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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Far East Commands - January 1944
[ACSEA | AHQ Bengal | No 221 Group | No 222 Group | No 223 Group | No 224 Group | No 225 Group | No 226 Group | No 227 Group | AHQ India]
Command HQ - New Delhi
Advance HQ - Kandy (Ceylon)
HQ - Barrckpore, India
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 31 Sqn - Detachment | Agartala | Dakota |
| AHQ Bengal Communication Flt - Detachment | Alipore | |
| Air Fighting Training Unit | Amarda Road | |
| No 1573 Gunnery Flight | Amarda Road | |
| No 30 Flying Control Section | Amarda Road | |
| No 4406 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Amarda Road | |
| AHQ Bengal | Barrackpore | |
| No 1 Combined Training Centre (RAF Section) | Bombay | |
| No 190 Assault Wing | Bombay | |
| No 15 Signals Section Assault Force | Bombay | |
| No 201 Airfield HQ | Bombay | |
| No 17 Field Security Section | Bombay | |
| No 5750 Mobile Signals Unit | Bombay | |
| No 5751 Mobile Signals Unit | Bombay | |
| No 5752 Mobile Signals Unit | Bombay | |
| No 5753 Mobile Signals Unit | Bombay | |
| No 5754 Mobile Signals Unit | Bombay | |
| No 1 Satellite HQ | Bombay | |
| No 2 Satellite HQ | Bombay | |
| No 3 Satellite HQ | Bombay | |
| No 4 Satellite HQ | Bombay | |
| No 5 Satellite HQ | Bombay | |
| No 6 Satellite HQ | Bombay | |
| No 1 Satellite Signals Section | Bombay | |
| No 2 Satellite Signals Section | Bombay | |
| No 3 Satellite Signals Section | Bombay | |
| No 4 Satellite Signals Section | Bombay | |
| No 5 Satellite Signals Section | Bombay | |
| No 6 Satellite Signals Section | Bombay | |
| No 1 Beach Party | Bombay | |
| No 2 Beach Party | Bombay | |
| No 1 Servicing Party | Bombay | |
| No 2 Servicing Party | Bombay | |
| No 3 Servicing Party | Bombay | |
| No 1 Portable RDF Section | Bombay | |
| No 2 Portable RDF Section | Bombay | |
| No 107 Filter/Operations Room | Bombay | |
| RAF Sections HQ Ship | Bombay | |
| No 4423 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Bombay | |
| No 4424 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Bombay | |
| No 4425 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Bombay | |
| No 4426 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Bombay | |
| No 4427 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Bombay | |
| No 29 ALG Signals Section | Bombay | |
| Base HQ | Calcutta | |
| No 1 Aircrew House | Calcutta | |
| No 2 Aircrew House | Calcutta | |
| No 1 Mobile Surgical Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 681 Sqn | Chadina | Mitchell/Hurricane/Spitfire/Mosquito/Dakota |
| No 4409 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Chandpur | |
| AHQ Bengal Communication Flt - Detachment | Chittagong | |
| No 10 Field Security Section | Comilla | |
| No 684 Sqn | Comilla | Mosquito |
| AHQ Bengal Communication Unit | Dum Dum | |
| RAF Station Alipore | ||
| No 31 Sqn | Kharagpur | Dakota |
| No 7 Care & Maintenance Party | Madhaighanj | |
| No 3 Hill Depot | Shillong | |
| No 31 Sqn - Detachment | Tezpur | Dakota |
| AME Stations | ||
| No 863 AMES | No 8026 AMES | |
HQ - Imphal
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 11 Bomb Disposal Squad | Alipore | |
| No 1581 Calibration Flt | Alipore | |
| No 79 Sqn | Alipore | Hurricane IIC |
| No 81 Sqn | Alipore | Spitfire |
| No 84 Sqn - Detachment | Alipore | Mosquito |
| No 4447 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Alipore | |
| No 4 Flying Control Section | Alipore | |
| No 63 Mobile Field Hospital | Badapur | |
| No 152 Sqn | Baigachi | Spitfire |
| No 136 Sqn | Baigachi | Hurricane IIC |
| No 176 Sqn | Baigachi | Beaufighter/Hurricane |
| No 4435 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Baigachi | |
| No 6 Flying Control Section | Baigachi | |
| No 22 Air Support Control | Calcutta | |
| No 293 Wing | Calcutta | |
| No 180 Signals Wing | Calcutta | |
| No 5 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 23 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 978 Sqn | Calcutta | Mk VI Balloon |
| HQ No 221 Group | Calcutta | |
| No 11 Field Security Section | Calcutta | |
| No 2 Care & Maintenance Party | Charra | |
| No 8 Sqn IAF | Charra Purgulia | Vengeance |
| No 6 Wireless Unit | Cuttack | |
| No 6 Care and Maintenance Party | Dhubalia | |
| No 4437 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Diamond Harbour | |
| No 185 (Heavy Bomber) Wing | Digri | |
| No 159 Sqn - 1 Flight | Digri | Liberator |
| No 3 Flying Control Section | Digri | Also shown at Dudkundi |
