Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Command HQ - Singapore
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Bangkok | No 14 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |
Batavia | AHQ RAF Netherlands East Indies | |
Batavia | No 23 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |
Batavia | Netherlands East Indies Area HQ (P & SS) | |
Changi | RAF Station | |
Colombo | No 8 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |
Colombo | No 10 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |
Colombo | Ceylon Area HQ (P & SS) | |
Hong Kong | HQ RAF Hong Kong | |
Hong Kong | No 367 Wireless Unit | |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Area HQ (P & SS) | |
Hong Kong | No 31 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |
Kandy | AHQ Ceylon | |
Kowloon | No 21 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |
Kuala Lumper | AHQ Malaya | |
Kuala Lumper | No 20 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |
Kuala Lumpur | Malaya Area HQ (P & SS) | |
Labuan | RAF Station | |
Labuan | No 712 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Penang | No 19 Detachment Provost and Security Services | Also shown at Chittagong |
Rangoon | AHQ Burma | |
Rangoon | Legal Section, Burma | |
Rangoon | No 13 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |
Rangoon | Burma/Siam Area HQ (P & SS) | |
Singapore | Base Personnel Office ACSEA | |
Singapore | RAF Base HQ | |
Singapore | No 59 MT Company | |
Singapore | No 5 Special Liaison Unit (SEAC and I) | |
Singapore | RAF Signals Centre | |
Singapore | No 2 Base Signals and Radar Unit | |
Singapore | RAF Component HQ SACSEA | |
Singapore | No 232 Group HQ | |
Singapore | No 6 Base Postal Unit | |
Singapore | No 68 Embarkation Unit | |
Singapore | No 18 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |
Singapore | No 368 Wireless Unit | |
Singapore | No 3 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
Tengah | No 60 Personnel Transit Camp | |
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 - Hong Kong
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Hong Kong | No 5024 Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Hong Kong | No 6 Base Postal Unit, Detachment No 1 | |
Hong Kong | No 3 Detachment, Base Personnel Office | |
Hong Kong | Air Booking Centre | |
Hong Kong | No 393 Equipment Park | |
Ho Mun Tin | RAF Station | |
Kai Tak | RAF Station | |
Kai Tak | No 209 Sqn | Sunderland |
Kai Tak | No 4 Hygiene and Malarial Control Unit | |
Kai Tak | No 201 Staging Post | |
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 2706 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | No 18 MT Repair Unit | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | RAF Hospital, Hong Kong | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | No 5751 Mechanical and Electrical Flight | |
Shanghai | No 200 Staging Post | |
Shanghai | Air Booking Centre | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Kowloon | HQ, No 2 Company, No 4 Indian Air Formation Signals | |
AME Stations | ||
No 5097 AMES | No 15060 AMES | No 15069 AMES |
HQ - Calcutta
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Akyab | No 726 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Bangkok | RAF Station | |
Bangkok | No 684 Sqn | Mosquito |
Bangkok | No 2945 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Don Muang | No 742 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Hmawbi | RAF Station | |
Hmawbi | No 2942 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Hmawbi | No 747 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Meiktila | No 701 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 'B' RIAF) | |
Mingladon | No 1330 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Mingladon | RAF Station | |
Mingladon | No 723 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Mingladon | No 3 Hygiene and Malarial Control Unit | |
Pegu | RAF Station | |
Pegu | No 719 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
