Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Far East Commands - April 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]

Air Command South-East Asia

Directly controlled by HQ ACSEA

Eastern Air Command, 3rd Tactical Air Force (ACSEA)

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 177 (Transport) Wing	Agartala	Transport Command Unit
No 1 Servicing Party	Bombay
No 2 Servicing Party	Bombay
No 3 Servicing Party	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 5 Base Postal Unit	Calcutta
No 180 Signals Wing	Calcutta
No 3 Shore Servicing Section	Calcutta
No 23 Wireless Unit	Calcutta
No 3 RAF Film Production Unit	Calcutta
No 4409 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Chandpur
HQ 3rd Tactical Air Force	Comilla
No 10 Field Security Section	Comilla
HQ Photo Recce Force	Comilla
HQ Troop Carrier Command	Comilla
No 18 Flying Control Section	Comilla
No 4412 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Comilla
No 4439 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Comilla
3 TAF Communication Sqn	Comilla
No 14 Static HQ	Comilla
No 62 Sqn	Comilla	Dakota
No 6 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'A')	Comilla
No 4437 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Diamond Harbour
No 4436 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Khulna
HQ Eastern Air Command	New Delhi
Rail Transit Section	Parbatipur
Rail Transit Section	Santahar
No 3 Hill Depot	Shillong

No 221 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 211 Sqn	Bhatpara	Beaufighter
No 113 Sqn	Dimapur	Hurricane
No 3 Airport Security Section	Dinjan
No 221 Group	Imphal
No 60 Mobile Field Hospital	Imphal
No 170 Wing	Imphal
No 23 Air Support Control	Imphal
No 4 Filter Room 'F'	Imphal
No 9 Operations Room 'C'	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
No 4418 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Imphal
No 1 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B') IAF	Imphal
No 11 Static HQ	Imphal
No 1 (India) AA Flight	Imphal
No 2 (India) AA Flight	Imphal
No 1 Sqn IAF	Imphal	Hurricane
No 63 Mobile Field Hospital	Kalaura
No 8 Flying Control Section	Kumbhirgram
No 110 Sqn	Kumbhirgram	Vengeance
No 4416 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Kumbhirgram
No 4417 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Kumbhirgram
No 168 Wing	Kumbhirgram
No 4 Bomb Disposal Squad	Kumbhirgram
No 17 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type C)	Kumbhirgram
No 10 Static HQ	Kumbhirgram
No 84 Sqn	Kumbhirgram	Vengeance
No 4423 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Manipur Road
No 4448 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Manipur Road
No 1 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit IAF	Manipur Road
No 13 Static HQ	Manipur Road
No 4434 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Patharkandi
No 123 Sqn	Patharkandi	Hurricane
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 4444 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Palel
No 9 Flying Control Section	Palel
No 2943 Sqn RAF Regiment	Palel
No 12 Static HQ	Palel
Low Attack Instructors School	Ranchi
CVARIS	Ranchi
No 3 Sqn IAF	Ranchi	Hurricane
No 5 Sqn	Sapam	Hurricane
No 4440 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Sapam
No 9 (India) AA Flight	Sapam
No 189 Wing	Silchar
No 4427 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Silchar
No 4445 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Silchar
No 10 Flying Control Section	Silchar
No 7 Care & Maintenance Party	Sylhet
No 81 Sqn	Tulihal	Spitfire
No 1582 Calibration Flt	Tulihal
No 76 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Tulihal
No 7 Flying Control Section	Tulihal
AME Stations
382, 383, 567, 569, 857, 859, 870, 885, 5070, & 5071

No 222 Group

 

