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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Other Overseas Commands/Units - January 1945
[AHQ West Africa | Schools in Canada | Units in the USA | Schools in Southern Rhodesia]
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
[AHQ West Africa | Schools in Canada | Units in the USA | Schools in Southern Rhodesia]
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