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 41 Embarkation Unit | |
Rangoon | No 2 Forward Equipment Unit | |
Rangoon | No 55 MT Company | |
Rangoon | No 25 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit | |
Rangoon | No 807 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Rangoon | No 809 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Rangoon | No 810 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Rangoon | No 1 Base Personnel Office | |
Saigon | No 717 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Tavoy | No 803 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
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 |
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 | |
Kandy | RAF Station | |
Kandy | No 3 Officers Advanced Training School | |
Kandy | EVT Instructors' School | |
Kandy | No 3 School of Hygiene | |
Kankesanturai | RAF Station | |
Kankesanturai | No 160 Sqn | Liberator |
Kankesanturai | No 730 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Koggala | RAF Station | |
Koggala | No 205 Sqn | Sunderland |
Koggala | No 711 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |
Kurunegala | No 338 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Mawatagana | No 32 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Mawatagana | No 820 Meteorological Reporting Centre | |
Mawatagana | AHQ Ceylon Communication Flt | |
Negombo | RAF Station | |
Negombo | No 713 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 3) | |
Negombo | No 32 Staging Post | |
Ratmalana | No 20 MT Repair Unit | |
Ratmalana | No 338 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Explosive Storage Unit |
Ratmalana | No 8 Personnel Transit Centre | |
AMES Stations | ||
No 8518 AMES | No 8519 AMES | No 14016 AMES |
No 14018 AMES | ||
Air Formation Signals | ||
Ratmalana | HQ No 230 Independent Company |
HQ - Kuala Lumper
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Butterworth | RAF Station | |
Butterworth | No 733 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Butterworth | No 38 Hygiene and Malarial Control Unit | |
Changi | No 5005 Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Changi | No 737 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Kallang | 7 MT Repair Depot | |
Kallang | No 2810 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kallang | No 1300 Meteorological Flight | |
Kallang | No 722 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 1) | |
Kallang | No 2 Area Flying Control Centre | |
Kallang | No 5353 Airfield Construction Wing | |
Kallang | No 5203 Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Kallang | HQ ACSEA Communication Sqn | |
Kuala Lumpur | AHQ Malaya Communication Sqn | |
Kuala Lumpur | RAF Station | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 2941 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 736 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Penang | Leave Centre | |
Penang | No 727 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Penang | No 4 Area Flying Control Centre | |
Penang | No 28 Sqn | Spitfire |
Penang | No 231 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Port Dickson | Leave Centre | |
Seletar | No 314 Maintenance Unit | |
Seletar | No 389 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Seletar | No 243 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |
Seletar | No 1 Hygiene and Malarial Control Unit | |
Seletar | No 89 Sqn | Mosquito |
Seletar | No 709 Meteorological Forecast Unit | |
Seletar | No 390 Maintenance Unit | Base Repair Depot |
Seletar | Base HQ | |
Singapore | No 2896 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Singapore | No 1326 Wing RAF Regiment | |
Singapore | No 27 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit | |
Singapore | RAF Hospital | |
Singapore | No 11 Central Medical Board | |
Singapore | No 4 Detachment, Base Personnel Office | |
Singapore | RAF Telecommunications Research Establishment (Asia) Support Unit | |
Tebrau | ACSEA RAF Regiment Depot (C & M basis) | |
