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This list does not include Initial Training Wings, which will be listed separately
No 300 (Transport) Wing15/12/44 - 24/4/45
31/3/46 - 30/4/46
24/4/45 - 31/3/46 raised to Group status as No 300 Group.301 (Transport) Wing
225/5/45 - 1/10/45302 (Transport) Wing
1/7/45 -?/12/45303 (Helicopter) Wing
1/2/53 - 15/2/54321 (AOP Maintenance) Wing
7/5/43 - 21/6/43322 (Fighter) Wing
7/5/42 - 7/11/44323 (Fighter) Wing
(a) 8/11/42 - 6/5/43(b) 16/5/43 - 7/7/45
324 (Fighter) Wing
(a) 14/9/42 - 10/6/47(b) 11/11/47 - ?/2/51
(a) 14/9/42 - 30/6/43 - (Naval Co-operation)(b) 25/8/43 - 12/8/44 - (General Reconnaissance)
(c) 1 Apr 2006 - Current - Expeditionary Air Wing - RAF Kinloss, Role - Maritime Patrol and Surveillance
326 (Light Bomber) Wing
5/9/42 - 31/10/43328 (General Reconnaissance) Wing
(a) 10/11/42 - 31/3/43(b) 1/6/43 - 17/10/44
329 (Signals) Wing
29/7/43 - 1/12/43330 (Bomber) Wing
9/12/42 - 26/10/44331 RCAF (Bomber) Wing
7/5/43 - 18/12/43332 (Fighter) Wing
18/11/43 - 1/9/44334 (Special Duties)/ (Special Operations) Wing
7/9/43 - 15/1/46335 (Fighter) Wing
17/9/43 - 15/7/45336 Wing
26/10/43 - 30/9/44 - (Mediterranean Allied Photographic Recce)1/10/44 - 30/9/45 - (Photographic Reconnaissance)
337 (Fighter)/ (Combined Fighter/General Reecce) Wing
15/11/43 - 15/6/46338 Wing
11/11/43 -30/9/45339 Wing
?/6/44 - ?/11/45No 340 (Fighter) Wing
6/7/44 - 30/9/45No 341 (Mobile) Wing
Formed at West Kirby on 1 November 1944, it embarked aboard HMT Otranto the following day arriving in Bombay on 4 December. On 16 December 1944 it arrived at Gujrat and joined No 223 Group, to control a number of transport squadron. By early January 1945 these consisted of No’s 435 (RCAF) a No 436 (RCAF) Sqns and the 3rd Combat Cargo Squadron of the USAAF and by the end of the month had relocated to Tulihal. A detachment of No 62 Sqn joined the Wing on 12 February but left on the 17th to be replaced by No 267 Sqn on 24 February. On 14 March the 62 Squadron detachment returned but was transferred to No 342 Wing five days later. Wing HQ moved to Maunubyin on the 23rd and No 62 Squadron arrived on the 30th. In early April the 3rd CC Squadron left and in May No 436 did likewise. The Wing moved to Akyab Main on 13 May 1945 and by the next month had been transferred to No 232 Group. 15 July saw the arrival of No 298 Squadron (Halifaxes) from the UK and in mid August the Wing was transferred to AHQ Burma and moved to Mingaladon. Further movements included No 10 and 232 Squadrons arriving in September but No 10 Squadron left on 4 October and No 98 on 9 December. 96 Squadron arrived on 31 January 1946 and by February had been joined by the 317th and 319th Troop Carrier Squadrons of the USAAF. The two American units disbanded on 28 February followed by No 62 Squadron on 15 March and No 341 Wing followed suit on 25 May 1946.
