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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Far East Commands - March 1944
[ACSEA | EAC - 3 TAF | No 221 Group | No 222 Group | No 223 Group | No 224 Group | No 225 Group | No 226 Group | No 227 Group | No 229 Group | No 230 Group | No 231 Group | AHQ India]
Directly controlled by HQ ACSEA
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 164 (Signals) Wing (Detachment) | Abbotabad | |
| Base Personnel Office | Bombay | |
| Base Accounts Office | Bombay | |
| Base Personnel Office - Forward Detachment | Calcutta | |
| No 3 RAF Film Production Unit | Calcutta | |
| Communication Flt | Delhi | |
| 'Gang Show' | Karachi | |
| HQ Air Command, South-East Asia | New Delhi | |
| RAF Dental Services | New Delhi | |
| RAF Section of Public Relations Directorate | New Delhi | |
| RAF Section, Tata Aircraft Ltd Erection Unit |
Santa Cruz |
Eastern Air Command, 3rd Tactical Air Force (ACSEA)
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 31 Sqn - Detachment | Agartala | Dakota |
| 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 | |
| No 1 Combined Training Centre (RAF Section) | Bombay | Also shown under No 227 Group |
| No 15 Signals Section Assault Force | 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 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 | |
| No 20 ALG Signals Section | 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 | |
| RAF Chaplains Branch | Calcutta | |
| Movements Control Pool | Calcutta | |
| RAF Movements Section | Calcutta | |
| No 1 Aircrew House | Calcutta | |
| No 2 Aircrew House | Calcutta | |
| Base HQ | Calcutta | |
| No 1 Mobile Surgical Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 3 Base Signals Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 35 Transit Camp | Calcutta | |
| No 11 Central Medical Board | Calcutta | |
| No 1 CRO (MT) | Calcutta | |
| No 5 Base Postal Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 681 Sqn | Chadina | Spitfire |
| No 4409 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Chandpur | |
| No 10 Field Security Section | Comilla | |
| No 684 Sqn | Comilla | Mosquito |
| No 171 Wing | Comilla | |
| No 18 Flying Control Section | Comilla | |
| No 86 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Comilla | Also shown at Ramu in 224 Group |
| No 4414 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Comilla | |
| No 4421 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Comilla | |
| No 4439 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Jessore | |
| Communication Flight | Comilla | |
| HQ 3rd Tactical Air Force | Comilla | |
| No 1 Bomb Disposal Squad | Comilla | |
| HQ Eastern Air Command | Comilla | |
| No 31 Sqn | Kharagpur | Dakota |
| Rail Transit Section | Parbatipur | |
| Rail Transit Section | Santahar | |
| No 3 Hill Depot | Shillong | |
| Base Reception Depot | Worli | |
| AME Stations | ||
| No 863 AMES | No 8026 AMES | No 8518 AMES |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 11 Bomb Disposal Squad | Alipore | |
| No 1581 Calibration Flt | Alipore | |
| No 4 Flying Control Section | Alipore | |
| No 81 Sqn | Alipore | Spitfire |
| No 67 Sqn | Alipore | Spitfire |
| No 1300 Meteorological Flt | Alipore | |
| No 359 Wireless Unit | Barrackpore | |
| RAF Component, EWSC | Barrackpore | |
| No 358 Wireless Unit | Ballygunge | |
| No 152 Sqn | Baigachi | Spitfire |
| No 176 Sqn | Baigachi | Beaufighter |
| No 6 Flying Control Section | Baigachi | |
| No 146 Sqn | Baigachi | Hurricane |
| No 3 Shore Servicing Section | Calcutta | |
| No 293 Wing | Calcutta | |
| No 180 Signals Wing | Calcutta | |
| No 23 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 978 Sqn | Calcutta | Mk VI Balloon |
| No 6 Wireless Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 4 Air Transit Section | Chabua (Assam) | |
| No 2 Care & Maintenance Party | Charra | |
| No 4437 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Diamond Harbour | |
| No 4446 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Egra | |
| No 221 Group | Imphal | |
| No 60 Mobile Field Hospital | Imphal | |
| No 7 Flying Control Section | Imphal | |
| No 170 Wing | Imphal | |
| No 155 Sqn | Imphal | Spitfire |
| 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 355 Wireless Unit | Imphal | |
