Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Far East Commands - April 1946
[ACSEA | BAFSEA | RAF Hong Kong | AHQ Burma | AHQ Ceylon | AHQ Malaya | AHQ French Indo-China | AHQ Siam | AHQ Netherlands East Indies | No 225 Group | No 226 Group | No 227 Group | No 228 Group | No 229 Group | No 232 Group | AHQ India | No 1 (Indian) Group | No 2 (Indian) Group]
Command HQ - Singapore
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Batavia | AHQ RAF Netherlands East Indies | |
Delhi | HQ Base Air Forces, SEA | |
Delhi | No 166 Signals Wing | |
Hong Kong | No 367 Wireless Unit | |
Kallang | No 2 Area Flying Control Centre | |
Kallang | No 5203 Type 'B' Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Kandy | AHQ Ceylon | |
Kandy | RAF Element of Signals Intelligence Directorate | |
Kuala Lumper | AHQ Malaya | |
Labuan | Station HQ | |
Labuan | No 104 Embarkation Unit | |
Labuan | No 2854 AA Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Labuan | No 110 Sqn | Mosquito |
Labuan | No 7110 Servicing Echelon | |
Madras | No 106 Embarkation Unit | Also shown at Panang in AHQ Malaya |
New Delhi | HQ No 229 (Transport) Group | |
Rangoon | No 368 Wireless Unit | |
Rangoon | No 370 Wireless Unit | |
Rangoon | No 164 (Signals) Wing | |
Rangoon | Legal Section, Burma | |
Rangoon | AHQ Burma | |
Rangoon | HQ, No 232 (Transport) Group | |
Saigon | RAF Component HQ SACSEA, Commission No 1 | |
Seletar | RAF Station | |
Seletar | No 5012 Type 'C' Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Seletar | No 5707 Mechanical and Electrical Flight | |
Seletar | No 314 Maintenance Unit | |
Singapore | No 59 MT Company | |
Singapore | No 5 Special Liaison Unit (SEAC and I) | |
Singapore | No 389 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Singapore | No 390 Maintenance Unit | Base Repair Depot |
Singapore | RAF Signals Centre | |
Singapore | RAF Hospital | |
Singapore | No 2 Base Signals and Radar Unit | |
Singapore | RAF Component HQ SACSEA | |
Singapore | No 5005 Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Singapore | No 5714 Mechanical and Electrical Flight | |
Singapore | No 5753 Mechanical and Electrical Flight | |
Tebrau | No 54 Repair Unit (Plant) | |
Tengah | No 5353 Airfield Construction Wing | |
Tengah | No 5008 Type 'A' Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Tengah | No 5752 Mechanical and Electrical Flight | |
Tengah | No 5755 Mechanical and Electrical Flight | |
Tengah | No 4854 Quarrying Flight | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Singapore | HQ No 7 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Singapore | HQ Company, No 7 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Singapore | HQ, No 1 Company, No 7 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Singapore | HQ, No 2 Company, No 7 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Singapore | HQ, No 3 Company, No 7 Indian Air Formation Signals |
HQ Base Air Forces SEA (ACSEA)
HQ - New Delhi, India
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Agra | HQ, No 227 Group | |
Andheri (Bombay) | Base Personnel Office | |
Bangalore | HQ, No 225 Group | |
Barrackpore | HQ, No 228 Group | |
Bilaspur | No 238 Transport Wing | |
Bombay | Base Accounts Office | |
Bombay | RAF Element, BCOF (Japan) | |
Calcutta | Chaplains Branch, RAF Base | |
Fatehjang | No 670 (Glider) Sqn | |
Fatehjang | No 672 (Glider) Sqn | |
Hong Kong | Base Personnel Office, No 3 Detachment | |
Kuala Lumper | No 4 Base Personnel Office (Det) | |
New Delhi | RAF Dental Services | |
Palam | HQ, No 226 Group | |
Rangoon | No 1 Base Personnel Office (Detachment) | |
Tambaram | No 11 Base Postal Unit | |
Tambaram | HQ British Commonwealth Air Forces of Occupation | |
Tambaram | No 5 Hygiene and Malarial Control Unit |
HQ - Hong Kong
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Hong Kong | No 5207 Type 'B' Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Hong Kong | No 5024 Type 'A' Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Hong Kong | No 5025 Type 'A' Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Hong Kong | No 5026 Type 'A' Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Hong Kong | No 4856 Well Boring Flight | |
Hong Kong | No 4857 Quarrying Flight | |
Hong Kong | No 5751 Mechanical and Electrical Flight | |
Hong Kong | RAF Hospital, Hong Kong | |
Hong Kong | No 8 Base Postal Unit, Detachment 1 | |
Ho Mun Tin | Station HQ | |
Ho Mun Tin | No XXX Forward Equipment Unit | |
Kai Tak | Station HQ | |
Kai Tak | No 228 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Kai Tak | No 132 Sqn | Spitfire |
Kai Tak | No 209 Sqn | Sunderland |
Kai Tak | No 4 Hygiene and Malarial Control Unit | |
Kai Tak | No 7155 Servicing Echelon | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | No 100 Embarkation Unit | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | No 1331 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | No 708 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | No 5358 Airfield Construction Wing | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | No 53 Repair Unit (Plant) | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | No 2706 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | No 2708 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Kowloon | HQ, No 2 Company, No 4 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
