Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Transport Command - June 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

No 44 (Transport) Group

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
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
Metropolitan Communication Sqn	RAF Hendon
Servicing Wing	RAF Hendon	To service aircraft of Nos 24 and MC Sqns
No 3 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit	RAF Hurn	Station in ADGB
RAF Station Kemble	Kemble, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
No 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit	RAF Kemble
RAF Station Llandow (Rhoose)
No 3 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit	RAF Llandow
Transport Command Central Night Vision Training School	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
RAF Station Nutts Corner		Airport
Units in European Wing ATC	RAF Nutts Corner
No 1 Ferry Unit	RAF Pershore
No 1516 (BAT) Flight	RAF Pershore
No 1 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit	RAF Portreath	Station in ADGB
RAF Station Prestwick	Prestwick Aerodrome, Ayr, Ayrshire	Airport
Transatlantic Aircraft Control	RAF Prestwick
No 1527 (BAT) Flt	RAF Prestwick
No 1680 (Transport) 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
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 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

No 46 Group

HQ - Stanmore

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Blakehill Farm
No 233 Sqn	RAF Blakehill Farm	Dakota
No 11 Heavy Glider Servicing Echelon	RAF Blakehill Farm
No 92 Forward Staging Post	RAF Blakehill Farm
No 10 Air Transportable Signals Unit	RAF Blakehill Farm	Part of No 92 Forward Staging Post
No 93 Forward Staging Post	RAF Blakehill Farm
No 11 Air Transportable Signals Unit	RAF Blakehill Farm	Part of No 93 Forward Staging Post
No 6 Air Transportable Signals Unit	RAF Blakehill Farm
No 7 Air Transportable Signals Unit	RAF Blakehill Farm
No 512 Sqn	Broadwell	Dakota
No 575 Sqn	Broadwell	Dakota
No 9 Heavy Glider Servicing Echelon	Broadwell
No 10 Heavy Glider Servicing Echelon	Broadwell
No 94 Forward Staging Post	Broadwell
No 12 Air Transportable Signals Unit	Broadwell	Part of No 94 Forward Staging Post
No 5 Air Transportable Signals Unit	Broadwell
No 48 Sqn	RAF Down Ampney	Dakota
No 271 Sqn	RAF Down Ampney	Dakota
No 12 Heavy Glider Servicing Echelon	RAF Down Ampney
No 13 Heavy Glider Servicing Echelon	RAF Down Ampney
No 91 Forward Staging Post	RAF Down Ampney
No 9 Air Transportable Signals Unit	RAF Down Ampney	Part of No 91 Forward Staging Post
No 8 Air Transportable Signals Unit	RAF Down Ampney
No 107 OTU	RAF Leicester East
Air Transport Tactical Development Unit	RAF Netheravon	Operationally controlled by AEAF through No 38 Group, station in AEAF
No 1697 (ADLS) Flight	RAF Northolt	Station in No ADGB

