Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Transport Command - October 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: -
No 1510 Flight |
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 | Satellite (Crosby-on-Eden) | |
C & M Party | RAF Longtown | |
RAF Station Doncaster | ||
RAF Station Driffield | Driffield, East Yorkshire | Station in FTC |
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 |
RAF Holme | Holme-on-Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire | |
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 | |
RAF Station Pocklington | Pocklington, East Yorkshire | |
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 | |
RAF Station Sleap | Satellite airfield (Tilstock) | |
No 1528 (BAT) Flt | RAF Valley | Station in No 44 Group |
RAF Station Welford | ||
No 1336 Transport Support Conversion Unit | RAF Welford | Various |
RAF Station Ramsbury | Satellite (Welford) | |
RAF Station Wymeswold | ||
No 108 (Transport) OTU | RAF Wymeswold | Dakota |
RAF Station Castle Donington | Satellite (Wymeswold) | |
No 1521 (BAT) Flt | RAF Castle Donington |
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 4296 Servicing Echelon | RAF Earls Colne | |
No 297 Sqn | RAF Earls Colne | Halifax |
No 4297 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 4190 Servicing Echelon | RAF Great Dunmow | |
No 620 Sqn |
RAF Great Dunmow | |
No 4620 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) | |
No 38 Group Operational 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 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 |
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No 1 Parachute Training School | RAF Ringway | Various |
RAF Station Rivenhall |
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No 295 Sqn | RAF Rivenhall | Stirling |
No 4295 Servicing Echelon | RAF Rivenhall | |
No 570 Sqn | RAF Rivenhall | Stirling |
No 4570 Servicing Echelon | RAF Rivenhall | |
No 5 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon | RAF Rivenhall | |
No 6 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon | RAF Rivenhall | |
RAF Station Saltby | ||
No 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit |
RAF Saltby | Stirling/Halifax |
RAF Station Shepherd's Grove | ||
No 196 Sqn |
RAF Shepherd's Grove | Stirling |
No 4196 Servicing Echelon | RAF Shepherd's Grove | |
No 299 Sqn | RAF Shepherd's Grove | Stirling |
No 4299 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 4298 Servicing Echelon | RAF Tarrant Rushton | |
No 644 Sqn | RAF Tarrant Rushton | Halifax |
No 4644 Servicing Echelon | RAF Tarrant Rushton | |
No 12 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Echelon | RAF Tarrant Rushton | |
No 14 (Hamilcar) Glider Servicing Echelon | RAF Tarrant Rushton | |
No 15 (Hamilcar) Glider Servicing Echelon | RAF Tarrant Rushton |
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 Melton Mowbrey | ||
No 12 Ferry Unit | RAF Melton Mowbrey | Various |
RAF Station Nutt's Corner | ||
Transatlantic Aircraft Flying Control | RAF Nutt's Corner | |
RAF Station Pershore | ||
No 1 Ferry Unit | RAF Pershore | |
RAF Station Portreath | ||
Transport Command Briefing School | RAF 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 |
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 | |
Belem, Brazil | No 99 Staging Post | |
Belize (British Honduras) | RAF Signals Unit | |
Bluie West | No 81 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 | 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) | Station HQ | |
Reykjavik (Iceland) | No 9 MT Company | |
Reykjavik (Iceland) | No 5021 Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Reykjavik (Iceland) | No 13 Embarkation Unit | |
Reykjavik (Iceland) | No 86 Staging Post | |
Reykjavik (Iceland) | RAF Hospital, Iceland | |
Whenuapi (New Zealand) | No 144 Staging Post |
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 Chedburgh | ||
No 301 Sqn | RAF Chedburgh | Warwick CIII |