| No 7 Forecast Centre (Type 'A') RAF | Imphal | |
| No 6 Bomb Disposal Squad | Imphal | |
| No 28 Sqn | Imphal | Hurricane IIB |
| No 11 Wireless Unit | Imphal | |
| No 181 Signals Wing | Imphal | |
| No 11 Field Security Section | Imphal | |
| No 4408 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Imphal | Also shown at Palel |
| No 4418 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Imphal | Also shown at Palel |
| No 1 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B') IAF | Imphal | |
| No 979 Sqn | Jamshedpur | Mk VI Balloons |
| No 63 Mobile Field Hospital | Kailakandi | |
| No 4436 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Khulna | |
| No 40 Wireless Unit | 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 17 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type C) | Kumbhirgram | |
| No 9 Air Transit Section |
Kunming (China) |
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| No 84 Sqn | Maharajpur | Vengeance |
| No 113 Sqn | Manipur Road | |
| No 4448 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Manipur Road | |
| No 1 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit IAF | Manipur Road | |
| 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 2943 Sqn RAF Regiment | Palel | |
| No 4408 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Palel | Also shown at Imphal |
| No 4418 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Palel | Also shown at Imphal |
| No 8 Care and Maintenance Party | Ranchi | |
| No 5 Flying Control Section | Ranchi | |
| Low Attack Instructors School | Ranchi | |
| CVARIS | Ranchi | |
| No 136 Sqn | Ramu | Spitfire |
| No 4434 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Rajyeswarpur | |
| No 4444 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Rajyeswarpur | |
| No 1 Hydrogen Compressor Station | Richra (Calcutta) | |
| No 2 Hydrogen Compressor Station | Richra (Calcutta) | |
| No 5 Sqn IAF | Sapam | Hurricane IID |
| No 211 Sqn | Silchar | Beaufighter |
| No 4445 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Silchar | |
| No 10 Flying Control Section | Silchar | |
| No 7 Care & Maintenance Party | Sylhet | |
| 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, 5056, 5058, 5070, 5071, 5456, 8502 & 8514 | ||
| 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 |
| No 75 Flying Control Station | RAF China Bay | |
| No 12 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B') RAF | 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 Air Stores Park | RAF Colombo | |
| No 9 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 | |
| No 8 Transit Camp | RAF Colombo | |
| No 357 Wireless Unit | RAF Colombo | |
| No 10 Forecast Centre (Type 'A') RAF | RAF Colombo | |
| No 183 Signals Wing (Ceylon) | RAF Colombo | |
| No 30 Sqn | Dumbulla | Hurricane IIC |
| No 3 Operations Room (Type 'C') | Dumbulla | |
| Advanced Flying Boat Base | Diego Garcia | |
| No 1 Meteorological Reporting Centre | Diego Gacia | |
| No 8 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 |
| No 4413 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | RAF Koggala | |
| No 72 Flying Control Station | RAF Koggala | |
| No 11 Forecast Centre (Type 'B') RAF | RAF Koggala | |
| No 30 Care and Maintenance Party | Komariya | |
| No 338 Maintenance Unit | Kurunegala | Explosive Storage Unit |
| No 22 Sqn - Detachment | Madras | Beaufort |
| RAF Station Minneriya | ||
| No 13 Bomb Disposal Squad | RAF Minneriya | |
| No 7 Hill Depot | Radella | |
| RAF Station Ratmalana | ||
| No 1303 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 273 Sqn | RAF Ratmalana | Hurricane IIB |
| No 13 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'C') RAF | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 332 Maintenance Unit | RAF Ratmalana | MT Storage Unit |
| No 336 Maintenance Unit | RAF Ratmalana | |
| 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 71 Flying Control Station | RAF Ratmalana | |
| Communication Flt | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 1579 Calibration Flt | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 145 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 15 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF Ratmalana | |
| No 338 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | RAF Ratmalana | Explosive Storage Unit |