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 984 Sqn	RAF China Bay	Mk VI Balloon
No 75 Flying Control Station	RAF China Bay
No 12 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B')	RAF China Bay
RAF Station Colombo
No 222 Group	RAF Colombo
No 990 Sqn	RAF Colombo	Mk VI Balloon
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 Colombo
No 183 Signals Wing (Ceylon)	RAF Colombo
Ceylon Signals Intelligence Centre	RAF Colombo
No 2 Aircrew House	RAF Colombo
No 3 Operations Room (Type 'C')	Dumbulla
Advanced Flying Boat Base	Diego Garcia
No 1 Meteorological Reporting Centre (Type 'D')	Diego Gacia
No 8 Filter Room (Type 'E')	Jafna
No 29 Care and Maintenance Party	Kalametiya
RAF Station Kankesanturai
'F' Flight, No 292 Sqn	Katukurunda
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 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 17 Sqn	RAF Minneriya	Hurricane IIC
No 13 Bomb Disposal Squad	RAF Minneriya
No 135 Sqn	RAF Minneriya	Hurricane
No 12 (India) AA Flight	RAF Minneriya
'E' Flight, No 292 Sqn	Puttalam
No 4 Hydrogen Compressor Station	RAF Colombo
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 Ratmalana
No 332 Maintenance Unit	RAF Ratmalana	MT Storage Unit
No 336 Maintenance Unit	RAF Ratmalana
No 20 Armament Practice Camp	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
No 222 Group 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 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
'C' Flight, No 292 Sqn	RAF Vavuniya
Advanced Flying Boat Base	Kelai
Torpedo Depot	Wellawatta
AME Stations
209, 254, 272, 290, 292, 296, 377, 394, 524, 538, 539, 546, 552, 553, 589, 686, 858, 2015, 2016, 5009, 5010, 5043, 5060 & 8513

No 223 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 194 Sqn	Agartala	Dakota
No 58 Flying Control Section	Ambala
Central Map Section	Ambala
RAF Station Chaklala
Technical Development Centre	RAF Chaklala
Air Landing School	RAF Chaklala
No 5 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit	RAF Chaklala
No 4 Hill Depot	Chakrata
Medical Training Centre	Chakrata
Transit Camp	Dehra Dum
Rail Transit Section	Lahore
No 117 Sqn	Lalmai	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
RAF Section of IOC Training Corps	Rawalpindi
No 151 OTU	Risalpur
No 60 Flying Control Section	Risalpur
No 8 School of Technical Training	Saharanpur
No 21 Care and Maintenance Party	Samungli
No 57 Flying Control Section	Samungli
No 2 Hill Depot	Solan

No 224 Group (EAC, 3 TAF)

