Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Overseas Commands/Units - June 1942

Air Headquarters, West Africa

HQ - Freetown

 

Unit	Location	Notes
Gambia
No 44 Embarkation Unit	RAF Bathurst
No 651 AMES	RAF Bathurst
No 652 AMES	RAF Bathurst
No 200 Sqn	Jeswang	Hudson III
No 204 Sqn	Half Die	Sunderland
No 295 Wing	Marina Camp
Sierra Leone
No 514 AMES	Aberdeen
No 244 AMES	East Kissi
No 95 Sqn	? Bay	Sunderland
AHQ West Africa	Freetown
No 26 Embarkation Unit	Freetown
W/T Station	Freetown
RAF Station Hastings
No 128 Sqn	RAF Hastings	Hurricane IIB
No 176 Maintenance Unit	RAF Hastings
RAF Station Jui
No 305 AMES	Lakka
No 513 AMES	Wellington
No 265 AMES	Wilberforce
No 296 Wing	Wilberforce
Gold Coast
RAF Station Takoradi
No 116 Maintenance Unit	RAF Takoradi
No 33 Embarkation Unit	RAF Takoradi
Fighter Defence Flight	RAF Takoradi	Hurricane
No 200 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Takoradi	Hudson
Communication Flt	RAF Takoradi	DH89/Electra/Tiger Moth/Hudson
No 302 AMES	RAF Takoradi
No 529 AMES	RAF Takoradi
Nigeria
No 38 Embarkation Unit	Lagos

RAF Schools in Canada

Administered by the RCAF

 

School	Location	Notes
No 31 Elementary Flying Training School	De Winton, Alberta
No 32 Elementary Flying Training School	Bowden, Alberta
No 33 Elementary Flying Training School	Caron, Saskatchewan
No 34 Elementary Flying Training School	Assiniboia, Saskatchewan
No 35 Elementary Flying Training School	Neepawa, Manitoba
No 36 Elementary Flying Training School	Pearce, Alberta
No 31 Service Flying Training School	Kingston, Ontario	Formerly No 7 SFTS, Peterborough
No 32 Service Flying Training School	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan	Formerly No 10 SFTS, Ternhill
No 33 Service Flying Training School	Carberry, Manitoba
No 34 Service Flying Training School	Medicine Hat, Alberta
No 35 Service Flying Training School	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
No 36 Service Flying Training School	Penhold, Alberta
No 37 Service Flying Training School	Calgary (Mu), Alberta
No 39 Service Flying Training School	Swift Current, Saskatchewan
No 41 Service Flying Training School	Weyburn, Saskatchewan
No 31 Air Navigation School	Port Albert, Ontario	Formerly No 1 S of AN, St Athan
No 32 Air Navigation School	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
No 33 Air Navigation School	Hamilton, Ontario
No 31 General Reconnaissance School	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	Formerly No 2 GRS, Squire's Gate
No 31 Bombing and Gunnery School	Picton, Ontario
No 31 (General Reconnaissance) Operational Training Unit	Debart, Nova Scotia
No 32 (Torpedo Bomber) Operational Training Unit	Patricia Bay, British Colombia
No 36 (General Reconnaissance) Operational Training Unit	Greenwood, Nova Scotia
No 31 Radio School	Clinton, Ontario
No 31 RAF Personnel Depot	Moncton, New Brunswick

RAF Schools in South Africa

Administered by the SAAF

 

School (SAAF nomenclature in parenthesis)	Location	Notes
No 5 Combined Air Observer, Navigation and Bombing School (No 45 Air School)	Oudtsboorn, Cape Province	Ex Weston-super-Mare
No 7 Combined Air Observer, Navigation and Bombing School (No 47 Air School)	Queenstown, Cape Province	Formerly part of No 1 AONS, Prestwick
No 1 General Reconnaissance School (No 61 Air School)	George, Cape Province	Ex Squire's Gate

Source - June 1942 SD161

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