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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Other Overseas Commands/Units - January 1947
[No 500 Wing | Units in Australia | Units in the USA | BCOF (Japan)]
HQ - Freetown
| Location | Unit | Notes |
| Accra (Gold Coast) | No 541 Sqn (Detachment) | Lancaster |
| Bathurst (Gambia) | RAF Detachment | |
| Ikeja (Nigeria) | West African Communication Sqn | Anson |
| Robertsfield (Liberia) | No 541 Sqn (Detachment) | Lancaster |
| Takoradi (Gold Coast) | West African Communication Sqn | Dakota/Anson |
| Waterloo (Sierra Leone) | RAF Detachment | |
| Yumdum (Gambia) | No 541 Sqn (Detachment) | Lancaster |
HQ - Melbourne, Australia
| Location | Unit | Notes |
| Melbourne | RAF Mission Australia and New Zealand |
Units in the United States of America
Administered by the RAF Delegation, Washington
| Location | Unit | Notes |
| San Francisco | No 97 Embarkation Unit |
British Commonwealth Air Forces of Occupation (Japan)
| Location | Unit | Notes |
| Bofu | HQ, No 81 RAAF Wing | |
| Bofu | No 76 RAAF Sqn | Mustang |
| Bofu | No 77 RAAF Sqn | Mustang |
| Bofu | No 82 RAAF Sqn | Mustang |
| Bofu | No 481 Maintenance Sqn (RAAF) | |
| Bofu | No 5 Airfield Construction Sqn (Detachment) | |
| Bofu | No 5 Hygiene and Malaria Control Unit (Detachment) | |
| Bofu | No 241 Indian Wing Signals Section (Detachment) | |
| Bofu | No 221 Indian Line Section (Detachment) | |
| Iwakuni | BC Air Station Iwakuni (Staging Post) | |
| Iwakuni | No 14 RNZAF Sqn | |
| Iwakuni | BC Air Communication Sqn (No 1315 Flight) | |
| Iwakuni | Air Priorities Board | |
| Iwakuni | Provost and Security Services (RAF) | |
| Iwakuni | RAF Regiment Detachment | |
| Iwakuni | No 11 Base Postal Unit | |
| Iwakuni | Base Personnel Office (Detachment) | |
| Iwakuni | No 241 ASR Unit | |
| Iwakuni | No 5 Airfield Construction Sqn | |
| Iwakuni | No 91 Air Stores Park | |
| Iwakuni | No 21 MT Repair Unit | |
| Iwakuni | No 3 Repair an Salvage Unit (Detachment) | |
| Iwakuni | BC Air Hospital, Iwakuni | |
| Iwakuni | No 5 Hygiene and Malaria Control Unit | |
| Iwakuni | No 707 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
| Iwakuni | No 233 Independent Company, HQ Air Formation Signals | |
| Iwakuni | No 214 Indian Wing Signals Section (Detachment) | |
| Iwakuni | No 217 Indian Wing Signals Section (Detachment) | |
| Iwakuni | No 228 Indian Line Section | |
| Iwakuni | No 231 Indian Telegraph Operating Section | |
| Iwakuni | No 228 Indian Despatch Rider Section | |
| Kure | No 106 Embarkation Unit | |
| Kure | No 64 Personnel Transit Section (Detachment) | |
| Yonago | BC Air Station, Miho | |
| Yonago | No 11 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Yonago | No 17 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Yonago | No 4 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
| Yonago | Provost and Security Services (RAF) (Detachment) | |
| Yonago | No 725 Meteorological Forecast Centre | |
| Yonago | No 3 Repair an Salvage Unit | |
| Yonago | No 5 Airfield Construction Sqn (Detachment) | |
| Yonago | No 5 Hygiene and Malaria Control Unit (Detachment) | |
| Yonago | No 217 Indian Wing Signals Section | |
| Yonago | No 221 Indian Line Section |
Source - SD161 (76th Edition) - January 1947
[No 500 Wing | Units in Australia | Units in the USA | BCOF (Japan)]
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