Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Other Overseas Commands/Units - April 1943
HQ - Freetown
Unit | Location | Notes |
Gambia | ||
RAF Station Bathurst | ||
No 44 Embarkation Unit | RAF Bathurst | |
No 652 AMES | RAF Bathurst | |
No 176 Maintenance Unit - Detachment | RAF Bathurst | |
No 5000 AMES | Bald Cape | |
No 204 Sqn | Half Die | Sunderland |
No 200 Sqn | Jeswang | Hudson III/IV |
No 295 Wing | Marina Camp | |
No 375 AMES | Sarahunda | |
Sierra Leone |
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No 514 AMES | Aberdeen | |
No 244 AMES | East Kissi | |
AHQ West Africa | Freetown | |
No 26 Embarkation Unit | Freetown | |
W/T Station | Freetown | |
Base Personnel Office | Freetown | |
RAF Station Hastings | ||
No 176 Maintenance Unit | Kosso | |
RAF Station Jui | ||
No 95 Sqn | RAF Jui | Sunderland |
No 270 Sqn | RAF Jui | Catalina |
No 305 AMES | Lakka | |
No 5001 AMES | Tumbu | |
RAF Station Waterloo (Nucleus) | ||
No 371 Wireless Unit | Waterloo | |
No 513 AMES | Wellington | |
No 265 AMES | Wilberforce | |
No 296 Wing | Wilberforce | |
Gold Coast |
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No 62 Embarkation Unit | Accra | |
No 5050 AMES | Accra | |
RAF Station Takoradi | ||
No 116 Maintenance Unit | RAF Takoradi | |
No 33 Embarkation Unit | RAF Takoradi | |
Communication Flt | RAF Takoradi | Various |
RAF Hospital | RAF Takoradi | |
No 302 AMES | RAF Takoradi | |
No 529 AMES | RAF Takoradi | |
Central Accounts Office | RAF Takoradi | |
No 178 Maintenance Unit | RAF Takoradi | Equipment Holding Unit |
Nigeria |
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No 177 Maintenance Unit | Apapa (Lagos) | |
Officers' Transit Camp | Ikoyi (Lagos) | |
No 5 Ferry Control | Ikeje (Lagos) | |
No 349 Sqn | Ikeje (Lagos) | Non-operational |
No 1432 Flight | Kaduna | Hurricane |
No 38 Embarkation Unit | Lagos | |
No 298 Wing | Lagos | |
No 5077 AMES | Lagos | |
Airmen's Transit Camp | Yaba (Ikeja) | |
Staging Posts (Northern Route): - |
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Staging Posts (Southern Route): - |
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All Care & Maintenance |
Units not located | ||
No 5151 Mechanical & Electrical Sqn | ||
Nos 6001 and 6002 Works Supy Units | ||
No 1560, 1561 and 1562 Meteorological Flts | ||
RAF Station Yundum | ||
RAF Station Brikama | ||
Nos 201, 202 and 249 ASR Units | ||
No 21 AACU |
Administered by the RCAF
School | Location | Notes |
No 31 Elementary Flying Training School | De Winton, Alberta | |
No 32 Elementary Flying Training School | Bowden, Alberta | |
No 33 Elementary Flying Training School | Caron, Saskatchewan | |
No 34 Elementary Flying Training School | Assiniboia, Saskatchewan | |
No 35 Elementary Flying Training School | Neepawa, Manitoba | |
No 31 Service Flying Training School | Kingston, Ontario | Formerly No 7 SFTS, Peterborough |
No 32 Service Flying Training School | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | Formerly No 10 SFTS, Ternhill |
No 33 Service Flying Training School | Carberry, Manitoba | |
No 34 Service Flying Training School | Medicine Hat, Alberta | |
No 35 Service Flying Training School | North Battleford, Saskatchewan | |
No 36 Service Flying Training School | Penhold, Alberta | |
No 37 Service Flying Training School | Calgary (Mu), Alberta | |
No 38 Service Flying Training School | Estevan, Saskatchewan | |
No 39 Service Flying Training School | Swift Current, Saskatchewan | |
No 41 Service Flying Training School | Weyburn, Saskatchewan | |
No 31 Air Navigation School | Port Albert, Ontario | Formerly No 1 S of AN, St Athan |
No 33 Air Navigation School | Hamilton, Ontario | |
No 31 General Reconnaissance School | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | Formerly No 2 GRS, Squire's Gate |
No 31 Bombing and Gunnery School | Picton, Ontario | |
No 31 (General Reconnaissance) Operational Training Unit | Debart, Nova Scotia | |
No 32 (Torpedo Bomber) Operational Training Unit | Patricia Bay, British Colombia | |
No 34 (Bomber) Operational Training Unit | Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick | |
No 36 (General Reconnaissance) Operational Training Unit | Greenwood, Nova Scotia | |
No 31 Radio School | Clinton, Ontario | |
No 31 RAF Personnel Depot | Moncton, New Brunswick |
New Providence Island, Bahamas
Unit | Location | Notes |
No 111 Operational Training Unit | New Providence Island, Nassau | Liberator/Mitchell, Administered by RAF Delegation (USA) |
Source - April 1943 SD161
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