Tengah | RAF Station | |
Tengah | No 5008 Type 'A' Airfield Construction Sqn | |
AME Stations | ||
No 5098 AMES | No 6178 AMES | No 8027 AMES |
No 21022 AMES | No 14042 AMES | No 14064 AMES |
No 15138 AMES | No 60313 AMES |
AHQ RAF Netherland East Indies
HQ - Batavia
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Batavia | No 102 Embarkation Unit | |
Kemajordan | No 656 Sqn | Auster |
Kemajordan | No 81 Sqn | Thunderbolt |
Kemajordan | No 84 Sqn | Mosquito |
Kemajordan | No 904 Wing | |
Kemajordan | No 721 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Kemajordan | No 2962 AA Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Kemajordan | AHQ RAF NEI Communication Sqn | |
Kemajordan | No 9 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit | |
Medan | RAF Station | |
Medan | No 105 Embarkation Unit | |
Medan | No 2739 Field Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Medan | No 716 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Medan | No 155 Sqn | Spitfire |
Padang | No 2 Hygiene and Malarial Control Unit | |
Palembang | No 806 Mobile Pilot Balloon Unit | |
Sourabaya | No 656 Sqn Detachment | Auster |
Sourabaya | No 60 Sqn | Thunderbolt |
Tana Htinggi | No 1308 Wing, RAF Regiment | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Batavia | HQ, 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 - Singapore
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Akyab | RAF Station (No 207 Staging Post) | |
Bangkok | No 3 Staging Post | |
Butterworth | No 60 Staging Post | |
Changi | RAF Station (No 67 Staging Post) (Detachment) | |
Colombo | Air Booking Centre | |
Dum Dum | No 52 Sqn | Dakota |
Hmawbi | No 96 Sqn | Dakota |
Kai Tak | No 96 Sqn (Detachment) | Dakota |
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 |
Labuan | No 195 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 267 Sqn | Dakota |
Padang | No 37 Staging Post | |
Palembang | No 49 Staging Post | |
Pegu | No 208 Staging Post | |
Rangoon | Air Booking Centre | |
Saigon | RAF Station (No 2 Staging Post) | |
Singapore | Air Booking Centre | |
Tokyo | Air Booking Centre | |
Mobile Signals Unit | ||
No 5762 MSU | No 5815 MSU | No 5913 MSU |
No 5765 MSU | No 5841 MSU | No 5916 MSU |
No 5777 MSU | No 5846 MSU | No 5921 MSU |
No 5778 MSU | No 5854 MSU | No 5842 MSU |
No 5798 MSU | No 5855 MSU | No 55515 MSU |
No 5800 MSU | No 5887 MSU | No 55635 MSU |
No 5802 MSU |
Command HQ - New Delhi
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Agra | Agra University Unit | |
Agra | HQ, No 4 (Indian) Group | |
Allahabad | Allahabad University Unit | |
Allahabad | Northern Area HQ, Indian ATC | |
Aligarh | Muslim University Unit | |
Amritsar | No 3 Punjab University | |
Bangalore | No 2 Mysore University Unit | |
Bangalore | HQ, No 2 (Indian) Group | |
Barrackpore | HQ, No 3 (Indian) Group | |
Benares | Benares University Unit | |
Bombay | Bombay University Unit | |
Bombay | Base Accounts Office | |
Calcutta | Chaplains Branch | |
Chidamparam | Annamalai University Unit | |
Calcutta | Calcutta University Unit | |
Cholavaram | RIAF Demonstration Flight | |
Cuttack | Utkal University Unit | |
Dacca | Dacca University Unit | |
Delhi | Delhi University Unit | |
Delhi | HQ, No 229 Group | |
Delhi | Communication Sqn | |
Delhi | Base Personnel Office, India | |
Ernakulam | No 2 Madras University Unit | |
Guntur | Andhra University Unit | |
Hyderabad | Osmania University Unit | |
Lahore | No 1 Punjab University Unit | |
Lucknow | Lucknow University Unit | |
Madras | Southern Area HQ, Indian ATC | |
Madras | No 1 Madras University Unit | |
Mysore | No 1 Mysore University Unit | |
Nagpur | Nagpur University Unit | |
Palam | HQ, No 226 Group | |
Patna | Patna University Unit | |
Peshawar | No 2 Punjab University Unit | |
Peshawar | HQ, No 1 (Indian) Group | |
Tambaram | No 11 Base Postal Unit | |
Trivandrum | Travancore University Unit |
No 1 (Indian) Group (AHQ India)
Group HQ - Peshawar
