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Transport Command - September 1945


[Command HQ | No 4 Group | No 38 Group | No 44 Group | No 45 Group | No 46 Group | No 47 Group | No 87 Group | No 216 Group | No 229 Group | No 110 Wing | No 114 Wing | No 301 Wing | No 302 Wing]

Command HQ - RAF Harrow, Middlesex

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

RAF Waterbeach    

No 4 Group

HQ - RAF York

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bramcote    
No 1381 (Transport) Conversion Unit RAF Bramcote  
RAF Station Bitteswell   Satellite (Bramcote)
No 1513 (BAT) Flt RAF Bitteswell  
RAF Station Nuneaton   Satellite (Bramcote)
RAF Station Broadwell    
No 10 Sqn RAF Broadwell Halifax VI
No 76 Sqn RAF Broadwell Halifax VI
RAF Station Carnaby Bridlington, East Yorkshire Emergency Runway
RAF Station Crosby-on-Eden    
No 1383 (Transport) Conversion Unit RAF Crosby-on-Eden Dakota
RAF Station Longtown C & M Party Satellite (Crosby-on-Eden)
RAF Station Doncaster    
No 43 Base Driffield, East Yorkshire  
Base HQ RAF Driffield  
No 466 Sqn RAAF RAF Driffield Sunderland [sic]
RAF Station Leconfield Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire  
RAF Station Lissett Lissett, Bridlington, East Yorkshire  
RAF Station Tempsford   Station in No 47 Group
No 426 Sqn RCAF RAF Tempsford Halifax III
RAF Station Full Sutton    
No 77 Sqn RAF Full Sutton Halifax VI
No 44 Base Holme-on-Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire  
Base HQ RAF Holme  
No 512 Sqn RAF Holme Dakota
RAF Station Breighton    
No 78 Sqn RAF Breighton Halifax III
RAF Station Melbourne    
RAF Station Leicester East    
No No 1333 (Transport Support) Conversion Unit RAF Leicester East Dakota
RAF Station Ibsley   Satellite, Leicester East
RAF Station Marston Moor    
No 1665 (Heavy Transport) Conversion Unit RAF Marston Moor
RAF School of Air Transport RAF Netheravon Station in No 38 Group
No 1516 (BAT) Flt RAF Odiham Station in No 46 Group
RAF Station Ossington    
No 6 Lancaster Finishing School RAF Ossington  
No 42 Base Pocklington, East Yorkshire  
Base HQ RAF Pocklington  
No 102 Sqn RAF Pocklington Halifax VI
RAF Station Elvington    
No 4 Group Communication Flt RAF Elvington Various types
No 1527 (BAT) Flt RAF Prestwick Station in No 44 Group
RAF Station Riccall    
No 1332 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF Riccall Various
No 1529 (BAT) Flt RAF St Mawgan Station in No 44 Group
RAF Station Snaith Snaith  
No 17 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Snaith  
RAF Station Tilstock

No 1380 (Transport) Conversion Unit

RAF Tilstock
No 1528 (BAT) Flt RAF Valley Station in No 44 Group
RAF Station Sleap Satellite airfield (Tilstock)
RAF Station Welford    
No 1336 Transport Support Conversion Unit RAF Welford Various
RAF Station Ramsbury   Satellite (Welford)
RAF Station Greenham Common   Satellite (Welford)
C & M Party RAF Greenham Common  
RAF Station Wymeswold    
No 108 (Transport) OTU RAF Wymeswold Dakota
RAF Station Castle Donington   Satellite (Wymeswold)
No 1521 (BAT) Flt RAF Castle Donington  

No 38 Group

HQ - Marks Hall, Earls Colne, Essex

RAF Element of the Glider Pilot Regiment

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

No 1 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit    

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Blakehill Farm    
No 22 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit/ORTU RAF Blakehill Farm
RAF Station Fairford   Satellite airfield (Blakehill Farm)
RAF Station Broadwell    
No 9 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Broadwell
No 10 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Broadwell
RAF Station Earls Colne   Oxford
No 38 Group Communication Flt RAF Earls Colne Oxford
No 296 Sqn RAF Earls Colne Halifax
No 6296 Servicing Echelon RAF Earls Colne  
No 297 Sqn RAF Earls Colne Halifax
No 6297 Servicing Echelon RAF Earls Colne  
No 7 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Earls Colne
No 8 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Earls Colne
RAF Station Wethersfield Satellite airfield (Earls Colne)
RAF Station Gosfield   Station in Bomber Command
No 13 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Gosfield
No 1 Heavy Glider Conversion  Unit (Detachment) RAF Gosfield
RAF Station Great Dunmow    
No 190 Sqn RAF Great Dunmow
No 6190 Servicing Echelon RAF Great Dunmow  

