Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Command HQ - Changi, Singapore
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Bangkok | RAF Liaison Mission | |
Changi | AHQ Malaya | |
Changi | ACFE HQ Unit | |
Colombo | No 61 Flight, Provost and Security Services | |
Colombo | Sub-HQ (P & SS), Ceylon Area | |
Hong Kong | AHQ Hong Kong | |
Katukurunda | AHQ Ceylon | |
Kowloon | Sub-HQ (P & SS), Hong Kong Area | |
Kowloon | No 69 Flight, Provost and Security Services | |
Kowloon | No 70 Flight, Provost and Security Services | |
Kuala Lumper | No 67 Flight, Provost and Security Services | |
Mingaladon | AHQ Burma | |
Penang | No 66 Flight, Provost and Security Services | |
Rangoon | Sub-HQ (P & SS), Burma/Siam Area | |
Rangoon | No 62 Flight, Provost and Security Services | |
Singapore | Admin HQ RAF Provost and Security Services | |
Singapore | Sub-HQ (P & SS), Malaya Area | |
Singapore | No 64 Flight, Provost and Security Services | |
Singapore | No 65 Flight, Provost and Security Services | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Singapore | HQ, No 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment | |
Singapore | HQ, No 2 Sqn, No 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment | |
Singapore | HQ, No 3 Sqn, No 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment |
HQ - Hong Kong
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Hong Kong | No 367 Wireless Unit | |
Hong Kong | No 3 Detachment, Base Personnel Office | |
Kai Tak | RAF Station (Staging Post) (Area Control Centre, Hong Kong) | |
Kai Tak | No 110 Sqn | Dakota |
Kai Tak | No 88 Sqn | Sunderland |
Kai Tak | Air Booking Centre | |
Kowloon (Hong Kong) | No 18 MT Repair Unit |
HQ - Mangaladon
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Akyab | RAF Station | |
Mergui | RAF Station | |
Mingaladon | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Mingaladon | No 18 Sqn | |
Mingaladon | No 52 Sqn | Dakota |
Mingaladon | Area Control Centre, Rangoon | |
Port Blair (Andaman Is) | RAF Station Mingaladon (Staging Post) (Detachment) | |
Rangoon | RAF Movements, Rangoon (Air Booking Centre) | |
Rangoon | No 22 MT Repair Unit | |
Rangoon | No 2 Forward Equipment Unit | |
Rangoon | No 25 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit (C & M basis) | |
Rangoon | RAF Element, Security and Intelligence (Far East) | |
Rangoon | No 1 Detachment, Base Personnel Office | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Rangoon | HQ, No 1 Sqn, No 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment |
HQ - Katukurunda, Ceylon
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Colombo | Air Priorities Board (Air Movements, Colombo) | |
Colombo | Air Booking Centre (Air Movements, Colombo) | |
Colombo | No 45 Movement Unit (Embarkation) (Air Movements, Colombo) | |
Gangodawlia | RAF Signals Centre, Colombo | |
Katukurunda | RAF Station | |
Katukurunda | No 3 Officers Advanced Training School | |
Koggala | RAF Station | |
Koggala | No 205 Sqn (Cadre) | Sunderland |
Kurunegala | No 338 Maintenance Unit | Explosive Storage Unit |
Negombo | RAF Station (Staging Post) (Area Control Centre, Colombo) | |
Negombo | 'A' Flight, No 45 Sqn | Beaufighter |
Negombo | 'B' Flight, No 45 Sqn | Beaufighter |
Tria Gala | Bombing and Air Firing Range |
HQ - RAF Changi
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Butterworth | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Changi | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Changi | ACFE Communication Sqn | |
Changi | No 48 Sqn | Dakota |
Changi | RAF Hospital | |
Changi | Area Control Centre | |
Changi | No 2810 Rifle Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Changi | Base Accounts Office | |
Changi | Base Personnel Office | |
Changi | HQ Medical Board | |
Changi | Signals Centre | |
Changi | No 1326 Wing RAF Regiment | |
Changi | No 21022 AMES | |
Kallang | 7 MT Repair Depot | |
Kota Bahru | RAF Station Kuala Lumpur (Detachment) | |
Kuala Lumpur | RAF Station | |
Kuala Lumpur | No 1914 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Paya Lebar | No 8 MT Storage Unit | |
Paya Lebar | No 2 Base Signals and Radar Unit | |
Paya Lebar | No 27 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit (C & M basis) | |
Penang | Leave Centre | |
Port Dickson | Leave Centre | |
Port Swettenham | RAF Station Kuala Lumpur (Staging Post) (Detachment) | |
Saigon | No 2 Staging Post | |
Seletar | Base HQ | |
Seletar | No 314 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Servicing Unit |
Seletar | No 389 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Seletar | No 390 Maintenance Unit | Base Repair Depot |
Seletar | No 209 Sqn (Cadre) | Sunderland |
Seletar | No 81 Sqn | Mosquito |
Seletar | No 84 Sqn | Beaufighter |
Seletar | Command Photographic Reproduction Section | |
Seletar | Air Publications and Forms Store, Far East | |
