheim IV |
Air Landing School | Chakala | |
No 99 Sqn | Chakala | Wellington |
No 373 AMES | Char Chapli | |
No 12 Care and Maintenance Party | Cholavaram | |
No 17 Care and Maintenance Party | Cochin | |
No 6 Hill Station | Cochin | |
No 63 Embarkation Unit | Cochin | |
Flying Boat Base | Cochin | |
Flying Boat Base | Cocanada | |
No 5042 AMES | Cox's Bazaar | |
No 210 AMES | Cox's Bazaar | |
No 4 Care and Maintenance Party | Cuttack | |
No 12 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | Cuttack | |
No 6 Wireless Unit | Cuttack | |
No 4 Repair and Salvage Section | Dacca | |
No 544 AMES | Diamond Harbour | |
No 863 AMES | Dimapur | Also shown at Calcutta |
No 31 Sqn | Dhubalia | DC2/DC3 |
No 36 Sqn | Dhubalia | Wellington |
No 194 Sqn - Detachment | Dhubalia | Hudson VI |
No 60 Sqn | Dohazari | Blenheim IV |
No 6 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Dohazari | |
No 851 AMES | Deganga | |
RAF Station Delhi | ||
Air Transit Section | RAF Delhi | |
No 1 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 1 IAF Exhibition Unit | RAF Delhi | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | RAF Delhi | |
No 984 (Balloon) Sqn | Digboi | Mk VI Balloons |
Care and Maintenance Party | Dum Dum | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Dum Dum | |
No 681 Sqn | Dum Dum | Spitfire/B-25 |
No 2 Reserve Aircraft Pool (Fighter) | Dum Dum | |
No 22 AACU, 'B' Flight | Dum Dum | |
No 5019 AMES | Edappalli | |
No 543 AMES | Egra | |
No 312 AMES | Emakulam (Cochin) | |
No 247 AMES | Elliotganj | |
No 376 AMES | Fazilpur | |
No 5 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Fenny | |
No 877 Wing | Fenny | |
No 615 Sqn | Fenny | Hurricane |
No 167 Wing | Fenny | |
No 11 Sqn | Fenny | Blenheim |
No 4 School of Technical Training (Civil) | Guindy (Madras) | |
No 291 AMES | Grubb's Island | |
Indian ATC | Hyderabad | |
No 869 AMES | Hathripara | |
No 155 Sqn | Imphal | Mohawk |
No 1 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Imphal | |
No 2 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Imphal | |
No 383 AMES | Imphal | |
No 23 Air Support Control | Imphal | Also shown at Bangalore |
No 28 Sqn - Detachment | Imphal | Hurricane |
No 11 Wireless Unit | Imphal | |
No 39 Wireless Unit | Imphal | |
No 1 Anti-Gas School | Jamshedpur | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Iharsaguda | |
No 979 Sqn | Jamshedpur | Mk VI Balloons |
Communication Flight | Jakkar (Bangalore) | |
No 281 AMES | Jagatsingpur | |
No 848 AMES | Jamnagar | |
No 5 School of Technical Training (Civil) | Jamnagar | |
No 2 Anti-Gas School | Jalahalli | |
No 51 Personnel Transit Centre | Jalahalli | |
RAF Station Jodphur | ||
No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Jodhpur | |
No 319 Maintenance Unit | RAF Jodhpur | |
No 853 AMES | Jessore | |
No 6 Care and Maintenance Party | Jessore | |
No 3 Repair and Salvage Section | Jessore | |
175 Wing | Jessore | |
No 62 Sqn | Jessore | Hudson |
No 215 Sqn | Jessore | Wellington |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Jiwani (Baluchistan) | |
RAF Station Juhu | ||
No 22 AA Co-operation Unit, 'C' Flight | Juhu (Bombay) | |
No 227 Communication Flight | Juhu (Bombay) | |
No 301 Maintenance Unit | Karachi | |
No 29 Personnel Reception Centre | Karachi | |
HQ No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit & 'A' Flight | Karachi | |
No 57 Embarkation Unit | Karachi | |
No 212 Sqn | Karachi | Catalina |
Air Transit Section | Karachi | |
No 320 Maintenance Unit (Aircraft Repair Depot) | Karachi | |
No 179 Wing | Karachi | |
Flying Boat Base | Karachi | |
RAF Base HQs | Karachi | |
No 5059 AMES | Karachi | |
No 91 Equipment Park | Karaghpur | |
No 248 AMES | Karaghpur | |
No 313 Maintenance Unit | Kankinara | |
Equipment Park (Reserve) | Kankinara | |
No 378 AMES | Kattali | |
RAF Station Kohat | ||
No 4 Sqn IAF | RAF Kohat | Lysander |
No 3 Sqn IAF | RAF Kohat | Audax |
No 13 Care and Maintenance Party | Kayattar | |
No 26 Wireless Unit | Kohima | |
No 211 AMES | Khulna | |
RAF Station Kanchrapara | ||