If anyone has more photographs of the HQ building above, please contact Davey
Lim
No 342 Wing
20/10/44 -15/12/45
No 343 (Glider) Wing
11/11/44 - 31/12/45
No 344 (Glider) Wing
14/11/44 - 27/10/45
No 345 Wing
1/3/45 - 31/1/46
No 346 (General Reconnaissance) Wing
8/3/45 - 15/12/45
No 347 (Photographic Recce) Wing
1 Jun 1945 – 30 Nov 1945
No 348 Wing
25/5/45 - 29/5/45 formed for 'Tiger Force', renamed 551 Wing
3/8/45 - 10/12/45 (Transport)
349 Wing Wing
25/5/45 - 29/5/45 formed for 'Tiger Force', renamed 552
Wing
350 Wing
25/5/45 - 29/5/45 formed for 'Tiger Force', renamed 553
Wing
351 Wing
25/5/45 - 29/5/45 formed for 'Tiger Force', renamed 554
Wing
500 Wing
1/8/46 - 30/9/47
551 Wing
29/5/45 - ? formed for 'Tiger Force'
1/10/54 - 1/11/56 - (Light Bomber)
552 Wing
29/5/45 - 28/8/45 formed for 'Tiger Force'
553 Wing
29/5/45 - ? formed for 'Tiger Force'
554 Wing
29/5/45 - ? formed for 'Tiger Force'
555 RAAF Wing
?/5/45 - ? formed for 'Tiger Force'
664 RCAF Wing
?/?/45 - ? formed for 'Tiger Force'
661 RCAF Wing
?/?/45 - ? formed for 'Tiger Force'
662 RCAF Wing
?/?/45 - ? formed for 'Tiger Force'
663 RCAF Wing
?/?/45 - ? formed for 'Tiger Force'
700 (Air Disarmament) Mobile
Wing
1/9/45 - ?/1/46
701 (Air Disarmament) Flak Wing
1/9/45 - 1/6/46
900 (Transport) Wing
1/10/44 - 13/11/45
1/10/44 - ?/12/45
Officers Commanding
1 Oct 1944 - Gp Capt P E Meaghe
901 Expeditionary Air Wing
1 Apr 2006 - Current, Al Udeid & Bahrain
Officers Commanding
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr T Mann (2007)
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr Vince Elliott
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Mike Nevill
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr K Hill (2008)
1/10/44 - 31/10/45
Officers Commanding
1 Oct 1944 Gp Capt J B Lynch
902 Expeditionary Air Wing
1 Apr 2006 - Current, Seeb
Officers Commanding
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr A Deas
xx xxx 2010 Wg Cdr R Wells
1 Apr 2006 - 15 May 2009, Basrah, Iraq
xx xxx 2009 - Current, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan
Officers Commanding
xx Nov 2004 Gp Capt P Atherton
xx Jun 2005
xx Oct 2006 Gp Capt T Cross
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt M Wigston
xx May 2008 Gp Capt D Andrew
xx Nov 2008 Gp Capt J Gladston
xx xxx 2009 Wg Cdr I Richardson
xx xxx 2009 Gp Capt A Gillespie
xx xxx 2010 Gp Capt J Cunningham
xx xxx 2012 Gp Capt J B Portlock
xx xxx 2013 Gp Captr A J Innes
904 (Tactical) Wing
1/10/44 - 30/11/46
1 Apr 2006 - Current, Kandahar
Officers Commanding
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt S Bell
xx xxx 2007 Gp Capt A Sudlow
905 (Tactical) Wing
1/10/44 - 31/10/45
1 Apr 2006 - Current, RAF Mount Pleasant, Falklands Island
Officers Commanding
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr R Barrett
xx xxx 2013 Wg Cdr M Rose (2013)
1/10/44 - 13/11/45
Officers Commanding
1 Oct 1944 Gp Capt H G Goddard
906 Expeditionary Air Wing
Formed on xx xxx 2010 but disbanded on xx xxx xxxx. Reformed on 15 Jan 2013 at Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emerates
Officers Commanding
xx xxx 2010 Gp Capt S Sampson
xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx 2013 Disbanded
15 Jan 2013 ?
1/12/44 - 20/11/45
Officers Commanding
1 Dec 1944 - Wg Cdr T P A Bradley
907 Expeditionary Air Wing
xx xxx 2011 Gp Capt C Jones
1/10/44 - 30/9/45
Officers Commanding
1 Oct 1944 - Gp Capt E A Whiteley
1/10/44 - 30/9/45
Officers Commanding
1 Oct 1944 - Wg Cdr P Richey
910 (Tactical)
1/12/44 - 13/11/45
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