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British Air Forces of Occupation (Germany) - September 1949


[BAFO | No 2 Group | No 85 Group | No 46 Group]

HQ BAFO

HQ BAFO - Bad Eilsen

 
Unit Location Notes
RAF Station Bad Eilsen    
BAFO HQ Unit RAF Bad Eilsen  
Air Traffic Control Centre RAF Bad Eilsen  
No 2 RAF Police Wing RAF Buckeburg  
BAFO Drafting Unit RAF Buckeburg  
No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment RAF Buckeburg  
No 1 Sqn, No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment RAF Buckeburg  
Air Passenger Control Centre Minden  
BAFO UK Liaison Staff RAF Stanmore  
No 5357 Airfield Construction Wing RAF Sundern  
No 2 Sqn, No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment RAF Utersen  

 

No 2 Group

HQ - RAF Sundern

 
Unit Location Notes
RAF Station Buckeburg    
RAF Station, Detmold    
No 652 (AOP) Sqn RAF Detmold  
No 1904 (AOP) Flight, Type 'A' RAF Detmold  
No 1905 (AOP) Flight, Type 'B' RAF Detmold
No 3652 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAF Detmold  
RAF Station Eindhoven (Holland)    
No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit RAF Eindhoven
No 4 Mobile Radar Control Post Gronau  
RAF Station Gutersloh    
No 3 Sqn RAF Gutersloh Vampire
No 16 Sqn RAF Gutersloh Vampire
No 26 Sqn RAF Gutersloh Vampire
No 33 Sqn RAF Gutersloh Tempest
No 80 Sqn RAF Gutersloh Spitfire
No 2 Group Communication Flight RAF Gutersloh Anson/Mosquito
No 11 GCA Unit RAF Gutersloh  
No 12 GCA Unit RAF Gutersloh  
Parachute Jumping Training Unit Hildesheim  
No 9 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit Hildesheim
RAF Station Schwechat (Austria)
RAF Station Sundern
No 15054 Forward Director Post RAF Sundern
RAF Station Wahn    
No 2 Sqn RAF Wahn Spitfire
No 4 Sqn RAF Wahn Mosquito
No 11 Sqn RAF Wahn Mosquito
No 14 Sqn RAF Wahn Mosquito
No 98 Sqn RAF Wahn Mosquito
No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section RAF Wahn
No 15053 Forward Director Post RAF Wahn
Central Germany Gee Chain Winterburg  
Master Radar Station RAF Wunstorf  
RAF Station Zeltweg,
C & M Party RAF Zeltweg

 

No 85 Group

HQ - RAF Utersen

 
Unit Location Notes
RAF Station Bad Harzburg    
Convalescent Section of No 8 RAF General Hospital RAF Bad Harzburg  
No 2 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit RAF Gutersloh
No 431 Equipment Depot Hamburg
No 398 Maintenance Unit Hesedorf  
No 5 MT Base Unit Langenhorn  
RAF Station Luneburg    
RAF Hospital Rinteln  
RAF Station, St Hubertus    
No 5352 Airfield Construction Wing RAF St Hubertus  
No 52 Repair Unit (Plant) RAF St Hubertus  
BAFO Rest Centre Scharfoldendorf  
RAF Station Sylt
RAF Leave Centre RAF Sylt
RAF Station Utersen    
No 317 Supply and Transport Column RAF Utersen
BAFO Ground Combat Training School RAF Utersen  
No 1 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit RAF Utersen

No 46 (Transport) Group

HQ - RAF Buckeburg

Operationally controlled by HQ BAFO; Administratively controlled jointly by HQ BAFO, and HQ Transport Command

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Celle    
Aircrew Rest Centre Eckernforde
RAF Station, Fassberg    
RAF Station Gatow    
No 5 Ground Controlled Approach Unit RAF Gatow
RAF Station, Lubeck    
Transport Command Detachment RAF Lubeck Dakota
RAF Station Schleswigland
Transport Command Detachment RAF Schleswigland Hastings
RAF Station Wunstorf    
Transport Command Detachment RAF Wunstorf York
No 4 Ground Controlled Approach Unit RAF Wunstorf  

Source - SD161 (108th Edition) - September 1949

[BAFO | No 2 Group | No 85 Group | No 46 Group]

This page was last updated on 13/07/23©  

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