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 4 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type C) IAF	Agartala
No 60 Sqn	Agartala	Hurricane
No 5 Bomb Disposal Squad	Agartala
No 2941 Sqn RAF Regiment	Agartala
No 4401 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Agartala
No 4425 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Agartala
No 6 Operations Room (Type 'C')	Agartala
No 1 Care and Maintenance Party	Agartala
No 8 Static HQ	Agartala
No 16 Flying Control Section	Agartala
No 79 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Agartala
No 261 Sqn	Baigachi	Hurricane IIB
No 6 (India) AA Flight	Baigachi
No 224 Group - Advanced HQ	Bawli Bazaar
No 4414 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Bhatpara
No 3 (India) AA Flight	Chandpur
No 4 (India) AA Flight	Chiringa
No 7 (India) AA Flight	Chittagong
No 8 (India) AA Flight	Chittagong
No 6 Mobile Field Hospital	Chittagong
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 4438 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Chittagong
No 4446 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Chittagong
No 82 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Chittagong
No 5 Operations Room (Type 'C)	Chittagong
No 2 Bomb Disposal Squad	Chittagong
No 1583 Calibration Flt	Chittagong
No 3 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')	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 16 Static HQ	Chittagong
'G' Flight, No 292 Sqn	Chittagong
No 656 AOP Sqn	Chota Maunchama	Auster III
No 368 Wireless Unit	Comilla
No 4411 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	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 62 Mobile Field Hospital	Cox's Bazaar
No 22 Air Support Control	Dhechuapalong
No 3 Bomb Disposal Squad	Dohazari
No 85 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Dohazari
No 6 Transit Camp	Dohazari
No 4404 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Dohazari
No 4442 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Dohazari
No 17 Static HQ	Dohazari
No 79 Sqn	Dohazari	Hurricane IIC
No 30 Sqn	Dohazari	Hurricane IIC
No 4405 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Double Moorings
No 4433 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Fazilpur
No 2945 Sqn RAF Regiment	Fenny
No 4424 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 169 Wing	Fenny
No 15 Bomb Disposal Squad	Fenny
No 3 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'C')	Fenny
No 15 Static HQ	Fenny
No 8 (IAF) Sqn	Joari	Vengeance
No 4402 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Joari
No 82 Sqn	Junichar	Vengeance
No 4410 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Junichar
No 165 Wing	Nazir
No 4431 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Nazir
No 83 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Nazir
No 615 Sqn	Nazir	Spitfire
No 607 Sqn	Nidania	Spitfire
No 4435 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Nidania
No 20 Sqn	Nidania	Hurricane
No 4407 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Parashuram
No 27 Sqn	Parashuram	Beaufighter
No 9 Static HQ	Patharkandi
No 1 Bomb Disposal Squad	Ramu
No 167 Wing	Ramu
No 4422 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Ramu
No 4432 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Ramu
No 4443 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	Ramu
No 243 Wing	Ramu
No 134 Sqn	Ramu	Hurricane
No 11 Sqn	Ramu	Hurricane
No 258 Sqn	Ramu	Hurricane
No 4403 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Ratnap
No 6 (IAF) Sqn	Ratnap	Hurricane
No 136 Sqn	Rumkhapalong	Spitfire
No 4415 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Rumkhapalong
No 4426 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Singarbil
AME Stations
210, 247, 376, 378, 379, 642, 643, 669, 670, 671, 676, 679, 680, 681, 682, 853, 864, 869, 877, 879, 884, 5004, 5029, 5042, 5054 & 5055

No 225 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 10 Care and Maintenance Party	Arkonam
No 172 (Composite) Wing	Avadi (Madras)	Also shown at St Thomas Mount
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
Rail Transit Section	Bangalore
RAF Section of 84th Air Depot USAAF	Bangalore
No 61 Flying Control Section	Begumpet
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
No 14 Meteorological Forecast Unit (Type 'B' IAF)	Cuttack
Reinforcement Staging Post	Gannavaram
No 5 Filter Room (Type 'F')	Guindy
No 55 Flying Control Section	Hakimpet
RAF Component, WWSC	Jallahalli
No 369 Wireless Unit	Jallahalli
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 231 ASR Unit	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 1 Satellite HQ	Sambre
No 2 Satellite HQ	Sambre
No 3 Satellite HQ	Sambre
No 4 Satellite HQ	Sambre
No 5 Satellite HQ	Sambre
No 6 Satellite HQ	Sambre
No 5750 Mobile Signals Unit	Sambre
No 5751 Mobile Signals Unit	Sambre
No 5752 Mobile Signals Unit	Sambre
No 5753 Mobile Signals Unit	Sambre
No 5754 Mobile Signals Unit	Sambre
No 20 ALG Signals Section	Sambre
No 15 Signals Section	Sambre
No 203 Sqn	Santa Cruz	Wellington
Rail Transit Section	Secunderabad
No 47 Flying Control Section	St Thomas Mount
No 21 Armament Practice Camp	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 172 (Composite) Wing	St Thomas Mount	Also shown at Avadi (Madras)
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
No 4 Shore Servicing Section (Balloons)	RAF Vizagapatam
No 370 Wireless Unit	RAF Vizagapatam
No 4449 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	RAF Vizagapatam
No 8 Hill Depot	Wellington
No 7 Bomb Disposal Squad	Yelahanka
No 23 Care and Maintenance Party	Yelahanka
No 225 Group Communication Flight	Yelahanka
No 25 Air Support Control	Yelahanka
No 1580 Calibration Flt	Yelahanka
No 53 Flying Control Section	Yelahanka
No 21 Air Support Control	Yelahanka
No 45 Sqn	Yelahanka	Mosquito
No 1672 Mosquito Conversion Unit	Yelahanka	Mosquito
AME Stations
225, 228, 268, 284, 291, 293, 370, 542, 566, 570, 573, 574, 2000, 5019, 5028, 5061, 8040, 8045 & 85062