| No 3 Flying Control Section | Dudkundi | Also shown at Digri |
| HQ, No 113 Sqn | Dudkundi | |
| No 9 Care & Maintenance Party | Dudkundi | |
| No 4438 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Dum Dum | |
| No 4436 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Egra | |
| No 60 Mobile Field Hospital | Imphal | |
| No 7 Flying Control Section | Imphal | |
| No 170 Wing | Imphal | |
| No 155 Sqn | Imphal | Mohawk |
| No 23 Air Support Control | Imphal | |
| Filter Room 'F' | Imphal | |
| No 9 Operations Room 'C' | Imphal | |
| No 76 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Imphal | |
| No 4408 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Imphal | |
| No 4418 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Imphal | |
| No 6 Bomb Disposal Squad | Imphal | |
| No 28 Sqn | Imphal | Hurricane IIB |
| No 11 Wireless Unit | Imphal | |
| No 181 Signals Wing, Advanced HQ | Imphal | |
| No 979 Sqn | Jamshedpur | Mk VI Balloons |
| No 175 (Heavy Bomber) Wing | Jessore | |
| No 99 Sqn | Jessore | Wellington |
| No 215 Sqn | Jessore | Wellington |
| No 2943 Sqn RAF Regiment | Jessore | |
| No 10 Bomb Disposal Squad | Jessore | |
| No 4439 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Jessore | |
| No 1 Flying Control Section | Jessore | |
| No 27 Care & Maintenance Party | Kalaikundah | |
| No 5 Sqn | Kharagpur | Hurricane IID |
| No 4412 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Kharagpur | |
| No 4436 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Khulna | |
| No 8 Flying Control Section | Kumbhirgram | |
| No 45 Sqn | Kumbhirgram | Vengeance |
| No 110 Sqn | Kumbhirgram | Vengeance |
| No 4416 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Kumbhirgram | |
| No 4417 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Kumbhirgram | |
| No 1582 Calibration Flt | Kumbhirgram | |
| No 168 Wing | Kumbhirgram | |
| No 4 Bomb Disposal Squad | Kumbhirgram | |
| No 181 (Signals) Wing | Masimpur (Silchar) | |
| No 34 Sqn | Palel | Hurricane IIC |
| No 77 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Palel | |
| No 42 Sqn | Palel | Hurricane |
| No 4430 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Palel | |
| No 4440 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Palel | |
| No 189 Wing | Palel | |
| No 9 Flying Control Section | Palel | |
| No 4445 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Rajyeswarpur | |
| No 8 Bombing and Gunnery Range | Ramnagar | |
| No 211 Sqn | Ranchi | Beaufighter |
| No 84 Sqn | Ranchi | Vengeance |
| No 8 Care and Maintenance Party | Ranchi | |
| No 5 Flying Control Section | Ranchi | |
| Low Attack Instructors School | Ranchi | |
| No 1 Hydrogen Compressor Station | Richra (Calcutta) | |
| No 2 Hydrogen Compressor Station | Richra (Calcutta) | |
| No 184 (Heavy Bomber) Wing | Salbani | |
| No 159 Sqn - 1 Flight | Salbani | Liberator |
| No 355 Sqn | Salbani | Liberator |
| No 1577 Heavy Bomber Conversion Flight | Salbani | |
| No 1584 Heavy Bomber Conversion Flight | Salbani | |
| No 2 Flying Control Section | Salbani | |
| No 10 Flying Control Section | Silchar | |
| No 4434 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Silchar | |
| No 4444 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Silchar | |
| No 19 Wireless Unit | Tiddim | |
| AME Stations | ||
| 211, 224, 227, 248, 258, 281, 288, 319, 373, 382, 383, 384, 543, 544, 567, 568, 569, 590, 848, 849, 851, 857, 859, 869, 870, 885, 5047, 5048, 5058, 5456, 5055, 5070, 5071 8502 & 8514 | ||
HQ - Colombo, Ceylon
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Advanced Flying Boat Base | Addu Atoll | |
| RAF Station China Bay | ||
| No 235 Air Sea Rescue Unit | RAF China Bay | |
| No 321 Sqn | RAF China Bay | Catalina |
| No 17 Sqn | RAF China Bay | Hurricane IIC |
| No 984 Sqn | RAF China Bay | Mk VI Balloon |
| Flying Boat Base | RAF China Bay | |
| No 75 Flying Control Station | RAF China Bay | |
| RAF Station Colombo | ||
| No 222 Group | RAF Colombo | |
| No 990 Sqn | RAF Colombo | Mk VI Balloon |
| No 4 Hydrogen Compressor Station | RAF Colombo | |
| No 89 Equipment Park | RAF Colombo | |
| Filter Room (Type 'F') | RAF Colombo | |
| No 20 Operations Room (Type 'G') | RAF Colombo | |
| No 45 Embarkation Unit | RAF Colombo | |
| No 203 Air Sea Rescue Unit | RAF Colombo | |
| No 6 Civilian Repair Organisation (MT) | RAF Colombo | |
| RAF Auxiliary 'Shengking' | RAF Colombo | |
| No 7 Base Postal Unit | RAF Colombo | |
| Mobile School of Cookery and Catering | RAF Colombo | |
| GR and Air Navs School | RAF Colombo | |
| Transit Camp | RAF Colombo | |
