Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Transport Command - June 1944

[No 44 Group | No 45 Group | No 216 Group]

Command HQ - RAF Harrow, Middlesex

No 44 (Transport) Group

HQ - Eastern Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucester

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit	Eastern Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucester
HQ Flight	Eastern Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucester
2 Mobile Despatch Parties	Eastern Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucester
RAF Station Bramcote (Nuneaton)
No 105 (Transport) OTU	RAF Nutts Corner
No 271 Sqn	RAF Doncaster
No 2 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit	RAF Filton
No 3 Flight	RAF Filton	Blenheim
No 4 Flight	RAF Filton	Beaufighter/Beaufort
RAF Station Hendon	Hendon, The Hyde, London NW9
No 24 Sqn	RAF Hendon
No 510 Sqn	RAF Hendon
Maintenance Wing (24 & 510 Sqns)	RAF Hendon
No 3 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit	RAF Hurn	Station in Army Co-operation Command
RAF Station Kemble	Kemble, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
No 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit	RAF Kemble
HQ Flight	RAF Kemble
No 1 Flight	RAF Kemble	Wellingtons
No 2 Flight	RAF Kemble	Hudsons and miscellaneous
RAF Station Lyneham	Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire
No 301 Ferry Training Unit	RAF Lyneham
No 511 Sqn	RAF Lyneham
Air Despatch and Reception Unit	RAF Lyneham
RAF Station Nutts Corner		Terminal Airfield
No 104 (Transport) OTU	RAF Nutts Corner
No 1 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit - Detachment	RAF Portreath	Station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Prestwick	Prestwick Aerodrome, Ayr, Ayrshire	Terminal Airfield and Wireless Control
Transatlantic Aircraft Control	RAF Prestwick
Transatlantic Reception and Despatch Party	RAF Prestwick
No 1527 (BAT) Flt	RAF Prestwick
Northern Aircraft Control	Reykjavik, Iceland	Control, Maintenance and Reception Party
No 2 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit	St Mawgan, nr Newquay, Cornwall	Terminal Airfield
Terminal Airfield	RAF Valley	Station in Fighter Command

No 45 (Transport) Group

HQ - Dorval, Canada

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 112 (North Atlantic) Wing	Dorval, Quebec
No 113 (South Atlantic) Wing	Nassau, Bahamas

No 216 (Transport) Group

HQ - RAF Heliopolis, Egypt

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 72 Staging Post	Biskra
No 7 (ME) Ferry Control	Ras el Ma (Fez)
No 70 Staging Post	Ras el Mar (Fez)
No 3 Aircraft Delivery Unit	Ras el Mar (Fez)
No 71 Staging Post	RAF Tafaraoui
Other units in this Group are listed in the main Middle East listings.

Source - June 1943 SD161

County names used are those in use at the time

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