No 226 Group (ACSEA)

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Liaison Section	Agra
No 42 Flying Control Section	Allahabad
No 140 Repair and Salvage Unit	Allahabad
RAF Section of IOC Training Corps	Allahabad
No 303 Maintenance Unit	RAF Ambala	Repair Depot
No 4 Detachment Provost Service	RAF Ambala
No 88 Air Stores Park	Arkonam
No 139 Repair and Salvage Unit	Arkonam
No 314 Maintenance Unit	Barbugarh	Equipment Storage Depot
No 188 Maintenance Wing	Bangalore
No 7 Detachment Provost Service	Bangalore
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 6 Detachment Provost Service	Bombay
No 13 School of Technical Training	Calcutta
No 11 Detachment Provost Service	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 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 13 Detachment Provost Service	Chittagong
No 8 Detachment Provost Service	Colombo
No 9 Detachment Provost Service	Comilla
No 66 Flying Control Section	Cochin
RAF Station Delhi
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 312 Maintenance Unit	Ernakulam (Cochin)	Equipment Depot
RAF Station Golden Rock
RAF Composite Force HQ	Gwailor
No 328 Maintenance Unit	Jallahalli (Bangalore)	MT Storage Unit
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 318 Maintenance Unit	Jubbulpore
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 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
No 344 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Karachi
No 5 Detachment Provost Service	Karachi
'Gang Show'	Karachi
No 331 Maintenance Unit	Lahore
No 306 Maintenance Unit	Lahore	Equipment Depot
No 307 Maintenance Unit	Lahore	Repair Depot
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	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	Madras
No 2 Mobile Diesel Repair Unit	Madras
No 3 Long Range Penetration Unit	Maghbrita (Assam)
No 54 Flying Control Section	Maharajpur
No 317 Maintenance Unit	RAF Mauripur
No 315 Maintenance Unit	Nagpur	Aircraft Storage Unit
No 45 Flying Control Section	Nagpur
No 344 Maintenance Unit	Nowshera
HQ Provost Service No 1 Detachment	New Delhi
No 4 Base Postal Unit	New Delhi
No 3 CRO (MT)	New Delhi
No 1 Touring Concert Party	New Delhi
No 2 Touring Concert Party	New Delhi
HQ ACSEA Communication Sqn	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 331 Sub Maintenance Unit	Palam	MT Sub Unit
No 187 Maintenance Wing	Peshawar
No 3 Detachment Provost Service	Peshawar
No 138 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment	Poona
No 5 Long Range Penetration Unit	Rangwan
No 4 Long Range Penetration Unit	Rajgarh
RAF Section, Tata Aircraft Ltd Erection Unit	Santa Cruz
No 343 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Secunderabad
No 6 Long Range Penetration Unit	Talbahat
No 138 Repair and Salvage Unit	RAF Trichinopoly
No 101 Air Stores Park	RAF Trichinopoly
No 2 RAF Section of Civil MUs	RAF Trichinopoly
No 343 Maintenance Unit	Whitefield
No 63 Embarkation Unit	Willingdon Island
No 139 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment	Yelahanka

No 227 Group

 

