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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Other
Overseas Commands/Units - June 1947
[No 500 Wing | Units in Australia | Units in the USA | BCOF (Japan)]
HQ - Freetown
| Location | Unit | Notes |
| Ikeja (Nigeria) | West African Communication Sqn (Detachment) | Anson |
| Takoradi (Gold Coast) | West African Communication Sqn | Dakota/Anson |
HQ - Melbourne, Australia
| Location | Unit | Notes |
| Melbourne | RAF Mission Australia and New Zealand |
RAF Units in Southern Rhodesia
Administered by the Air Training Wing, Southern Rhodesia
| School | Location | Notes |
| No 4 Flying Training School | Heany, Bulawayo | |
| Equipment Depot | Khami Road, Bulawayo | |
| HQ Air Training Wing | Kumalo, Bulawayo | |
| No 5 Flying Training School | Thornhill, Gwelo |
British Commonwealth Air Forces of Occupation (Japan)
| Location | Unit | Notes |
| Beppu | Provost and Security Services (RAF) (Detachment) | |
| Bofu | HQ, No 81 RAAF Wing | |
| Bofu | No 76 RAAF Sqn | Mustang |
| Bofu | No 77 RAAF Sqn | Mustang |
| Bofu | No 82 RAAF Sqn | Mustang |
| Bofu | No 381 RAAF Base Sqn | |
| Bofu | No 481 Maintenance Sqn (RAAF) | |
| Bofu | No 5 Airfield Construction Sqn (Detachment) | |
| Bofu | No 5 Hygiene and Malaria Control Unit (Detachment) | |
| Bofu | No 214 Indian Wing Signals Section (Detachment) | |
| Bofu | No 221 Indian Line Section (Detachment) | |
| Bofu | No 8 Australia Command, Air Liaison Section | |
| Eta Jima | No 91 Air Stores Park (Detachment) | |
| Hiroshima | No 111 Mobile Fighter Control Unit (Detachment) | |
| Iwakuni | BC Air Station Iwakuni | |
| Iwakuni | No 14 RNZAF Sqn | |
| Iwakuni | Provost and Security Services (RAF) | |
| Iwakuni | No 11 Base Postal Unit | |
| Iwakuni | No 241 ASR Unit | |
| Iwakuni | No 5 Airfield Construction Sqn RAAF | |
| Iwakuni | No 91 Air Stores Park | |
| Iwakuni | No 21 MT Repair Unit | |
| Iwakuni | No 3 Repair an Salvage Unit (Detachment) | |
| Iwakuni | BC Air Hospital, Iwakuni | |
| Iwakuni | No 5 Hygiene and Malaria Control Unit | |
| Iwakuni | No 707 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
| Iwakuni | No 233 Independent Company, HQ Air Formation Signals | |
| Iwakuni | No 214 Indian Wing Signals Section (Detachment) | |
| Iwakuni | No 217 Indian Wing Signals Section (Detachment) | |
| Iwakuni | No 228 Indian Line Section | |
| Iwakuni | No 231 Indian Telegraph Operating Section | |
| Iwakuni | No 220 Indian Despatch Rider Section | |
| Iwakuni | No 111 Mobile Fighter Control Unit | |
| Iwakuni | No 9 Canteen Issue Point | |
| Iwakuni | No 858 Indian Supply Pool (S) | |
| Iwakuni | No 4002 RAF Regiment Rifle Flight | |
| Iwakuni | No 8 Indian Field Bakery (Detachment) | |
| Iwakuni | No 58 Indian Air Liaison Section (Type B) | |
| Iwakuni | No 1315 Flight | |
| Kure | No 106 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
| Kure | No 64 Personnel Transit Section (Detachment) | |
| Kure | Provost and Security Services (RAF) (Detachment) | |
| Otake | No 64 Personnel Transit Section (Detachment) | |
| Tokyo | Provost and Security Services (RAF) (Detachment) | |
| Yonago | BC Air Station, Miho | |
| Yonago | No 11 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Yonago | No 17 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Yonago | No 4 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
| Yonago | Provost and Security Services (RAF) (Detachment) | |
| Yonago | No 725 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
| Yonago | No 3 Repair an Salvage Unit | |
| Yonago | No 5 Airfield Construction Sqn (Detachment) | |
| Yonago | No 5 Hygiene and Malaria Control Unit (Detachment) | |
| Yonago | No 217 Indian Wing Signals Section | |
| Yonago | No 221 Indian Line Section | |
| Yonago | No 112 Indian Air Liaison Section | |
| Yonago | No 111 Mobile Fighter Control Unit (Detachment) |
Source - SD161 (81st Edition) - Jun 1947
[No 500 Wing | Units in Australia | Units in the USA | BCOF (Japan)]
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