AME Stations | ||
No 14065 AMES | No 21025 AMES | No 15060 AMES |
No 15069 AMES | No 63003 AMES | No 63013 AMES |
HQ - Calcutta
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Akyab | No 19 Maintenance Unit | MT Repair Unit |
Bangkok | AHQ RAF Siam | |
Bangkok | No 684 Sqn | Mosquito |
Barrackpore | No 85 Repair and Salvage Unit (Detachment) | Forward Repair Depot |
Calcutta | No 1 Air Crew House | |
Calcutta | No 2 Air Crew House | |
Calcutta | RAF Element, ATAI Unit | |
Chittagong | No 1347 Air Sea Rescue Flight | |
Chittagong | No 229 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Hmawbi | RAF Station | |
Hmawbi | No 2942 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Hmawbi | No 9 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Hmawbi | No 10 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Meiktila | No 22 MT Repair Unit (Detachment) | |
Meiktila | No 3 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit | |
Meiktila | No 701 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B' RIAF) | |
Mingladon | No 1330 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Mingladon | Station HQ | |
Mingladon | No 8 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Mingladon | No 723 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Mingladon | No 85 Repair and Salvage Unit | Forward Repair Depot |
Mingladon | No 132 (Mobile) Repair and Salvage Unit | |
Mingladon | No 3 Hygiene and Malarial Control Unit | |
Mingladon | No 2970 Armoured Car Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Pegu | RAF Station | |
Pegu | No 719 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Pegu | No 1348 Air Sea Rescue Flight | |
Ramree | No 19 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | MT Repair Unit |
Rangoon | No 41 Embarkation Unit | |
Rangoon | No 720 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'E' RIAF) | |
Rangoon | RAF Regiment Reinforcement Pool | |
Rangoon | No 230 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Rangoon | HQ RAF Base | |
Rangoon | No 26 Personnel Transit Camp | |
Rangoon | No 8 Base Postal Unit | |
Rangoon | No 22 MT Repair Unit (Detachment) | |
Rangoon | No 56 Forward Repair Unit | Repair Depot |
Rangoon | No 5 Area Flying Control Centre | |
Rangoon | No 2 Forward Equipment Unit | |
Rangoon | No 55 MT Company | |
Rangoon | No 25 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit | |
Saigon | AHQ RAF French Indo-China | |
Tavoy | No 803 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Ywadon | No 3 (Mobile) Repair and Salvage Unit (Detachment) | |
c/o 7 Indian Div RA | No 801 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
AME Stations | ||
No 569 AMES | No 857 AMES | No 877 AMES |
No 885 AMES | No 14009 AMES | No 64001 AMES |
No 63011 AMES | No 21024 AMES | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Rangoon | HQ No 19 Air Formation Signals | |
Rangoon | HQ, No 1 Company, No 19 Air Formation Signals | |
Rangoon | HQ, No 2 Company, No 19 Air Formation Signals | |
Rangoon | HQ, No 3 Company, No 19 Air Formation Signals | |
Rangoon | HQ No 6 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Rangoon | HQ, No 1 Company, No 6 Air Formation Signals |
HQ - Colombo, Ceylon
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Colombo | No 45 Embarkation Unit | |
Colombo | No 376 Marine Craft Repair Depot | |
Colombo | No 89 Forward Equipment Unit | |
Colombo | RAF Signals Centre | |
Colombo | No 7 Base Postal Unit | |
Colombo | No 739 Meteorological Forecast Control (Type 2) | |
Cocos Islands | Station HQ | |
Cocos Islands | No 737 Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Cocos Islands | No 78 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
Diego Garcia | No 29 Advanced Flying Boat Base | |
Diego Garcia | No 800 Meteorological Reporting Centre (Type 'D') | |
Galle | No 235 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Kallang | HQ ACSEA Communication Sqn | |
Kandy | RAF Station | |
Kandy | No 3 Officers Advanced Training School | |
Kankesanturai | Station HQ | |
Kankesanturai | No 160 Sqn | Liberator |
Kankesanturai | No 203 Sqn | Liberator |
Kankesanturai | No 7160 Servicing Echelon | |
Kankesanturai | No 7203 Servicing Echelon | |
Kankesanturai | No 1346 Air Sea Rescue Flight | |
Kankesanturai | No 720 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Koggala | Station HQ | |
Koggala | No 205 Sqn | Sunderland |
Koggala | No 711 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Koggala | No 122 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
Kurunegala | No 338 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Mawatagana | No 32 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Mawatagana | No 820 Meteorological Reporting Centre | |
Negombo | RAF Station | |
Negombo | No 1303 (Meteorological) Flt | |
Negombo | AHQ Ceylon Communication Flt | |
Negombo | No 338 Maintenance Unit, Detachment | Explosive Storage Unit |
Negombo | No 713 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 3) | |
Ratmalana | No 145 Repair and Salvage Unit | Forward Recovery Depot |
Ratmalana | No 338 Maintenance Unit, 'B' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Ratmalana | No 20 MT Repair Unit | |
Ratmalana | No 8 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Trincomalee | No 712 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
