Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Overseas Commands - April 1921

Independent Units

 

Unit	Location
Aeronautical Commission of Control (Austria)	Room 104, Oesterreishischen Marine Amst, Vienna 111, Austria
Aeronautical Mission of Control (Germany) Detachment Detachment	Berlin - Charlottenburg 87, Antwerp Paris

RAF Rhine

 

Unit	Location
No 12 Squadron	Bickendorf

Mesopotamian Group

 

Unit	Location
No 6 Squadron	Baghdad
No 8 Squadron	Baghdad
No 30 Squadron (HQ & 1 Flt) 1 Flight 1 Flight	Baghdad Mosul Kasvin
No 55 Squadron Detachment	Baghdad Mosul
No 84 Squadron (HQ & 2 Flts) 1 Flight	Shaibah Nasariyah
Aircraft Park Detachment (Port Depot)	Baghdad Basrah
Central Air Communication Section	Shaibah
Meteorological Station (to form)	Baghdad
Meteorological Station (to form)	Bushire
Meteorological Station (to form)	Basrah
Meteorological Station (to form)	Shaibah

Indian Group (HQ - Ambala)

 

Unit	Location
RAF School No 1 Squadron No 3 Squadron	Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore
Aircraft Depot	Lahore
Port Detachment Detachment	Bombay Karachi
Aircraft Park	Lahore
Aircraft Factory	Lahore
Meteorological Station (forming)	Banda Abbas
Meteorological Station (forming)	Karachi
No 1 Indian Wing HQ	Peshawar
Advanced HQ No 5 Squadron No 20 Squadron No 27 Squadron No 60 Squadron	Manzai Quetta Tank Risalpur Risalpur
No 2 Indian Wing HQ	Ambala
No 28 Squadron No 31 Squadron	Ambala Cawnpore

Mediterranean Group (HQ - Valetta, Malta)

 

Unit	Location
No 267 Squadron (1 Flight)	Calafrana, Malta
No 202 Squadron (1 Flight)	Alexandria, Egypt
Seaplane Repair Base	Feneraki, near Constantinople
Meteorological Station	Malta
Aircraft Carrier
HMS Pegasus

Source - April 1921 Air Force List

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