Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Other Overseas Commands/Units - January 1945
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HQ - Freetown
Location | Unit | Notes |
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | No 490 Sqn RNZAF (Advanced Base) | Sunderland |
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | No 204 Sqn (Advanced Base) | Sunderland |
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | No 270 Sqn (Advanced Base) | Sunderland |
Apapa (Nigeria) | Station HQ | |
Apapa (Nigeria) | No 270 Sqn | Sunderland |
Bathurst (Gambia) | Station HQ | |
Bathurst (Gambia) | No 44 Embarkation Unit | |
Bathurst (Gambia) | No 95 Sqn | Sunderland |
Bathurst (Gambia) | No 202 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Dakar (Senegal) | No 343 (French Naval) Sqn | Sunderland |
Dakar (Senegal) | No 344 (French Naval) Sqn | Wellington |
Fishlake (Liberia) | No 490 Sqn RNZAF (Advanced Base) | Sunderland |
Fishlake (Liberia) | No 204 Sqn (Advanced Base) | Sunderland |
Fishlake (Liberia) | No 270 Sqn (Advanced Base) | Sunderland |
Freetown (Sierra Leone) | No 26 Embarkation Unit | |
Freetown (Sierra Leone) | W/T Station | |
Freetown (Sierra Leone) | Base Personnel Office | |
Freetown (Sierra Leone) | No 36 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Freetown (Sierra Leone) | No 201 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Ikeja (Nigeria) | No 1561 (Meteorological) Flt | |
Ikeja (Nigeria) | No 26 (South African) Sqn (Advanced Base) | Wellington |
Jui (Sierra Leone) | Station HQ | |
Jui (Sierra Leone) | No 490 Sqn RNZAF | Sunderland |
Jui (Sierra Leone) | No 5151 Mechanical and Electrical Sqn | |
Jui (Sierra Leone) | No 204 Sqn | Sunderland |
Kossoh (Sierra Leone) | No 176 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Holding Unit |
Lagos (Nigeria) | No 38 Embarkation Unit | |
Lagos (Nigeria) | No 298 Wing | |
Libreville (French Equatorial Africa) | No 270 Sqn (Advanced Base) | Sunderland |
Maiduguri (Nigeria) | No 1560 (Meteorological) Flt | |
Oshodi (Nigeria) | RAF Detachment | |
Point Noire (French Equatorial Africa) | No 270 Sqn (Advanced Base) | Sunderland |
Point Noire (French Equatorial Africa) | No 26 (South African) Sqn (Advanced Base) | Wellington |
Port Etienne (Gambia) | No 95 Sqn (Advanced Base) | Sunderland |
Port Etienne (Gambia) | No 343 (French Naval) Sqn (Advanced Base) | Sunderland |
Port Etienne (Gambia) | No 344 (French Naval) Sqn (Advanced Base) | Wellington |
Robertsfield (Liberia) | No 26 (South African) Sqn (Advanced Base) | Wellington |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | Station HQ | |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | No 26 (South African) Sqn | Wellington |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | No 116 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Acceptance Unit |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | No 33 Embarkation Unit | |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | Communication Flt | |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | RAF Hospital | |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | Central Accounts Office | |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | No 178 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Holding Unit |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | No 26 (SAAF) Sqn | |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | No 249 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Waterloo (Sierra Leone) | Station HQ (Nucleus) | |
Waterloo (Sierra Leone) | No 1562 (Meteorological) Flt | |
Waterloo (Sierra Leone) | Communication Flt | |
Yumdum (Gambia) | Station HQ | |
Yumdum (Gambia) | No 295 Wing | |
Units under the control of No 216 Group, administered and operated by HQ Transport Command | ||
Accra | No 114 Wing | |
Accra | No 1314 (Transport) Flt | |
Accra | No 55 Staging Post | |
Apapa | No 50 Staging Post (Detachment) | |
Dakar | No 55 Staging Post (Detachment) | |
Ikeja | No 50 Staging Post | |
Libreville | No 50 Staging Post (Detachment) | |
Kano | No 52 Staging Post | |
Maiduguri | No 53 Staging Post | |
Point Noire | No 50 Staging Post | |
Port Etienne | No 55 Staging Post (Detachment) | |
Robertsfield | No 55 Staging Post (Detachment) | |
Takoradi (Gold Coast) | No 55 Staging Post (Detachment) | |
Waterloo | No 55 Staging Post (Detachment) | |
Yumdum | No 55 Staging Post (Detachment) |
Administered by the RCAF
School | Location | Notes |
No 31 Air Navigation School | Port Albert, Ontario | Formerly No 1 S of AN, St Athan |
No 31 RAF Personnel Depot | Moncton, New Brunswick |
Units administered by RAF Delegation, Washington
Unit | Location | Notes |
No 111 Operational training Unit | Nassau, Bahamas | Liberator/Mitchell |
No 250 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Nassau, Bahamas | |
No 56 Embarkation Unit | New York | |
No 65 Embarkation Unit | Miami | |
No 97 Embarkation Unit | San Francisco |
RAF Units in Southern Rhodesia
Administered by the Rhodesian Air Training Group
School | Location | Notes |
Initial Training Wing | Hillside, Bulawayo | |
No 29 Elementary Navigation and Air Gunners School | Moffat, Gwelo | |
No 26 Elementary Flying Training School | Guinea Fowl, Gwelo | |
No 27 Elementary Flying Training School | Induna, Bulawayo | |
No 28 Elementary Flying Training School | Mount Hampden, nr Salisbury | |
No 20 Service Flying Training School | Cranborne, Salisbury | |
No 21 Service Flying Training School | Kumalo, Bulawayo | |
No 22 Service Flying Training School | Thornhill, Bulawayo | |
No 23 Service Flying Training School | Heany, Bulawayo | |
No 24 Bombing Gunnery and Navigation School | Moffat, Gwelo | |
Central Flying School, Rhodesia | Norton, nr Salisbury | |
No 31 Aircraft Repair Depot | Cranborne, Salisbury | |
No 32 Aircraft Repair Depot | Heany, Bulawayo | |
Central Maintenance Unit | Bulawayo |
Source - SD161 (52nd Edition) - January 1945
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