No 216 (Transport) Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Units in the Middle East
No 284 Transport Wing	Algiers (Tripoli)
No 23 Staging Post	Asmara (Eritrea)
No 35 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Bahrein
No 43 Staging Post	Bahrein
Regional Flying Control (Persian Gulf) c/o No 43 Staging Post	Bahrein	Administered by HQ BF Aden
No 4 Aircraft Delivery Unit - Detachment	Bari (Italy)
No 25 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Bari (Italy)
No 267 Sqn	Bari (Italy)	Dakota
No 28 (SAAF) Sqn - Detachment	Bari (Italy)	Dakota
No 1 (ME) Check and Conversion Unit	Bilbeis (Egypt)
No 71 Staging Post	Biskra (Algeria)
Air Booking Centre	Cairo (Egypt)
RAF Station Cairo West	Egypt
No 216 Sqn	RAF Cairo West	Dakota, detachment in India
No 21 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	RAF Cairo West
No 10 Staging Post	RAF Cairo West
No 44 (SAAF) Sqn	RAF Cairo West	Dakota
No 24 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Capo Dichino (Italy)
RAF Station Castel Benito	Libya
No 28 (SAAF) Sqn	RAF Castel Benito	Anson/Dakota
No 22 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	RAF Castel Benito
No 17 Staging Post	RAF Castel Benito
Regional Flying Control (Tripolitania) c/o No 17 Staging Post	RAF Castel Benito	Administered by No 212 Group
RAF Station Catania	Sicily
No 23 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Catania (Sicily)
No 62 Staging Post	Catania (Sicily)
No 30 Staging Post	Catania (Sicily)
No 4 Aircraft Delivery Unit	Catania (Sicily)
No 12 Staging Post	El Adem (Libya)
No 76 Staging Post	El Aouina (N W Africa)
No 24 Staging Post	El Fasher (Sudan)
No 25 Staging Post	El Genina (Sudan)
No 26 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Foggia (Italy)
No 2 Air Delivery Unit (Middle East)	Gebel Hamzi (Egypt)
No 73 Staging Post	Gibraltar
No 151 Transport Wing	RAF Habbaniya
No 33 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	RAF Habbaniya
No 40 Staging Post	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 Transport Wing	RAF Heliopolis	Administrative Control - No 206 Group
ME Communication Sqn	RAF Heliopolis	Fairchild
No 41 Staging Post	H3
No 29 Staging Post	Juba (Sudan)
No 15 Staging Post	Luxor (Upper Egypt)
RAF Station Luqa	Malta
No 31 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Luqa (Malta)
No 64 Staging Post	Luqa (Malta)
No 32 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Lydda (Palestine)
No 29 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Maison Blanche (Tunisia)
No 72 Staging Post	Maison Blanche (Tunisia)
No 28 Staging Post	Malakal (Sudan)
No 16 Staging Post	Marble Arch (Libya)
No 33 Staging Post	Masira
No 11 Staging Post	Mersa Matruh
No 216 Group Advanced HQ	Naples (Italy)
No 249 Transport Wing	Naples (Italy)
No 30 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Naples (Italy)
No 28 (SAAF) Sqn - Detachment	Oujda (Tunisia)	Anson/Dakota
No 3 Air Delivery Unit (ME)	Oujda (Tunisia)
No 75 Staging Post	Oujda (Tunisia)
No 61 Staging Post	Pomigliano (Italy)
No 63 Staging Post	Pomigliano (Italy)
No 24 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Pomigliano (Italy)
No 70 Staging Post - Detachment	Port Lyautey (Tunisia)
RAF Station Rabat Sale	N W Africa
No 28 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Rabat Sale (N W Africa)
No 28 (SAAF) Sqn - Detachment	Rabat Sale (N W Africa)	Dakota
No 70 Staging Post	Rabat Sale (N W Africa)
No 70 Staging Post - Detachment	Ras el Ma (Tunisia)
No 14 Staging Post	Ramat David (Palestine)
No 3 Air Delivery Unit (Middle East) - Detachment	Setif
No 4 Air Delivery Unit (Middle East) - Detachment	Setif
No 34 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Shaibah (Iraq)
No 42 Staging Post	Shaibah (Iraq)
No 44 Staging Post	Sharjah (Saudi Arabia)
RAF Movements Control	Shellal (Egypt)
No 26 Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment	Trigno (Italy)
No 4 Air Delivery Unit (Middle East)	Tripoli (N W Africa)
No 22 Staging Post	Wadi Halfa (Sudan)
RAF Movements Detachment	Wadi Halfa (Sudan)
RAF Station Wadi Saidna	Sudan
No 115 Transport Wing	RAF Wadi Saidna
No 2 (ME) Ferry Control	RAF Wadi Saidna
No 20 Staging Post	RAF Wadi Seidna
Units in West Africa
No 114 Wing	Accra (Gold Coast)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Accra (Gold Coast)
No 55 Staging Post	Accra (Gold Coast)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment	Apapa (Nigeria)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Dakar (Senegal)
No 51 Staging Post	Fort Lamy
No 53 Staging Post - Detachment	Fort Lamy
Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Ikeja (Lagos)
No 50 Staging Post	Ikeja (Lagos)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment	Kano
No 52 Staging Post	Kano
Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment	Libreville (French Equatorial Africa)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment	Maiduguri (Nigeria)
No 53 Staging Post	Maiduguri (Nigeria)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Port Etienne (Gambia)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit - Detachment	Point Noire (French Equatorial Africa)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Roberts Field (Liberia)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Takoradi (Gold Coast)
No 54 Staging Post	Takoradi (Gold Coast)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Waterloo (Sierra Leone)
Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Yumdum (Gambia)