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 65 Flying Control Section	Aurangabad
No 1 Signals School	Andheri
No 1 Air Gunnery School	Bairagarh (Bhopal)
No 70 Flying Control Section	Bairagarh (Bhopal)
No 9 (IAF) Sqn	Bairagarh (Bhopal)
No 12 School of Technical Training	Baroda
No 1 Elementary Flying Training School	Begumpet
Touring Trade Test Board	Bombay
No 1 Combined Training Centre (RAF Section)	Bombay
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 51 Embarkation Unit	Bombay
Base HQ	Bombay
No 1 Portable RDF Section	Bombay
No 2 Portable RDF Section	Bombay
Base Reception Depot	Bombay
No 2 Base Postal Unit	Bombay
No 11 School of Technical Training	Cochin
No 3 Signals School	Gujrat
No 10 School of Technical Training	Hakimpet
No 6 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 656 Sqn - Detachment	Juhu	Auster
No 26 Care & Maintenance Party	Kalyan
School of Jungle Self Preservation Training	Kas, Satara Road
No 1 Recruits Training Centre	Lahore
Followers' Reception Centre	Lahore
RAF Section of Chinese EFTS	Lahore
No 4 School of Technical Training (Civil)	Madras
RAF Station Poona
Aircrew Transit Pool	RAF Poona
Officers and Cadets Training Centre	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
'D' Flight, No 292 Sqn	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 3 School of Technical Training (Civil)	Sibpur (Calcutta)
AME Station
554, 641, 863, 8026, 8039 & 8519

No 229 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 13 Air Transit Section	Agartala
Reinforcement Staging Party	Ahmedabad
No 52 Flying Control Section	Ahmedabad
No 22 Ferry Control	Allahabad
Reinforcement Staging Party	Allahabad
No 1 Air Transit Section	Allahabad
No 16 Air Transit Section	Amarda Road
No 18 Air Transit Section	Bally (Calcutta)
No 3 Air Transit Section	Bombay
No 4 Air Transit Section	Chabua (Assam)
No 11 Air Transit Section	Chittagong
No 12 Air Transit Section	Comilla
No 22 Air Transit Section	Cox's Bazaar
Reinforcement Staging Party	RAF Delhi
No 6 Air Transit Section	RAF Delhi
No 21 Air Transit Section	Digri
Reinforcement Staging Party	RAF Dum Dum
No 7 Air Transit Section	RAF Dum Dum
No 19 Air Transit Section	Fenny
Reinforcement Staging Party	Hakimpet
No 14 Air Transit Section	Imphal
Reinforcement Staging Party	Jharsaguda
Reinforcement Staging Party	Jiwani
No 5 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B')	Jiwani
Reinforcement Staging Party	Jodpur
No 8 Air Transit Section	Karachi
No 229 Group	Karachi	Also shown at New Delhi
HQ Aircrew Transit Camps	Karachi
No 17 Air Transit Section	Kharagpur
No 9 Air Transit Section	Kunming (China)
No 20 Air Transit Section	Khumbhirgram
Reinforcement Staging Party	Lahore
Reinforcement Staging Party	Maharajpur
No 23 Air Transit Section	Maharajpur
RAF Station Mauripur
Flying Control School	RAF Mauripur
No 21 Ferry Control	RAF Mauripur
Transit Ferry Pool	RAF Mauripur
Check and Conversion Flight	RAF Mauripur
No 50 Flying Control Section	RAF Mauripur
Reinforcement Staging Party	Nagpur
No 229 Group	New Delhi	Also shown at Karachi
No 229 Group Communication Flight	Palam
No 15 Air Transit Section	Ranchi
No 10 Air Transit Section	Ratmalana
No 23 Ferry Control	Santa Cruz
Reinforcement Staging Party	Santa Cruz
Reinforcement Staging Party	St Thomas Mount
No 5 Air Transit Section	St Thomas Mount
RAF Signals Unit	Tezpur
Reinforcement Staging Party	Yelahanka

