Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Home Command and Other Home Units - February 1951
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HQ - RAF White Waltham
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Home Command Communication Sqn | RAF White Waltham | Various |
HQ, RAF Record Office, RAF Uxbridge (Station in Technical Training Command)
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Record Office | RAF Gloucester | |
RAF Station Innsworth | Satellite, Gloucester | |
No 1 Personnel Holding Unit | RAF Innsworth | Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) |
Base Accounts Unit | RAF Innsworth | Functionally controlled by AM (SSA) |
Educational Book Depot | RAF Innsworth | Functionally controlled by AM (DES) |
RAF Record Office | RAF Ruislip | |
HQ RAF Record Office | RAF Uxbridge (Station in TTC) | Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) |
HQ - RAF Kenley
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 58 Recruiting Centre | Blackheath | |
RAF Station Booker | ||
No 1 Basic Flying Training School | RAF Booker | Chipmunk |
University of London Air Sqn | RAF Booker | Chipmunk |
Joint Services Staff College Flight | RAF Booker | |
No 55 Recruiting Centre | Brighton | |
No 5 RAF Reserve Centre | Cambridge | |
No 22 Reserve Flying School | Cambridge | Tiger Moth/Anson/Chipmunk |
Cambridge UAS | Cambridge | Chipmunk |
No 45 Recruiting Centre | Cambridge | |
No 261 Police Flight RAFVR | Cambridge | |
No 53 Recruiting Centre | Chatham | |
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Chessington | |
No 46 Recruiting Centre | Colchester | |
No 52 Recruiting Centre | Croydon | |
Home Command Gliding Instructors' School | RAF Detling | |
No 57 Recruiting Centre | Ealing | |
RAF Hospital | Ely | |
No 18 Reserve Flying School | Fairoaks | Chipmunk/Anson |
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Headley Court | |
RAF Station Mongewell Park | Satellite, Headley Court | |
No 1958 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Hendon | Auster |
No 1959 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Henlow | Auster, station in TTC |
No 1961 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Henlow | Auster, station in TTC |
No 86 Reserve Centre | RAF Hornchurch | Station in TTC |
No 17 Reserve Flying School | RAF Hornchurch | Tiger Moth/Anson, station in TTC |
No 1 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Hornchurch | |
No 47 Recruiting Centre | Ipswich (Town) | |
RAF Station Kenley | ||
No 61 Group Communication Flight | RAF Kenley | |
No 661 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ | RAF Kenley | |
No 3661 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF | RAF Kenley | |
No 1957 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Kenley | Auster |
No 1960 (AOP) Flight Type 'B' RAuxAF | RAF Kenley | Auster |
No 4 MT Company | RAF Kidbrooke |
Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov) |
Air Publication and Forms Store | RAF Kidbrooke | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DST) |
British Bombing Survey Unit | London | Functionally controlled by ACAS (Ops) |
AMMRU (O & M) | London | Functionally controlled by AM (D of O) |
Central Medical Establishment | London | Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS) |
No 1 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | London | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
No 81 Reserve Centre | London | |
No 1 Air Intelligence Unit RAFVR | London | |
No 56 Recruiting Centre | London | Kingsway, WC2 |
No 54 Recruiting Centre | Maidstone | |
No 49 Recruiting Centre | Norwich | |
No 1 Reserve Flying School | Panshanger | Chipmunk/Anson |
No 15 Reserve Flying School | Redhill | Tiger Moth/Anson |
No 4 Reserve Centre | Rochester | |
No 24 Reserve Flying School | Rochester | Tiger Moth/Anson |
No 83 Reserve Centre | RAF Stanmore Park | Station in Fighter Command |
No 265 Police Flight RAFVR | RAF Stanmore Park | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Hospital | RAF Uxbridge | Station in TTC |