| RAF Station Sigiriya | ||
| No 16 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'C') RAF | RAF Sigiriya | |
| No 160 Sqn | RAF Sigiriya | Liberator |
| No 4450 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | RAF Sigiriya | |
| No 73 Flying Control Station | RAF Sigiriya | |
| No 89 Sqn - Detachment | St Thomas mount | Beaufighter VI |
| No 10 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 | ||
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 58 Flying Control Section | Ambala | |
| Central Map Section | Ambala | |
| No 194 Sqn | Basal | Hudson VI/Dakota |
| RAF Station Chaklala | ||
| Technical Development Centre | RAF Chaklala | |
| Air Landing School | RAF Chaklala | |
| No 62 Sqn | RAF Chaklala | Dakota |
| No 1576 Flight | RAF Chaklala | |
| No 4 Hill Depot | Chakrata | |
| Medical Training Centre | Chakrata | |
| Transit Camp | Dehra Dum | |
| No 117 Sqn | Dhamial (Chaklala) | Dakota |
| No 117 Sqn - Detachment | Lalitpur | Dakota |
| No 1 Hill Depot | Lower Topa | |
| No 12 Field Security Section | Peshawar | |
| No 223 Group Communication Flt | Peshawar | |
| No 152 OTU | Peshawar | |
| No 223 Group | Peshawar | |
| No 46 Flying Control Section |
Peshawar |
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| No 177 Wing | Rawalpindi | Transport Command Unit |
| RAF Section of IOC Training Corps | Rawalpindi | |
| No 151 OTU | Risalpur | |
| No 60 Flying Control Section | Risalpur | |
| No 21 Care and Maintenance Party | Samungli | |
| No 57 Flying Control Section | Samungli | |
| No 2 Hill Depot | Solan | |
|
AME Station |
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| 5059 | ||
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 4 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type C) IAF | Agartala | |
| 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 6 Operations Room (Type 'C') | Agartala | |
| No 1 Care and Maintenance Party | Agartala | |
| No 5 Bomb Disposal Squad | Agartala | |
| No 16 Flying Control Section | Agartala | |
| No 79 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Agartala | |
| No 4402 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Chiringa | |
| No 261 Sqn | Chiringa | Hurricane IIB |
| No 258 Sqn | Chittagong | Hurricane |
| No 61 Mobile Field Hospital | Chittagong | |
| No 62 Mobile Field Hospital | Chittagong | Also shown at Ramu |
| No 166 Wing | Chittagong | |
| No 224 Group | Chittagong | |
| No 182 (Signals) Wing | Chittagong | |
| No 2944 Sqn RAF Regiment | Chittagong | |
| No 2946 Sqn RAF Regiment | Chittagong | |
| No 4411 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Chittagong | |
| No 4438 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 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 2 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'A' IAF) | Chittagong | |
| No 41 Flying Control Section | Chittagong | |
| No 12 Wireless Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 367 Wireless Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 79 Embarkation Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 6 Base Postal Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 5 Transit Camp | Chittagong | |
| No 226 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 227 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 228 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Chittagong | |
| Rail Transit Section | Chittagong | |
| No 368 Wireless Unit | Comilla | |
| No 4403 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 4410 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 4431 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 85 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 10 Wireless Unit | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 2 Filter Room (Type 'E') | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 7 Transit Camp | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 6 (IAF) Sqn | Cox's Bazaar | Hurricane |
| No 22 Air Support Control | Dhechuapalong | |
| No 82 Sqn | Dohazari | Vengeance |
| No 615 Sqn | Dohazari | Spitfire |
| No 167 Wing | Dohazari | |
| No 6 Transit Camp | Dohazari | |
| No 4404 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Dohazari | |
| No 4442 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Dohazari | |