No 620 Sqn

RAF Great Dunmow
No 6620 Servicing Echelon RAF Great Dunmow  
No 3 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit RAF Great Dunmow
No 4 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit RAF Great Dunmow
RAF Station Matching   Satellite airfield (Great Dunmow)

Operational and Refresher Training Unit

RAF Matching Albemarle/Horsa/Tiger Moth
No 1677 (Target Towing) Flt RAF Matching Martinet
RAF Station Harwell    
RAF Station Finmere   Satellite airfield (Harwell)
RAF Station Hampstead Norris   Satellite airfield (Harwell)
RAF Station Netheravon    
No 1 Heavy Glider Servicing Unit RAF Netheravon Horsa/Hamilcar
No 38 Group Parachute Maintenance and Servicing Unit RAF Netheravon
No 4 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit RAF Netheravon
RAF Station Shrewton Satellite airfield (Netheravon)
RAF Station Thruxton Satellite airfield (Netheravon)
No 2 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit RAF Thruxton
No 11 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Thruxton
No 16 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Thruxton

RAF Station Ringway

No 1 Parachute Training School RAF Ringway Various

RAF Station Rivenhall

No 295 Sqn RAF Rivenhall Stirling
No 6295 Servicing Echelon RAF Rivenhall  
No 570 Sqn RAF Rivenhall Stirling
No 6570 Servicing Echelon RAF Rivenhall  
No 5 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Rivenhall
No 6 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Rivenhall
RAF Station Shepherd's Grove

No 196 Sqn

RAF Shepherd's Grove Stirling
No 6196 Servicing Echelon RAF Shepherd's Grove  
No 299 Sqn RAF Shepherd's Grove Stirling
No 6299 Servicing Echelon RAF Shepherd's Grove  
No 1 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit RAF Shepherd's Grove
No 2 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit RAF Shepherd's Grove
RAF Station Shobden
No 5 Glider Training School RAF Shobden  
RAF Station Tarrant Rushton
No 298 Sqn RAF Tarrant Rushton Halifax
No 6298 Servicing Echelon RAF Tarrant Rushton  
No 644 Sqn RAF Tarrant Rushton Halifax
No 6644 Servicing Echelon RAF Tarrant Rushton  
No 12 (Hamilcar) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Tarrant Rushton
No 14 (Hamilcar) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Tarrant Rushton
No 15 (Hamilcar) Glider Servicing Echelon RAF Tarrant Rushton

No 44 (Transport) Group

HQ - Eastern Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucester

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Desborough    
C & M Party RAF Desborough  
RAF Station Dunkeswell    
No 16 Ferry Unit RAF Dunkeswell Halifax/Dakota/Warwick
RAF Station Filton    
No 15 Ferry Unit RAF Filton Various
RAF Station Llandow    
RAF Station Melton Mowbrey    
No 12 Ferry Unit RAF Melton Mowbrey Various
RAF Station Pershore    
No 1 Ferry Unit RAF Pershore  
RAF Station Portreath    
No 1 Overseas Air Despatch Unit RAF Portreath  
RAF Station Prestwick Prestwick Aerodrome, Ayr, Ayrshire Airport
North Atlantic Signals Centre RAF Prestwick
Units in European Division ATC RAF Prestwick  
RAF Station St Mawgan   Airport
No 2 Overseas Air Despatch Unit RAF St Mawgan  
No 1 Air Traffic School RAF St Mawgan  
Units in European Division ATC RAF St Mawgan  
RAF Station Staverton   Station in Mintenance Command
No 44 Group Communications Flight RAF Staverton Various
RAF Station Talbenny    
RAF Station Uxbridge   Station in TTC
Continental Aircraft Control RAF Uxbridge  
RAF Station Valley   Airport
Units in European Division ATC RAF Valley  