AMES Stations | ||
No 8513 AMES | No 8519 AMES | No 14016 AMES |
No 1408 AMES | ||
Air Formation Signals | ||
Ratmalana | HQ No 230 Independent Company |
HQ - Kuala Lumper
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Butterworth | Station HQ | |
Butterworth | No 47 Sqn | Mosquito |
Butterworth | No 7047 Servicing Echelon | |
Kallang | 7 MT Repair Depot | |
Kallang | No 2965 AA Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kallang | No 2810 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kallang | No 2964 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kallang | No 1300 Meteorological Flight | |
Kallang | No 722 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 1) | |
Kallang | No 804 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Kallang | No 805 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Kuala Lumpur | RAF Station | |
Kuala Lumpur | AHQ Malaya Communication Sqn | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 2941 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 7136 Servicing Echelon | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 656 Sqn | Auster |
Kuala Lumpur | No 733 Meteorological Forecast Unit (Type 3) | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 736 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 3) | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 2852 AA Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 11 Sqn | Spitfire |
Kuala Lumpur | No 17 Sqn | Spitfire |
Kuala Lumpur | No 136 Sqn | Spitfire |
Penang | No 727 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Penang | No 2960 AA Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Penang | No 2802 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Penang | No 4 Area Flying Control Centre | |
Penang | No 28 Sqn | Spitfire |
Penang | No 231 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Penang | No 7028 Servicing Echelon | |
Penang | No 108 Embarkation Unit | Also shown at Madras in ACSEA |
Seletar | No 243 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Seletar | No 84 Repair and Salvage Unit | Forward Repair Depot |
Seletar | No 32 Air Stores Park | |
Seletar | No 91 Air Stores Park | |
Seletar | No 1 Hygiene and Malarial Control Unit | |
Seletar | No 230 Sqn | Sunderland |
Seletar | No 89 Sqn | Mosquito |
Seletar | No 7089 Servicing Echelon | |
Seletar | No 709 Forecast Unit, Type 2 | |
Seletar | No 681 Sqn | Spitfire |
Singapore | No 2896 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Singapore | No 1326 Wing RAF Regiment | |
Singapore | No 60 Personnel Transit Camp | |
Singapore | No 6 Base Postal Unit | |
Singapore | RAF Base HQ | |
Singapore | No 68 Embarkation Unit | |
Singapore | No 31 Movement Control Unit | |
Singapore | No 27 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit | |
Tengah | RAF Station | |
Tengah | No 11 Field Hygiene Unit | |
Tengah | No 155 Sqn | Spitfire |
Tengah | No 7017 Servicing Echelon | |
Tengah | No 1329 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Tengah | No 2759 Field Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
AME Stations | ||
No 5098 AMES | No 6170 AMES | No 6178 AMES |
No 6180 AMES | No 6367 AMES | No 6370 AMES |
No 8027 AMES | No 21022 AMES | No 61008 AMES |
No 61011 AMES | No 62015 AMES | No 62016 AMES |
No 63019 AMES | No 63020 AMES | No 14042 AMES |
No 14064 AMES | No 15138 AMES | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Kuala Lumpur | HQ No 4 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 1 Company, No 4 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 3 Company, No 4 Indian Air Formation Signals |
HQ - Saigon
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Saigon | No 717 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Saigon | No 2963 AA Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Saigon | No 684 Sqn (Half) | Mosquito |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Saigon | No 2 Company, No 6 Indian Air Formation Signals |
HQ - Bangkok
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Bangkok | No 2945 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Bangkok | No 107 Embarkation Unit | |
Don Muang | No 20 Sqn | Spitfire |
Don Muang | No 7020 Servicing Echelon | |
Don Muang | No 742 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 3) | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Bangkok | HQ, No 3 Company, Air Formation Signals |
AHQ RAF Netherland East Indies
HQ - Batavia
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Batavia | RAF Element, ATAI Unit (Detachment) | |
Kemajordan | No 60 Sqn | Thunderbolt |
Kemajordan | No 81 Sqn | Thunderbolt |
Kemajordan | No 7081 Servicing Echelon | |
Kemajordan | No 7084 Servicing Echelon | |
Kemajordan | No 721 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 1) | |
Kemajordan | No 3205 Servicing Commando Unit | |
Kemajordan | No 904 Wing | |
Kemajordan | No 47 Sqn (Detachment) | Mosquito |
Kemajordan | No 110 Sqn (Detachment) | Mosquito |
Kemajordan | No 2962 AA Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kemajordan | AHQ RAF NEI Communication Sqn | |
Kemajordan | No 681 Sqn (Detachment) | Spitfire |
Kemajordan | No 84 Sqn | Mosquito |
Medan | Station HQ | |
Medan | No 105 Embarkation Unit | |