No 50 Recruiting Centre | Wanstead | |
No 51 Recruiting Centre | Watford | |
Air Ministry Unit | RAF West Drayton | |
'D' Unit | RAF West Drayton |
HQ - RAF Rudloe Manor
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 622 Sqn RAuxAF | Blackbushe (MCA) | |
RAF Staff College | Bracknell | Functional control by AM (DST) |
No 36 Recruiting Centre | Bristol | |
No 662 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ | RAF Colerne | Station in Maintenance Command |
No 3662 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF | RAF Colerne | |
No 1956 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Colerne | Auster |
No 1963 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Colerne | Auster |
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Collaton Cross | |
No 27 Reserve Centre | Exeter | |
No 37 Recruiting Centre | Exeter | |
No 10 Reserve Flying School | Exeter | Tiger Moth/Anson |
Institute of Aviation Medicine | Farnborough | Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS) |
RAF Station Filton | ||
Bristol UAS | RAF Filton | |
No 12 Reserve Flying School | RAF Filton | Tiger Moth/Anson |
No 38 Recruiting Centre | Gloucester | |
GCI Station | Hack Green | |
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital | RAF Halton | Station in TTC |
Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine | RAF Halton | |
No 14 Reserve Flying School | Hamble | Tiger Moth/Anson |
Oxford UAS | Kidlington | Station in Maintenance Command |
No 62 Group Communication Flight | RAF Middle Wallop | Station in Fighter Command |
No 1962 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Middle Wallop | Auster |
Medical and Dental Training Establishment | RAF Moreton-in-Marsh | Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS) and (DGM) |
RAF Station Netheravon | ||
RAF Police Dog Training Centre | RAF Netheravon | |
RAF Component, VISTRE | RAF Netheravon | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D of Ops) |
No 39 Recruiting Centre | Oxford | |
No 1 RAF Police Wing | RAF Pershore | |
No 21 Reserve Centre | Plymouth | |
No 40 Recruiting Centre | Plymouth | |
No 41 Recruiting Centre | Portsmouth | |
No 22 Reserve Centre | RAF Pucklechurch | |
No 262 Police Flight RAFVR | RAF Pucklechurch | |
No 24 Reserve Centre | Reading | |
No 42 Recruiting Centre | Reading | |
No 43 Recruiting Centre | Salisbury | |
Southampton UAS | Southampton | Tiger Moth |
No 2 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | Southampton | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
No 44 Recruiting Centre | Southampton | |
C & M Party | RAF Staverton | |
No 23 Reserve Centre | RAF Titchfield | |
No 8 Reserve Flying School | Woodley | Tiger Moth/Anson/Chipmunk |
RAF Hospital | Wroughton | |
Satellite of RAF Hospital, Wroughton | Burderop Park |
HQ - RAF Hawarden
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 20 Recruiting Centre | Barrow | |
No 2 Reserve Flying School | Barton, Manchester | Tiger Moth/Anson |
No 21 Recruiting Centre | Birmingham | |
No 43 Reserve Centre | Bowlee | |
No 3613 (City of Manchester) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Bowlee | |
No 41 Reserve Centre | Cardiff (Llandaff) | |
No 3614 (County of Glamorgan) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Cardiff (Llandaff) | |
No 3 Reserve Flying School | Cardiff Airport | Tiger Moth/Anson |
No 1952 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | Cardiff Airport | Auster |
No 22 Recruiting Centre | Cardiff | |
No 44 Reserve Centre | Castle Bromwich | |
No 5 Reserve Flying School | Castle Bromwich | Chipmunk/Anson |
No 3605 (County of Warwick) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Castle Bromwich | |
Birmingham UAS | Castle Bromwich | Chipmunk |
No 24 Recruiting Centre | Chester | |
RAF Hospital | RAF Cosford | Station in TTC |
No 25 Recruiting Centre | Coventry | |
No 20 Personnel Transit Centre | RAF Cranage | Functional control by AM (DPS) |
No 22 Personnel Transit Centre | RAF Croft | Functional control by AM (DPS) |