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Ambala | No 744 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Chaklala | No 1577 Airborne Experimental Flight | Also shown in No 229 Group |
Chaklala | RAF Station (No 3 Parachute Training School) | |
Chaklala | No 298 Sqn (Detachment) | Halifax |
Chaklala | RAF Element, Air Transport Development Centre | |
Chaklala | No 670 (Glider) Sqn | |
Chaklala | No 672 (Glider) Sqn | |
Deolali | No 659 Sqn (Detachment) | Auster |
Fatehjang | RAF Station | |
Karachi | No 5 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
Karachi | No 57 Embarkation Unit | |
Karachi | RAF General Hospital | |
Karachi | No 238 (Airborne Forces) Wing | |
Karachi | No 9 Movement Control Unit | |
Karachi | No 234 Air Sea Rescue Flight | |
Kohat | RAF Station | |
Kohat | No 2 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Kohat | No 7 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Kashmir | Aircrew Mountain Centre | |
Lower Topa | No 1 Hill Depot | |
Miranshah | No 1 (RIAF) Sqn (Detachment) | Spitfire |
Miranshah | No 659 Sqn, 'C' Flight | Auster |
Peshawar | RAF Station | |
Peshawar | No 659 Sqn | Auster |
Peshawar | No 9 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Peshawar | No 1 (Indian) Group Communication Sqn | |
Peshawar | RAF Airborne Control Unit | |
Rawalpindi | HQ RAF Movements, North Western Region | |
Risalpur | No 7 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Risalpur | No 12 (RIAF) Sqn | |
Samungli | No 21 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Samungli | No 1 (RIAF) Sqn | Spitfire |
No 2 (Indian) Group (AHQ India)
Group HQ - Secunderabad
Location/Address | Unit | Notes | ||
Avadi | No 57 MT Company | |||
Bangalore | Bangalore Area Control | |||
Bangalore | DPM Southern Area | |||
Bangalore | No 7 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Bangalore | No 12 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Bangalore | No 3 Hydrogen Compressor Station | |||
Bangalore | No 2 Movement Control Unit | |||
Bangalore | RAF Movements, Southern Region | |||
Bangalore | No 2 Base Postal Unit (No 1 Detachment) | |||
Bangalore | No 728 Meteorological Forecast Unit (Type 2) | |||
Baroda | No 26 Care and Maintenance Party | |||
Bombay | RIAF Central Accounts Office | |||
Bombay | RIAF Record Office | |||
Bombay | No 4 Base Signals Depot | |||
Bombay | HQ RAF Provost and Security Service | |||
Bombay | No 2 Base Postal Unit | |||
Bombay | RAF Base HQ | |||
Bombay | No 51 Embarkation Unit | |||
Bombay | No 6 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Bombay | No 60 MT Company | |||
Bombay | No 4 Movements Control Unit | |||
Bombay | RAF Signals Centre | |||
Bombay | No 14 Leave and Rest Camp | |||
Bombay | No 241 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |||
Bombay | Base Reception Depot | |||
Bombay | No 3 Release Embarkation Centre | |||
Bombay | RAF Element of Combined Operations Establishment | |||
Calcutta | No 9 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Calcutta | No 11 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Calcutta | DPM Bengal/Assam Area | |||
Cawnpore | No 2 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Cochin (Willingdon Island) | No 6 Movements Control Unit | |||
Cochin (Willingdon Island) | No 63 Embarkation Unit | |||
Coonoor | No 8 Hill Depot (No 2 WAAF Depot) | |||
Delhi | No 1 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Digri | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'B' Flt | |||
Hakimpet | No 25 Care and Maintenance Party | |||
Hakimpet | No 658 (AOP) Sqn | |||
Hakimpet | No 2 (Indian) Group Communication Sqn | |||
Jallahalli | No 2 Demobilisation Centre | |||
Karachi | No 5 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Karachi | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'A' Flight | |||
Katni | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, 'D' Flt and Static HQ | |||
Kolar | No 3 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire | ||
Lahore | No 4 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Madras | No 78 Embarkation Unit | |||
