Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Eastern Air Command - March 1943

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ Eastern Air Command	Algiers
No 60 Embarkation Unit	Algiers
Public Relations Unit	Algiers
No 15 S & T Column	Algiers
No 225 ASR Unit	Algiers
Area Combined HQ	Algiers
No 896 AMES	Algiers
No 8012 AMES	Algiers
No 392 AMES	Alma Marine
No 242 Group	Ain Seynour
No 381 Wireless Unit	Aine Braham
No 134 Air Stores Park	Aine Regarda	Also shown at Blida
No 893 AMES	Ain Taya (Algiers)
No 328 Wing	Blida
No 500 Sqn	Blida	Hudson
No 107 Repair and Salvage Unit	Blida
No 134 Air Stores Park	Blida	Also shown at Aine Regarda
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 326 Wing	Blida
No 4089 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Bone
No 2788 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Bone
No 59 Embarkation	Bone
No 3202 Servicing Commando	Bone
No 985 Sqn	Bone	Mk VI Balloons
No 8005 AMES	Bone
No 387 AMES	Bone	Also shown at Port Gheydon
No 223 ASR Unit	Bone
Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit	Boufarik
No 2771 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Canrobert
No 13 Sqn	Canrobert	Blenheim V
No 18 Sqn	Canrobert	Blenheim V
No 4090 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Canrobert
No 614 Sqn	Canrobert	Blenheim V
No 114 Sqn	Canrobert	Blenheim V
No 6010 AMES	Canrobert
No 8009 AMES	Cap Serrat
No 8010 AMES	Cap Serrat
No 1 Force HQ's Signals Section	Constantine
No 2 Force HQ's Signals Section	Constantine
No 72 Sqn	Constantine	Spitfire
No 6000 AMES	Cap Corbelin
No 8002 AMES	Cap Cavallo (Djidjelli)
No 895 AMES	Cap Takouch
No 892 AMES	Djidjelli
No 6009 AMES	Djidjelli
No 226 AMES	Djidjelli
No 108 Repair and Salvage Unit	Duvivier
No 380 Wireless Unit	El Achoir
No 1 ALG Signals Section	El Achoir
No 6005 AMES	Foret de Mainem (Algiers)
No 110 Repair and Salvage Unit	Ghardimaou
No 135 Air Stores Park	Ghardimaou
No 351 Maintenance Unit	Hussein Dey
No 372 AMES	Jemappes
No 6006 AMES	La Galle
No 897 AMES	La Galle
No 388 AMES	La Galle
No 381 AMES	Lac ces Oiseaux (Bone)
No 2 ALG Signals Section	Le Kroub
No 132 Air Stores Park	Le Kroub
No 109 Repair and Salvage Unit	Le Kroub
Base Area HQ	Le Ruisseau
Base Personnel Office	Le Ruisseau
Base Accounts Office	Le Ruisseau
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 682 Sqn	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
HQ Eastern Air Command, Africa	Maison Carree (Algiers)
No 11 Heavy Mobile W/T Units	Maison Carree (Algiers)
No 133 Air Stores Park	Medjez
No 600 AMES	Medjez el Bab
No 894 AMES	Morris (Bone)
No 61 Embarkation Unit	Philipville
No 304 Mobile SS Unit	Philipville
No 6007 AMES	Philipville
No 389 AMES	Philipville
No 8003 AMES	Philipville
No 224 ASR Unit	Philipville
No 8004 AMES	Philipville
No 387 AMES	Port Gheydon	Also shown at Bone
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 898 AMES	Souk el Arba
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 325 Wing	Setif
No 2721 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Setif
No 4092 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Setif
No 242 Sqn	Setif	Spitfire
No 253 Sqn	Setif	Hurricane
No 324 Wing
No 4088 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis
No 2825 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis
No 225 Sqn	Souk El Khemis
No 241 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Hurricane Bombers
No 111 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 243 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 93 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 152 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 6001 AMES	Souk El Khemis
No 600 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Beaufighter
No 8006 AMES	Tigzirt Sur Mer (Delly)
No 81 Sqn	Tingley	Spitfire
No 322 Wing	Tingley
No 154 Sqn	Tingley	Spitfire
No 232 Sqn	Tingley	Spitfire
No 6002 AMES	Tebessa
No 6008 AMES	Tebessa
No 87 Sqn	Tahir	Hurricane
No 8011 AMES	Transit Camp (Algiers)
No 251 ASR Unit	Transit Camp (Algiers)
No 252 ASR Unit	Transit Camp (Algiers)
At Gibraltar (On Detachment)
Meteorological Flight	North Front	Hudson
No 179 Sqn	North Front	Wellington
No 233 Sqn	North Front	Hudson
No 48 Sqn	North Front	Hudson
No 235 Sqn	North Front	Beaufighter
No 202 Sqn	Gibraltar	Catalina
No 210 Sqn	Gibraltar	Catalina
Attached to Twelfth Air Force, USAAF
No 285 AMES
No 286 AMES
No 890 AMES
No 899 AMES
No 675 AMES
No 8000 AMES
No 8001 AMES
No 6003 AMES
No 6004 AMES

Source - March 1943 SD161

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