| No 30 Sqn | Dumbulla | Thunderbolt |
| No 3 Operations Room | Dumbulla | |
| Advanced Flying Boat Base | Diego Garcia | |
| Filter Room (Type 'E') | Jafna | |
| No 29 Care and Maintenance Party | Kalametiya | |
| RAF Station Kankesanturai | ||
| Advanced Flying Boat Base | Kelai | |
| RAF Station Koggala | ||
| No 205 Sqn | RAF Koggala | Catalina |
| No 413 Sqn RCAF | RAF Koggala | Catalina |
| Flying Boat Base | RAF Koggala | |
| No 4413 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | RAF Koggala | |
| No 72 Flying Control Station | RAF Koggala | |
| No 30 Care and Maintenance Party | Komariya | |
| No 1 Explosives Park | Kurunegala | Explosive Storage Unit |
| RAF Station Minneriya | ||
| No 13 Bomb Disposal Squad | RAF Minneriya | |
| No 7 Hill Depot | Radella | |
| RAF Station Ratmalana | ||
| No 4 Forward Repair Depot | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 273 Sqn | RAF Ratmalana | Hurricane IIB |
| No 1579 Calibration Flt | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 332 Maintenance Unit | RAF Ratmalana | MT Storage Unit |
| No 336 Maintenance Unit | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 2 Explosives Park | RAF Ratmalana | Explosive Storage Unit |
| No 1571 Gunnery Flt | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 4419 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 10 Air Transit Section | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 12 Bomb Disposal Squad | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 321 Sqn - Detachment | RAF Ratmalana | Catalina |
| No 71 Flying Control Station | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 15 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF Ratmalana | |
| RAF Station Sigiriya | ||
| No 160 Sqn | RAF Sigiriya | Liberator |
| No 4450 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | RAF Sigiriya | |
| No 73 Flying Control Station | RAF Sigiriya | |
| Filter Room (Type 'F') | Trincomalee | |
| No 2 Operations Room (Type 'C') | Trincomalee | |
| RAF Station Vavuniya | ||
| No 22 Sqn | RAF Vavuniya | Beaufort |
| No 217 Sqn | RAF Vavuniya | Beaufort |
| No 13 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF Vavuniya | |
| No 4429 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | RAF Vavuniya | |
| No 74 Flying Control Station | RAF Vavuniya | |
| No 89 Sqn | RAF Vavuniya | Beaufighter VI |
| Torpedo Depot | Wellawatta | |
|
AME Stations |
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| 209, 254, 272, 290, 292, 296, 377, 394, 524, 538, 539, 546, 552, 553, 589, 686, 858, 2015, 2016, 5009, 5010, 5043, 5060 & 8513 | ||
HQ - Peshawar, India
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 1 (IAF) Sqn - Detachment | Adampur | Hurricane IIB |
| No 7 (IAF) Sqn | Campbellpore | Vengeance |
| RAF Station Chaklala | ||
| Air Landing School | RAF Chaklala | |
| No 4 Hill Depot | Chakrata | |
| Medical Training Centre | Chakrata | |
| Transit Camp | Dehra Dum | |
| RAF Station Kohat | ||
| No 1 (IAF) Sqn | RAF Kohat | Hurricane IID |
| No 2 (IAF) Sqn | RAF Kohat | Hurricane |
| No 1 Hill Depot | Lower Topa | |
| No 1 (IAF) Sqn - Detachment | Miranshah | Hurricane IID |
| No 12 Field Security Section | Peshawar | |
| No 152 OTU | Peshawar | |
| No 223 Group | Peshawar | |
| No 223 Group Communication Flt | Peshawar | |
| No 152 OTU | Risalpur | |
| No 21 Care and Maintenance Party | Samungli | |
| No 8 (IAF) Sqn | Samungli | Spitfire |
| No 2 Hill Depot | Solan | |
|
AME Station |
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| 5059 | ||
HQ - Chittagong
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 60 Sqn | Agartala | Hurricane |
| No 169 Wing | Agartala | |
| No 27 Sqn | Agartala | Beaufighter |
| No 2941 Sqn RAF Regiment | Agartala | |
| No 4401 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Agartala | |
| No 4407 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Agartala | |
| No 6 Operations Room (Type 'C') | Agartala | |
| No 79 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Agartala | |
| No 1 Care and Maintenance Party | Agartala | |
| No 5 Bomb Disposal Squad | Agartala | |
| No 16 Flying Control Section | Agartala | |
| No 4432 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Chiringa | |
| No 4402 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Chiringa | |
| No 261 Sqn | Chiringa | Hurricane IIB |
| No 61 Mobile Field Hospital | Chittagong | |
| No 166 Wing | Chittagong | |
| No 67 Sqn | Chittagong | Spitfire |
| No 615 Sqn | Chittagong | Spitfire |
| No 224 Group | Chittagong | |
| No 182 (Signals) Wing | Chittagong | |