Madras | No 10 Movement Control Unit | |||
Madras | RAF Base HQ | |||
Madras | No 15 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Madras | No 17 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Madras | No 2 Base Postal Unit (No 2 Detachment) | |||
Ootacamund | No 4 Aircrew House | |||
Peshawar | No 3 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Poona | No 731 Meteorological Forecast Unit | |||
Poona | No 13 Movement Control Unit (Air) | |||
Poona | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, 'A' Flt (Detachment) | |||
Poona | Initial Training Wing | |||
Red Hills Lake | Station HQ | |||
Santa Cruz | Station HQ | |||
Santa Cruz | HQ No 2 AA Co-operation Unit and Training Flight | |||
Secunderbad | No 2 School of Air Force Technical Training | |||
Secunderbad | No 14 School of Air Force Technical Training | |||
Secunderbad | Non-Technical Training Centre | |||
Secunderabad | No 11 Movement Control Unit | |||
Secunderabad | Station HQ | |||
Secunderabad | RAF Regiment Depot | |||
Secunderabad | No 1325 RAF Regiment Wing | |||
Secunderabad | Medical Training Centre | |||
St Thomas Mount | RAF Station | |||
St Thomas Mount | 1302 Meteorological Flight | |||
St Thomas Mount | No 743 Forecast Unit | |||
St Thomas Mount | No 45 Sqn | Mosquito | ||
St Thomas Mount | No 7045 Servicing Echelon | |||
Sular | No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'C' Flt | |||
Tambaram | No 64 Personnel Transit Camp | |||
Tambaram | Station HQ | |||
Tambaram | No 22 Detachment Provost and Security Services | |||
Tambaram | Signals Holding Unit | |||
Trichinopoly | Station HQ | |||
Trichinopoly | No 8 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire | ||
Vizagapatam | Station HQ | |||
Vizagapatam | No 94 Embarkation Unit | |||
Vizagapatam | No 732 Meteorological Forecast Unit | |||
Wellington | No 8 Hill Depot (C & M basis) | |||
Yelahanka | Station HQ | |||
Yelahanka | No 2 (Indian) Group Communication Sqn | |||
Yelahanka | No 734 Meteorological Forecast Unit | |||
Yelahanka | No 152 Sqn | Spitfire | ||
AME Stations | ||||
No 145 AMES | No 146 AMES | No 147 AMES | No 148 AMES | Poona GEE Chain |
No 160 AMES | No 161 AMES | No 162 AMES | No 163 AMES | Madras GEE Chain |
HQ - Palam
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Allahabad | No 308 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Allahabad | No 1 Movement Control Unit | |
Allahabad | No 138 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 1 Detachment | |
Amla | No 318 Maintenance Unit, 'A' Site 'X' | Explosive Storage Unit |
Arkonam | RAF Station | |
Arkonam | No 346 Maintenance Unit | MT Servicing Unit |
Avadi | No 21 MT Repair Unit | |
Avadi | No 337 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Baigachi | No 138 Repair and Salvage Unit, No 3 Detachment | |
Barrackpore | No 33 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Bihta, Bihar | No 361 Maintenance Unit (C & M basis) | Glider Storage and Erection Unit |
Bombay | No 305 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Bombay | Aeronautical Inspection Service, Western Circle | |
Bombay | No 330 Maintenance Unit | MT Servicing Unit |
Bombay | RAF Element DGA | |
Bombay | No 341 Maintenance Unit, 'B' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Calcutta | RAF Element DGA | |
Calcutta | No 313 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Equipment Depot |
Calcutta | No 329 Maintenance Unit | MT Servicing Unit |
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 | Research and Development Unit | |
Charra | No 329 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | MT Servicing Unit |
Chittagong | No 23 MT Repair Unit | |
Chittagong | No 345 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Cochin (Willingdon Island) | No 312 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Dacca | No 100 Air Stores Park (Mobile) | |
Delhi | Parachute Repair Section | |
Delhi | HQ RAF Element DGA HQ | |
Dum Dum | No 4 RAF Element of Civil MU | |