| No 79 Sqn | Double Moorings | Hurricane IIC |
| No 4405 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Double Moorings | |
| No 8 (IAF) Sqn | Double Moorings | Vengeance |
| No 123 Sqn | Fenny | Hurricane |
| No 2945 Sqn RAF Regiment | Fenny | |
| No 4415 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Fenny | |
| No 4433 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Fenny | |
| No 4441 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 15 Bomb Disposal Squad | Fenny | |
| No 3 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'C' IAF) | Fenny | |
| No 3 Bomb Disposal Squad | Fenny | |
| No 134 Sqn | Fenny | Hurricane |
| No 11 Sqn | Lalmai | Hurricane |
| No 4435 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Nidania | |
| No 4407 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Parashuram | |
| No 20 Sqn | Rumkhapalong | Hurricane IID |
| No 165 Wing | Ramu | |
| No 4422 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Ramu | |
| No 4432 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Ramu | |
| No 4443 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Ramu | |
| No 4447 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Ramu | |
| No 2942 Sqn RAF Regiment | Ramu | |
| No 10 Operations Room (Type 'C') | Ramu | |
| No 86 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Comilla | Also shown at Ramu in 224 Group |
|
AME Stations |
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| 210, 247, 376, 378, 379, 642, 643, 669, 670, 671, 676, 679, 680, 853, 864, 869, 877, 879, 884, 5004, 5029, 5042, 5054 & 5055 | ||
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 10 Care and Maintenance Party | Arkonam | |
| No 172 (Composite) Wing | Avadi (Madras) | |
| No 8 Bomb Disposal Squad | Avadi (Madras) | |
| No 51 Radio School | Bangalore | Also shown in No 227 Group |
| No 3 Base Postal Unit | Bangalore | |
| Naval/Air Operations Room | Bangalore | |
| No 1302 Meteorological Flt | Bangalore | |
| No 3 Hydrogen Compressor Station | Bangalore | |
| No 225 Group | Bangalore | |
| Depth Charge Maintenance Party | Bangalore | |
| No 14 Field Security Section | Bangalore | |
| No 4 CRO (MT) | Bangalore | |
| No 369 Wireless Unit | Bangalore | |
| No 61 Flying Control Section |
Begumpet |
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| Naval/Air Operations Room | Bombay | |
| No 233 ASR Unit | Bombay | |
| No 11 Care and Maintenance Party | Chettinad | |
| No 12 Care and Maintenance Party | Cholavaram | |
| Advanced Flying Boat Base | Cocanada | |
| No 17 Care and Maintenance Party | Cochin | |
| No 1 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 | |
| No 62 Flying Control Section |
Cuttack |
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| No 14 Meteorological Forecast Unit (Type 'B' IAF) |
Cuttack |
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| No 5 Filter Room (Type 'F') | Guindy | |
| No 55 Flying Control Section |
Hakimpet |
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| RAF Component, WWSC | ||
| No 15 Care and Maintenance Party | 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 |
| No 7 Filter Room (Type 'F') | Kottapalem (Vizagapatam) | |
| No 78 Embarkation Unit | Madras | |
| No 2 Shore Servicing Section (Balloons) | Madras | |
| No 5 CRO (MT) | Madras | |
| 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 |
| No 5 Base Signals Unit | Sambre | |
| No 5 Wireless Observer Unit | Sambre | |
| No 135 Sqn | St Thomas Mount | Hurricane |
| No 47 Flying Control Section |
St Thomas Mount |
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| No 5 Air Transit Section | St Thomas Mount | |
| 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 9 Wireless Unit | St Thomas Mount | |
| No 4 Operations Room (Type 'C') | St Thomas Mount | |
| No 22 Care and Maintenance Party | Tanjore | |
| No 9 Bomb Disposal Squad | Trichinopoly | |
| No 67 Flying Control Section | Trichinopoly | |
| Advanced Flying Boat Base | Trombay | |
| No 212 Sqn - Detachment | Trombay | Catalina |
| 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 68 Flying Control Section |
RAF Vizagapatam |
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| No 4 Shore Servicing Section (Balloons) | RAF Vizagapatam | |
| No 370 Wireless Unit |
RAF Vizagapatam |