| No 2944 Sqn RAF Regiment | Chittagong | |
| No 2946 Sqn RAF Regiment | Chittagong | |
| No 4405 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Chittagong | |
| No 4411 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Chittagong | |
| No 4422 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Chittagong | |
| No 82 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Chittagong | |
| No 83 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Chittagong | |
| No 5 Operations Room (Type 'C) | Chittagong | |
| No 2 Bomb Disposal Squad | Chittagong | |
| No 15 Bomb Disposal Squad | Chittagong | |
| No 5 Personnel Transit Camp | Chittagong | |
| No 1583 Calibration Flt | Chittagong | |
| Filter Room (Type 'F') | Chittagong | |
| No 13 Field Security Section | Chittagong | |
| No 987 Sqn | Chittagong | Mk VI Balloon |
| No 21 Operations Room (Type 'C') | Chittagong | |
| No 226 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 227 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 41 Flying Control Section | Chittagong | |
| No 12 Wireless Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 2942 Sqn RAF Regiment | Comilla | |
| No 4414 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Comilla | |
| No 4415 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Comilla | |
| No 4441 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Comilla | |
| No 4421 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Comilla | |
| No 4433 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Comilla | |
| No 86 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Comilla | |
| No 10 Operations Room (Type 'C') | Comilla | |
| No 1 Bomb Disposal Squad | Comilla | |
| No 18 Flying Control Section | Comilla | |
| No 4403 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 4410 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 4420 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 4431 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 4443 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 85 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 10 Wireless Unit | Cox's Bazaar | |
| Filter Room (Type 'E') | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 6 (IAF) Sqn | Cox's Bazaar | Hurricane |
| No 7 Personnel Transit Camp | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 228 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 258 Sqn | Dohazari | Hurricane |
| No 167 Wing | Dohazari | |
| No 4404 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Dohazari | Also shown at Fenny |
| No 4442 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Dohazari | |
| No 6 Transit Camp | Dohazari | |
| No 82 Sqn | Dohazari | Vengeance |
| No 146 Sqn | Dohazari | Hurricane |
| No 123 Sqn | Fenny | Hurricane |
| No 2945 Sqn RAF Regiment | Fenny | |
| No 4404 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Fenny | Also shown at Dohazari |
| No 4415 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Fenny | |
| No 81 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Fenny | |
| No 177 Sqn | Fenny | Beaufighter |
| No 17 Flying Control Section | Fenny | |
| No 243 Wing | Fenny | |
| No 11 Sqn | Lalmai | Hurricane |
| No 134 Sqn | Parashuram | Hurricane |
| No 165 Wing | Ramu | |
| No 4443 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Ramu | |
| No 607 Sqn | Ramu | Spitfire |
| No 62 Mobile Field Hospital | Ramu | |
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AME Stations |
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| 210, 247, 376, 378, 379, 642, 643, 669, 670, 671, 676, 679, 680, 853, 869, 864, 877, 879, 894, 5004, 5029, 5042, 5054 & 5055 | ||
HQ - Bangalore, India
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 10 Care and Maintenance Party | Arkonam | |
| No 172 (Composite) Wing | Avadi (Madras) | |
| No 8 Bomb Disposal Squad | Avadi (Madras) | |
| Naval/Air Operations Room | Bangalore | |
| No 1580 Calibration Flt | Bangalore | |
| No 3 Hydrogen Compressor Station | Bangalore | |
| No 225 Group | Bangalore | |
| Depth Charge Maintenance Party | Bangalore | |
| RAF Naval Liaison Section | Bombay | |
| Naval/Air Operations Room | Bombay | |
| No 14 Field Security Section | Bombay | |
| No 11 Care and Maintenance Party | Chettinad | |
| No 12 Care and Maintenance Party | Cholavaram | |
| No 113 Sqn - Detachment | Cholavaram | |
| No 11 Sqn - Detachment | Cholavaram | |
| No 4449 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Cholavaram | |
| Advanced Flying Boat Base | Cocanada | |
| No 17 Care and Maintenance Party | Cochin | |
| Filter Room (Type 'E') | Cochin | |