No 42 Reserve Centre | Fazakerley | |
No 3611 (West Lancashire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Fazakerley | |
No 263 Police Flight RAFVR | Fazakerley | |
No 31 Recruiting Centre | Hanley, Stoke on Trent | |
RAF Station Hawarden | ||
No 63 Group Communication Flight | RAF Hawarden | |
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre | RAF Hednesford | Functional control by AM (DGM), station in TTC |
RAF Station Honiley | ||
Command Major Servicing Unit | RAF Honiley | |
Command Instrument Training Flight | RAF Honiley | Chipmunk |
RAF Station Hooton Park | ||
No 19 Reserve Flying School | RAF Hooton Park | Anson/Tiger Moth |
No 663 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ | RAF Hooton Park | |
No 3663 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF | RAF Hooton Park | |
No 1953 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Hooton Park | Auster |
No 1955 (AOP) Flight Type 'B' RAuxAF | RAF Hooton Park | Auster |
Liverpool UAS | RAF Hooton Park | |
No 26 Recruiting Centre | Liverpool | |
No 3 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | Liverpool | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
No 21 Personnel Transit Centre | Lytham | Functional control by AM (DPS) |
No 27 Recruiting Centre | Manchester | |
Manchester UAS | Manchester | |
No 28 Recruiting Centre | Newport, Monmouth | |
RAF Hospital | RAF Padgate | Station in TTC |
No 29 Recruiting Centre | Preston | |
RAF Station Ringway | ||
No 1951 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | Ringway | Auster |
No 30 Recruiting Centre | Shrewsbury | |
RAF Hospital | RAF St Athan | Station in TTC |
No 3509 (County of Stafford) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Stoke-on-Trent | |
No 32 Recruiting Centre | Swansea | |
RAF Hospital | RAF Weeton | Station in TTC |
RAF Hospital | RAF West Kirby | Station in TTC |
No 33 Recruiting Centre | Wigan | Detachment at Bolton |
RAF Hospital | RAF Wilmslow | Station in TTC |
No 45 Reserve Centre | Wolverhampton | |
No 25 Reserve Flying School | Wolverhampton | Tiger Moth/Anson/Chipmunk |
No 1954 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | Wolverhampton | Auster |
No 34 Recruiting Centre | Wolverhampton | |
RAF Station Woodvale | ||
No 35 Recruiting Centre | Worcester | |
C & M Party | RAF Wythall |
HQ - Heslington, York
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 65 Reserve Centre | Alvaston, Derby | |
No 264 Police Flight RAFVR | Alvaston, Derby | |
No 8 Recruiting Centre | Bradford | |
Hull UAS | Brough | Tiger Moth |
No 23 Recruiting Centre | Carlisle | |
Leeds UAS | RAF Church Fenton | Station in Fighter Command |
No 16 Reserve Flying School | Derby | Tiger Moth/Anson |
No 9 Recruiting Centre | Derby | |
No 69 Reserve Centre | Desford | |
No 7 Reserve Flying School | Desford | Tiger Moth/Anson |
No 1969 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | Desford | Auster |
No 61 Reserve Centre | Doncaster | |
No 9 Reserve Flying School | Doncaster | Tiger Moth/Anson |
RAF Unit | RAF Harrogate | |
No 664 (AOP) Sqn RAuxAF HQ | Hucknall | Station in Maintenance Command |
No 1970 (AOP) Flight Type 'B' RAuxAF | Hucknall | Auster |
No 3664 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF | Hucknall | |
No 10 Recruiting Centre | Huddersfield | |
No 11 Recruiting Centre | Hull | |
No 14 Recruiting Centre | Leeds | |
No 12 Recruiting Centre | Leicester | |
No 13 Recruiting Centre | Lincoln | |
No 64 Reserve Centre | RAF Long Benton | |
No 15 Recruiting Centre | Middlesborough | |
No 16 Recruiting Centre | Newcastle | |
Nottingham UAS | RAF Newton | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Hospital | RAF Nocton Hall | |
No 48 Recruiting Centre | Northampton | |
RAF Station Ouston | ||
No 1965 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Ouston | Auster |
No 64 Group Communication Flight | RAF Rufforth | Station in Maintenance Command |
No 19 Recruiting Centre | Sheffield | |
No 18 Recruiting Centre | Sunderland | |
No 2 Reserve Centre | Sywell | |
No 6 Reserve Flying School | Sywell | Tiger Moth/Anson |
