Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Eastern Air Command - February 1943

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ Eastern Air Command	Algiers
No 60 Embarkation Unit	Algiers
Public Relations Unit	Algiers
Base Personnel Office	Algiers
Base Accounts Office	Algiers
No 896 AMES	Algiers
No 985 (Balloon) Sqn	Algiers	Mk VI Balloons
No 15 S & T Column	Algiers
No 226 AMES	Algiers
No 392 AMES	Algiers
No 225 ASR Unit	Algiers
No 242 Group	Ain Seynour
No 109 Repair and Salvage Unit	Ain Arrat
No 328 Wing	Blida
No 500 Sqn	Blida	Hudson
No 107 Repair and Salvage Unit	Blida
No 134 Air Stores Park	Blida
No 608 Sqn	Blida	Hudson
No 142 Sqn	Blida	Wellington III
No 150 Sqn	Blida	Wellington III
No 3203 Servicing Commando	Blida
No 3201 Servicing Commando	Blida
No 322 Wing	Bone
No 4089 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Bone
No 2788 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Bone
No 894 AMES	Bone
No 59 Embarkation	Bone
No 381 Wireless Unit	Bone
No 3202 Servicing Commando	Bone
Transit Camp	Bone
No 8004 AMES	Bone
No 8005 AMES	Bone
No 387 AMES	Bone
No 388 AMES	Bone
No 223 ASR Unit	Bone
No 243 Sqn	Bone	Spitfire
No 232 Sqn	Bone	Spitfire
No 6005 AMES	Bougie
No 2771 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Canrobert
No 18 Sqn	Canrobert	Blenheim V
No 4090 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Canrobert
No 225 Sqn	Constantine
No 6010 AMES	Constantine
Transit Camp	Constantine
No 81 Sqn	Constantine	Spitfire
No 152 Sqn	Constantine	Spitfire
No 242 Sqn	Constantine	Spitfire
No 1 Force HQ's Signals Section	Constantine
No 2 Force HQ's Signals Section	Constantine
No 6000 AMES	Cap Corbelin
No895 AMES	Cap Takouch
No 154 Sqn	Djidjelli	Spitfire
No 892 AMES	Djidjelli
No 87 Sqn	Djidjelli	Hurricane
No 8002 AMES	Djidjelli
No 108 Repair and Salvage Unit	Duvivier
No 133 Air Stores Park	Duvivier
No 380 Wireless Unit	El Achoir
No 2 ALG Signals Section	El Achoir
No 110 Repair and Salvage Unit	Ghardimaou
No 135 Air Stores Park	Ghardimaou
No 224 ASR Unit	Hussein Dey
Base Area HQ	Hussein Dey
No 351 Maintenance Unit	Hussein Dey
No 372 AMES	Jemappes
No 6006 AMES	La Galle
No 323 Wing	Maison Blanche
No 43 Sqn	Maison Blanche	Hurricane
No 131 Air Stores Park	Maison Blanche
No 87 Wireless Unit	Maison Blanche
No 2721 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Maison Blanche
No 4092 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Maison Blanche
No 4 PRU	Maison Blanche	PR Spitfire
No 106 Repair and Salvage Unit	Maison Blanche
No 301 Mobile SS Unit	Maison Blanche
No 32 Sqn	Maison Blanche	Hurricane
No 153 Sqn	Maison Blanche	Beaufighter
No 11 Heavy Mobile W/T Units	Maison Carree
No 132 Air Stores Park	Mezloug
No 61 Embarkation Unit	Philipville
No 253 Sqn	Philipville	Hurricane
No 325 Wing	Philipville
No 136 Air Stores Park	Philipville	Also shown at Setif
No 304 Mobile SS Unit	Philipville
No 6007 AMES	Philipville
No 389 AMES	Philipville
No 381 AMES	Philipville
No 8003 AMES	Philipville
No 8006 AMES	Philipville
Transit Camp	Philipville
No 324 Wing	Souk el Arba
No 72 Sqn	Souk el Arba	Spitfire
No 93 Sqn	Souk el Arba	Spitfire
No 111 Sqn	Souk el Arba	Spitfire
No 88 Wireless Unit	Souk el Arba
No 303 Mobile SS Unit	Souk el Arba
No 4091 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk el Arba
No 2744 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Souk el Arba
No 241 Sqn	Souk el Arba	Hurricane Bombers
No 6001 AMES	Souk el Arba
No 898 AMES	Souk el Arba
No 13 Sqn	Souk el Arba	Blenheim V
No 326 Wing	Setif
No 18 Sqn	Setif	Blenheim V
No 614 Sqn	Setif	Blenheim V
No 255 Sqn	Setif	Beaufighter
No 302 Mobile SS Unit	Setif
No 6011 AMES	Setif
No 136 Air Stores Park	Setif	also shown at Philipville
No 111 Repair and Salvage Unit	Setif
No 600 Sqn	Setif	Beaufighter
No 893 AMES	Sourcouf
No 4088 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis
No 2825 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis
No 1 ALG Signals Section	Youks Les Bain
No 897 AMES	Tabarka
No 6002 AMES	Tebessa
No 6008 AMES	Tebessa
At Gibraltar
No 540 Sqn	North Front	Mosquito
Meteorological Flight	North Front	Hudson
Attached to Twelfth Air Force, USAAF
No 285 AMES
No 286 AMES
No 890 AMES
No 899 AMES
No 675 AMES
No 6000 AMES
No 6001 AMES
No 6003 AMES
No 6004 AMES

Source - February 1943 SD161

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