Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Other Overseas Commands/Units - May 1944
HQ - Freetown
Unit | Location | Notes |
No 295 Wing | Dakar (Senegal) | |
No 343 French Naval Sqn | Dakar (Senegal) | Sunderland |
No 344 French Naval Sqn | Dakar (Senegal) | Wellington XI |
Gambia | ||
RAF Station Bathurst | ||
No 44 Embarkation Unit | RAF Bathurst | |
No 95 Sqn | RAF Bathurst | Sunderland |
No 201 Air Sea Rescue Unit | RAF Bathurst | |
No 95 Sqn - Advanced Base | Port Etienne | Sunderland |
No 343 Sqn - Advanced Base | Port Etienne | Sunderland |
RAF Station Yundum | ||
Sierra Leone | ||
AHQ West Africa | Freetown | |
No 26 Embarkation Unit | Freetown | |
W/T Station | Freetown | |
Base Personnel Office | Freetown | |
No 36 Personnel Transit Centre | Freetown | |
No 202 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Freetown | |
RAF Station Jui | ||
No 204 Sqn | RAF Jui | Sunderland |
No 490 Sqn RNZAF | RAF Jui | Sunderland |
No 5151 Mechanical and Electrical Sqn | RAF Jui | |
No 176 Maintenance Unit | Kossoh | Equipment Holding Unit |
RAF Station Waterloo (Nucleus) | ||
No 1562 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Waterloo | |
Communication Flt | RAF Waterloo | |
Gold Coast | ||
No 62 Embarkation Unit | Accra | |
No 37 Personnel Transit Centre | Accra | |
RAF Station Takoradi | ||
No 116 Maintenance Unit | RAF Takoradi | Aircraft Acceptance Unit |
No 33 Embarkation Unit | RAF Takoradi | |
Communication Flt | RAF Takoradi | |
RAF Hospital | RAF Takoradi | |
Central Accounts Office | RAF Takoradi | |
No 178 Maintenance Unit | RAF Takoradi | Equipment Holding Unit |
No 26 (South African) Sqn | RAF Takoradi | Wellington |
No 21 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Takoradi | |
No 249 Air Sea Rescue Unit | RAF Takoradi | |
Nigeria | ||
RAF Station Apapa | ||
No 270 Sqn | Apapa | Catalina |
No 1561 (Meteorological) Flt | Ikeja | |
RAF Staging Station | Ikeja | |
No 26 (South African) Sqn - Advanced Base | Ikeja | Wellington |
No 38 Embarkation Unit | Lagos | |
No 298 Wing | Lagos | |
RAF Detachment | Oshodi (Lagos) | |
No 1560 (Meteorological) Flt | Maiduguri | |
Liberia | ||
No 490 Sqn RNZAF - Advanced Base | Fishlake | Catalina |
No 204 Sqn - Advanced Base | Fishlake | Sunderland |
No 26 (SAAF) Sqn - Advanced Base | Roberts Field | Wellington |
Ivory Coast | ||
No 490 Sqn RNZAF - Advanced Base | Abidjan | Catalina |
No 204 Sqn - Advanced Base | Abidjan | Sunderland |
No 270 Sqn - Advanced Base | Abidjan | Catalina |
French Equatorial Africa | ||
No 270 Sqn - Advanced Base | Libreville | Catalina |
No 26 (SAAF) Sqn - Advanced Base | Point Noire | Wellington |
Belgian Congo | ||
No 270 Sqn - Advanced Base | Banana | Catalina |
Staging Posts under No 216 Group - administered and operated by HQ Transport Command | ||
No 114 Wing | Accra (Gold Coast) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Accra (Gold Coast) | |
No 55 Staging Post | Accra (Gold Coast) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment | Apapa (Nigeria) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Dakar (Senegal) | |
No 51 Staging Post | Fort Lamy | |
No 53 Staging Post - Detachment | Fort Lamy | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Ikeja (Lagos) | |
No 50 Staging Post | Ikeja (Lagos) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment | Kano | |
No 52 Staging Post | Kano | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment | Libreville (French Equatorial Africa) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment | Maiduguri (Nigeria) | |
No 53 Staging Post | Maiduguri (Nigeria) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment | Point Noire (French Equatorial Africa) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Port Etienne (Gambia) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Roberts Field (Liberia) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Takoradi (Gold Coast) | |
No 54 Staging Post | Takoradi (Gold Coast) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Waterloo (Sierra Leone) | |
Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Yumdum (Gambia) |
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 36 Service Flying Training School | Penhold, Alberta | |
No 31 Air Navigation School | Port Albert, Ontario | Formerly No 1 S of AN, St Athan |
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 34 (Light Bomber) Operational Training Unit | Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick | |
No 36 (Night Fighter) Operational Training Unit | Greenwood, Nova Scotia | |
No 31 RAF Personnel Depot | Moncton, New Brunswick |
Units in the USA and West Indies
Unit | Location | Notes |
*No 65 Embarkation Unit | Miami | |
*No 56 Embarkation Unit | New York | |
*No 111 Operational training Unit | Nassau, Bahamas | Liberator/Mitchell |
*No 250 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Nassau, Bahamas |
* Administered by RAF Delegation, Washington
Source - SD161 - May 1944
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