Medan | No 2837 AA Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Medan | No 2739 Field Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Medan | No 1323 Wing, RAF Regiment | |
Medan | No 716 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Padang | No 2 Hygiene and Malarial Control Unit | |
Palembang | No 806 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Sourabaya | No 2748 Field Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Sourabaya | No 103 Embarkation Unit | |
Sourabaya | Station HQ | |
Sourabaya | No 656 Sqn Detachment | Auster |
Sourabaya | No 60 Sqn Detachment | Thunderbolt |
Sourabaya | No 7060 Servicing Echelon | |
Tana Htinggi | No 102 Embarkation Unit | |
Tana Htinggi | No 2943 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Batavia | HQ, No 2 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Singapore (for NEI) | No 1 Company, No 2 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Batavia | No 2 Company, No 2 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Medan | No 3 Company, No 2 Indian Air Formation Signals |
HQ - Bangalore, India
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Akyab | No 57 MT Company (Detachment) | |
Arkonam | No 20 (Air) Movement Control Unit | |
Avadi | No 57 MT Company | |
Bangalore | DPM Southern Area (India) | |
Bangalore | No 7 Detachment Provost Service | |
Bangalore | No 12 Detachment Provost Service | |
Bangalore | No 16 Detachment Provost Service | |
Bangalore | No 3 Hydrogen Compressor Station | |
Bangalore | No 2 Movement Control Unit | |
Bangalore | No 748 Meteorological Forecast Unit (Type 1) | |
Bangalore | HQ RAF Movements, Southern Region | |
Bangalore | No 2 Base Postal Unit (No 1 Detachment) | |
Bangalore | No 802 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Bangalore | RAF Instructors' School (EVT) | |
Bangkok | No 14 Detachment Provost Service (Detachment) | |
Barrackpore | No 33 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Basal | RAF Airborne Control Unit | |
Bhopal | No 3 Fighter Support Training Unit | |
Bhopal | Jungle Survival Instructors'' School | |
Bhopal | No 5 Sqn | Thunderbolt |
Bhopal | No 7005 Servicing Echelon | |
Bombay | HQ RAF Provost Service | |
Bombay | No 2 Base Postal Unit | |
Bombay | No 4 Base Signals Depot | |
Bombay | RAF Base HQ | |
Bombay | No 51 Embarkation Unit | |
Bombay | No 6 Detachment Provost Service | |
Bombay | No 4 Movements Control Unit | |
Bombay | RAF (CCEO) (I) Signals Unit | |
Bombay | RAF Signals Centre | |
Calcutta | No 9 Detachment Provost Service | |
Calcutta | No 11 Detachment Provost Service | |
Calcutta | DPM Bengal/Assam Area, Provost Service | |
Cannanore | No 1340 Special Flt | |
Cawnpore | No 2 Detachment Provost Service | |
Chittagong | No 57 MT Company (Detachment) | |
Cochin | No 6 Movements Control Unit | |
Cocanada | RAF Signals Section, No 2 CTC | |
Cocanada | RAF Section, No 2 CTC | |
Colombo | No 8 Detachment Provost Service | |
Hong Kong | No 21 Detachment Provost Service | |
Hong Kong | DPM Hong Kong Area, Provost Service | |
Kandy | No 10 Detachment Provost Service | |
Karachi | No 5 Detachment Provost Service | |
Kolar | Link Trainer Section | |
Kolar | No 6 Refresher Flying Unit | |
Kolar | RAF Training Mission (China) | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 20 Detachment Provost Service | |
Lahore | No 4 Detachment Provost Service | |
Maddam Bakkam | Signals Holding Unit | |
Madras | No 78 Embarkation Unit | |
Madras | No 10 Movement Control Unit | |
Madras | RAF Base HQ | |
Madras | No 15 Detachment Provost Service | |
Madras | No 17 Detachment Provost Service | |
Madras | No 22 Detachment Provost Service | |
Madras | No 64 Personnel Transit Camp | |
Madras | No 2 Base Postal Unit (No 2 Detachment) | |
Madras | No 56 Mobile Field Hospital | |
Munnar | No 6 Hill Depot | |
New Delhi | No 1 Detachment Provost Service | |
Ootacamund | No 4 Aircrew House | |
Penang | No 19 Detachment Provost Service | |
Peshawar | No 3 Detachment Provost Service | |
Poona | No 731 Meteorological Forecast Unit (Type 2) | |
Poona | No 13 Movement Control Unit | |
Rangoon | DPM Burma Area Provost Service | |
Rangoon | No 13 Detachment Provost Service | |
Red Hills Lake | Station HQ | |
Red Hills Lake | No 728 Meteorological Forecast Unit (Type 2) | |
St Thomas Mount | RAF Station | |
St Thomas Mount | Station HQ 'A' | |
St Thomas Mount | 1302 Meteorological Flight | |
St Thomas Mount | No 743 Forecast Unit (Type 2) | |
St Thomas Mount | No 45 Sqn | Mosquito |
St Thomas Mount | No 7045 Servicing Echelon | |
Santa Cruz | Station HQ | |
Secunderabad | No 11 Movement Control Unit | |
Secunderabad | RAF Regiment Depot (ACSEA) | |
Singapore | DPM Malaya | |
Singapore | No 18 Detachment Provost Service | |
Tambaram | No 2966 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Tambaram | No 121 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
Tambaram | No 63 Personnel Despatch Centre (Air) | |
Tambaram | Station HQ 'B' | |
Tanjore | No 22 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Trichinopoly | Station HQ | |
Trichinopoly | No 66 Mobile Field Hospital | |
Trombay | No 241 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Ulunderpet | No 7 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Vizagapatam | Station HQ | |
Vizagapatam | No 94 Embarkation Unit | |