No 45 (Transport) Group

HQ - Dorval, Quebec, Canada

 
Location/Address Unit Notes
Ascension Island No 90 Staging Post  
Bermuda No 6 Aircraft Preparation Unit  
Bermuda No 80 Staging Post  
Bermuda No 231 Sqn (Detachment) Liberator
Belem, Brazil No 99 Staging Post  
Belize (British Honduras) RAF Signals Unit  
Bluie West No 81 Staging Post  
Borinquen No 96 Staging Post  
Boucherville No 85 Staging Post  
Canton Island No 142 Staging Post  
Dorval, Quebec RAF Station Dorval  
Dorval HQ, No 112 (North Atlantic) Wing  
Dorval No 6 Ferry Unit  
Dorval No 5 Aircraft Preparation Unit  
Dorval No 231 Sqn Liberator
Dorval No 100 (Terminal) Staging Post  
Elizabeth City No 82 Staging Post  
Gander No 83 Staging Post  
Goose Bay No 84 Staging Post  
Hickam Field (Honolulu) No 141 Staging Post  
Jamaica No 89 Staging Post  
Lagens (Azores) No 74 Staging Post  
Lindbergh Field (San Diego) No 280 Wing  
Lindbergh Field (San Diego) No 139 Staging Post  
Miami (Florida) No 97 Staging Post  
Mines Field (Los Angeles) No 140 Staging Post  
Nandi Airfield (Fiji) No 143 Staging Post  
Nassau, Bahamas No 7 Ferry Unit  
Nassau HQ, No 113 (South Atlantic) Wing  
Nassau No 7 Aircraft Preparation Unit  
Nassau No 7 Ferry Unit  
Nassau No 88 (Terminal) Staging Post  
Natal (Brazil) No 98 Staging Post  
North Bay RAF Station North Bay  
North Bay No 313 Ferry Training Unit  
Piarco (Trinidad) No 95 Staging Post  
Reykjavik (Iceland) No 86 Staging Post  
Whenuapi (New Zealand) No 144 Staging Post  

No 46 (Transport) Group

HQ - Harrow, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 170 Staging Post Bardufoss  
RAF Station Biggin Hill    
RAF Station Blackbushe    
No 162 Sqn RAF Blackbushe Mosquito IV/XX/25
RAF Station Boreham    
No 161 Staging Post RAF Boreham  
No 162 Staging Post RAF Boreham  
No 164 Staging Post RAF Boreham  
No 165 Staging Post RAF Boreham  
No 166 Staging Post RAF Boreham  
No 167 Staging Post RAF Boreham  
RAF Station Bushey Hall    
RAF Station Down Ampney    
No 48 Sqn RAF Down Ampney Dakota
No 4048 Servicing Echelon RAF Down Ampney  
No 271 Sqn RAF Down Ampney Dakota
No 4271 Servicing Echelon RAF Down Ampney  
No 46 Group Air Freight Control Centre RAF Down Ampney  
RAF Station Guernsey Guernsey, Channel Islands  
No 160 Staging Post RAF Guernsey  
RAF Station Ibsley    
Glider Training Pickup Flight RAF Ibsley  
No 150 Staging Post RAF Ibsley  
No 6 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit RAF Ibsley
No 7 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit RAF Ibsley
No 8 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit RAF Ibsley
No 9 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit RAF Ibsley
RAF Station Christchurch   Satellite airfield (Ibsley)
C & M Party RAF Christchurch  
RAF Station Kenley    
Transport Command Development Unit RAF Netheravon Station in No 38 Group
RAF Station Northolt    
ADLS Sqn RAF Northolt  
RAF Station North Weald    
No 301 (Polish) Sqn RAF North Weald Warwick C III
No 4301 (Polish) Servicing Echelon RAF North Weald  
RAF Station Odiham    
No 233 Sqn RAF Odiham Dakota
No 4233 Servicing Echelon RAF Odiham  
Empire Test Pilots' School (MAP) RAF Odiham  
No 163 Staging Post Oslo  
HQ, No 107 Wing Paris see below for units
RAF Station Perranporth    
No 168 Staging Post Stavanger  
No 169 Staging Post Trondheim  
RAF Station Uxbridge    
Overseas Distribution Centre RAF Uxbridge  
No 46 Group also controlled the following mobile units: -
55093 Mobile Signals Unit 55094 Mobile Signals Unit 55095 Mobile Signals Unit
55096 Mobile Signals Unit 55097 Mobile Signals Unit 55098 Mobile Signals Unit
55099  Mobile Signals Unit 55124 Mobile Signals Unit  

