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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Transport Command - April 1944
[Command HQ | No 44 Group | No 45 Group | No 46 Group | No 216 Group | No 229 Group | No 114 Wing | No 116 Wing]
Command HQ - RAF Harrow, Middlesex
HQ - Eastern Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucester
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Bramcote (Nuneaton) | ||
| No 105 (Transport) OTU | RAF Bramcote | Wellington |
| No 1513 (BAT) Flight | RAF Bramcote | |
| RAF Station Doncaster | ||
| No 305 Ferry Training Unit | RAF Errol | Station in Flying Training Command |
| RAF Station Filton | Filton, nr Bristol, Gloucestershire | |
| No 2 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit | RAF Filton | |
| Centaurus Test Flight | RAF Filton | |
| RAF Station Hendon | Hendon, The Hyde, London NW9 | |
| No 24 Sqn | RAF Hendon | |
| No 510 Sqn | RAF Hendon | |
| Servicing Wing | RAF Hendon | To service aircraft of Nos 24 and 510 Sqns |
| No 3 Overseas Air Despatch Unit | RAF Hurn | Station in AEAF |
| RAF Station Kemble | Kemble, Cirencester, Gloucestershire | |
| No 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit | RAF Kemble | |
| No 5 Maintenance Unit | RAF Kemble | |
| RAF Station Llandow (Rhoose) | ||
| No 3 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit | RAF Llandow | |
| RAF Station Lyneham | Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire | Airport |
| No 511 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | |
| No 525 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | |
| Air Despatch and Reception Unit | RAF Lyneham | |
| RAF Station Melton Mowbrey | ||
| No 4 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit | RAF Melton Mowbrey | |
| No 304 Ferry Training Unit | RAF Melton Mowbrey | |
| No 1 Ferry Crew Pool | RAF Melton Mowbrey | |
| RAF Station Nutts Corner | Airport | |
| Units in European Wing ATC | RAF Nutts Corner | |
| No 1 Ferry Unit | RAF Pershore | |
| No 1 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit | RAF Portreath | Station in AEAF |
| RAF Station Prestwick | Prestwick Aerodrome, Ayr, Ayrshire | Airport |
| Transatlantic Aircraft Control | RAF Prestwick | |
| No 1527 (BAT) Flt | RAF Prestwick | |
| No 1680 (Western Isles Communication) Flight | RAF Prestwick | |
| Liberator Course | RAF Prestwick | Technical Training Command |
| Units in European Wing ATC | RAF Prestwick | |
| RAF Station St Mawgan | Airport | |
| No 2 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit | RAF St Mawgan | |
| Units in European Wing ATC | RAF St Mawgan | |
| RAF Station Stornoway | Diversion Airfield | |
| Fighter Sector HQ | RAF Stornoway | ADGB |
| No 66 ASR MCU | RAF Stornoway | |
| No 36 Embarkation Unit | RAF Stornoway | |
| Units in European Wing ATC | RAF Stornoway | |
| No 303 Ferry Training Unit | RAF Talbenny | |
| RAF Station Valley | Valley, Anglesey | Airport |
| Units in European Wing ATC | RAF Valley | |
| No 512 Sqn | RAF Hendon | |
| No 301 Ferry Training Unit | RAF Lyneham |
No 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group
HQ - Dorval, Canada
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 112 (North Atlantic) Wing | Dorval, Quebec | |
| No 2 Ferry Crew Pool | No 112 Wing | |
| No 113 (South Atlantic) Wing | Nassau, Bahamas | |
| No 3 Ferry Crew Pool | No 113 Wing | |
| Control, Maintenance and Reception Party (Northern Routes) | Reykjavik, Iceland | Station in Coastal Command |
HQ - Stanmore
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Blakehill Farm | ||
| No 512 Sqn | Broadwell | Dakota |
| No 575 Sqn | Broadwell | Dakota |
| No 91 Forward Staging Post | Broadwell | |
| No 92 Forward Staging Post | Broadwell | |
| No 93 Forward Staging Post | Broadwell | |
| No 94 Forward Staging Post | Broadwell | |
| No 271 Sqn | RAF Down Ampney | Dakota |
| Air Transport Tactical Development Unit | RAF Netheravon | Operationally controlled by AEAF through No 38 Group, station in AEAF |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 114 Transport Wing | Accra | |