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| No 4449 AA Flight, RAF Regiment |
RAF Vizagapatam |
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| No 8 Hill Depot | Wellington | |
| No 7 Bomb Disposal Squad | Yelahanka | |
| No 23 Care and Maintenance Party | Yelahanka | |
| Communication Flight | Yelahanka | |
| No 25 Air Support Control | Yelahanka | |
| No 1580 Calibration Flt | Yelahanka | |
| No 2 Air Transit Section |
Yelahanka |
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| No 53 Flying Control Section |
Yelahanka |
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| No 4 (IAF) Sqn |
Yelahanka |
Audax, also shown at Baiagarh under No 227 Group |
|
AME Stations |
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| 225, 228, 268, 284, 291, 293, 370, 542, 566, 570, 573, 574, 2000, 5019, 5028, 5061, 8040, 8045 | ||
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Liaison Section | Agra | |
| No 308 Maintenance Unit | Allahabad | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| No 42 Flying Control Section | Allahabad | |
| No 1 Air Transit Section | Allahabad | |
| No 140 Repair and Salvage Unit | Allahabad | |
| RAF Section of IOC Training Corps | Allahabad | |
| No 52 Flying Control Section | Ahmedabad | |
| No 88 Air Stores Park | Arkonam | |
| No 139 Repair and Salvage Unit | Arkonam | |
| No 64 Flying Control Section | Asansol | |
| No 344 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | Baleli | |
| No 314 Maintenance Unit | Barbugarh | |
| No 188 Maintenance Wing | Bangalore | |
| No 5 RAF Section of Civil MU | Barrackpore | |
| No 2 Base Postal Unit | Bombay | |
| No 305 Maintenance Unit | Bombay | Repair Depot |
| No 330 Maintenance Unit | Bombay | MT Storage Unit |
| HQ Link Trainer Maintenance Organisation and No 1 Party | Bombay | |
| No 4 RAF Section of Repairable Equipment Depot | Bombay | |
| Aeronautical Inspection Service (Western Circle) | Bombay | |
| No 341 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | Bombay | |
| No 1 RAF Section of Repairable Equipment Depot | Calcutta | |
| No 8 RAF Section of Civil MU | Calcutta | |
| No 10 RAF Section of Civil MU | Calcutta | |
| No 13 School of Technical Training | Calcutta | |
| Aeronautical Inspection Service (North-eastern Circle) | Calcutta | |
| No 102 Air Stores Park | Campbellpore | |
| No 144 Forward Repair Unit | Campbellpore | |
| No 3 RAF Section of Repairable Equipment Depots | Cawnpore | |
| No 322 Maintenance Unit | Cawnpore | Repair Depot |
| No 3 RAF Section of Civil MU | Cawnpore | |
| No 3 Link Trainer Maintenance Party | Cawnpore | |
| No 3 RAF Section of Civil MU | Cawnpore | |
| Research and Development Unit | Cawnpore | |
| Aeronautical Inspection Service (Central Circle) | Cawnpore | |
| No 9 CRO (MT) | Cawnpore | |
| No 322 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Chakeri | Repair Depot |
| No 5 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | Chaklala | |
| No 345 Maintenance Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 2 Ammunition Belting Party | Chittagong | |
| No 345 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | Comilla | |
| No 1 Ammunition Belting Party | Comilla | |
| No 4 Ammunition Belting Party | Comilla | |
| No 66 Flying Control Section |
Cochin |
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| No 1301 Meteorological Flight | RAF Delhi | |
| Rail Transit Section | RAF Delhi | |
| No 10 Central Medical Board | RAF Delhi | |
| Parachute Repair Section | RAF Delhi | |
| No 43 Flying Control Section | RAF Delhi | |
| No 6 Air Transit Section | RAF Delhi | |
| RAF Station Dum Dum | ||
| No 4 RAF Section of Civil MU |
RAF Dum Dum |
|
| No 9 RAF Section of Civil MU | RAF Dum Dum | |
| No 48 Flying Control Section | RAF Dum Dum | |
| No 7 Air Transit Section |
RAF Dum Dum |
|
| No 1 Airport Security Section | RAF Dum Dum | |
| No 15 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type C) |
RAF Dum Dum |
|
| No 325 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | Duragpur | |
| No 312 Maintenance Unit | Ernakulam (Cochin) | Equipment Depot |
| RAF Station Golden Rock | ||
| RAF Composite Force HQ | Gwailor | |
| No 325 Maintenance Unit | Jamalpur | |
| No 3 Ammunition Belting Party | Jamalpur | |
| No 328 Maintenance Unit | Jallahalli (Bangalore) | MT Storage Unit |
| No 51 Flying Control Section |