Vizagapatam | No 732 Meteorological Forecast Unit (Type 2) | |
Vizagapatam | No 30 Sqn | Thunderbolt |
Vizagapatam | No 7030 Servicing Echelon | |
Wellington | No 8 Hill Depot (C & M basis) | |
Willingdon Island (Cochin) | No 63 Embarkation Unit | |
Worli | Base Reception Depot | |
Worli | No 14 Leave and Rest Camp | |
Yelahanka | Station HQ | |
Yelahanka | No 225 Group Communication Flt | |
Yelahanka | No 734 Meteorological Forecast Unit (Type 3) | |
Yelahanka | No 4 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
AME Stations | ||
No 14508 AMES | No 160 AMES | No 161 AMES |
No 162 AMES | No 163 AMES | No 5097 AMES |
No 63016 AMES | ||
Air Formation Signals | ||
Bangalore | HQ No 5 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Bangalore | No 2 Company, No 5 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Bombay | No 1 Company, No 5 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Madras | No 3 Company, No 5 Indian Air Formation Signals |
HQ - Palam
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Allahabad | No 308 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Allahabad | No 1 Movement Control Unit | |
Akyab | No 345 Maintenance Unit, 'E' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Amarda Road | No 138 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
Amla | No 318 Maintenance Unit, 'B' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Arkonam | No 346 Maintenance Unit | MT Servicing Unit |
Arkonam | No 139 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
Avadi | No 21 MT Repair Unit | |
Avadi | No 337 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Bamrauli | No 138 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 1 Detachment | |
Bhopal | No 141 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 3 Detachment | |
Bihta, Bihar | No 361 Maintenance Unit | Glider Storage and Erection Unit |
Bombay | No 305 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Bombay | HQ Link Trainer Maintenance Organisation and No 1 Party | |
Bombay | Aeronautical Inspection Service, Western Circle | |
Bombay | No 330 Maintenance Unit | MT Servicing Unit |
Bombay | RAF Element DGA, Bombay Area | |
Bombay | No 11 (RAF Element) Civil Maintenance Unit | |
Calcutta | RAF Element DGA, Calcutta Area | |
Cawnpore | No 3 Link Trainer Maintenance Party | |
Cawnpore | Aeronautical Inspection Service, Central Circle | |
Cawnpore | No 101 Air Stores Park | Equipment Depot |
Cawnpore | No 322 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Cawnpore | No 5 Movement Control Unit | |
Cawnpore | RAF Element DGA, Cawnpore Area | |
Chakeri | No 141 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 2 Detachment | |
Cossipore | No 313 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Equipment Depot |
Chittagong | No 23 MT Repair Unit | |
Chittagong | No 345 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Cox's Bazaar | No 345 Maintenance Unit, 'D' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Dacca | No 100 Air Stores Park | |
Delhi | Parachute Repair Section | |
Drigh Road, Karachi | No 301 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Drigh Road, Karachi | No 320 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Dum Dum | No 4 RAF Element of Civil MU | |
Ernakulam | No 312 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Golden Rock | No 6 MT Repair Depot | Base Repair Depot |
Gumnidipundi | No 343 Maintenance Unit, 'C' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Harbanspura (Lahore) | No 306 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Jallahalli | No 328 Maintenance Unit | MT Servicing Unit |
Jamalpur | No 325 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Jodhpur | No 141 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
Jubbulpore | No 318 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Kanchrapara | No 1 RAF Element of Civil MU | |
Kankinara | No 313 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Karachi | No 344 Maintenance Unit, 'C' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Karachi | RAF Element DGA, Karachi Area | |
Kasu Begu | No 344 Maintenance Unit, 'A' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Kolar | No 139 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 4 Detachment | |
Korangi Creek | No 374 Maintenance Unit | Flying Boat Servicing Unit |
Lahore | No 307 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Lahore | Aeronautical Inspection Service, Northern Circle | |
Lahore | No 8 Movement Control Unit | |
Lahore | No 2 Link Trainer Maintenance Organisation | |
Lahore | RAF Element DGA, Lahore Area | |
Lucknow | HQ RAF Element DGA | |
Madras | Aeronautical Inspection Service, Southern Circle | |
Madras | RAF Element DGA, Madras Area | |
Manauri | No 302 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Mauripur | No 141 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 1 Detachment | |
Mymensingh | No 321 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Nowshera | No 344 Maintenance Unit, 'D' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Palam | Action Squad | |
Palam | No 226 Group Communication Flt | |
Palam | No 309 Maintenance Unit | MT Servicing Unit |
Panagarh | No 385 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Pharpamau | No 352 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Poona | No 139 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 5 Detachment | |