| Skeleton Operations Room | Cochin | |
| Advanced Flying Boat Base | Cochin | |
| No 173 (Naval Co-op) Wing | Cuttack | |
| No 354 Sqn | Cuttack | Liberator |
| Skeleton Operations Room | Cuttack | |
| No 4 Care and Maintenance Party | Cuttack | |
| No 12 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | Cuttack | |
| No 4420 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Cuttack | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Gannavaram | |
| Filter Room (Type 'F') | Guindy | |
| No 171 Wing | Kajamalai | |
| No 13 Care and Maintenance Party | Kayattar | |
| No 25 Care and Maintenance Party | Kolar | |
| RAF Station Korangi Creek | ||
| No 191 Sqn | RAF Korangi Creek | Catalina |
| No 212 Sqn | RAF Korangi Creek | Catalina |
| Filter Room (Type 'F') | Kottapalem | |
| No 14 Care and Maintenance Party | Madura | |
| No 6 Hill Depot | Munnar (Travancore) | |
| No 24 Care and Maintenance Party | Red Hills Lake | |
| No 240 Sqn | Red Hills Lake | Catalina |
| Flying Boat Base | Red Hills Lake | |
| No 172 Wing Admin Section | St Thomas Mount | |
| No 42 Sqn - Detachment | St Thomas Mount | Hurricane |
| No 1572 Gunnery Flight | St Thomas Mount | |
| No 11 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | St Thomas Mount | |
| No 16 Care and Maintenance Party | St Thomas Mount | |
| No 4428 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | St Thomas Mount | |
| No 135 Sqn | St Thomas Mount | Hurricane |
| No 9 Wireless Unit | St Thomas Mount | |
| No 4 Operations Room (Type 'C') | St Thomas Mount | |
| No 203 Sqn | Santa Cruz | Wellington |
| No 4 (IAF) Sqn | Sulur | Hurricane |
| No 22 Care and Maintenance Party | Tanjore | |
| No 9 Bomb Disposal Squad | Trichinopoly | |
| Advanced Flying Boat Base | Trombay | |
| No 87 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Ulunderpet | |
| RAF Station Vizagapatam | ||
| Skeleton Operations Room | RAF Vizagapatam | |
| No 7 Wireless Unit | RAF Vizagapatam | |
| No 14 Bomb Disposal Squad | RAF Vizagapatam | |
| No 8 Hill Depot | Wellington | |
| No 23 Care and Maintenance Party | Yelahanka | |
| No 7 Bomb Disposal Squad | Yelahanka | |
| Communication Flight | Yelahanka | |
| No 25 Air Support Control | Yelahanka | |
|
AME Stations |
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| 225*, 228*, 268*, 284*, 291*, 293,
370, 542, 566, 570, 574*, 2000, 5019, 5028, 8040, 8045 *on C & M basis |
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HQ - Palam
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 308 Maintenance Unit | Allahabad | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| No 7 Repair and Salvage Section | Allahabad | |
| No 303 Maintenance Unit | RAF Ambala | Repair Depot |
| No 88 Equipment Park | Arkonam | |
| No 6 Repair and Salvage Section | Arkonam | |
| No 326 Maintenance Unit | Asansol | Reserve Aircraft Pool |
| No 124 Repair and Salvage Unit | Asansol | |
| No 2 Forward Repair Depot | Asansol | |
| No 3 Care & Maintenance Party | Asansol | |
| No 188 Maintenance Wing | Bangalore | |
| No 132 Repair and Salvage Unit | Barrackpore | |
| No 85 Air Stores Park | Barrackpore | |
| No 99 Air Stores Park | Barrackpore | |
| No 305 Maintenance Unit | Bombay | Repair Depot |
| No 330 Maintenance Unit | Bombay | MT Servicing Unit |
| HQ Link Trainer Maintenance Organisation and No 1 Party | Bombay | |
| No 3 Repair and Salvage Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 313 Sub-Maintenance Unit | Calcutta | Equipment Depot |
| No 186 Maintenance Wing | Calcutta | |
| No 75 Equipment Park | Calcutta | |
| Mobile Diesel Repair Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 329 Maintenance Unit | Calcutta | MT Servicing Unit |
| No 336 Maintenance Unit | Calcutta | Reserve Aircraft Pool |
| No 1 Repair and Salvage Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 10 Equipment Park | Campbellpore | |
| No 2 Forward Repair Depot | Campbellpore | |
| No 322 Maintenance Unit | Cawnpore | Repair Depot |
| No 3 Party, Link Trainer Maintenance Organisation | Cawnpore | |
| No 322 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Chakeri | Repair Depot |
| No 39 Equipment Park | Chandpur | |
| No 92 Air Stores Park | Chittagong | |
| No 126 Repair and Salvage Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 1 MT Light Repair Depot | Chittagong | |
| No 5 MT Light Repair Depot | Comilla | |
| No 333 Maintenance Unit | Comilla | MT Servicing Unit |
| No 32 Air Stores Park | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 4 Repair and Salvage Section | Dacca | |
| RAF Station Delhi | ||
| Parachute Repair Section | RAF Delhi | |