 

No 47 (Transport) Group

HQ - Hendon, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Hendon   Airport
No 24 Sqn RAF Hendon  
Metropolitan Communications Sqn RAF Hendon  
AM Book Production and Distribution Centre RAF Hendon  
RAF School of Discussion Method RAF Hendon  
RAF Station Highgate    
RAF Intelligence School RAF Highgate  
RAF Station Holmsley South    
No 246 Sqn RAF Holmsley South York/C27
RAF Station Kemble    
No 2 Transport Aircraft Modification Unit RAF Kemble  
RAF Station Lyneham   Airport
No 511 Sqn RAF Lyneham York
RAF Station Membury    
No 525 Sqn RAF Membury Dakota
No 4525 Servicing Echelon RAF Membury  
RAF Station Merryfield    
No 187 Sqn RAF Merryfield Halifax III
No 4187 Servicing Echelon RAF Merryfield  
RAF Station Northolt   Airport
RAF Station Oakington    
RAF Station Prestwick   Airport, station in No 44 Group
No 1680 (Transport) Flight RAF Prestwick  
RAF Station Stoney Cross    
No 242 Sqn RAF Stoney Cross Wellington
No 46 Sqn RAF Stoney Cross Stirling
RAF Station Stradishall    
No 51 Sqn RAF Stradishall  
No 158 Sqn RAF Stradishall  
RAF Station Tempsford    
No 1 Transport Aircraft Modification Unit RAF Tempsford  
RAF Station Somersham   Satellite (Tempsford)
No 150 Staging Post RAF Lyneham  

No 87 (Transport) Group

c/o British Liberation Army

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Police Detachment    
No 108 Repair and Salvage Unit    
No 428 Repair and Salvage Unit    
No 4 RAF Base Area    
RAF Element of MEDLOC    
RTO, Paris    
MATS    
No 429 Equipment Park    
No 430 Equipment Park    
No 87 Group Communications Flight    
No 5274 Mobile Signals Unit (Type B)    
No 5305 Mobile Signals Unit (Type G)    
Airmen's Transit Centre    
Air Mail Centre    

