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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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British Air Forces of Occupation (Germany) - September 1949
[BAFO | No 2 Group | No 85 Group | No 46 Group]
HQ BAFO - Bad Eilsen
| Unit | Location | Notes |
| RAF Station Bad Eilsen | ||
| BAFO HQ Unit | RAF Bad Eilsen | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Bad Eilsen | |
| No 2 RAF Police Wing | RAF Buckeburg | |
| BAFO Drafting Unit | RAF Buckeburg | |
| No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment | RAF Buckeburg | |
| No 1 Sqn, No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment | RAF Buckeburg | |
| Air Passenger Control Centre | Minden | |
| BAFO UK Liaison Staff | RAF Stanmore | |
| No 5357 Airfield Construction Wing | RAF Sundern | |
| No 2 Sqn, No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment | RAF Utersen |
HQ - RAF Sundern
| Unit | Location | Notes |
| RAF Station Buckeburg | ||
| RAF Station, Detmold | ||
| No 652 (AOP) Sqn | RAF Detmold | |
| No 1904 (AOP) Flight, Type 'A' | RAF Detmold | |
| No 1905 (AOP) Flight, Type 'B' | RAF Detmold | |
| No 3652 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section | RAF Detmold | |
| RAF Station Eindhoven (Holland) | ||
| No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit | RAF Eindhoven | |
| No 4 Mobile Radar Control Post | Gronau | |
| RAF Station Gutersloh | ||
| No 3 Sqn | RAF Gutersloh | Vampire |
| No 16 Sqn | RAF Gutersloh | Vampire |
| No 26 Sqn | RAF Gutersloh | Vampire |
| No 33 Sqn | RAF Gutersloh | Tempest |
| No 80 Sqn | RAF Gutersloh | Spitfire |
| No 2 Group Communication Flight | RAF Gutersloh | Anson/Mosquito |
| No 11 GCA Unit | RAF Gutersloh | |
| No 12 GCA Unit | RAF Gutersloh | |
| Parachute Jumping Training Unit | Hildesheim | |
| No 9 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | Hildesheim | |
| RAF Station Schwechat (Austria) | ||
| RAF Station Sundern | ||
| No 15054 Forward Director Post | RAF Sundern | |
| RAF Station Wahn | ||
| No 2 Sqn | RAF Wahn | Spitfire |
| No 4 Sqn | RAF Wahn | Mosquito |
| No 11 Sqn | RAF Wahn | Mosquito |
| No 14 Sqn | RAF Wahn | Mosquito |
| No 98 Sqn | RAF Wahn | Mosquito |
| No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section | RAF Wahn | |
| No 15053 Forward Director Post | RAF Wahn | |
| Central Germany Gee Chain | Winterburg | |
| Master Radar Station | RAF Wunstorf | |
| RAF Station Zeltweg, | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Zeltweg |
HQ - RAF Utersen
| Unit | Location | Notes |
| RAF Station Bad Harzburg | ||
| Convalescent Section of No 8 RAF General Hospital | RAF Bad Harzburg | |
| No 2 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Gutersloh | |
| No 431 Equipment Depot | Hamburg | |
| No 398 Maintenance Unit | Hesedorf | |
| No 5 MT Base Unit | Langenhorn | |
| RAF Station Luneburg | ||
| RAF Hospital | Rinteln | |
| RAF Station, St Hubertus | ||
| No 5352 Airfield Construction Wing | RAF St Hubertus | |
| No 52 Repair Unit (Plant) | RAF St Hubertus | |
| BAFO Rest Centre | Scharfoldendorf | |
| RAF Station Sylt | ||
| RAF Leave Centre | RAF Sylt | |
| RAF Station Utersen | ||
| No 317 Supply and Transport Column | RAF Utersen | |
| BAFO Ground Combat Training School | RAF Utersen | |
| No 1 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Utersen |
HQ - RAF Buckeburg
Operationally controlled by HQ BAFO; Administratively controlled jointly by HQ BAFO, and HQ Transport Command
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Celle | ||
| Aircrew Rest Centre | Eckernforde | |
| RAF Station, Fassberg | ||
| RAF Station Gatow | ||
| No 5 Ground Controlled Approach Unit | RAF Gatow | |
| RAF Station, Lubeck | ||
| Transport Command Detachment | RAF Lubeck | Dakota |
| RAF Station Schleswigland | ||
| Transport Command Detachment | RAF Schleswigland | Hastings |
| RAF Station Wunstorf | ||
| Transport Command Detachment | RAF Wunstorf | York |
| No 4 Ground Controlled Approach Unit | RAF Wunstorf |
Source - SD161 (108th Edition) - September 1949
[BAFO | No 2 Group | No 85 Group | No 46 Group]
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