Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Overseas Commands/Units - May 1943

Air Headquarters, West Africa

HQ - Freetown

 

Unit	Location	Notes
Gambia
RAF Station Bathurst
No 44 Embarkation Unit	RAF Bathurst
No 204 Sqn	Half Die	Sunderland
No 200 Sqn	Jeswang	Hudson III/IV
No 295 Wing	Marina Camp
Sierra Leone
AHQ West Africa	Freetown
No 26 Embarkation Unit	Freetown
W/T Station	Freetown
Base Personnel Office	Freetown
No 176 Maintenance Unit	Kosso
RAF Station Jui
No 95 Sqn	RAF Jui	Sunderland
No 270 Sqn	RAF Jui	Catalina
No 305 AMES	Lakka
No 5001 AMES	Tumbu
RAF Station Waterloo (Nucleus)
Gold Coast
No 62 Embarkation Unit	Accra
RAF Station Takoradi
No 116 Maintenance Unit	RAF Takoradi
No 33 Embarkation Unit	RAF Takoradi
Communication Flt	RAF Takoradi	Various
RAF Hospital	RAF Takoradi
Central Accounts Office	RAF Takoradi
No 178 Maintenance Unit	RAF Takoradi	Equipment Holding Unit
Nigeria
No 177 Maintenance Unit	Apapa (Lagos)
Officers' Transit Camp	Ikoyi (Lagos)
No 5 Ferry Control	Ikeje (Lagos)
No 349 Sqn	Ikeje (Lagos)	Tomahawk
No 1432 Flight	Kaduna	Hurricane
No 38 Embarkation Unit	Lagos
No 298 Wing	Lagos
No 5077 AMES	Lagos
Airmen's Transit Camp	Yaba (Ikeja)
Staging Posts (Northern Route): -	No 50 - Ikeja (Staging Station) No 52 - Kano (Staging Station) No 53 - Maidguri (Staging Station) No 51 - Fort Lamy No 54 - Takoradi
Staging Posts (Southern Route): -	Makurdi Yola	All Care & Maintenance
Units not formed
No 5151 Mechanical & Electrical Sqn
Nos 6001 and 6002 Works Supy Units
No 1560, 1561 and 1562 Meteorological Flts
RAF Station Yundum
Nos 201, 202 and 249 ASR Units
No 21 AACU
No 490 Sqn RNZAF
No 26 (SAAF) Sqn
No 36 Personnel Transit Centre	Freetown
No 37 Personnel Transit Centre	Accra
Flying Boat Refuelling Party	Fisherman's Lake

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 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 38 Service Flying Training School	Estevan, Saskatchewan
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 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 34 (Bomber) Operational Training Unit	Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick
No 36 (General Reconnaissance) Operational Training Unit	Greenwood, Nova Scotia
No 31 Radio School	Clinton, Ontario
No 31 RAF Personnel Depot	Moncton, New Brunswick

West Indies

New Providence Island, Bahamas

Source - May 1943 SD161

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