No 216 (Ferry & Transport) Group

HQ - Caserta

 
Location/Address Unit Notes
Algiers (Algeria) HQ, No 284 Transport Wing Also shown in Malta
Algiers Air Booking Centre  
Almaza (Egypt) No 133 Staging Post  
Almaza (Egypt) No 216 Sqn Dakota
Asmara (Ethiopia) RAF Unit  
Athens (Greece) No 107 Staging Post  
Augusta (Sicily) RAF Station  
Bahrein (Iraq) RAF Station  
Bari (Italy) HQ, No 249 Transport Wing  
Bari No 127 Staging Post  
Bari No 44 (South African) Sqn Dakota
Belgrade (Yugoslavia) No 130 Staging Post  
Bilbeis (Egypt) No 1330 Conversion Unit  
Biskra (Algeria) RAF Station  
Blida (North Africa) No 3 Ferry Unit  
Bucharest (Romania) No 125 Staging Post  
Cairo (Egypt) HQ, No 282 (Transport) Wing  
Cairo Air Booking Centre  
RAF Cairo West RAF Station  
Castel Benito (Lybia) RAF Station  
RAF Catania (Sicily) RAF Station  
Eastleigh (Kenya) No 216 Sqn (Detachment) Dakota
RAF El Adem (Lybia) RAF Station  
El Aouina (NW Africa) No 76 Staging Post  
El Fasher (Sudan) No 24 Staging Post  
El Geneina (Sudan) No 25 Staging Post  
Elmas (Sardinia) RAF Station  
Falconara (Italy) No 4 Ferry Unit  
Gebel Hamzi (Egypt) No 2 Ferry Unit  
Gibraltar No 73 Staging Post  
RAF Habbaniya (Iraq) HQ, No 151 Transport Wing  
Habbaniya No 40 Staging Post  
Habbaniya No 216 Sqn (Detachment) Dakota
Heliopolis No 216 Group (Rear)  
Heliopolis No 282 Transport Wing  
Heliopolis No 5 Ferry Unit  
Heliopolis No 1 Staging Post  
Heliopolis No 216 Group Communication Flt  
Heliopolis Heliopolis Palace Hotel  
H3 (Palestine) RAF Unit  
Juba (Sudan) RAF Unit  
Khartoum (Sudan) No 20 Staging Post  
Khartoum No 115 Transport Wing Also shown in Wadi Seidna (Sudan)
Khartoum No 216 Sqn (Detachment)  
Klagenfurt (Austria) No 171 Staging Post  
Luxor (Egypt) RAF Unit  
Luqa (Malta) No 64 Staging Post  
RAF Lydda (Palestine) RAF Station  
Maison Blanche (Algeria) No 72 Staging Post  
Maison Blanche No 28 (South African) Sqn Dakota
Malakal (Sudan) RAF Unit  
Malta HQ, No 284 Transport Wing Also shown in Algiers (Algeria)
Marble Arch (Libya) RAF Station  
Masira Island No 33 Staging Post  
Mauripur (India) No 216 Sqn (Detachment) Dakota
Mersa Matruh (Egypt) RAF Station  
Milan (Italy) No 46 Staging Post  
Pomigliano (Italy) RAF Station  
Rabat Sale RAF Station  
Rhodes No 124 Staging Post  
Ruvo (Italy) No 249 Transport Wing  
Shaibah RAF Station  
Sharjah (Saudi Arabia) RAF Station  
Sheikh Othman (Aden) No 30 Staging Post  
Sheikh Othman No 216 Sqn (Detachment) Dakota
Shellal (Egypt) RAF Movements Detachment  
Udine (Italy) No 173 Staging Post  
Verona (Italy) No 172 Staging Post  
Voine No 61 Staging Post  
Wadi Halfa (Sudan) No 22 Staging Post  
Wadi Halfa RAF Movements Detachment  
Wadi Seidna (Sudan) No 115 Transport Wing Also shown in Khartoum