Gumnidipundi | No 343 Maintenance Unit, 'C' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Jallahalli | No 328 Maintenance Unit | MT Servicing Unit |
Jamalpur | No 325 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Jodhpur | No 355 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Jubbulpore | No 318 Maintenance Unit 'X' | Explosive Storage Unit |
Kanchrapara | No 1 RAF Element of Civil MU | |
Kanchrapara | RAF Station | |
Kankinara | No 313 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Karachi | RAF Element DGA | |
Karachi | No 301 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Karachi | No 320 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Kasu Begu | No 344 Maintenance Unit, | Explosive Storage Unit |
Korangi Creek | No 374 Maintenance Unit (C & M basis) | Flying Boat Servicing Unit |
Lahore | No 307 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Lahore | No 8 Movement Control Unit | |
Lahore | RAF Element DGA | |
Lahore | No 306 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Madras | RAF Element DGA | |
Manauri | No 302 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Nowshera | No 344 Maintenance Unit, 'D' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
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 |
Pulgaon | No 341 Maintenance Unit | 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 |
Santa Cruz | No 320 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Repair Depot |
Whitefield | No 343 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
No 3 (Indian) Group (AHQ India)
HQ - Barrackpore, India
Location/Address | Unit | Notes | ||
Baigachi | Station HQ | |||
Baigachi | No 176 Sqn | Mosquito | ||
Baigachi | No 7176 Servicing Echelon | |||
Baigachi | No 702 Meteorological Forecast Centre (RIAF) | |||
Baigachi | No 10 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire | ||
Ballygunge | No 1 Area Flying Control Centre | |||
Barrackpore | No 3 (Indian) Group Communication Sqn | |||
Barrackpore | No 714 Meteorological Forecast Centre (RIAF) | |||
Calcutta | RAF Kit Repository | |||
Calcutta | RAF Signals Centre | |||
Calcutta | No 6 Personnel Transit Centre | |||
Calcutta | No 35 Personnel Transit Centre | |||
Calcutta | RAF Movements, Eastern Region | |||
Calcutta | No 5 Base Postal Unit | |||
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, North-East Circle | |||
Calcutta | No 61 MT Company | |||
Chakulia | No 21 (Air) Movement Control Unit | |||
Chakulia | No 706 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |||
Chittagong | No 17 Movement Control Unit | |||
Chittagong | No 735 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |||
Chittagong | No 2 RAF Administrative Unit | |||
Chittagong | No 54 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |||
Chittagong | No 1347 Air Sea Rescue Flight | |||
Cuttack | No 31 Care and Maintenance Party | |||
Dalbumgarh | No 62 Personnel Despatch Centre (Air) | |||
Darjeeling | No 11 Hill Depot | |||
Digri | Station HQ (Detachment Salbani) | |||
Digri | No 355 Sqn | Liberator | ||
Digri | No 298 Sqn | Halifax | ||
Digri | No 7017 Servicing Echelon | |||
Khulna | No 255 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |||
Manipur Road | No 18 Movement Control Unit | |||
Parbatipur | No 19 Movement Control Unit | |||
Ranchi | No 22 Armament Practice Camp | |||
Ranchi | Station HQ | |||
Ranchi | No 703 Meteorological Forecast Centre (RIAF) | |||
Ranchi | No 6 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire | ||
Salbani | Station HQ | |||
Salbani | No 159 Sqn | Liberator | ||
Salbani | No 704 Meteorological Forecast Centre (RIAF) | |||
Salbani | No 7007 Servicing Echelon | |||
Baigachi | No 94 Mobile Flying Control Unit | |||
Calcutta | No 1 Aircrew House | |||
Calcutta | No 2 Aircrew House | |||
Calcutta | No 658 (AOP) Sqn | Also shown in Rangoon, Burma | ||
Chakulia | No 68 Mobile Field Hospital | |||
Chittagong | No 227 Air Sea Rescue Unit | |||
Chittagong | No 5 Base Postal Unit (Detachment) | |||
Jessore | Station HQ | |||