Pulgaon | No 341 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Quetta | No 344 Maintenance Unit, 'B' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Ramree | No 345 Maintenance Unit, 'B' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Ranchi | No 138 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 2 Detachment | |
Salawas | No 355 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Salbani | No 138 Maintenance Unit | Repair and Salvage Section |
Secunderabad | No 343 Maintenance Unit, 'B' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Silchar | No 321 Maintenance Unit, 'B' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
St Thomas Mount | No 139 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 1 Detachment | |
St Thomas Mount | No 320 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Repair Depot |
Tilda | No 17 MT Repair Unit | |
Trichinopoly | No 2 RAF Element of Civil MU | |
Trichinopoly | No 139 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 3 Detachment | |
Trombay | No 341 Maintenance Unit, 'B' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Whitefield | No 343 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Yelahanka | No 139 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 2 Detachment |
HQ - Agra
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Agra | No 227 Group Communication Flt | |
Agra | RAF Movements, Central Region HQ | |
Allahabad | No 11 RAF General Hospital | |
Ambala | Central Map Section | |
Ambala | RAF Signals Centre Detachment | |
Bamrauli | No 740 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Calcutta | No 11 Central Medical Board | |
Chaklala | No 1577 Airborne Experimental Flight | Also shown in No 229 Group |
Chaklala | Station HQ | |
Chaklala | No 3 Parachute Training School | |
Chaklala | RAF Element, Air Transport Development Centre | |
Delhi | RAF Signals Centre | |
Delhi | Station HQ | |
Delhi | No 7 Movements Control Unit | |
Delhi | No 10 Central Medical Board | |
Digri | No 298 Sqn | Halifax |
Drigh Road | No 745 Meteorological Forecast Unit (Type 2) | |
Fatehjang | Station HQ | |
Jubbulpore | No 22 Movement Control Unit | |
Johdpur | Station HQ | |
Karachi | RAF Base HQ | |
Karachi | No 57 Embarkation Unit | |
Karachi | No 9 Movement Control Unit | |
Karachi | No 1 Base Postal Unit | |
Karachi | No 10 RAF General Hospital | |
Karachi | No 234 Air Sea Rescue Flight | |
Kashmir (Sringar) | Aircrew Mountain Centre | |
Lower Topa | No 1 Hill Depot (C & M basis) | |
Maharajpur | No 57 Flying Control Section (Type 'D') | |
Mauripur | No 12 Movement Control Unit | |
Nagpur | No 1301 Meteorological Flt | |
Naini Tal | No 9 Hill Depot (C & M basis) | |
New Delhi | RAF Element DCO (I) | |
New Delhi | Publications and Forms Store | |
New Delhi | No 4 Base Postal Unit | |
New Delhi | HQ BAFSEA Communication Sqn | |
New Delhi | No 1 Touring Concert Party | |
New Delhi | No 2 Touring Concert Party | |
New Delhi | Gang Show | |
Raipur | No 5 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
Raipur | No 738 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'E' IAF) | |
Rawalpindi | HQ RAF Movements, North Western Region | |
Samungli | No 21 Care and Maintenance Party | |
AME Stations | ||
No 156 AMES | No 157 AMES | No 158 AMES |
No 159 AMES | No 176 AMES | No 177 AMES |
No 178 AMES | No 179 AMES | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Delhi Cantonment (Palam) | HQ No 3 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Delhi Cantonment | No 3 Company, No 3 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Allahabad | No 1 Company, No 3 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Karachi | HQ No 2 Company, No 3 Indian Air Formation Signals |
HQ - Barrackpore, India
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Agartala | No 2971 Armoured Car (H) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Agartala | No 2972 Armoured Car (H) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Baigachi | Station HQ | |
Baigachi | No 176 Sqn | Mosquito |
Baigachi | No 7176 Servicing Echelon | |
Baigachi | Conversion Flight | |
Baigachi | No 707 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 1) | |
Baigachi | No 702 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'A' RIAF) | |
Bally | No 329 MT Servicing Unit | |
Barrackpore | No 228 Group Communication Flight | |
Calcutta | No 807 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Calcutta | No 808 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Calcutta | No 809 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Calcutta | No 810 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Calcutta | RAF Signals Centre | |
Calcutta | No 35 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Calcutta | HQ RAF Movements, Eastern Region | |
Calcutta | No 5 Base Postal Unit | |
Calcutta | No 5 Base Signals Depot | |
Calcutta | RAF Base HQ | |
Calcutta | No 3 Movement Control Unit | |
Calcutta | No 9 RAF General Hospital | |
Calcutta | No 54 Embarkation Unit | |
Calcutta | Aeronautical Inspection Service, NE Circle | |
Chakulia | No 21 (Air) Movement Control Unit | |
Chakulia | No 68 Mobile Field Hospital | |
Chakulia | No 706 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Charra | No 329 MT Servicing Unit (Detachment) | |
