Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Overseas Commands/Units - December 1945

[AHQ West Africa | Units in Australia | Units in the USA]

Air Headquarters, West Africa

HQ - Freetown

 

Location	Unit	Notes
Accra (Gold Coast)	Air HQ
Accra (Gold Coast)	No 55 Staging Post
Accra (Gold Coast)	West Africa Transport & Communication Sqn
Bathurst (Gambia)	RAF Detachment
Ikeja (Nigeria)	No 50 Staging Post
Ikeja (Nigeria)	No 1561 (Meteorological) Flt
Jui (Sierra Leone)	RAF Detachment
Kano (Nigeria)	No 52 Staging Post
Maiduguri (Nigeria)	No 53 Staging Post
Port Etienne (Mauritania)	No 51 Staging Post
Takoradi (Gold Coast)	No 68 Staging Post
Takoradi (Gold Coast)	No 33 Embarkation Unit
Takoradi (Gold Coast)	No 386 Maintenance Unit	Equipment Holding Unit
Waterloo (Sierra Leone)	No 66 Staging Post
Waterloo (Sierra Leone)	No 1562 (Meteorological) Flt
Yumdum (Gambia)	No 54 Staging Post

Units in Australia

HQ - Melbourne, Australia

 

Location	Unit	Notes
Archerfield (Brisbane)	No 194 Staging Post
Archerfield (Brisbane)	No 1315 Servicing Echelon
Brisbane	No 9 Special Liaison Unit	Administered by the RAAF
Camden	Station HQ
Camden	No 243 Sqn	Dakota/Anson
Garbutt (Townville)	No 193 Staging Post
Kingsford Smith Airport (Mascot, Sydney)	No 145 Staging Post
Melbourne	No 300 Group
Melbourne	Base Accounts Office
Narromine	No 618 Sqn	Mosquito
Parafield	No 238 Sqn	Dakota
Port Moresby	No 199 Staging Post

Units in the United States of America

Administered by the RAF Delegation, Washington

 

Location	Unit	Notes
Miami	No 65 Embarkation Unit
New York	No 56 Embarkation Unit
New York	No 30 Personnel Transit Centre
San Francisco	No 97 Embarkation Unit

Source - SD161 (63rd Edition) - December 1945

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