No 229 (Transport) Group

HQ - RAF Delhi, India

 
Location/Address Unit Notes
Agartala No 14 Ferry Unit
Agartala No 702 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'A') (RIAF)
Agartala No 154 Staging Post Not yet operational
Ahmedabad No 35 Staging Post
Akyab No 14 Ferry Unit (Detachment)
Akyab No 79 Staging Post (Detachment)
Akyab No 102 Staging Post
Akyab No 267 Sqn Dakota
Akyab No 62 Sqn Dakota
Akyab No 194 Sqn Dakota
Alipore No 158 Staging Post Not yet operational
Allahabad No 36 Staging Post
Allahabad No 9 Ferry Unit
Amarda Road No 67 Staging Post
Aurangabad No 155 Staging Post Not yet operational
Aurangabad No 745 Forecast Centre (Type 2)
Bangalore No 109 Transport Wing
Bangalore Air Booking Centre
Bhopal No 37 Staging Post
Bikram No 344 Glider Wing
Bikram No 671 (Glider) Sqn
Bikram No 672 (Glider) Sqn
Bikram No 673 (Glider) Sqn
Bikram No 26-27 Glider Servicing Echelons
Bikram No 29-38 Glider Servicing Echelons
Bilaspur No 28 Glider Servicing Echelon
Bilaspur No 32 Glider Servicing Echelon
Bombay Air Booking Centre
Calcutta Air Booking Centre
Calcutta No 117 Transport Wing
Chakala RAF Element Air Transport Development Centre
Chakala No 3 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit
Chakala No 5 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit
Chakala No 148 Staging Post Not yet operational
Chittagong No 21 Staging Post
Chittagong No 27 Staging Post
Chittagong No 128 Staging Post
Chittagong No 136 Staging Post
Chittagong No 9 Ferry Unit (Detachment)
Chittagong No 345 Mobile Transport Wing
Cocos Islands No 129 Staging Post
Colombo Air Booking Centre
Comilla No 79 Staging Post
Cox's Bazaar No 203 Staging Post
Dabaing No 14 Ferry Unit (Detachment)
Delhi Air Booking Centre
Digri No 60 Staging Post
Dinjan No 77 Staging Post
Dinjan RAF Signals Centre
Dum Dum No 38 Staging Post
Dum Dum No 52 Sqn Dakota
Dum Dum No 715 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2)
Echor No 48 Staging Post (Detachment)
Fatehjang No 343 Glider Wing
Fatehjang No 668 (Glider) Sqn
Fatehjang No 670 (Glider) Sqn
Fatehjang No 20 Glider Servicing Echelon
Fatehjang No 21 Glider Servicing Echelon
Fatehjang No 25 Glider Servicing Echelon
Fatehjang No 37 Glider Servicing Echelon
Fatehjang No 39 Glider Servicing Echelon
Gannavaram No 2 Staging Post
Gujrat Station HQ
Gujrat No 1334 (Transport Support) Conversion Unit
Gujrat No 24 Glider Servicing Echelon
Hakimpet No 39 Staging Post
Hakimpet No 744 Forecast Centre (Type 2)
Hathazari No 78 Staging Post
Jharsaguda Station HQ
Jharsaguda No 26 Staging Post
Jiwani No 45 Staging Post
Jiwani No 705 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B' IAF)
Jodhpur No 8 Ferry Unit (Detachment)
Jodhpur No 710 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2)
Jodhpur No 46 Staging Post
Jubbulpore No 157 Staging Post Not yet operational
Kandy No 229 Group Advanced HQ
Karachi No 108 Transport Wing
Karachi Air Booking Centre
Karachi RAF Element Joint Flying Control Centre
Kunming (China) RAF Unit
Kwetynge No 14 Ferry Unit (Detachment)
Kyaukpyu No 436 (RCAF) Sqn Dakota
Kyaukpyu No 117 Sqn Dakota
Kyaukpyu No 31 Sqn Dakota
Kyaukpyu No 342 (Mobile) Wing
Lahore No 47 Staging Post
Madras Air Booking Centre
Maharajpur (Gwalior) No 49 Staging Post
Mandalay No 134 Staging Post
Mandalay No 204 Staging Post
Mawnubyin No 6 Staging Post
Mawnubyin No 341 Mobile Wing
Mauripur (Sind) No 700 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 1)
Mauripur (Sind) Station HQ
Mauripur (Sind) No 48 (Terminal) Staging Post
Mingladon No 5 Staging Post
Myingyan No 135 Staging Post
Nagpur No 59 Staging Post
Nagpur No 10 Ferry Unit
Palam Station HQ
Palam No 229 Group Communication Flight
Palam No 232 Sqn Dakota/RY-3/C-54
Palam No 353 Sqn Dakota
Palam No 9 Staging Post
Palam No 724 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2)
Palam No 23 Glider Servicing Echelon
Peshawar No 147 Staging Post
Raichur RAF Signals Unit
Raipur No 30 Glider Servicing Echelon
Raipur No 31 Glider Servicing Echelon
Ramree No 102 Staging Post
Ranchi No 3 Staging Post
Rangoon No 8 Staging Post
Rangoon No 118 Transport Wing
Ratmalana No 32 Staging Post
Risalpur No 1331 Conversion Unit
Rudamada No 48 Staging Post (Detachment)
St Thomas Mount No 57 Staging Post
Santa Cruz No 56 Staging Post
Santa Cruz No 10 Ferry Unit (Detachment)
Satana No 101 Staging Post
Singarbil No 9 Staging Post (Detachment)
Sylhet No 22 Glider Servicing Echelon
Tabingaung No 9 Ferry Unit (Detachment)
Trichinopoly No 10 Ferry Unit (Detachment)
Trichinopoly No 56 Staging Post
Tulihal No 69 Staging Post
Tulihal No 102 Staging Post (Detachment)
Tulihal No 435 (RCAF) Sqn Dakota
Upper Topa No 669 (Glider) Sqn
Vizagapatam No 34 Staging Post

Mobile Signals Units

No 5931 MSU No 5937 MSU No 5923 MSU
No 5929 MSU No 5917 MSU No 5930 MSU
No 5809 MSU    

No 107 Wing

HQ - Paris (controlled by No 46 Group)