| No 342 Maintenance Unit | Dimapur | MT Servicing Unit |
| No 4 MT Light Repair Depot | Dohazari | |
| RAF Station Dum Dum | ||
| No 327 Maintenance Unit | RAF Dum Dum | Reserve Aircraft Pool |
| No 312 Maintenance Unit | Ernakulam (Cochin) | Equipment Depot |
| RAF Station Golden Rock | ||
| No 328 Maintenance Unit | Jallahalli (Bangalore) | MT Servicing Unit |
| No 3 Repair and Salvage Section | Jessore | |
| No 319 Maintenance Unit | Jodhpur | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Station Kanchrapara | ||
| No 313 Maintenance Unit | Kankinara | Equipment Depot |
| No 98 Air Stores Park | Kankinara | |
| No 320 Maintenance Unit | Drigh Road, Karachi | Repair Depot |
| Base HQ | Karachi | |
| No 8 Repair and Salvage Section Base HQ | Karachi | |
| No 91 Equipment Park | Kharagpur | |
| No 2 MT Light Repair Depot | Kharagpur | |
| No 306 Maintenance Unit | Lahore | Equipment Depot |
| No 307 Maintenance Unit | Lahore | Repair Depot |
| No 331 Maintenance Unit | Lahore | |
| No 2 Party, Link Trainer Maintenance Organisation | Lahore | |
| No 302 Maintenance Unit | Manauri | Equipment Depot |
| No 317 Maintenance Unit | Mauripur (Sind) | |
| No 315 Maintenance Unit | Nagpur | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| Action Squad | Palam | |
| No 226 Group Communication Flt | Palam | |
| No 226 Group | Palam | |
| No 15 Field Security Section | Palam | |
| No 187 Maintenance Wing | Peshawar | |
| No 20 Care and Maintenance Party | Pharpamau | |
| No 3 (IAF) Sqn | Pharpamau | Hurricane |
| No 6 Repair and Salvage Section - Detachment | Poona | |
| No 131 Repair and Salvage Unit | Ramu | |
| No 2 Repair and Salvage Section | Salbani | |
| No 94 Equipment Park | Silchar | |
| No 3 MT Light Repair Depot | Silchar | |
| RAF Station Trichinopoly | ||
| No 5 Repair and Salvage Section | RAF Trichinopoly | |
| No 8 Equipment Park | RAF Trichinopoly |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Ambala | ||
| No 1 Service Flying Training School | RAF Ambala | |
| No 1 School of Technical Training | RAF Ambala | |
| No 1 Signals School | Andheri | |
| No 1 Air Gunnery School | Bairagarh (Bhopal) | |
| No 51 RDF School | Bangalore | |
| Balloon Training Centre | Baroda | |
| No 12 School of Air Force Technical Training | Baroda | |
| No 1 Elementary Flying Training School | Begumpet | |
| No 227 Group | Bombay | |
| No 16 Field Security Section | Bombay | |
| No 11 School of Technical Training | Cochin | |
| No 4 School of Technical Training (Civil) | Guindy (Madras) | |
| No 3 Signals School | Gujrat | |
| No 2 Signals School | Hakimpet | |
| Filter Room (Type 'F') | Samader Road | |
| No 2 Recruits Training School | Jallahalli | |
| No 5 School of Technical Training (Civil) | Jamnagar | |
| No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | Jodhpur | |
| No 6 School of Technical Training (Civil) | Juhu | |
| No 227 Group Communication Flt | Juhu | |
| RAF Station Kalyan | Bombay | |
| No 20 Sqn | RAF Kalyan | Hurricane IID |
| No 1 Recruits Training Centre | Lahore | |
| Followers' Reception Centre | Lahore | |
| RAF Station Poona | ||
| Aircrew Transit Pool | RAF Poona | |
| School of Jungle Training | RAF Poona | |
| Officers and Cadets Training Centre | RAF Poona | |
| No 21 Air Support Control | RAF Poona | |
| No 7 School of Technical Training | Quetta | |
| No 9 School of Technical Training | Raipur | |
| RAF Station Santa Cruz | ||
| RAF Station Secunderbad | ||
| No 2 School of Technical Training | RAF Secunderbad | |
| Non Technical Training Centre DMT School | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 3 School of Technical Training (Civil) | Sibpur (Calcutta) | |
|
AME Station |
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| 554 | ||
Command HQ - New Delhi
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 370 Wireless Unit | Abbotabad | |
| No 164 (Signals) Wing (Detachment) | Abbotabad | |
| No 4 Forecast Centre | Agartala | |
| RAF Liaison Section | Agra | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Ahmedabad | |
| No 52 Flying Control Section | Ahmedabad | |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Aligarh | |
| No 1300 Meteorological Flt | Alipore | |
| No 22 Ferry Control | Allahabad | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Allahabad | |
| No 1 Air Transit Section | Allahabad | |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Allahabad | |
| No 42 Flying Control Section | Allahabad | |
| Central Map Section | Ambala | |
| AHQ Signals Section - Detachment | Ambala | |
| No 58 Flying Control Section | Ambala | |
