Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
2nd Tactical Air Force - June 1944
[Command HQ | No 2 Group | No 83 Group | No 84 Group | No 85 Group | No 34 Wing]
Main HQ - Uxbridge, Middlesex
Rear HQ - Bracknell, Berkshire
Units administered directly by HQ 2nd TAF
Unit | Location/Address/Notes |
No 974 Sqn | All units were mobile and their locations were not given in the CAFLs |
No 976 Sqn | |
No 980 Sqn | |
No 991 Sqn | |
No 2760 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2701 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2702 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2703 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2713 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2717 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2719 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2722 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2724 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2722 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2731 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2734 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2736 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2739 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2757 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2759 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2765 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2773 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2777 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2781 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2794 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2798 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2800 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2804 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2806 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2809 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2816 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2817 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2819 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2827 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2829 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2834 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2843 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2845 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2853 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2872 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2873 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2874 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2875 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2876 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2877 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2880 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2881 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2882 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2890 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2891 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2895 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2955 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 1 ADLS Traffic Office | |
Base Accounts Office | York |
Base Personnel Office | York |
HQ - Castle Hill House, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire
Unit | Location/Address/Notes |
No 137 Wing HQ | All units were mobile and their locations were not given in the CAFLs |
No 138 Wing HQ | |
No 139 Wing HQ | |
No 140 Wing HQ | |
No 21 Sqn | |
No 6021 Servicing Echelon | |
No 88 Sqn | |
No 6088 Servicing Echelon | |
No 98 Sqn | |
No 6098 Servicing Echelon | |
No 107 Sqn | |
No 6107 Servicing Echelon | |
No 180 Sqn | |
No 6180 Servicing Echelon | |
No 226 Sqn | |
No 6226 Servicing Echelon | |
No 305 (Polish) Sqn | |
No 320 (Dutch) Sqn | |
No 6320 Servicing Echelon | |
No 342 (Free French) Sqn | |
No 6342 Servicing Echelon | |
No 464 Sqn RAAF | |
No 487 Sqn RNZAF | |
No 1508 (BAT) Flt | |
Communication Flt | |
No 414 Air Stores Park | |
No 416 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
No 417 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
No 418 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
No 73 MT Light Repair Unit | |
No 55 Mobile Field Hospital | |
No 314 Supply and Transport Column | |
No 423 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park | |
No 2 Group Support Unit | |
No 2879 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
RAF Station Swanton Morley | Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
No 2847 Sqn RAF Regiment | Dunsfold |
No 6464 Servicing Echelon | RAF Swanton Morley |
No 6487 Servicing Echelon | Hunsdon |
No 6613 Servicing Echelon | Lasham |
No 6305 Servicing Echelon | Lasham |
HQ - Gatwick
Unit | Notes |
No 19 Sqn | All units were mobile and their locations were not given in the CAFLs |
No 65 Sqn | |
No 122 Sqn | |
No 132 Sqn | |
No 168 Sqn | |
No 173 Sqn | |
No 175 Sqn | |
No 181 Sqn | |
No 182 Sqn | |
No 184 Sqn | |
No 245 Sqn | |
No 247 Sqn | |
No 400 Sqn RCAF | |
No 401 Sqn RCAF | |
No 403 Sqn RCAF | |
No 411 Sqn RCAF | |
No 412 Sqn RCAF | |
No 414 Sqn RCAF | |
No 416 Sqn RCAF | |
No 421 Sqn RCAF | |
No 430 Sqn RCAF | |
No 438 Sqn RCAF | |
No 439 Sqn RCAF | |
No 440 Sqn RCAF | |
No 441 Sqn RCAF | |
No 442 Sqn RCAF | |
No 443 Sqn RCAF | |
No 453 Sqn RAAF | |
No 602 Sqn | |
No 650 Sqn | |
No 652 Sqn | |
No 653 Sqn | |
No 658 Sqn | |
No 659 Sqn | |
No 6019 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6065 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6122 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6132 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6168 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6173 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6175 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6181 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6182 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6184 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6245 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6247 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6400 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6401 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6403 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6411 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6412 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6414 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6416 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6421 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6430 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6438 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6439 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6440 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6441 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6442 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6443 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6453 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6602 Servicing Echelon | |
No 5137 Bomb Disposal Sqn: - | |
No 6220 (BD) Flt | |
No 6225 (BD) Flt | |
No 2 ADLS Traffic Office |
HQ - Chichester
Unit | Notes |
No 2 Sqn | All units were mobile and their locations were not given in the CAFLs |
No 4 Sqn | |
No 66 Sqn | |
No 129 Sqn | |
No 164 Sqn | |
No 183 Sqn | |
No 193 Sqn | |
No 197 Sqn | |
No 198 Sqn | |
No 222 Sqn | |
No 257 Sqn | |
No 266 Sqn | |
No 268 Sqn | |
No 302 Sqn | |
No 306 Sqn | |
No 308 Sqn | |
No 310 Sqn | |
No 312 Sqn | |
No 313 Sqn | |
No 315 Sqn | |
No 317 Sqn | |
No 329 Sqn | |
No 331 Sqn | |
No 332 Sqn | |
No 340 Sqn | |
No 341 Sqn | |
No 349 Sqn | |
No 485 Sqn RNZAF | |
No 486 Sqn RNZAF | |
No 609 Sqn | |
No 660 Sqn | |
No 661 Sqn | |
No 663 Sqn | |
No 6002 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6004 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6066 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6129 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6164 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6183 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6197 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6198 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6222 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6257 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6266 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6268 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6302 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6306 Servicing Echelon | |
No 630 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6312 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6313 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6315 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6317 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6315 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6329 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6331 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6332 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6340 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6341 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6342 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6349 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6485 Servicing Echelon | |
No 6609 Servicing Echelon | |
No 5138 Bomb Disposal Sqn: - | |
No 6214 (BD) Flt | |
No 6228 (BD) Flt | |
No 3 ADLS Traffic Office | |
No 2742 Sqn RAF Regiment |
HQ - Uxbridge, Middlesex
Unit | Notes |
No 21 (Base) Defence Wing | All units were mobile and their locations were not given in the CAFLs |
No 141 Airfield HQ | |
No 142 Airfield HQ | |
No 4 ADLS Traffic Office | |
No 424 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park | |
RAF General Hospital | |
Base Convalescent Depot | |
The Forward Repair Unit | |
No 150 Mobile Dental Surgery | |
No 151 Mobile Dental Surgery | |
No 152 Mobile Dental Surgery | |
No 16 Personnel Transit Centre | |
No 313 Supply and Transport Column | |
No 3 Sqn | |
No 29 Sqn | |
No 56 Sqn | |
No 91 Sqn | |
No 124 Sqn | |
No 264 Sqn | |
No 322 (Dutch) Sqn | |
No 409 Sqn RCAF | |
No 410 Sqn RCAF | |
No 486 Sqn RNZAF | |
No 488 Sqn RNZAF | |
No 604 Sqn | |
No 992 Sqn | |
No 994 Sqn | |
No 996 Sqn | |
No 3038 Servicing Echelon | |
No 3070 Servicing Echelon | |
No 2770 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2749 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2750 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2811 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2814 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2831 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
No 2871 Sqn RAF Regiment |
HQ -
Unit | Notes |
No 16 Sqn | All units were mobile and their locations were not given in the CAFLs |
No 69 Sqn | |
No 140 Sqn | |
No 6069 Servicing Echelon |
Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 2 Group | No 83 Group | No 84 Group | No 85 Group | No 34 Wing]
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