Jharsaguda |
|
| No 2 Long Range Penetration Group | Jhansi | |
| No 69 Flying Control Section | Jiwani | |
| No 319 Maintenance Unit | Jodpur | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| No 44 Flying Control Section |
Jodpur |
|
| No 5 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B' IAF) | Jodpur | |
| No 318 Maintenance Unit | Jubbulpore | |
| No 1 RAF Section of Civil MU | Kanchrapara | |
| No 340 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | Kanglatonghi | |
| No 316 Maintenance Unit | Kasu Begu | |
| No 301 Maintenance Unit | Karachi | Repair Depot |
| No 320 Maintenance Unit | Karachi | Repair Depot |
| No 7 CRO (MT) | Karachi | |
| Base HQ | Karachi | |
| No 141 Repair and Salvage Unit | Karachi | |
| No 8 Air Transit Section | Karachi | |
| No 57 Embarkation Unit | Karachi | |
| No 2 Airport Security Section | Karachi | |
| No 29 Transit Camp | Karachi | |
| No 1 Base Postal Unit | Karachi | |
| No 31 Flying Control Section | Karachi | |
| Aircrew Transit Camp | Karachi | |
| No 344 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | Karachi | |
| No 306 Maintenance Unit | Lahore | Equipment Depot |
| No 307 Maintenance Unit | Lahore | Repair Depot |
| No 331 Maintenance Unit | Lahore | |
| No 56 Flying Control Section | Lahore | |
| No 2 Link Trainer Maintenance Party | Lahore | |
| No 5 RAF Section of Repairable Equipment Depot | Lahore | |
| Aeronautical Inspection Service (North-western Circle) | Lahore | |
| No 8 CRO (MT) | Lahore | |
| No 1 Long Range Penetration Unit | Lalitpur | |
| No 2 RAF Section of Repairable Equipment Depot | Madras | |
| Aeronautical Inspection Service (Southern Circle) | Madras | |
| No 54 Flying Control Section |
Maharajpur |
|
| No 1 Opening Up Party | Manauri | |
| No 2 Opening Up Party | Manauri | |
| No 340 Maintenance Unit | Manipur Road | |
| RAF Station Mauripur | ||
| No 50 Flying Control Section | RAF Mauripur | |
| No 317 Maintenance Unit | RAF Mauripur | |
| Flying Control School | RAF Mauripur | |
| No 321 Maintenance Unit | Mymensingh | |
| No 315 Maintenance Unit | Nagpur | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| No 45 Flying Control Section | Nagpur | |
| No 344 Maintenance Unit | Nowshera | |
| HQ Signals Section | New Delhi | |
| No 4 Base Postal Unit | New Delhi | |
| Publications and Form Store | New Delhi | |
| No 3 CRO (MT) | New Delhi | |
| No 1 Touring Concert Party | New Delhi | |
| No 2 Touring Concert Party | New Delhi | |
| No 353 Sqn | Palam | Hudson |
| Action Squad | Palam | |
| No 226 Group Communication Flt | Palam | |
| No 226 Group | Palam | |
| No 15 Field Security Section | Palam | |
| No 63 Flying Control Section |
Palam |
|
| No 187 Maintenance Wing | Peshawar | |
| No 308 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | Pharpamau | |
| No 138 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment | Poona | |
| No 341 Maintenance Unit | Pulgaon | |
| No 343 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | Secunderabad | |
| No 321 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | Silchar | |
| RAF Signals Unit | Tezpur | |
| No 138 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Trichinopoly | |
| No 101 Air Stores Park | RAF Trichinopoly | |
| No 343 Maintenance Unit | Whitefield | |
| No 63 Embarkation Unit | Willingdon Island | |
| No 3 Long Range Penetration Contingent | c/o 16 Infantry Brigade |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Ambala | ||
| No 1 Service Flying Training School | RAF Ambala | |
| No 1 School of Technical Training | RAF Ambala | |
| Meteorological School | RAF Ambala | |
| No 1 Signals School | Andheri | |
| No 65 Flying Control Section |
Aurangabad |
|
| No 1 Air Gunnery School | Bairagarh (Bhopal) | |
| No 4 (IAF) Sqn |
Baiagarh |
Audax, also shown at Yelahanka under No 225 Group |
| No 51 Radio School | Bangalore | Also shown in No 225 Group |
| No 12 School of Technical Training | Baroda | |
| No 1 Elementary Flying Training School | Begumpet | |
| No 70 Flying Control Section |
Bhopal |
|
| Touring Trade Test Board | Bombay | |
| No 1 Combined Training Centre (RAF Section) | Bombay | Also shown under No 227 Group |
| RAF Sections HQ Ship | Bombay | |
| No 2 CRO (MT) | Bombay | |
| No 227 Group | Bombay | |
| No 16 Field Security Section | Bombay | |