| No 64 Flying Control Section | Asansol | |
| No 65 Flying Control Section |
Aurangabad |
|
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Bairagarh | |
| No 4 CRO (MT) | Bangalore | |
| RAF Section, Hindustan Aircraft Ltd | Bangalore | |
| No 1302 Meteorological Flt | Bangalore | |
| No 3 Base Postal Unit | Bangalore | |
| RAF Explosive Storage Unit | Babugarh | |
| No 359 Wireless Unit | Barrackpore | |
| No 5 RAF Section of Civil MU | Barrackpore | |
| RAF Component EWSC | Barrackpore | |
| No 6 Forecast Centre (Type 'A') RAF | Barrackpore | |
| No 194 Sqn | Basal | Hudson VI |
| No 61 Flying Control Section |
Begumpet |
|
| No 70 Flying Control Section |
Bhopal |
|
| Aeronautical Inspection Service (Western Circle) | Bombay | |
| No 2 CRO (MT) | Bombay | |
| No 3 Air Transit Section | Bombay | |
| No 51 Embarkation Unit | Bombay | |
| No 2 Base Postal Unit | Bombay | |
| Base HQ | Bombay | |
| Base Personnel Office | Bombay | |
| Base Reception Depot | Bombay | |
| Base Accounts Office | Bombay | |
| HQ Balloon Shuttle Service | Bombay | |
| No 1 Shore Servicing Section (Balloons) | Bombay | |
| No 2 Base Signals Unit | Bombay | |
| RAF Chaplains Branch | c/o BHQ Calcutta | |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Calcutta | |
| No 3 Base Signals Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 5 Base Signals Depot | Calcutta | |
| No 7 Forecast Centre (Type 'A') RAF | Calcutta | |
| No 54 Embarkation Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 11 Central Medical Board | Calcutta | |
| RAF Movements Section, Bengal | Calcutta | |
| Movements Control Pool | Calcutta | |
| No 8 RAF Element of Civil MU | Calcutta | |
| Aeronautical Inspection Service (North-eastern Circle) | Calcutta | |
| RAF Section of No 1 CRO (MT) | Calcutta | |
| No 1 RAF Section of Repairable Equipment Depots | Calcutta | |
| No 3 Shore Servicing Section | Calcutta | |
| No 13 School of Technical Training | Calcutta | |
| Base Personnel Office Forward - Detachment | Calcutta | |
| No 3 RAF Section of Civil MU | Cawnpore | |
| No 3 RAF Section of Repairable Equipment Depots | Cawnpore | |
| Aeronautical Inspection Service (Central Circle) | Cawnpore | |
| No 9 CRO (MT) | Cawnpore | |
| Research and Development Unit | Cawnpore | |
| No 62 Sqn | Chaklala | Dakota |
| No 1576 Flight | Chaklala | |
| Technical Development Centre | Chaklala | |
| No 117 Sqn | Chaklala | Dakota |
| No 4 Air Transit Section | Chabua (Assam) | |
| No 12 Forecast Centre (Type 'B') RAF | RAF China Bay | |
| No 2 Forecast Centre (Type 'A' IAF) | Chittagong | |
| No 6 Base Postal Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 79 Embarkation Unit | Chittagong | |
| Rail Transit Section | Chittagong | |
| No 367 Wireless Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 63 Embarkation Unit | Cochin | |
| No 66 Flying Control Section |
Cochin |
|
| No 10 Forecast Centre (Type 'A') RAF | Colombo | |
| No 368 Wireless Unit | Comilla | |
| No 14 Forecast Unit (Type 'B' IAF) |
Cuttack |
|
| No 62 Flying Control Section |
Cuttack |
|
| No 6 Air Transit Section | Delhi | |
| No 10 Central Medical Board | Delhi | |
| Rail Transit Section | Delhi | |
| No 1301 Meteorological Flight | Delhi | |
| No 164 (Signals) Wing | Delhi | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Delhi | |
| No 43 Flying Control Section | Delhi | |
| No 656 AOP Sqn | Deolali | Auster III |
| No 1 Meteorological Reporting Centre | Diego Gacia | |
| No 3 Airport Security Section | Dinjan | |
| No 48 Flying Control Section |
Dum Dum |
|
| No 15 Forecast Centre RAF |
Dum Dum |
|
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Dum Dum |
|
| No 4 RAF Section of Civil MU |
Dum Dum |
|
| No 9 RAF Section of Civil MU |
Dum Dum |
|
| No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'B' Flt |
Dum Dum |
|
| No 6 Air Transit Section |
Dum Dum |
|
| No 1 Airport Security Section |
Dum Dum |
|
| No 3 Forecast Centre (Type 'C' IAF) | Fenny | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Hakimpet |
|
| No 55 Flying Control Section |
Hakimpet |
|
| Indian Air Training Corps | Hyderabad | |
| No 355 Wireless Unit | Imphal | |
| No 1 Forecast Centre (Type 'B') IAF | Imphal | |
| No 357 Wireless Unit | Jallahalli | |
| No 369 Wireless Unit | Jallahalli | |
| RAF Component WWSC | Jallahalli | |
| No 2 LRP Contingent | Jhansi | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Jharsaguda |
|
| No 51 Flying Control Section |
Jharsaguda |
|
| No 9 Forecast Centre (Type 'C') RAF | Jessore | |
| No 5 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B' IAF) | Jiwani | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Jiwani | |