No 34 Sqn | Kumbhigram | Blenheim, also shown at St Thomas Mount |
No 42 Sqn | Kumbhigram | Blenheim V |
No 307 Maintenance Unit | Lahore | |
W/T Installation and Fitting Party | Lahore | |
MT Storage Unit | Lahore | |
No 306 Maintenance Unit | Lahore | |
Followers' Reception Centre | Lahore | |
Cadets Training Wing | Lahore | |
No 1 Recruits Training Centre | Lahore | |
Indian ATC | Lahore | |
No 1 Hill Depot | Lower Topa | |
School of Physical Training | Lower Topa | |
No 379 AMES | Maungdaw | |
No 4 Wireless Unit | Maungdaw | |
No 859 AMES | Maungdaw | |
No 641 AMES | Maungdaw | |
No 8 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Maungdaw | |
No 11 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Maungdaw | |
No 679 AMES | Maungdaw | |
No 22 Air Support Control | Maungdaw | |
No 14 Care and Maintenance Party | Madura | |
No 7 Care and Maintenance Party | Madhaighanja | |
No 110 Sqn | Madhaighanja | Vengeance - non operational |
RAF Station Manipur | ||
No 885 AMES | RAF Manipur | |
No 317 Maintenance Unit | RAF Manipur | |
No 21 Ferry Control | RAF Manipur | |
Main Crew Ferry Pool | RAF Manipur | |
Transit Ferry Pool | RAF Manipur | |
No 172 Wing | Madras | |
No 293 AMES | Madras | |
Air Transit Section | Madras | |
No 9 Wireless Unit | Madras | |
No 5028 AMES | Madras | |
No 573 AMES | Maundamelli | |
No 258 AMES | Mathurapur | |
No 568 AMES | Mancharpur | |
No 554 AMES | Malabar Hill | |
No 302 Maintenance Unit | Manauri | |
No 22 AACU, 'D' Flight | Mehgaon (Jubbalpore) | |
No 19 Care and Maintenance Party | Miranshah | |
No 3 Sqn IAF - Detachment | Miranshah | Lysander |
No 574 AMES | Navalpur | |
No 370 AMES | Negapatam | |
No 5054 AMES | Narayanpur | |
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 | |
IAF Meteorological Services | New Delhi | |
AHQ Signals Section | New Delhi | |
Civil Repair Organisation (MT) | New Delhi | |
No 228 Group (Nucleus) | New Delhi | |
No 225 AMES | Nellore | |
No 681 AMES | Nutantara | |
No 94 Equipment Park | Nai Hati | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Nagpur | |
No 23 Ferry Control | Nagpur | |
No 864 AMES | Noa Hat | |
No 135 Sqn | Nidania | Hurricane |
No 228 AMES | Ongole | |
No 226 (Maintenance) Group | Palam (Delhi) | |
No 194 Sqn | Palam (Delhi) | Hudson |
No 284 AMES | Pagdalapeta | |
No 542 AMES | Pallavaram | |
No 20 Care and Maintenance Party | Pharpamau | |
No 7 Sqn IAF | Pharpamau | Vengeance - non operational |
No 268 AMES | Pondicherry | |
RAF Station Poona | ||
Surplus Aircrew Centre | Poona | |
Communication Flight | Peshawar | |
No 152 Operational Training Unit | Peshawar | |
No 21 Care and Maintenance Party | Quetta | |
No 171 Wing | Ranchi | |
No 28 Sqn | Ranchi | Hurricane |
No 2 Sqn IAF | Ranchi | Hurricane - non operational |
No 240 Sqn | Red Hills Lake | Catalina |
No 223 Group | Rawalpindi | |
No 25 Wireless Unit | Rawalpindi | |
No 570 AMES | Rendugullapalem | |
No 5055 AMES | Raljabil | |
No 10 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Ramu | |
No 165 Wing | Ramu | |
No 79 Sqn | Ramu | Hurricane |
No 17 Sector Operations Room | Ramu | |
No 1 Hydrogen Comp Station | Rishra (Calcutta) | |
No 151 Operational Training Unit | Risalpur | |
No 1 Sqn IAF | Risalpur | Hurricane |
No 16 Care and Maintenance Party | St Thomas Mount | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | St Thomas Mount | |
No 11 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | St Thomas Mount | |
No 34 Sqn | St Thomas Mount | Blenheim, also shown at Kumbhigram |
No 8 Care and Maintenance Party | Salbini | |
No 159 Sqn | Salbini | Liberator |
No 2 Repair and Salvage Section | Salbini | |
Reinforcement Staging Party | Santa Cruz | |
No 3 School Technical Training (Civil ) | Sidpur | |
No 2 Hydrogen Comp Station | Sewri (Bombay) | |
No 849 AMES | Sannoi | |
RAF Station Secunderabad | ||
RAF Regiment Depot (India) | RAF Secunderabad | Lysander |
Fire Fighting School | RAF Secunderabad | |
School of IAF Police | RAF Secunderabad | |
DMT School | RAF Secunderabad | |
Non Technical Training Centre | RAF Secunderabad | |
No 3 Hill Depot | Shillong | |
