Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Transport Command - January 1944

[Command HQ | No 44 Group | No 45 Group | No 216 Group]

Command HQ - RAF Harrow, Middlesex

Units administered directly by Command HQ

No 44 (Transport) Group

HQ - Eastern Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucester

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 1680 (Western Isles Communication) Flight	RNAS Abbotsinch	Temporary Location
RAF Station Bramcote (Nuneaton)
No 105 (Transport) OTU	RAF Bramcote
RAF Station Doncaster
No 271 Sqn	RAF Doncaster
Bomb Disposal Wing	RAF Doncaster
No 304 Ferry Training Unit	RAF Errol	Station in Flying Training Command
RAF Station Filton	Filton, nr Bristol, Gloucestershire
No 2 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit	RAF Filton
Centaurus Test Flight	RAF Filton
RAF Station Hendon	Hendon, The Hyde, London NW9
No 24 Sqn	RAF Hendon
No 510 Sqn	RAF Hendon
No 512 Sqn	RAF Hendon
Maintenance Wing	RAF Hendon	To service aircraft of Nos 24 and 510 Sqns
No 3 Overseas Air Despatch Unit	RAF Hurn	Station in AEAF
RAF Station Kemble	Kemble, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
No 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit	RAF Kemble
RAF Station Llandow (Rhoose)
No 3 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit	RAF Llandow
RAF Station Lyneham	Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire
No 301 Ferry Training Unit	RAF Lyneham
No 511 Sqn	RAF Lyneham
Air Despatch and Reception Unit	RAF Lyneham
No 1 Ferry Crew Pool	RAF Lyneham
RAF Station Melton Mowbrey
No 4 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit	RAF Melton Mowbrey
No 306 Ferry Training Unit	RAF Melton Mowbrey
No 307 Ferry Training Unit	RAF Melton Mowbrey
RAF Station Nutts Corner		Terminal Airfield
No 104 (Transport) OTU	RAF Nutts Corner
No 1 Overseas Air Despatch Unit	RAF Portreath	Station in ADGB
RAF Station Prestwick	Prestwick Aerodrome, Ayr, Ayrshire	Terminal Airfield
Transatlantic Aircraft Control	RAF Prestwick
No 1527 (BAT) Flt	RAF Prestwick
RAF Station St Mawgan		Terminal Airfield
No 2 Overseas Air Despatch Unit	RAF St Mawgan
RAF Station Stornoway		Diversion Airfield
No 303 Ferry Training Unit	RAF Talbenny
Terminal Unit	RAF Valley	Terminal Airfield, station in ADGB
RAF Station Pershore
No 1 Ferry Unit	RAF Pershore
No 2761 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF St Mawgan
RAF Station Talbenny
RAF Station Valley
No 525 Sqn	RAF Weston Zoyland	Station in ADGB
Base Transport Unit	RAF Weston Zoyland	Station in ADGB

No 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group

HQ - Dorval, Canada

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 112 (North Atlantic) Wing	Dorval, Quebec
No 2 Ferry Crew Pool	No 112 Wing
No 113 (South Atlantic) Wing	Nassau, Bahamas
No 3 Ferry Crew Pool	No 113 Wing
Control, Maintenance and Reception Party (Northern Routes)	Reykjavik, Iceland	Station in Coastal Command

No 216 (Transport) Group

HQ - RAF Heliopolis, Egypt

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 72 Staging Post	Biskra
No 7 (ME) Ferry Control	Ras el Ma (Fez)
No 70 Staging Post	Ras el Mar (Fez)
No 3 Aircraft Delivery Unit	Ras el Mar (Fez)
No 71 Staging Post	RAF Tafaraoui
Other units in this Group are listed in the main Middle East listings.

Source - January 1944 SD161

County names used are those in use at the time

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