Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Far East Commands - August 1953
[FEAF | RAF Hong Kong | AHQ Ceylon | AHQ Malaya]
Command HQ - Changi, Singapore
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Changi | HQ (Unit) FEAF | |
Changi | Air Publications and Forms Centre | |
Changi | Base Accounts Office FEAF | |
Rangoon | British Service Mission to Burma | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Changi | HQ, No 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment | |
Changi | HQ, No 1 Sqn, No 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment | |
Changi | HQ, No 2 Sqn, No 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment | |
Changi | HQ, No 3 Sqn, No 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment |
HQ - Hong Kong
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Clark Field (USAF) | RAF Detachment | |
Hong Kong | No 367 Wireless Unit | |
Hong Kong | Army/RAF Embarkation HQ | |
Hong Kong | HQ, No 3 District (Hong Kong), RAF Police | |
Hong Kong | No 69 Flight, RAF Police | |
Hong Kong | No 117 Signals Unit | AMES |
Hong Kong | No 743 Signals Unit | AMES (C & M) |
Iwakuni (Japan) | RAF Station | |
Iwakuni (Japan) | No 1903 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Iwakuni (Japan) | No 1913 (Light Liaison) Flight | Auster |
Kai Tak | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Kai Tak | No 28 Sqn | Vampire |
Kai Tak | No 80 Sqn | Hornet |
Kai Tak | No 1900 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Kai Tak | No 95 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment (Malaya) | |
Kai Tak | Hong Kong Wing HKAAF | |
Kai Tak | Hong Kong Fighter Sqn HKAAF | Auster/Harvard |
Kai Tak | Hong Kong Fighter Control Unit HKAAF | |
Kai Tak | Hong Kong Air Traffic Control Centre | |
Kai Tak | No 43 Signals Unit | AMES |
Sek Kong | Satellite, RAF Kai Tak | |
Little Sai Wan | Radio Fitting Party, Honk Kong | Functionally controlled by HQ No 90 Group |
North Point | RAF Station |
HQ - Negombo, Ceylon
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
China Bay | RAF Station | |
Colombo | RAF Station | |
Colombo | HQ, No 1 District (Ceylon), RAF Police | |
Colombo | No 61 Flight, RAF Police | |
Colombo | No 41 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Diyatalawa | RAF Station | |
Diyatalawa | Advanced Training School | |
Diyatalawa | Convalescent Hospital | |
Negombo | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Negombo | Ceylon Air Traffic Control Centre | |
Negombo | Ceylon Signals Centre | |
Negombo | No 7 Mobile Oxygen Unit | |
Negombo | Military Hospital | |
Negombo | RAF Services Supply Depot | |
Negombo | Radio Fitting Party | Functionally controlled by HQ, No 90 Group |
Trincomalee | RAF Flying Boat Staging Post |
HQ - RAF Changi
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Bayan Lepas | No 487 Signals Unit | AMES (C & M) |
Butterworth | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Butterworth | No 33 Sqn | Hornet |
Butterworth | No 27 Armament Practice Camp | Beaufighter |
Changi | FEAF Communication Sqn | Valetta/Auster, station controlled by AHQ Singapore |
Changi | FEAF Hygiene and Malaria Unit | |
Changi | Southern Sector Operations Centre | |
Changi | Staging Aircraft Servicing Section | |
Changi | HQ, No 2 District (Malaya), RAF Police | |
Changi | No 64 Flight, RAF Police | |
Changi | No 65 Flight, RAF Police | |
Fraser's Hill | RAF Detachment | |
Kuala Lipis | No 1911 (Light Liaison) Flight | Auster |
Kuala Lumper | RAF Station (Advanced HQ) AHQ Malaya | |
Kuala Lumper | No 656 (AOP) Sqn HQ | |
Kuala Lumper | Kuala Lumper Wing MAAF | |
Kuala Lumper | Kuala Lumper Fighter Sqn MAAF | Tiger Moth/Harvard |
Kuala Lumper | Kuala Lumper Fighter Control Unit, MAAF | |
Kuala Lumper | No 303 Wing | |
Kuala Lumper | No 194 Sqn | Dragonfly |
Kuala Lumper | No 414 Signals Centre | |
Kuala Lumper | No 93 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment (Malaya) | |
Penang | Leave Centre (Tanjong Bungah) | |
Penang | No 66 Flight, RAF Police | |
Penang | Penang Wing MAAF | |
Penang | Penang Fighter Sqn MAAF | Tiger Moth/Harvard |
Penang | Penang Fighter Control Unit, MAAF | |
Sembawang (RNAS) | No 1907 (Light Liaison) Flight | Auster |
Seremban | No 1914 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Singapore | RAF Element, Security and Intelligence, Far East | |
Singapore | Singapore Wing MAAF | |
Singapore | Singapore Fighter Control Unit, MAAF | |
Taiping | No 1902 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Tengah | RAF Station | |
Tengah | No 45 Sqn | Hornet |
Tengah | No 60 Sqn | Vampire |
Tengah | Singapore Fighter Sqn, MAAF | Harvard/Tiger Moth |
Tengah | No 94 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment (Malaya) |
HQ - RAF Seletar
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Bukit Darah | No 92 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment (Malaya) | |
Car Nicobar | RAF Detachment | |
Changi | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Changi | RAF Regiment (Malaya) Depot | |
Changi | No 91 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment (Malaya) | |
Changi | FEAF Police School | Functionally controlled by HQ FEAF |
Changi | RAF Hospital | |
Changi | HQ Medical Board | |
Changi | HQ, RAF Regiment (Malaya) Wing | |
Changi | HQ, No 4 Wing RAF Police | |
Changi | Signals Centre, Singapore | |
Changi | Command Cookery School | |
Changi | Far East Transport Wing | |
Changi | No 48 Sqn | Valetta, functionally controlled by HQ FEAF |
Changi | No 52 Sqn | |
Changi | No 110 Sqn | |
Labaun | RAF Detachment | |
Seletar | RAF Maintenance Base | Functionally controlled by HQ FEAF |
Seletar | No 2 Aeronautical Inspection Service Test Centre | Functionally controlled by HQ FEAF (CAIO) |
Seletar | No 81 Sqn | Mosquito |
Seletar | No 390 Maintenance Unit | Functionally controlled by HQ FEAF |
Seletar | Far East Flying Boat Wing | |
Seletar | No 88 Sqn | Sunderland, functionally controlled by HQ FEAF |
Seletar | No 205 Sqn | |
Seletar | No 209 Sqn | |
Seletar | RAF (Malaya) Training Centre | |
Seletar | FEAF Training Sqn | Functionally controlled by HQ FEAF |
Seletar | Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Centre (FE) | Functionally controlled by HQ FEAF (CIO) |
Seletar | No 3 Radio Equipment Calibration Centre | Functionally controlled by AM (DAIS) |
Singapore | Air Traffic Control Centre (RAF Element) | Functionally controlled by AHQ Malaya |
Singapore | Army/RAF Embarkation HQ |
Source - SD161 (155th Edition) - August 1953
[FEAF | RAF Hong Kong | AHQ Ceylon | AHQ Malaya]
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