Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Other Overseas Commands/Units - January 1946
[AHQ West Africa | Units in Australia | Units in the USA]
HQ - Freetown
Location | Unit | Notes |
Accra (Gold Coast) | Air HQ | |
Accra (Gold Coast) | No 55 Staging Post | |
Accra (Gold Coast) | West Africa Transport & Communication Sqn | Dakota/Anson |
Accra (Gold Coast) | No 386 Maintenance Unit | |
Bathurst (Gambia) | RAF Detachment | |
Ikeja (Nigeria) | No 50 Staging Post | |
Ikeja (Nigeria) | No 1561 (Meteorological) Flt | |
Jui (Sierra Leone) | RAF Detachment | |
Kano (Nigeria) | No 52 Staging Post | |
Maiduguri (Nigeria) | No 53 Staging Post | |
Port Etienne (Mauritania) | No 51 Staging Post | |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | No 68 Staging Post | |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | No 33 Embarkation Unit | |
Waterloo (Sierra Leone) | No 36 Personnel Transit Camp | |
Waterloo (Sierra Leone) | No 66 Staging Post | |
Waterloo (Sierra Leone) | No 1562 (Meteorological) Flt | |
Yumdum (Gambia) | No 54 Staging Post |
HQ - Melbourne, Australia
Location | Unit | Notes |
Archerfield (Brisbane) | No 194 Staging Post | |
Archerfield (Brisbane) | No 1315 Servicing Echelon | |
Archerfield (Brisbane) | No 1315 RAF Flight | |
Brisbane | No 9 Special Liaison Unit | Administered by the RAAF |
Camden | Station HQ | |
Camden | No 243 Sqn | Dakota/Anson |
Garbutt (Townville) | No 193 Staging Post | |
Kingsford Smith Airport (Mascot, Sydney) | No 145 Staging Post | |
Melbourne | No 300 Group | |
Melbourne | Base Accounts Office | |
Parafield | No 238 Sqn | Dakota |
Port Moresby | No 199 Staging Post |
Units in the United States of America
Administered by the RAF Delegation, Washington
Location | Unit | Notes |
Miami | No 65 Embarkation Unit | |
New York | No 56 Embarkation Unit | |
New York | No 30 Personnel Transit Centre | |
San Francisco | No 97 Embarkation Unit |
Source - SD161 (64th Edition) - January 1946
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