No 229 (Transport) Group

HQ - Delhi, India

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 13 Air Transit Section	Agartala
No 216 Sqn - Detachment	Agartala
Staging Post	Ahmedabad
No 52 Flying Control Section	Ahmedabad
No 22 Ferry Control	Allahabad
Staging Post	Allahabad
No 1 Air Transit Section	Allahabad
No 16 Air Transit Section	Amarda Road
No 18 Air Transit Section	Bally (Calcutta)
Staging Post	Bairagarh
No 3 Air Transit Section	Bombay
Air Booking Centre	Calcutta
No 4 Air Transit Section	Chabua (Assam)
No 11 Air Transit Section	Chittagong
No 9 Air Transit Section - Detachment	Clifton
No 12 Air Transit Section	Comilla
No 22 Air Transit Section	Cox's Bazaar
No 21 Air Transit Section	Digri
RAF Station Dum Dum
Staging Post	RAF Dum Dum
No 7 Air Transit Section	RAF Dum Dum
No 353 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Dum Dum	Dakota
No 1 Airport Security Section	RAF Dum Dum
No 15 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type C)	RAF Dum Dum
No 19 Air Transit Section	Fenny
Staging Post	Hakimpet
No 14 Air Transit Section	Imphal
Staging Post	Jharsaguda
No 69 Flying Control Section	Jiwani
No 5 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B')	Jiwani
Staging Post	Jiwani
Staging Post	Jodpur
No 8 Air Transit Section	Karachi
Flying Control Centre	Karachi
No 17 Air Transit Section	Kharagpur
No 9 Air Transit Section	Kunming (China)
No 20 Air Transit Section	Khumbhirgram
Staging Post	Lahore
Staging Post	Maharajpur
No 23 Air Transit Section	Maharajpur
No 54 Flying Control Section	Maharajpur
No 9 Transit Camp - Detachment	Malir
RAF Station Mauripur
Flying Control School	RAF Mauripur
No 21 Ferry Control	RAF Mauripur
Transit Ferry Camp	RAF Mauripur
Check and Conversion Flight	RAF Mauripur
Staging Post	RAF Mauripur
Staging Post	Nagpur
No 23 Ferry Control	Nagpur
No 229 Group	New Delhi
Staging Post	New Delhi
Static Administrative Unit	RAF Palam
No 229 Group Communication Flight	RAF Palam
No 353 Sqn	RAF Palam	Dakota
No 6 Air Transit Section	RAF Palam
No 63 Flying Control Section	RAF Palam
No 15 Air Transit Section	Ranchi
No 10 Air Transit Section	Ratmalana
Staging Post	Santa Cruz
Staging Post	St Thomas Mount
No 5 Air Transit Section	St Thomas Mount
No 9 Transit Camp	Tej Bhandas
RAF Signals Unit	Tezpur
No 2 Air Transit Section	Yelahanka
Staging Post	Yelahanka

No 114 Wing

HQ - Accra, West Africa

The units under the control of this Wing are included in the listings shown under AHQ West Africa.

No 116 Wing

HQ - Hendon Hall, NW9

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No units allocated

Source - June 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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