| No 69 Flying Control Section | Jiwani | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Jodpur |
|
| No 33 Flying Control Section |
Jodpur |
|
| No 1 RAF Section of Civil MU | Kanchrapara | |
| No 179 Ferry Wing | Karachi | |
| No 7 CRO (MT) | Karachi | |
| HQ No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | Karachi | |
| No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'A' Flt | Karachi | |
| No 8 Air Transit Section |
Dum Dum |
|
| No 2 Airport Security Section |
Dum Dum |
|
| No 1 Base Postal Unit | Karachi | |
| No 29 Personnel Reception Centre | Karachi | |
| No 57 Embarkation Unit | Karachi | |
| No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'D' Flt | Katni | |
| No 11 Forecast Centre (Type 'B') RAF | Koggala | |
| No 9 Air Transit Section |
Kunming (China) |
|
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Lahore |
|
| Aeronautical Inspection Service (North-western Circle) | Lahore | |
| No 8 CRO (MT) | Lahore | |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Lahore | |
| No 56 Flying Control Section | Lahore | |
| No 5 RAF Section of Repairable Equipment Depot | Lahore | |
| No 1 LRP Contingent | Lalitpur | |
| No 2 Shore Servicing Section (Balloons) | Madras | |
| No 2 RAF Section of Repairable Equipment Depot | Madras | |
| Aeronautical Inspection Service (Southern Circle) | Madras | |
| No 5 CRO (MT) | Madras | |
| No 78 Embarkation Unit | Madras | |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Madras | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Maharajpur |
|
| No 54 Flying Control Section |
Maharajpur |
|
| No 1 Opening Up Party | Manauri | |
| No 2 Opening Up Party | Manauri | |
| No 1 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit IAF | Manipur Road | |
| RAF Station Mauripur | ||
| Main Crew Ferry Pool | RAF Mauripur | |
| Transit Ferry Pool | RAF Mauripur | |
| Training Flight | RAF Mauripur | |
| No 21 Ferry Control | RAF Mauripur | |
| Flying Control School | RAF Mauripur | |
| No 50 Flying Control Section | RAF Mauripur | |
| No 1 IAF Exhibition Unit | Nagpur | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Nagpur | |
| No 45 Flying Control Section | Nagpur | |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Nagpur | |
| No 4 Base Postal Unit | New Delhi | |
| AHQ Communication Flt | New Delhi | |
| No 3 CRO (MT) | New Delhi | |
| AHQ Signals Section | New Delhi | |
| AHQ India | New Delhi | |
| RAF Dental Services | New Delhi | |
| Publication and Form Store | New Delhi | |
| RAF Section of Public Relations Directorate | New Delhi | |
| No 353 Sqn | Palam | Hudson |
| No 63 Flying Control Section |
Palam |
|
| Rail Transit Section | Parbatipur | |
| No 46 Flying Control Section |
Peshawar |
|
| No 59 Flying Control Section |
Poona |
|
| No 57 Flying Control Section |
Quetta |
|
| No 10 RAF Element of Civil MU | Ramrajatolla | |
| CVARIS | Ranchi | |
| No 13 Forecast Centre (Type 'C') RAF | Ratmalana | |
| No 1303 (Meteorological) Flt | Ratmalana | |
| No 177 (Transport) Wing | Rawalpindi | |
| No 60 Flying Control Section |
Risalpur |
|
| No 8 Forecast Centre (Type 'C') RAF | Salbani | |
| RAF Station Sambre (Belgaum) | ||
| No 23 Ferry Control |
Santa Cruz |
|
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Santa Cruz |
|
| No 304 Maintenance Unit |
Santa Cruz |
|
| No 49 Flying Control Section |
Santa Cruz |
|
| Rail Transit Section | Santahar | |
| RAF Regiment Depot (India) | Secunderbad | |
| No 16 Forecast Centre (Type 'C') RAF | Sigiriya | |
| RAF Section, Tata Aircraft Ltd Erection Unit | Sigiriya | |
| No 5 Air Transit Section | St Thomas Mount | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | St Thomas Mount | |
| 'A' Flt, Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | St Thomas Mount | |
| No 47 Flying Control Section |
St Thomas Mount |
|
| RAF Signals Unit | Tezpur | |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Trivandrum | |
| No 2 RAF Section of Civil MU | Trichinoply | |
| No 67 Flying Control Section | Trichinoply | |
| No 68 Flying Control Section |
Vizagapatam |
|
| No 4 Shore Servicing Section (Balloons) | Vizagapatam | |
| RAF Section of Chinese EFTS | Walton (Lahore) | |
| No 2 Air Transit Section |
Yelahanka |
|
| No 53 Flying Control Section |
Yelahanka |
|
|
AME Stations |
||
| 641, 681 & 682 | ||
Source - SD161 - January 1944
[ACSEA | AHQ Bengal | No 221 Group | No 222 Group | No 223 Group | No 224 Group | No 225 Group | No 226 Group | No 227 Group | AHQ India]
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