No 230 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 308 Maintenance Unit	Allahabad	Aircraft Storage Unit
No 64 Flying Control Section	Asansol
No 230 Group	Barrackpore
No 5 RAF Section of Civil MU	Barrackpore
No 3 Repair and Salvage Unit (Mobile)	Barrackpore
No 186 Maintenance Wing	Barrackpore
No 85 Air Stores Park (Mobile)	Barrackpore
No 99 Air Stores Park (Mobile)	Barrackpore
RAF Component, EWSC	Barrackpore
No 143 Repair and Salvage Unit	Bishmapur
No 3 Care & Maintenance Party	Bishmapur
No 326 Maintenance Unit	Bishmapur	Reserve Aircraft Pool
No 8 RAF Section of Civil MU	Calcutta
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 1 RAF Section of Repairable Equipment Depot	Calcutta
No 1 CRO (MT)	Calcutta
No 54 Embarkation Unit	Calcutta
Aeronautical Inspection Service	Calcutta
No 4 Ammunition Belting Party	Calcutta
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 345 Maintenance Unit	Chittagong
No 2 Ammunition Belting Party	Chittagong
No 150 Repair and Salvage Unit	Comilla
No 333 Maintenance Unit	Comilla	MT Storage Unit
No 345 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Comilla
No 1 Ammunition Belting Party	Comilla
No 32 Air Stores Park (Mobile)	Cox's Bazaar
No 137 Repair and Salvage Unit	Dacca
No 6 Care & Maintenance Party	Dhubalia
No 327 Maintenance Unit	Dhubalia	Reserve Aircraft Pool
No 342 Maintenance Unit	Dimapur	MT Storage Unit
No 132 Repair and Salvage Unit (Mobile)	Dimapur
RAF Station Dum Dum
No 1 Airport Security Section	RAF 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 15 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type C)	RAF Dum Dum
No 325 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Duragpur
No 149 Repair and Salvage Unit	Dohazari
No 98 Air Stores Park	Imphal
No 325 Maintenance Unit	Jamalpur
No 3 Ammunition Belting Party	Jamalpur
No 136 Repair and Salvage Unit	Jessore
No 51 Flying Control Section	Jharsaguda
No 313 Maintenance Unit	Kankinara	Equipment Depot
RAF Station Kanchrapara
No 1 RAF Section of Civil MU	Kanchrapara
No 1 Cylinder Block Servicing Unit	Kanchrapara
No 316 Maintenance Unit	Kasu Begu
No 91 Air Stores Park	Kharagpur
No 147 Repair and Salvage Unit	Kharagpur
No 302 Maintenance Unit	Manauri	Equipment Depot
No 1 Opening Up Party	Manauri
No 2 Opening Up Party	Manauri
No 340 Maintenance Unit	Manipur Road
No 321 Maintenance Unit	Mymensingh
No 320 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Palel	Repair Depot
No 20 Care & Maintenance Party	Pharpamau
No 308 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Pharpamau
No 131 Repair and Salvage Unit (Mobile)	Ramu
No 10 RAF Section of Civil MU	Ramrajatolla (Calcutta)
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 3 Cylinder Block Servicing Unitt	Singarbil
No 321 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Singarbil
No 335 Maintenance Unit	Tollygunge	MT Repair Depot

No 231 Group (Strategical Air Force)

