Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Overseas Commands/Units - April 1944

Air Headquarters, West Africa

HQ - Freetown

 

Unit	Location	Notes
No 295 Wing	Dakar (Senegal)
No 343 French Naval Sqn	Dakar (Senegal)	Sunderland
No 344 French Naval Sqn	Dakar (Senegal)	Wellington XI
Gambia
RAF Station Bathurst
No 44 Embarkation Unit	RAF Bathurst
No 95 Sqn	RAF Bathurst	Sunderland
No 201 Air Sea Rescue Unit	RAF Bathurst
No 95 Sqn - Advanced Base	Port Etienne	Sunderland
No 343 Sqn - Advanced Base	Port Etienne	Sunderland
RAF Station Yundum
No 200 Sqn	RAF Yundum	Liberator
Sierra Leone
AHQ West Africa	Freetown
No 26 Embarkation Unit	Freetown
W/T Station	Freetown
Base Personnel Office	Freetown
No 36 Personnel Transit Centre	Freetown
No 202 Air Sea Rescue Unit	Freetown
RAF Station Jui
No 204 Sqn	RAF Jui	Sunderland
No 490 Sqn RNZAF	RAF Jui	Sunderland
No 5151 Mechanical and Electrical Sqn	RAF Jui
No 176 Maintenance Unit	Kosso	Equipment Holding Unit
RAF Station Waterloo (Nucleus)
No 1562 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Waterloo
Communication Flt	RAF Waterloo
Gold Coast
No 62 Embarkation Unit	Accra
No 37 Personnel Transit Centre	Accra
No 114 Wing	Accra	Transport Command Unit
RAF Station Takoradi
No 116 Maintenance Unit	RAF Takoradi	Aircraft Acceptance Unit
No 33 Embarkation Unit	RAF Takoradi
Communication Flt	RAF Takoradi
RAF Hospital	RAF Takoradi
Central Accounts Office	RAF Takoradi
No 178 Maintenance Unit	RAF Takoradi	Equipment Holding Unit
No 26 (South African) Sqn	RAF Takoradi	Wellington
No 21 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit	RAF Takoradi
No 249 Air Sea Rescue Unit	RAF Takoradi
Nigeria
RAF Station Apapa
No 270 Sqn	Apapa	Catalina
No 1561 (Meteorological) Flt	Ikeja
RAF Staging Station	Ikeja
No 26 (South African) Sqn - Advanced Base	Ikeja	Wellington
No 38 Embarkation Unit	Lagos
No 298 Wing	Lagos
RAF Detachment	Oshodi (Lagos)
No 1560 (Meteorological) Flt	Maiduguri
Liberia
No 490 Sqn RNZAF - Advanced Base	Fishlake	Catalina
No 204 Sqn - Advanced Base	Fishlake	Sunderland
No 200 Sqn - Advanced Base	Robertsfield	Liberator
No 26 (SAAF) Sqn - Advanced Base	Robertsfield	Wellington
Ivory Coast
No 490 Sqn RNZAF - Advanced Base	Abidjan	Catalina
No 204 Sqn - Advanced Base	Abidjan	Sunderland
No 270 Sqn - Advanced Base	Abidjan	Catalina
French Equatorial Africa
No 270 Sqn - Advanced Base	Libreville	Catalina
No 26 (SAAF) Sqn - Advanced Base	Point Noire	Wellington
Belgian Congo
No 270 Sqn - Advanced Base	Banana	Catalina
Staging Posts under No 5 (ME) Ferry Control
No 50 Staging Post	Ikeja
No 51 Staging Post	Fort Lamy
No 52 Staging Post	Kano
No 53 Staging Post	Maiduguri
No 53 Staging Post - Detachment	Fort Lamy
No 54 Staging Post	Takoradi
No 55 Staging Post	Accra

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 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 36 Service Flying Training School	Penhold, Alberta
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 (Transport) Operational Training Unit	Patricia Bay, British Colombia
No 34 (Light Bomber) Operational Training Unit	Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick
No 36 (Night Fighter) Operational Training Unit	Greenwood, Nova Scotia
No 31 RAF Personnel Depot	Moncton, New Brunswick

Units in the USA and West Indies

 

Unit	Location	Notes
*No 65 Embarkation Unit	Miami
*No 56 Embarkation Unit	New York
*No 111 Operational training Unit	Nassau, Bahamas	Liberator/Mitchell
*No 250 Air Sea Rescue Unit	Nassau, Bahamas

* Administered by RAF Delegation, Washington

Source - SD161 - April 1944

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