Jessore | No 725 Meteorological Forecast Centre (Type 2) | |||
Kanchrapara | Station HQ | |||
AME Stations | ||||
No 164 AMES | No 165 AMES | No 166 AMES | No 167 AMES | Calcutta GEE Chain |
No 23010 AMES | No 23011 AMES | No 23012 AMES | No 23013 AMES | East India Loran GEE Chain |
No 4 (Indian) Group (AHQ India)
HQ - Agra
Location/Address | Unit | Notes | ||
Agra | No 4 (Indian) Group Communication Sqn | |||
Agra | RAF Movements, Central Region | |||
Agra | Station HQ | Spitfire | ||
Agra | No 20 Sqn | Spitfire | ||
Allahabad | RAF General Hospital | |||
Allahabad | No 740 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |||
Ambala | No 1 Service Flying Training School | |||
Ambala | RAF Station | |||
Ambala | RIAF Band | |||
Ambala | No 151 OTU | |||
Ambala | Central Map Section | |||
Ambala | RAF Signals Centre Detachment | |||
Baroda | No 738 Meteorological Forecast Centre (RIAF) | |||
Bhopal | Fighter Support Training Unit | |||
Bhopal | Jungle Survival Instructors'' School | |||
Bhopal | No 5 Sqn | Tempest | ||
Bhopal | No 30 Sqn | Tempest | ||
Bhopal | No 7030 Servicing Echelon | |||
Cawnpore | RAF General Hospital | |||
Delhi | AHQ (India) Unit | |||
Delhi | No 4 Base Postal Unit | |||
Delhi | RAF Signals Centre | |||
Delhi | No 7 Movements Control Unit | |||
Delhi | Central Medical Board | |||
Delhi | Air Publications and Forms Store | |||
Delhi | No 1 Touring Concert Party | |||
Delhi | No 2 Touring Concert Party | |||
Delhi | Gang Show | |||
Delhi | No 62 MT Company | |||
Jubbulpore | No 22 Movement Control Unit | |||
Gurgaon | RAF Signals Centre (Detachment) | |||
Johdpur | Station HQ | |||
Jodhpur | No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | |||
Karachi | No 1 Base Postal Unit | |||
Lahore (Walton) | RAF Element India Detachment of Chinese Air Force Cadet School | |||
Lahore (Walton) | No 1 Demobilisation Centre | |||
Naini Tal | No 9 Hill Depot | |||
Nagpur | Station HQ | |||
Nagpur | No 1301 Meteorological Flt | |||
Nagpur | Nagpur Area Control | |||
AME Stations | ||||
No 156 AMES | No 157 AMES | No 158 AMES | No 159 AMES | Delhi GEE Chain |
HQ - RAF Delhi, India
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Ahmedabad | RAF Signals Detachment | |
Allahabad (Bamrauli) | No 36 Staging Post | |
Ballygunge | Calcutta Area Control | |
Bangalore | Air Booking Centre | |
Bhopal | RAF Signals Detachment | |
Bombay | Air Booking Centre | |
Calcutta | Air Booking Centre | |
Chakulia | RAF Station (No 210 Staging Post) | |
Chittagong | No 206 Staging Post | |
Cuttack | RAF Signals Detachment | |
Delhi | Air Booking Centre | |
Delhi | Delhi Area Control | |
Dum Dum | Station HQ (No 38 Staging Post) | |
Dum Dum | No 715 Meteorological Forecast Centre (RIAF) | |
Gannavaram | RAF Signals Detachment | |
Jiwani | RAF Station (No 45 Staging Post) | |
Jodhpur | No 710 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Jodhpur | No 46 Staging Post | |
Karachi | Karachi Area Control | |
Karachi | Air Booking Centre | |
Karachi | RAF Joint Flying Control Centre | |
Karachi | No 1349 ASR Unit | |
Karachi | No 700 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Karachi | No 77 Sqn | Dakota |
Madras | Air Booking Centre | |
Mauripur (Sind) | RAF Station (No 48 Staging Post) | |
Nagpur | No 59 Staging Post | |
Palam | RAF Station (No 9 Staging Post) | |
Palam | No 229 Group Communication Flight | |
Palam | No 232 Sqn | Liberator |
Palam | No 353 Sqn | Dakota/York |
Palam | No 724 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
Palam | No 132 Sqn | Spitfire |
Poona | No 10 Sqn | Dakota |
Poona | No 76 Sqn | Dakota |
Poona | RAF Station (No 153 Staging Post) | |
Risalpur | No 705 Meteorological Forecast Centre (RIAF) | |
St Thomas Mount | No 57 Staging Post | |
Sambre | RAF Signals Detachment | |
Santa Cruz | No 56 Staging Post | |
Santa Cruz | No 1588 Heavy Freight Flight | |
Vizagapatam | No 34 Staging Post | |
Yelahanka | No 58 Staging Post |
Source - SD161 (69th Edition) - June 1946
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