No 4301 Servicing Echelon | RAF Chedburgh | |
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 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 | |
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 |
HQ - Hendon, Middlesex
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Bassingbourn | ||
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) | |
RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
No 59 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Liberator |
No 4059 Servicing Echelon | RAF Waterbeach |
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 93 Staging Post | ||
No 103 Staging Post | ||
No 121 Staging Post | ||
No 126 Staging Post | ||
No 137 Staging Post | ||
No 138 Staging Post |
No 216 (Ferry & Transport) Group
HQ - Caserta
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Algiers (Algeria) | HQ, No 284 Transport Wing | Also shown in Valetta |
Almaza (Egypt) | No 133 Staging Post | |
Almaza (Egypt) | No 216 Sqn | Dakota |
Asmara (Ethiopia) | RAF Unit (No 23 Staging Post) | |
Athens (Greece) | No 107 Staging Post | |
Augusta (Sicily) | RAF Station (No 152 Staging Post) | |
Bahrein (Iraq) | RAF Station (No 43 Staging Post) | |
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 (No 71 Staging Post) | |
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 (No 10 Staging Post) | |
Castel Benito (Lybia) | RAF Station (No 17 Staging Post) | |
RAF Catania (Sicily) | RAF Station (No 62 Staging Post) | |
Eastleigh (Kenya) | No 216 Sqn (Detachment) | Dakota |
RAF El Adem (Lybia) | RAF Station (No 12 Staging Post) | |
El Aouina (NW Africa) | No 76 Staging Post | |
El Geneina (Sudan) | No 25 Staging Post | |
Elmas (Sardinia) | RAF Station (No 63 Staging Post) | |
Falconara (Italy) | No 4 Ferry Unit (No 4 Staging Post Det) | |
Foggia (Italy) | No 127 Staging Post Detachment 'A' | |
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 1 Staging Post | |
Heliopolis | No 216 Group Communication Flt | |
Heliopolis | Heliopolis Palace Hotel | |
H3 (Palestine) | RAF Unit (No 41 Staging Post) | |
Juba (Sudan) | RAF Unit (No 29 Staging Post) | |
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 | |
Klagenfurt (Austria) | No 173 Staging Post | |
Luxor (Egypt) | RAF Unit (No 15 Staging Post) | |
Luqa (Malta) | No 64 Staging Post | |
RAF Lydda (Palestine) | RAF Station (No 14 Staging Post) | |
Maison Blanche (Algeria) | No 72 Staging Post | |
Maison Blanche | No 28 (South African) Sqn | Dakota |
Malakal (Sudan) | RAF Unit (No 28 Staging Post) | |
Marble Arch (Libya) | RAF Station (No 16 Staging Post) | |
Masira Island | No 33 Staging Post | |
Mauripur (India) | No 216 Sqn (Detachment) | Dakota |
Mersa Matruh (Egypt) | RAF Station (No 11 Staging Post) | |
Milan (Italy) | No 46 Staging Post | |
Pomigliano (Italy) | RAF Station (No 65 Staging Post) | |
Rabat Sale | RAF Station (No 70 Staging Post) | |
Rome (Italy) | No 149 Staging Post | |
Shaibah (Iraq) | RAF Station (No 42 Staging Post) | |
Sharjah (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Station (No 44 Staging Post) | |
Sheikh Othman (Aden) | No 30 Staging Post | |
Sheikh Othman | No 216 Sqn (Detachment) | Dakota |
Shellal (Egypt) | RAF Movements Detachment | |
Shwechat (Austria) | No 173 Staging Post Advance Party | |
Treviso | No 61 Staging Post | |
Valetta (Malta) | HQ, No 284 Transport Wing | Also shown in Algiers (Algeria) |
Verona (Italy) | No 172 Staging Post | |
Wadi Halfa (Sudan) | RAF Unit (No 22 Staging Post) | |
Wadi Halfa | RAF Movements Detachment |
HQ - RAF Delhi, India
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Agartala | No 702 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'A') (RIAF) | |
Ahmedabad | RAF Station (No 35 Staging Post) | |
Akyab | No 341 Mobile Wing | |
Akyab | No 267 Sqn | Dakota |
Akyab | No 62 Sqn | Dakota |
Akyab | No 194 Sqn | Dakota |
Akyab | No 12 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit | |
Akyab | No 6 Staging Post | |
Akyab | No 207 Staging Post | |