| No 249 Transport Wing | Algiers | |
| No 4 Aircraft Delivery Unit | Bari | |
| No 25 Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Bari | |
| No 267 Sqn | Bari | Dakota |
| No 28 (SAAF) Sqn - Detachment | Bari | Dakota |
| No 1 (ME) Check and Conversion Unit | Bilbeis | |
| Air Booking Centre | Cairo | |
| RAF Station Cairo West | ||
| No 216 Sqn | RAF Cairo West | Dakota |
| No 1 Ferry Control | RAF Cairo West | |
| No 21 Air Despatch and Reception Unit | RAF Cairo West | |
| No 28 (SAAF) Sqn | Castel Benito | Anson/Dakota |
| No 22 Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Castel Benito | |
| No 216 Group Advanced HQ | Caserta | |
| No 23 Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Catania | |
| No 26 Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Foggia | |
| No 2 Air Delivery Unit (Middle East) | Gebel Hamzi | |
| No 26 Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment | Grottaglie | |
| No 4 Ferry Control | RAF Habbaniya | |
| No 216 Group (Rear) | RAF Heliopolis | |
| No 1 Air Delivery Unit (ME) | RAF Heliopolis | |
| No 20 Air Despatch and Reception Unit | RAF Heliopolis | |
| No 282 Wing | RAF Heliopolis | |
| ME Communication Sqn | RAF Heliopolis | Fairchild |
| No 31 Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Luqa | |
| No 29 Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Maison Blanche | |
| No 249 Transport Wing | Naples | |
| No 28 (SAAF) Sqn - Detachment | Oujda | Anson/Dakota |
| No 3 Air Delivery Unit (ME) | Oujda | |
| No 24 Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Pomigliano | |
| No 28 Air Despatch and Reception Unit | Rabat Sale | |
| No 28 (SAAF) Sqn - Detachment | Rabat Sale | Dakota |
| RAF Movements Detachment | Shellal | |
| No 4 Air Delivery Unit (Middle East) | Tripoli | |
| RAF Movements Detachment | Wadi Halfa | |
| RAF Station Wadi Saidna | ||
| No 2 (ME) Ferry Control | RAF Wadi Saidna | |
| Staging Post under direct control of No 216 Group | ||
| No 10 Staging Post | Cairo West | |
| No 11 Staging Post | Mersa Matruh | |
| No 12 Staging Post | El Adem | |
| No 14 Staging Post | Lydda | |
| No 15 Staging Post | Luxor | |
| No 16 Staging Post | Marble Arch | |
| No 17 Staging Post | Castel Benito | |
| No 20 Staging Post | Wadi Seidna | |
| No 21 Staging Post | Atbara | |
| No 22 Staging Post | Wadi Halfa | |
| No 23 Staging Post | Asmara | |
| No 24 Staging Post | El Fasher | |
| No 25 Staging Post | El Genina | |
| No 26 Staging Post | El Obeid | |
| No 28 Staging Post | Malakal | |
| No 29 Staging Post | Juba | |
| No 30 Staging Post | Khormaksar | |
| No 33 Staging Post | Masira | |
| No 40 Staging Post | Habbaniya | |
| No 41 Staging Post | H3 | |
| No 42 Staging Post | Shaibah | |
| No 43 Staging Post | Bahrein | |
| No 44 Staging Post | Sharjah | |
| No 61 Staging Post | Naples | |
| No 62 Staging Post | Catania | |
| No 63 Staging Post | Pomigliano | |
| No 70 Staging Post | Rabat Sale | |
| No 70 Staging Post - Detachment | Port Lyautey | |
| No 70 Staging Post - Detachment | Ras el Ma | |
| No 71 Staging Post | Biskra | |
| No 72 Staging Post | Maison Blanche | |
| No 73 Staging Post | Gibraltar | |
| No 74 Staging Post | Oujda | |
| No 76 Staging Post | El Aouina |
HQ - Delhi, India
The units under the control of this Wing are included in the listings shown under ACSEA.
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| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 177 Wing | Delhi |
HQ - Accra, West Africa
The units under the control of this Wing are included in the listings shown under AHQ West Africa.
HQ - Hendon Hall, NW9
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Hamworthy | ||
| BOAC | RAF Hamworthy | Sunderland |
Source - April 1944 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 44 Group | No 45 Group | No 46 Group | No 216 Group | No 229 Group | No 114 Wing | No 116 Wing]
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