RAF Station Thornaby | ||
C & M Party | RAF Usworth | |
No 23 Reserve Flying School | RAF Usworth | Tiger Moth/Anson |
Durham UAS | RAF Usworth | |
RAF Station Yeadon | ||
No 1964 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Yeadon | Auster |
HQ - RAF Turnhouse
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 1 Recruiting Centre | Aberdeen | |
RAF Station Bishopsbriggs | ||
No 101 Reserve Centre | RAF Bishopsbriggs | |
No 266 Police Flight RAFVR | RAF Bishopsbriggs | |
No 2 Recruiting Centre | Dumfries | |
No 3 Recruiting Centre | Dundee | |
RAF Station Dyce | ||
Aberdeen UAS | RAF Dyce | Tiger Moth |
No 1967 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Dyce | Auster |
No 4 Recruiting Centre | Edinburgh | |
No 5 Recruiting Centre | Glasgow | |
No 6 Recruiting Centre | Inverness | |
St Andrews UAS | RAF Leuchars | Tiger Moth, station in Coastal Command |
No 11 Reserve Flying School | Perth | Anson/Chipmunk |
Glasgow UAS | Perth | Chipmunk |
No 103 Reserve Centre | Perth | |
No 666 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ | Perth | |
No 3666 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF | Perth | |
No 1966 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | Perth | Auster |
No 7 Recruiting Centre | Perth | |
RAF Station Turnhouse | ||
No 66 Group Communication Flight | RAF Turnhouse | |
Edinburgh UAS | RAF Turnhouse | Chipmunk |
No 1968 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | RAF Turnhouse | Auster |
No 67 (Northern Ireland) Group
HQ - Whiteabbey
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 67 Group Communication Flight | RAF Aldergrove | Station in Coastal Command |
No 59 Recruiting Centre | Belfast | |
Queen's UAS | RAF Sydenham | Tiger Moth |
No 3502 (Ulster) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Whiteabbey |
Home Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Anstruther (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Aston Hill (W/T Station) | Hawarden | R |
Ballywooden (Radar) | HQ No 67 Group | R |
Borve Castle (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Brenish (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Burifa Hill (GEE) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Calveley | Hawarden | S |
Crustan (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Deerness (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Doonies Hill (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Drem | Turnhouse | R |
Dunnet Head (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
East Fortune | Turnhouse | R |
Edgehill | Moreton-in-Marsh | S |
Eorodale (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Glenarm (Radar) | HQ No 67 Group | R |
Greian Head (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Kilchiaran (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Noss Hill (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
St Cyrus (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Saligo Bay (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Saxa Vord (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Scousborough (GEE) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Skaw (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Stoke Orchard | Staverton | S |
Ulbster (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Windy Head (Radar) | HQ No 66 Group | R |
Wrexham, | Hawarden | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 5131 Bomb Disposal Sqn comprising: - | RAF North Coates | Administered by No 42 Group, Maintenance Command |
No 6204 Flt | RAF Rufforth | |
No 6209 Flt | RAF Biggin Hill | |
No 6217 Flt | RAF Waterbeach | |
No 6219 Flt | RAF Feltwell | |
No 6221 Flt | RAF Hornchurch | |
No 6226 Flt | RAF Biggin Hill | |
No 6235 Flt | RAF Driffield |
Unit | Location/Address | |
No 1 Wing | RAF Pershore | |
No 1 District
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RAF Turnhouse
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No 2 District
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RAF Thornaby