Alipore | Station HQ | |
Alipore | No 154 Staging Post | |
Alipore | No 158 Staging Post | |
Amarda Road | No 67 Staging Post | |
Aurangabad | No 155 Staging Post | Not yet operational |
Aurangabad | No 745 Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Bamrawli | No 36 Staging Post | |
Bamrawli | No 9 Ferry Unit | |
Bangalore | No 109 Transport Wing | |
Bangalore | Air Booking Centre | |
Bellary | RAF Signals Unit | |
Bhopal | No 37 Staging Post | |
Bikram | No 344 Glider Wing | |
Bikram | No 26 Glider Servicing Echelons | |
Bikram | No 29 Glider Servicing Echelons | |
Bikram | No 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 148 Staging Post | Not yet operational |
Chittagong | No 21 Staging Post | |
Chittagong | No 27 Staging Post | |
Chittagong | No 78 Staging Post | |
Chittagong | No 128 Staging Post | |
Chittagong | No 136 Staging Post | |
Chittagong | No 206 Staging Post | |
Chittagong | No 209 Staging Post | |
Chittagong | No 9 Ferry Unit (Detachment) | |
Chittagong | No 345 Mobile Transport Wing | |
Chittagong | No 117 Sqn | Dakota |
Cocos Islands | No 129 Staging Post | |
Colombo | Air Booking Centre | |
Comilla | No 79 Staging Post | |
Comilla | No 203 Staging Post | |
Delhi | Air Booking Centre | |
Digri | No 60 Staging Post | |
Dinjan | No 77 Staging Post | |
Dinjan | RAF Signals Centre | |
Drigh Road | No 202 Staging Post | |
Drigh Road | No 8 Ferry Unit | |
Dum Dum | Station HQ | |
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) | |
Jharsaguda | Station HQ | |
Jharsaguda | No 26 Staging Post | |
Jharsaguda | No 205 Staging Post | |
Jiwani | RAF Station (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 | |
Kargi Road | No 5 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
Kunming (China) | RAF Unit | |
Kyaukpyu | No 436 (RCAF) Sqn | Dakota |
Kyaukpyu | No 31 Sqn | Dakota |
Kyaukpyu | No 342 (Mobile) Wing | |
Lahore | No 47 Staging Post | |
Madras | Air Booking Centre | |
Maharajpur (Gwalior) | RAF Station No 49 Staging Post | |
Mandalay | No 134 Staging Post | |
Mauripur (Sind) | No 700 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 1) | |
Mauripur (Sind) | Station HQ | |
Mauripur (Sind) | No 48 (Terminal) Staging Post | |
Meiktila | No 204 Staging Post | |
Meiktila | No 9 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit | |
Meiktila | No 8 Staging Post Detachment | |
Mingladon | No 5 Staging Post | |
Mingladon | No 8 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 | |
Poona | No 153 Staging Post | |
Raipur | No 30 Glider Servicing Echelon | |
Raipur | No 31 Glider Servicing Echelon | |
Raipur | No 3 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
Ramree | No 102 Staging Post | |
Ramree | No 208 Staging Post | |
Ranchi | No 3 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 435 (RCAF) Sqn | Dakota |
Upper Topa | No 669 (Glider) Sqn | |
Vizagapatam | No 34 Staging Post | |
Yelahanka | No 58 Staging Post | |
Mobile Signals Units |
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No 5877 MSU | No 5937 MSU | No 5923 MSU |
No 5929 MSU | No 5930 MSU | No 5809 MSU |
No 5936 MSU | No 5878 MSU | No 5924 MSU |
No 5879 MSU | No 5926 MSU |
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 |
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 19 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 92 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 | Schleswig | |
No 18 Staging Post | Valkenberg (The Hague) |
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) | |
Point 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) |
HQ - RAF Northwood
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station North Weald | Station in TTC | |
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 |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No details listed |
Source - SD161 (61st Edition) - October 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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