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 4 Flying Control Section	Alipore
No 1300 Meteorological Flt	Alipore
No 11 Bomb Disposal Squad	Alipore
No 67 Sqn	Alipore	Spitfire
No 1581 Calibration Flt	Alipore
No 4447 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Alipore
No 6 Static HQ	Alipore
No 31 Sqn	Agartala	Dakota
No 4406 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Amarda Road
No 11 (India) AA Flight	Amarda Road
No 22 Armament Practice Camp	Amarda Road
No 30 Flying Control Section	Amarda Road
Air Fighting Training Unit	Amarda Road
No 171 Wing	Bally (Calcutta)
No 358 Wireless Unit	Ballygunge
No 155 Sqn	Baigachi	Spitfire
No 176 Sqn	Baigachi	Beaufighter
No 6 Flying Control Section	Baigachi
No 5 Static HQ	Baigachi
No 359 Wireless Unit	Barrackpore
No 6 Wireless Unit	Calcutta
No 978 Sqn	Calcutta	Mk II Balloon
No 231 Group	Calcutta
No 293 Wing	Calcutta
HQ Strategic Air Force	Calcutta
No 357 Sqn - Detachment	Chaklala	Catalina/Liberator
No 2 Care & Maintenance Party	Charra
No 1 Static HQ	Dhubalia
No 10 (India) AA Flight	Diamond Harbour
No 185 (Heavy Bomber) Wing	Digri
No 159 Sqn	Digri	Liberator
No 3 Flying Control Section	Digri
No 2 Static HQ	Digri
No 357 Sqn	Digri	Catalina/Liberator
No 18 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'C')	Digri
No 152 Sqn	Double Moorings	Spitfire
No 9 Care & Maintenance Party	Dudkundi
No 681 Sqn	Dum Dum	Spitfire
No 684 Sqn	Dum Dum	Mosquito
No 5 (India) AA Flight	Dum Dum
No 176 Sqn - Detachment	Fenny	Beaufighter
No 979 Sqn	Jamshedpur	Mk VI Balloons
No 2 Mobile Balloon Flight	Jamshedpur	Mk VI Balloons
No 9 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'C')	Jessore
No 175 (Heavy Bomber) Wing	Jessore
No 99 Sqn	Jessore	Wellington
No 215 Sqn	Jessore	Wellington
No 7 Static HQ	Jessore
No 10 Bomb Disposal Squad	Jessore
No 1 Flying Control Section	Jessore
No 10 Bomb Disposal Squad	Jessore
'A' & 'B' Flights, No 292 Sqn	Jessore
No 4 Static HQ	Kharagpur
No 4412 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Kharagpur
No 40 Wireless Unit	Khulna
No 27 Care & Maintenance Party	Piadobla
No 356 Sqn	Piadobla	Liberator
No 4 Sqn IAF	Ranchi
No 8 Care and Maintenance Party	Ranchi
No 5 Flying Control Section	Ranchi
No 357 Sqn - Detachment	Red Hills Lake	Catalina
No 184 (Heavy Bomber) Wing	Salbani
No 355 Sqn	Salbani	Liberator
No 1577 Special Duties Flight	Salbani	Halifax/Liberator
No 2 Flying Control Section	Salbani
No 8 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'C')	Salbani
No 1673 Heavy Conversion Unit	Salbani
No 146 Sqn	St Thomas Mount	Hurricane
AME Stations 211, 224, 227, 248, 258. 281, 288, 319, 373, 384, 543, 544, 567, 568. 590, 848, 5047, 5048, 5058, 5456, 8502 & 8514

AHQ India

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Allahabad University Unit (Indian Air Training Corps)	Allahabad
Muslim University Unit (Indian Air Training Corps)	Aligarh
No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'B' Flt	Alipore
Calcutta University Unit (Indian Air Training Corps)	Calcutta
Osmania University Unit (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 2 (IAF) Sqn	RAF Kohat	Hurricane
Punjab University Unit (Indian Air Training Corps)	Lahore
No 10 (IAF) Sqn	Lahore	Hurricane
Madras University Unit (Indian Air Training Corps)	Madras
Nagpur University Unit (Indian Air Training Corps)	Nagpur
AHQ India	New Delhi
No 1 IAF Exhibition Unit	Patna
'A' Flt Detachment, No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit	Poona
'C' Flt, No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit	St Thomas Mount
Travandrum University Unit (Indian Air Training Corps)	Trivandrum

Source - SD161 - April 1944

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