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 137 Staging Post Bordeaux
No 103 Staging Post Istres (Marseilles)
No 121 Staging Post Le Bourget
No 126 Staging Post Lyons
No 103 Staging Post Marignane
No 93 Staging Post Rennes
No 138 Staging Post Toulouse

No 110 Wing

HQ - Croydon Airport (controlled by No 46 Group)

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 167 Sqn RAF Blackbushe Warwick
Croydon Airport
No 147 Sqn Croydon Airport Dakota
No 1316 (Netherland) Flight Croydon Airport

No 111 Wing

HQ - Brussels (controlled by No 46 Group)

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 105 Staging Post Brussels  
RAF Station Brussels/Evere    
No 575 Sqn RAF Brussels/Evere Dakota
No 4575 Servicing Echelon RAF Brussels/Evere  
No 92 Staging Post Buckeburg/Wunstoft  
No 94 Staging Post Celle  
No 123 Staging Post Copenhagen  
No 122 Staging Post Detmold  
No 104 Staging Post Fuhlsbuttel  
No 19 Staging Post Gatow  
RAF Station Melsbroek    
No 437 (RCAF) Sqn RAF Melsbroek Dakota
No 4437 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon RAF Melsbroek  
No 120 Staging Post Munchen Gladbach  
No 91 Staging Post Unebtrag  
No 18 Staging Post Valkenberg (The Hague)  

No 114 Wing

HQ - Accra, West Africa

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Accra (Gold Coast) HQ No 114 Wing
Accra No 55 Staging Post
Accra No 1314 (Transport) Flight
Apapa (Nigeria) No 50 Staging Post (Detachment)
Dakar (Senegal) No 55 Staging Post (Detachment)  
Ikeja (Nigeria) No 50 Staging Post
Kano (Nigeria) No 52 Staging Post
Libreville (French Equatorial Africa) No 50 Staging Post (Detachment)
Maiduguri (Nigeria) No 53 Staging Post
Port Etienne (Gambia) No 53 Staging Post (Detachment)
Pont Noire (French Equatorial Africa) No 50 Staging Post
Robertsfield (Liberia) No 55 Staging Post (Detachment)
Takoradi (Gold Coast) No 55 Staging Post (Detachment)
Waterloo (Sierra Leone) No 55 Staging Post (Detachment)
Yundum (Gambia) No 55 Staging Post (Detachment)

No 301 Wing

HQ - RAF Northwood

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Ballykelly Station in Coastal Command
No 59 Sqn RAF Ballykelly  Liberator V/VI/VIII
No 4059 Servicing Echelon RAF Ballykelly
RAF Station Bassingbourn Station in Coastal Command
No 423 (RCAF) Sqn RAF Bassingbourn Liberator VI/VIII
No 4423 Servicing Echelon RAF Bassingbourn
RAF Station Castle Archdale Station in Coastal Command
No 422 (RCAF) Sqn RAF Castle Archdale Sunderland
No 4422 Servicing Echelon RAF Castle Archdale
RAF Station North Weald
No 304 (Polish) Sqn RAF North Weald Wellington XI/XII
No 4304 (Polish) Servicing Echelon RAF North Weald
RAF Station Oakington Station in No 47 Group
No 206 Sqn RAF Oakington  Liberator V/VI/VIII
No 4206 Servicing Echelon RAF Oakington
No 220 Sqn RAF Oakington  
No 4220 Servicing Echelon RAF Oakington
RAF Station St Davids Station in Coastal Command
No 53 Sqn RAF St Davids  Liberator V/VI/VIII
No 4053 Servicing Echelon RAF St Davids
RAF Station Tain Station in Coastal Command
No 86 Sqn RAF Tain  Liberator V/VI/VIII
No 4066 Servicing Echelon RAF Tain
No 311 (Czech) Sqn RAF Tain  Liberator V/VI/VIII
No 4311 (Czech) Servicing Echelon RAF Tain

No 302 Wing

 
Unit Location/Address Notes

No details listed

Source - SD161 (60th Edition) - September 1945

County names used are those in use at the time

[Command HQ | No 4 Group | No 38 Group | No 44 Group | No 45 Group | No 46 Group | No 47 Group | No 87 Group | No 216 Group | No 229 Group | No 110 Wing | No 114 Wing | No 301 Wing | No 302 Wing]

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