| No 17 Field Security Section | Bombay | |
| HQ Balloon Shuttle Service | Bombay | |
| No 1 Shore Servicing Section (Balloons) | Bombay | |
| No 2 Base Signals Unit | Bombay | |
| No 3 Air Transit Section | Bombay | |
| No 51 Embarkation Unit | Bombay | |
| Base HQ | Bombay | |
| No 190 Assault Wing | Bombay | |
| No 201 Airfield HQ | Bombay | |
| No 1 Beach Party | Bombay | |
| No 2 Beach Party | Bombay | |
| No 54 Embarkation Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 11 School of Technical Training | Cochin | |
| No 656 AOP Sqn | Deolali | Auster III |
| No 4 School of Technical Training (Civil) | Guindy (Madras) | |
| No 3 Signals School | Gujrat | |
| No 2 Signals School | Hakimpet | |
| Filter Room (Type 'F') | 'Hilltop', Bombay | |
| No 2 Recruits Training Centre | Jallahalli | |
| No 5 School of Technical Training (Civil) | Jamnagar | |
| No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | Jodpur | |
| No 6 School of Technical Training (Civil) | Juhu | |
| No 227 Group Communication Flt | Juhu | |
| No 26 Care & Maintenance Party | Kalyan | |
| School of Jungle Training | Kas, Satara Road | |
| No 1 Recruits Training Centre | Lahore | |
| Followers' Reception Centre | Lahore | |
| RAF Section of Chinese EFTS | Lahore | |
| RAF Station Poona | ||
| Aircrew Transit Pool | RAF Poona | |
| Officers and Cadets Training Centre | RAF Poona | |
| No 21 Air Support Control | RAF Poona | |
| Link Trainer School |
RAF Poona |
|
| No 59 Flying Control Section |
RAF Poona |
|
| No 7 School of Technical Training | Quetta | |
| No 9 School of Technical Training | Raipur | |
| RAF Station Santa Cruz | ||
| No 49 Flying Control Section |
Santa Cruz |
|
| RAF Station Secunderbad | ||
| No 2 School of Technical Training | RAF Secunderbad | |
| Non Technical Training Centre | RAF Secunderbad | |
| DMT School | RAF Secunderbad | |
| RAF Regiment Depot (India) | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 1 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 2 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 3 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 4 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 5 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 6 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 7 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 8 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 9 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 10 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 11 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 12 AA Flight (India), RAF Regiment | RAF Secunderbad | |
| No 3 School of Technical Training (Civil) | Sibpur (Calcutta) | |
|
AME Station |
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| 554, 641, 681 & 682 | ||
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Ahmedabad | |
| No 22 Ferry Control | Allahabad | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Allahabad | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Bairagarh | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | RAF Delhi | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
RAF Dum Dum |
|
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Gannavaram | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Hakimpet |
|
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Jharsaguda |
|
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Jiwani | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Jodpur |
|
| No 229 Group | Karachi | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Lahore |
|
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Maharajpur |
|
| No 21 Ferry Control | RAF Mauripur | |
| Main Crew Ferry Pool | RAF Mauripur | |
| Transit Ferry Pool | RAF Mauripur | |
| Check and Conversion Flight | RAF Mauripur | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Nagpur | |
| No 23 Ferry Control |
Santa Cruz |
|
| Reinforcement Staging Party |
Santa Cruz |
|
| Reinforcement Staging Party | St Thomas Mount | |
| Reinforcement Staging Party | Yelahanka |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 303 Maintenance Unit | RAF Ambala | Repair Depot |
| No 326 Maintenance Unit | Asansol | Reserve Aircraft Pool |
| No 3 Repair and Salvage Unit (Mobile) | Barrackpore | |
| No 132 Repair and Salvage Unit (Mobile) | Barrackpore | |