Chittagong | No 17 Movement Control Unit | |
Chittagong | No 735 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 3) | |
Chittagong | RAF Administrative Unit | |
Chittagong | No 79 Embarkation Unit | |
Chittagong | No 227 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Comilla | RAF Station | |
Comilla | No 713 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B' IAF) | |
Cossipore | RAF Kit Repository | |
Dalbumgarh | No 62 Personnel Despatch Centre (Air) | |
Darjeeling | No 11 Hill Depot | |
Dhubalia | No 31 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Dhubalia | No 658 (AOP) Sqn | |
Dhubalia | No 659 (AOP) Sqn | |
Jessore | Station HQ | |
Jessore | No 725 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Kanchrapara | Station HQ | |
Khulna | No 255 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Konnager | No 6 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Manipur Road | No 18 Movement Control Unit | |
Parbatipur | No 19 Movement Control Unit | |
Ranchi | Tactical & Weapon Development Unit | |
Ranchi | Station HQ | |
Ranchi | No 3 School of Hygiene | |
Ranchi | No 703 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'C' RIAF) | |
Ranchi | No 22 Armament Practice Camp | |
Ranchi | No 9 Refresher Flying Unit | |
Salbani | Station HQ | |
Salbani | No 9 Sqn | Lancaster |
Salbani | No 617 Sqn | Lancaster |
Salbani | No 718 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Salbani | No 159 Sqn | Liberator |
Salbani | No 7159 Servicing Echelon | |
Salbani | No 355 Sqn | Liberator |
Salbani | No 7355 Servicing Echelon | |
AME Stations | ||
No 164 AMES | No 165 AMES | No 166 AMES |
No 167 AMES | No 21023 AMES | No 21024 AMES |
No 23010 AMES | No 23011 AMES | No 23012 AMES |
No 23013 AMES | ||
Air Formation Signals | ||
Behala | HQ, No 1 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Behala | No 2 Company, No 1 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Kharagpur | No 1 Company, No 1 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
Chittagong | No 3 Company, No 1 Indian Air Formation Signals |
No 229 (Transport) Group (ACSEA)
HQ - New Delhi, India
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Arkonam | RAF Station (No 209 Staging Post) | |
Arkonam | No 729 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Bamrauli | No 36 Staging Post | |
Bangalore | Air Booking Centre | |
Baroda | No 1334 (Transport Support) Conversion Unit | |
Bilaspur | No 20 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Bombay | Air Booking Centre | |
Calcutta | Air Booking Centre | |
Chakala | No 148 Staging Post | |
Chakulia | RAF Station (No 210 Staging Post) | |
Chakulia | No 158 Staging Post | |
Chor | No 48 Staging Post (Detachment) | |
Cocos Islands | No 129 Staging Post | |
Colombo | Air Booking Centre | |
Delhi | Air Booking Centre | |
Dinjan | RAF Signals Centre | |
Drigh Road | No 202 Staging Post | |
Dum Dum | Station HQ (No 38 Staging Post) | |
Dum Dum | No 52 Sqn | Dakota |
Dum Dum | No 715 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Fatehjang | No 20 Glider Servicing Echelon | |
Fatehjang | No 21 Glider Servicing Echelon | |
Gujrat | Station HQ | |
Hakimpet | No 39 Staging Post | |
Hakimpet | No 744 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Jharsaguda | Station HQ | |
Jiwani | RAF Station (No 45 Staging Post) | |
Jiwani | No 705 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B' IAF) | |
Jodhpur | No 710 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Jodhpur | No 46 Staging Post | |
Kallang | No 3 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
Karachi | No 108 Transport Wing | |
Karachi | Air Booking Centre | |
Karachi | RAF Element Joint Flying Control Centre | |
Karachi | No 1349 ASR Unit | |
Lahore | No 47 Staging Post | |
Madras | Air Booking Centre | |
Mauripur (Sind) | No 700 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 1) | |
Mauripur (Sind) | Station HQ | |
Mauripur (Sind) | No 48 Staging Post | |
Mauripur (Sind) | No 77 Sqn | |
Nagpur | No 59 Staging Post | |
Negombo | No 32 Staging Post | |
Padang | No 37 Staging Post | |
Palam | Station HQ | |
Palam | No 229 Group Communication Flight | |
Palam | No 232 Sqn | Liberator |
Palam | No 353 Sqn | Dakota/York |
Palam | No 9 Staging Post | |
Palam | No 724 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Poona | No 10 Sqn | Dakota |
Poona | No 76 Sqn | Dakota |
Poona | Station HQ (No 153 Staging Post) | |
St Thomas Mount | No 57 Staging Post | |
Satna | No 101 Staging Post | |
Santa Cruz | No 56 Staging Post | |
Santa Cruz | No 1588 Heavy Freight Flight | |
Trichinopoly | No 156 Staging Post | |
Tulihal | No 77 Staging Post | |
Vizagapatam | No 34 Staging Post | |
Walton, Lahore | RAF Element India Detachment of Chinese Air Force Cadet School | |
Yelahanka | No 58 Staging Post |
Command HQ - Rangoon
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Akyab | Station HQ (No 207 Staging Post) | |
Akyab |
No 3 Area Flying Control Centre | |
Akyab | No 69 Embarkation Unit | |
Akyab | No 726 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Amboyna | No 215 Staging Post | |
Balikpapan | No 214 Staging Post | |
Bangkok | No 3 Staging Post | |
Butterworth | No 60 Staging Post | |
Chittagong | No 206 Staging Post | |