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No 3 District
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RAF Hucknall
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No 4 District
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RAF Duxford
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No 5 District
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RAF Ruislip
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No 6 District
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RAF Filton
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RAF and RAuxAF Regiment Squadrons (Home and Overseas)
Number |
Wing |
Group |
Location |
i) RAF Regiment Wing HQs | |||
1 | - |
HQ BAFO |
RAF Fassberg |
2 | - |
Transport Command |
RAF Upavon |
4 | - |
HQ BAFO |
RAF Luneburg |
6 | - | 2 | RAF Celle |
16 |
- | 2 | RAF Gutersloh |
19 |
- | AHQ Iraq | RAF Amman |
20 |
- | HQ Aden | RAF Khormaksar |
ii) Anti-Aircraft Squadrons | |||
15 |
- |
22 |
RAF Watchet |
16 |
- |
11 |
RAF Wattisham |
17 |
- |
2 |
RAF Celle |
18 |
- |
2 |
RAF Celle |
19 |
- |
2 |
RAF Gutersloh |
20 |
- |
2 |
RAF Gutersloh |
21 |
- |
AHQ Iraq |
RAF Amman |
2501 (County of Gloucestershire) (RAuxAF) |
- |
62 |
RAF Filton |
2502 (Ulster) (RAuxAF) |
- |
67 |
RAF Aldergrove |
2504 (County of Nottingham) (RAuxAF) |
- |
64 |
RAF Hucknall |
2600 (City of London) (RAuxAF) |
- |
65 |
RAF Stanmore |
2602 (City of Glasgow) (RAuxAF) |
- |
66 |
RAF Bishopbriggs |
2603 (City of Edinburgh) (RAuxAF) |
- |
66 |
RAF Turnhouse |
2605 (County of Warwick) (RAuxAF) |
- |
63 |
RAF Honiley |
2608 (North Riding) (RAuxAF) |
- |
64 |
RAF Thornaby |
2609 (West Riding) (RAuxAF) |
- |
64 |
RAF Yeadon |
2611 (West Lancashire) (RAuxAF) |
- |
63 |
RAF Woodvale |
2612 (County of Aberdeen) (RAuxAF) |
- |
66 |
RAF Dyce |
2616 (South Yorkshire) (RAuxAF) |
- |
64 |
Doncaster |
iii) Armoured Squadrons | |||
1 |
4 |
HQ BAFO |
RAF Luneburg |
2 |
19 |
AHQ Iraq |
RAF Habbaniya |
3 |
4 |
HQ BAFO |
RAF Luneburg |
4001 Flight |
19 |
AHQ Iraq |
RAF Amman |
iii) Rifle Squadrons | |||
51 |
1 |
HQ BAFO |
RAF Fassberg |
54 |
4 |
HQ BAFO |
RAF Luneburg |
56 |
- |
205 |
RAF El Hamra |
57 |
1 |
HQ BAFO |
RAF Fassberg |
58 |
20 |
HQ Aden |
RAF Khormaksar |
60 |
1 |
HQ BAFO |
RAF Fassberg |
62 |
- |
205 |
RAF El Hamra (Detachment at Ismailia) |
63 |
2 |
Transport Command |
RAF Upavon |
66 |
20 | HQ Aden | Singapore Lines |
Location | Unit | Notes |
Changi | RAF Regiment (Malaya) Depot | |
Rawang | No 91 (Rifle) Sqn | |
Kai Tak | No 92 (Rifle) Sqn | |
Kuala Lumper | No 93 (Rifle) Sqn | |
Changi | No 94 (Rifle) Sqn | |
Tengah | No 95 (Rifle) Sqn |
Location | Unit | Notes |
Habbaniya | HQ RAF Levies | |
No 1 Wing RAF Levies | ||
HQ Sqn, RAF Levies | ||
No 1 Sqn, RAF Levies | ||
No 2 Sqn, RAF Levies | ||
No 3 Sqn, RAF Levies | ||
No 4 Sqn, RAF Levies | ||
Support Sqn, RAF Levies | ||
Basrah | No 6 Sqn, RAF Levies | |
Shaibah | No 2 Wing RAF Levies | |
No 5 Sqn, RAF Levies | ||
No 7 Sqn, RAF Levies |
Location | Unit | Notes |
Dhala | No 2 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
Masirah (Muscat) | No 8 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
Singapore Lines | HQ, No 3 Wing, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
MT Section, Aden Protectorate Levies | ||
Seedaseer Lines | HQ, No 1 Wing, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
No 1 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | ||
No 3 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | ||
No 4 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | ||
Mortar Flight, Aden Protectorate Levies | ||
Depot Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | ||
Regimental Band, Aden Protectorate Levies | ||
Lake Lines | HQ, No 2 Wing, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
No 5 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | ||
No 7 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | ||
Armoured Car Section, Aden Protectorate Levies |
Source - SD161 (125th Edition) - February 1951
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