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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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| Unit | Location | Notes |
| India | ||
| Staging Party | Allahabad | |
| RAF Station Ambala | ||
| No 1 School of Technical Training | RAF Ambala | |
| Central Wireless Station | RAF Ambala | |
| No 1 Service Flying Training School | RAF Ambala | |
| No 303 Maintenance Unit | RAF Ambala | |
| Central Trade Testing Board | RAF Ambala | |
| Central Accounts Office | RAF Ambala | |
| Reception Centre | RAF Ambala | |
| RAF Station Asansol | ||
| No 122 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Asansol | |
| Staging Party | RAF Asansol | |
| Staging Camp | Bangalore | |
| No 225 Group | Bangalore | |
| Reception Centre | Bareilly | |
| No 1 Elementary Flying Training School | Begumpet | |
| No 51 Embarkation Unit | Begumpet | |
| No 102 (Coast Defence) Flight IAFVR | Begumpet | Wapiti/Hart |
| Coast Defence Wing | Begumpet | |
| BPO | Begumpet | |
| No 353 Sqn | Calcutta | Hudson |
| HQ No 2 Wing | Calcutta | |
| No 221 Group (Detachment in Burma) | Calcutta | |
| No 3 AAC Flt | Calcutta | |
| No 285 AMES | Calcutta | |
| No 2 (India) Group | Calcutta | |
| No 274 (Balloon) Wing | Calcutta | |
| No 978(Balloon) Sqn | Calcutta | |
| No 979 (Balloon) Sqn | Calcutta | |
| No 848 AMES | Calcutta | |
| No 288 AMES | Calcutta | |
| No 544 AMES | Calcutta | |
| No 54 Embarkation Unit | Calcutta | |
| RAF Station Chakulia | ||
| No 4 Hill Depot | Chakrata | |
| No 105 (Coast Defence) Flight IAFVR | Cochin | Wapiti |
| No 291 AMES | Cochin | |
| AHQ India | Delhi | |
| Communication Flight | Delhi | Envoy? |
| Staging Party | Delhi | |
| Air Landing School | Delhi | |
| No 31 Sqn - Detachment | Delhi | |
| RAF Station Dinjan | ||
| No 146 Sqn | RAF Dinjan | Audax |
| RAF Station Dum Dum | ||
| No 5 Sqn | RAF Dum Dum | Mohawk |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Fort Sandeman | |
| Reception Centre | Fyzabad | |
| Staging Party | Jiwani | |
| No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | Jodhpur | |
| No 2 AAC Flt | Juhu | |
| No 5 Hill Depot | Kailana | |
| No 304 Maintenance Unit | Kanchrapara | |
| No 60 Repair and Salvage Unit | Kanchrapara | |
| No 301 Maintenance Unit - Aircraft Depot | Karachi | |
| No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flt | Karachi | |
| Air Reinforcement Centre | Karachi | |
| No 106 (Coast Defence) Flight IAFVR | Karachi | Wapiti |
| No 2 School of Technical Training | Karachi | |
| Reception Centre | Karachi | |
| RAF Station Kohat | ||
| No 4 Sqn IAF | RAF Kohat | Lysander |
| No 3 Sqn IAF | RAF Kohat | Audax |
| RAF Station Lahore | ||
| No 1 Initial Training School (Officer) | RAF Lahore | |
| No 31 Sqn | RAF Lahore | Valentia/DC2 |
| Records Office | RAF Lahore | |
| No 123 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Lahore | |
| HQ No 2 (India) Group | RAF Lahore | |
| No 28 Sqn | RAF Lahore | Lysander |
| No 60 Sqn | RAF Lahore | Blenheim |
| No 39 Air Stores Park | RAF Lahore | |
| No 1 Hill Depot | Lower Topa | |
| No 101 (Coast Defence) Flight IAFVR | Madras | Atlanta/Hart |
| Care and Maintenance Party | Miranshah | |
| RAF Station Ondal | ||
| RAF Station Peshawar | ||
| No 223 Group | RAF Peshawar | |
| Armament Training Unit | RAF Peshawar | |
| No 20 Sqn | RAF Peshawar | Lysander |
| Air Support Control Centre | Poona | |
| Reception Centre | Quetta | |
| RAF Station Risalpur | ||
| No 155 Sqn | RAF Risalpur | Audax |
| No 1 Sqn IAF | Secunderabad | Lysander |
| No 2 Sqn IAF | Secunderabad | Lysander |
| No 86 Air Stores Park | Secunderabad | |
| No 121 Repair and Salvage Unit | Secunderabad | |
| No 2 Hill Depot | Solan | |
| No 104 (Coast Defence) Flight IAFVR | Vizagapatam | Wapiti |
| Ceylon | ||
| No 272 AMES | Batticaloa | |
| RAF Station China Bay | ||
| Station Flt | RAF China Bay | Seal/Vildebeest/Catalina |
| No 273 Sqn | RAF China Bay | |
| Marine Craft Section | RAF China Bay | |
| No 222 Group | Colombo | |
| No 539 AMES | Dutch Tower | |
| No 292 AMES | Elizabeth Point | |
| No 254 AMES | Galle | |
| RAF Station Kogalla | ||
| No 205 Sqn | RAF Kogalla | Catalina |
| No 413 Sqn RCAF | RAF Kogalla | Catalina |
| No 524 AMES | Lavinia | |
| No 538 AMES | Mutwal | |
| RAF Station Ratmalana | ||
| No 11 Sqn | RAF Ratmalana | Blenheim |
| No 30 Sqn | RAF Ratmalana | Hurricane |
| No 261 Sqn | RAF Ratmalana | Hurricane |
| No 290 AMES | Ridgeway | |
| No 45 Embarkation Unit | Trincomalee | |
| No 62 Repair and Salvage Unit | Trincomalee | |
| No 849 AMES | Trincomalee | |
| Burma | ||
| No 135 Sqn | Unknown | Hurricane |
| No 136 Sqn | Unknown | Hurricane |
| No 113 Sqn | Unknown | Blenheim IV |
| No 17 Sqn | Unknown | |
| No 67 Sqn | Unknown | |
| No 45 Sqn | Unknown | Blenheim IV |
| No 517 AMES | Unknown | |
| No 154 Maintenance Unit | Unknown | |
| The locations of the following are not known | ||
| No 258 Sqn | Re-forming - Ceylon | |
| No 607 Sqn | Hurricane | |
| No 615 Sqn | Hurricane | |
| No 82 Sqn | Blenheim | |
| No 110 Sqn | Blenheim | |
| No 99 Sqn | Wellington | |
| No 215 Sqn | Wellington | |
| No 79 Sqn | Hurricane | |
| No 84 Sqn | Blenheim ex ME | |
| No 211 Sqn | Blenheim ex ME | |
| No 990 Sqn | ||
| No 34 Sqn | To re-form - Blenheim | |
| No 62 Sqn | To re-form - Hudson | |
| No 209 Sqn | Catalina | |
| No 240 Sqn | Catalina | |
| No 22 Sqn | Beaufort ex ME | |
| No 159 Sqn | Liberator | |
| No 160 Sqn | Liberator | |
| No 293 Wing | Liberator | |
| No 101 Repair and Salvage Unit | ||
| No 75 Air Stores Park | ||
| Ex Far East
Command The following squadrons have been reduced to a 'number only' basis until such time as they re-form |
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| No 453 Sqn RAAF | ||
| No 488 Sqn RNZAF | ||
| No 243 Sqn | ||
| No 27 Sqn | ||
| No 605 Sqn | ||
| No 36 Sqn | ||
| No 100 Sqn | ||
Source - June 1942 SD161
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