Hong Kong | Air Booking Centre | |
Hong Kong | No 300 Wing | |
Hanoi | No 203 Staging Post | |
Hanoi | RAF Station (No 77 Staging Post) | |
Hmawbi | No 96 Sqn | Dakota |
Hmawbi | No 747 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Kai Tak | No 200 Staging Post | |
Kai Tak | No 201 Staging Post | |
Kallang | No 13 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit | |
Kallang | No 211 Staging Post | |
Kallang | No 48 Sqn | Dakota |
Kallang | RAF Station (No 67 Staging Post) | |
Kuala Lumper | No 154 Staging Post | |
Kemajordan | No 69 Staging Post | |
Kemajordan | No 31 Sqn | Dakota |
Kemajordan | No 9 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit | |
Labuan | No 157 Staging Post | |
Macassar (Celebes) | No 196 Staging Post | |
Medan | No 35 Staging Post | |
Meiktila | RAF Station (No 204 Staging Post) | |
Mergui | RAF Station (No 26 Staging Post) | |
Mingladon | No 8 Staging Post | |
Mingladon | No 341 Mobile Wing | |
Mingladon | No 342 Mobile Wing | |
Mingladon | No 267 Sqn | Dakota |
Mingladon | No 232 Group Communications Flight | |
Palembang | No 49 Staging Post | |
Rangoon | Air Booking Centre | |
Saigon | RAF Station (No 2 Staging Post) | |
Shanghai | Air Booking Centre | |
Singapore | Air Booking Centre | |
Sourabaya | No 155 Staging Post | |
Tokyo | Air Booking Centre | |
Tulihal | No 704 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type B RIAF) | |
Mobile Signals Unit | ||
No 5763 MSU | ||
No 5765 MSU | No 5767 MSU | |
No 5772 MSU | ||
No 5777 MSU | No 5778 MSU | No 5795 MSU |
No 5796 MSU | No 5798 MSU | |
No 5802 MSU | No 5806 MSU | |
No 5812 MSU | ||
No 5815 MSU | No 5816 MSU | |
No 5818 MSU | No 5830 MSU | |
No 5831 MSU | No 5832 MSU | No 5833 MSU |
No 5835 MSU | No 5836 MSU | |
No 5841 MSU | ||
No 5846 MSU | No 5854 MSU | |
No 5855 MSU | No 5856 MSU | No 5857 MSU |
No 5861 MSU | ||
No 5867 MSU | ||
No 5887 MSU | No 5913 MSU | |
No 5915 MSU | No 5916 MSU | |
No 5920 MSU | ||
No 5921 MSU | No 5922 MSU | |
No 5938 MSU | ||
No 5939 MSU | ||
No 5842 MSU | No 5944 MSU | |
No 5945 MSU | ||
No 5948 MSU | No 5956 MSU | |
No 55511 MSU | No 55512 MSU | |
No 55513 MSU | No 55514 MSU | No 55515 MSU |
No 55523 MSU | ||
No 55565 MSU | ||
No 55583 MSU | No 55610 MSU | No 55635 MSU |
No 55100 MSU | No 55638 MSU | No 55652 MSU |
No 55659 MSU | ||
No 55666 MSU | No 55667 MSU | |
No 55668 MSU | No 55669 MSU | |
No 55662 MSU | No 55663 MSU | No 55664 MSU |
Command HQ - New Delhi
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Agra | Agra University Unit | |
Allahabad | Allahabad University Unit | |
Allahabad | Northern Area HQ | |
Aligarh | Muslim University Unit | |
Amritsar | No 1 Punjab University (Khalsa College Detachment) | |
Andheri | RIAF Record Office | |
Bangalore | No 2 Mysore University Unit | |
Benares | Benares University Unit | |
Bombay | Bombay University Unit | |
Bombay | RIAF Central Accounts Office | |
Calcutta | Calcutta University Unit | |
Chidamparam | Annamalai University Unit | |
Cuttack | Utkal University Unit | |
Dacca | Dacca University Unit | |
Delhi | Delhi University Unit | |
Ernakulam | No 2 Madras University Unit | |
Guntur | Andhra University Unit | |
Hyderabad | Osmania University Unit | |
Juhu | RIAF Demonstration Flight | |
Kohat | No 2 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Lahore | No 1 Punjab University Unit | |
Lucknow | Lucknow University Unit | |
Madras | Southern Area HQ | |
Madras | No 1 Madras University Unit | |
Maharajpur | No 7 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Mysore | No 1 Mysore University Unit | |
Nagpur | Nagpur University Unit | |
Patna | Patna University Unit | |
Peshawar | No 2 Punjab University Unit | |
Peshawar | HQ, No 1 (Indian) Group | |
Secunderabad | HQ, No 2 (Indian) Group | |
Trivandrum | Travancore University Unit |
Group HQ - Peshawar
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Ambala | HQ No 2 AA Co-operation Unit and Training Flight | |
Ambala | No 1 Service Flying Training School | |
Ambala | RAF Station | |
Ambala | RIAF Band | |
Digri | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'B' Flt | |
Jodhpur | No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | |
Karachi | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'A' Flight | |
Katni | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, 'D' Flt | |
Kohat | RAF Station | |
Kohat | No 1 (RIAF) Sqn | Spitfire |
Kohat | No 6 (RIAF) Sqn | Spitfire |
Miranshah | No 1 (RIAF) Sqn (1 x Flight) | Spitfire |
Peshawar | RAF Station | |
Peshawar | No 151 OTU | |
Poona | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, 'A' Flt (Detachment) | |
St Thomas Mount | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'C' Flt | |
Vizagapatam | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'C' Flt (Detachment) | |
Yelahanka | No 3 (RIAF) Sqn | Spitfire |
Group HQ - Secunderabad
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Jallahalli | No 2 Demobilisation Centre | |
Jallahalli | Medical Training Centre | |
Lahore | No 1 Demobilisation Centre | |
Poona | No 1 Initial Training Wing | |
Secunderbad | Non-Technical Training Centre | |
Secunderbad | No 2 School of Air Force Technical Training | |
Secunderbad | No 14 School of Air Force Technical Training |
Source - SD161 (67th Edition) - April 1946
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