No 870 AMES | Silchar | |
No 2 Wireless Unit | Silchar | |
No 170 Wing | Silchar | |
No 9 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Silchar | |
No 2 Hill Depot | Solan | |
Code & Cypher School | Solan | |
Equipment School | Solan | |
No 19 Wireless Unit | Tiddim | |
No 173 Wing | Trichinopoly | |
No 121 Repair and Salvage Unit | Trichinopoly | |
No 8 Sqn IAF | Trichinopoly | Vengeance - non operational |
Civil Repair Organisation (Aircraft) | Trichinopoly | |
No 8 Wireless Unit | Tanjore | |
No 353 Sqn | Tanjore | Hudson |
Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Ulunderpet | |
RAF Station Vizagapatam | ||
No 2000 AMES | Waltair | |
Ceylon | ||
No 272 AMES | Batticaloa | |
No 5043 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 Detachment | RAF China Bay | |
No 273 Sqn | RAF China Bay | Hurricane |
Flying Boat Base | RAF China Bay | |
RAF Station Colombo | ||
No 222 Group | RAF Colombo | |
No 62 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Colombo | |
No 128 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Colombo | |
No 89 Air Stores Park | RAF Colombo | |
No 93 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 203 ASR Unit | RAF Colombo | |
No 20 Sector Operations Room | RAF Colombo | |
No 30 Sqn | RAF Colombo | Hurricane |
No 4 Hydrogen Comp Station | RAF Colombo | |
No 377 AMES | Challitivi | |
No 3 Sector Operations Room | Dambulla | |
No 258 Sqn | Dambulla | Hurricane |
No 539 AMES | Dutch Tower | |
No 292 AMES | Elizabeth Point | |
No 209 AMES | Galle | |
No 201 AMES | Horton Plain | |
No 553 AMES | Hambantota | |
No 552 AMES | Kandaloya | |
No 296 AMES | Kilinochchi | |
No 5010 AMES | Kodiputumala | |
No 1 Explosives Park | Kurunegala | |
RAF Station Kogalla | ||
No 205 Sqn | RAF Kogalla | Catalina |
No 413 Sqn RCAF | RAF Kogalla | Catalina |
Flying Boat Base | RAF Kogalla | |
No 524 AMES | Mount Lavinia | |
No 858 AMES | Manning Town | |
RAF Station Minneriya | ||
No 538 AMES | Mutwal | |
No 546 AMES | Namunukula | |
No 2016 AMES | Pandur | |
No 589 AMES | Palavaki | |
No 7 Hill Station | Radella | |
RAF Station Ratmalana | ||
Communication Flight | RAF Ratmalana | |
No 2 Explosives Park | RAF Ratmalana | |
No 2 Fixed Torpedo Detachment | RAF Ratmalana | |
No 160 Sqn | RAF Ratmalana | Liberator |
No 84 Sqn | RAF Ratmalana | Vengeance - non operational |
No 290 AMES | Ridgeway | |
No 254 AMES c/o 290 AMES | Ridgeway | |
No 200 AMES | Trincomalee | |
No 2 Operations Room | Trincomalee | |
RAF Station Vavuniya | ||
No 22 Sqn | RAF Vavuniya | Beaufort |
No 217 Sqn | RAF Vavuniya | Hudson |
Torpedo Depot | Wellawata | |
No 13 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | Wellawata | |
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 AHQ Bengal) | ||
No 517 AMES | Chengtu | |
No 677 AMES | Kunming | |
Units not formed | ||
No 211 Sqn | ||
No 191 Sqn | ||
No 97 Air Stores Park (Number basis) | ||
No 83 Repair and Salvage Unit (Number basis) | ||
No 84 Repair and Salvage Unit (Number basis) | ||
Nos 176, 177 & 178 Wing | ||
Nos 1571 - 1574 Gunnery Flights | ||
No 321 Maintenance Unit | ||
No 90 Air Stores Park (Number basis) | ||
No 354 Sqn | ||
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) | Kunming (China) | |
HQ 10th Air Force | New Delhi | |
HQ India Task Force (10th Air Force) | Calcutta | |
23rd Fighter Group comprising: -
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Kunming (China)
|
P-40E |
51st Fighter Group comprising: -
|
Dinjan
|
P-40E |
341st Bombardment Group (Medium) comprising: -
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Chakulia
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B-25C |
7th Bombardment Group (Heavy) comprising: -
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Pandaveswar
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B-24D |
308th Bombardment Group (Heavy) comprising: -
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Agra
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B-24D |
Source - June 1943 SD161
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