| No 186 Maintenance Wing | Barrackpore | |
| No 85 Air Stores Park | Barrackpore | |
| No 99 Air Stores Park | Barrackpore | |
| No 143 Repair and Salvage Unit | Bishmapur | |
| No 3 Care & Maintenance Party | Bishmapur | |
| No 313 Sub-Maintenance Unit | Calcutta | Equipment Depot |
| No 134 Repair and Salvage Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 75 Air Stores Park | Calcutta | |
| No 1 Mobile Diesel Repair Unit | Calcutta | |
| No 329 Maintenance Unit | Calcutta | MT Storage Unit |
| No 39 Air Stores Park | Chandpur | |
| No 92 Air Stores Park | Chittagong | |
| No 126 Repair and Salvage Unit (Mobile) | Chittagong | |
| No 146 Repair and Salvage Unit | Chittagong | |
| No 150 Repair and Salvage Unit | Comilla | |
| No 333 Maintenance Unit | Comilla | MT Storage Unit |
| No 32 Air Stores Park (Mobile) | Cox's Bazaar | |
| No 137 Repair and Salvage Unit | Dacca | |
| RAF Station Delhi | ||
| No 342 Maintenance Unit | Dimapur | MT Storage Unit |
| No 327 Maintenance Unit | RAF Dum Dum | Reserve Aircraft Pool |
| No 149 Repair and Salvage Unit | Dohazari | |
| No 98 Air Stores Park | Imphal | |
| No 136 Repair and Salvage Unit | Jessore | |
| No 313 Maintenance Unit | Kankinara | Equipment Depot |
| RAF Station Kanchrapara | ||
| No 91 Air Stores Park | Kharagpur | |
| No 147 Repair and Salvage Unit | Kharagpur | |
| No 302 Maintenance Unit | Manauri | Equipment Depot |
| No 20 Care & Maintenance Party | Pharpamau | |
| No 131 Repair and Salvage Unit (Mobile) | Ramu | |
| No 135 Repair and Salvage Unit | Salbani | |
| No 94 Air Stores Park | Silchar | |
| No 124 Repair and Salvage Unit (Mobile) | Silchar | |
| No 148 Repair and Salvage Unit | Silchar | |
| No 142 Repair and Salvage Unit | Singarbil | |
| No 335 Maintenance Unit | Tollygunge |
No 231 Group (Strategical Air Force)
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 231 Group | Calcutta | |
| No 215 Sqn - Detachment | Cuttack | Wellington |
| No 6 Care and Maintenance Party | Dhubalia | |
| No 185 (Heavy Bomber) Wing | Digri | |
| No 159 Sqn | Digri | Liberator |
| No 3 Flying Control Section | Digri | |
| No 9 Care & Maintenance Party | Dudkundi | |
| No 9 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'C') RAF | Jessore | |
| No 175 (Heavy Bomber) Wing | Jessore | |
| No 99 Sqn | Jessore | Wellington |
| No 215 Sqn | Jessore | Wellington |
| No 10 Bomb Disposal Squad | Jessore | |
| No 1 Flying Control Section | Jessore | |
| No 27 Care & Maintenance Party | Piadobla | |
| No 184 (Heavy Bomber) Wing | Salbani | |
| No 355 Sqn | Salbani | Liberator |
| No 356 Sqn | Salbani | Liberator |
| No 1577 Special Duties Flight | Salbani | Halifax/Liberator |
| No 4412 AA Flight, RAF Regiment | Salbani | |
| No 2 Flying Control Section | Salbani | |
| No 8 Forecast Centre (Type 'C') RAF | Salbani | |
| No 1673 Heavy Conversion Unit | Salbani |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Allahabad | |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Aligarh | |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Calcutta | |
| No 7 (IAF) Sqn | Campbellpore | Vengeance |
| No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'B' Flt |
Dum Dum |
|
| Indian Air Training Corps | Hyderabad | |
| No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'D' Flt | Katni | |
| HQ No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | Karachi | |
| No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'A' Flt | Karachi | |
| RAF Station Kohat | ||
| No 1 (IAF) Sqn | RAF Kohat | Hurricane IID |
| No 2 (IAF) Sqn | RAF Kohat | Hurricane |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Lahore | |
| No 9 (IAF) Sqn | Lahore | Hurricane |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Madras | |
| No 1 (IAF) Sqn - Detachment | Miranshah | Audax |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Nagpur | |
| AHQ India | New Delhi | |
| No 1 IAF Exhibition Unit | Patna | |
| 'C' Flt, No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | St Thomas Mount | |
| Indian Air Training Corps | Trivandrum |
Source - SD161 - March 1944
[ACSEA | EAC - 3 TAF | No 221 Group | No 222 Group | No 223 Group | No 224 Group | No 225 Group | No 226 Group | No 227 Group | No 229 Group | No 230 Group | No 231 Group | AHQ India]
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