Singapore | No 6 Base Postal Unit | |
Singapore | RAF Telecommunications Research Establishment (Asia) Support Unit | |
Singapore | Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Centre (SEA) | |
Singapore | RAF Element HQ SEATIC | |
Singapore | No 59 MT Company | |
Singapore | RAF Element, Security and Intelligence, Far East | |
Singapore | Air Booking Centre | |
Singapore | No 68 Movement Unit (Embarkation) | |
Singapore | No 5 Special Liaison Unit | |
Tebrau | No 1 Officers' Reception Centre | |
Tengah | RAF Station | |
Tengah | No 28 Sqn | Spitfire |
Tengah | No 60 Sqn | Spitfire |
Tengah | No 60 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Tengah | No 15138 AMES |
Command HQ - New Delhi
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Bangalore | HQ, No 2 (Indian) Group | |
Bangalore | No 1 (Indian) Flight Provost and Security Services | |
Barrackpore | HQ, No 3 (Indian) Group | |
Bombay | No 44 Flight Provost and Security Services | |
Calcutta | Eastern Area HQ (P & SS) | |
Calcutta | No 43 Flight Provost and Security Services (Detachment) | |
Delhi | RAF Signals Centre | |
Delhi | RAF Station | |
Delhi | No 7 Movement Control Unit | |
Delhi | No 62 MT Company | |
Gurgaon | RAF Signals Centre, Delhi (Detachment) | |
Hakimpet | Command Trade Test Board, No 2 Detachment | |
Karachi | No 43 Flight Provost and Security Services | |
Lahore | No 42 Flight Provost and Security Services | |
Lahore | Command Trade Test Board, No 3 Detachment | |
New Delhi | No 41 Flight Provost and Security Services | |
New Delhi | Delhi Area Control Centre | |
New Delhi | HQ, Provost and Security Services | |
New Delhi | Central Medical Board, India | |
New Delhi | Air Force Central Photographic Production Unit (India) | |
New Delhi | communiAir Publications and Forms Store | |
Palam | AHQ India Communication Sqn | |
Peshawar | HQ, No 1 (Indian) Group | |
Peshawar | No 42 Flight Provost and Security Services (Detachment) |
No 1 (Indian) Group (AHQ India)
Group HQ - Peshawar
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Ambala | RAF Station | |
Ambala | Advanced Flying School (India) | |
Amritsar | No 3 Punjab University Unit | |
Chaklala | RAF Station | |
Chaklala | No 3 Parachute Training School | |
Chaklala | RAF Element, Air Transport Development Centre | |
Chaklala | No 12 Sqn RIAF | Dakota |
Chaklala | No 31 Sqn (Detachment) | Dakota |
Deolali | No 659 Sqn, 'A' Flight | |
Drigh Road, Karachi | No 301 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Drigh Road, Karachi | No 320 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Drigh Road, Karachi | No 1 Target Towing Flight RIAF | |
Jiwani | RAF Station Mauripur (Detachment) | |
Jodhpur | RAF Station | |
Jodhpur | No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | |
Karachi | No 57 Movement Unit (Embarkation) | |
Karachi | RAF General Hospital | |
Karachi | No 9 Movement Control Unit | |
Karachi | No 5 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
Kasu Begu | No 344 Maintenance Unit ('X') | Explosive Storage Unit |
Kohat | RAF Station | |
Lahore | No 307 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Lahore | No 306 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Lahore | No 8 Movement Control Unit | |
Lahore | No 1 Punjab University Unit | |
Lower Topa | No 1 Hill Depot | |
Mauripur | RAF Station (No 48 Staging Post) | |
Mauripur | No 10 Sqn | Dakota |
Mauripur | No 31 Sqn | Dakota |
Mauripur | Karachi Area Control Centre | |
Mirahshah | No 7 Sqn RIAF (Detachment) | Spitfire |
Nowshera | No 344 Maintenance Unit, 'D' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Peshawar | RAF Station | |
Peshawar | No 1 (Indian) Group Communication Flight | |
Peshawar | No 2 Punjab University Unit | |
Peshawar | Air Support Control Unit (India) | |
Peshawar | No 1 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Peshawar | No 9 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Peshawar | No 5 Sqn | Tempest |
Peshawar | No 659 Sqn, 'B' Flight | |
Razmak | No 659 Sqn, 'C' Flight | |
Risalpur | RAF Station (No 7 C & M Party) | |
Risalpur | No 3 Sqn RIAF | Tempest |
Risalpur | No 7 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Samungli | No 21 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Walton | No 1 Demobilisation Centre |
No 2 (Indian) Group (AHQ India)
Group HQ - Bangalore
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Arkonam | RIAF Depot | |
Avadi | No 337 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Bangalore | RAF Movements, Southern Region | |
Bangalore | No 3 Hydrogen Compressor Unit | |
Bangalore | No 2 Base Postal Unit (Detachment) | |
Bangalore | No 2 Mysore University Unit | |
Baroda | No 26 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Bhopal | RAF Station (C & M basis) | |
Bombay | Base Personnel Office (India) (RAF) | |
Bombay | Base Accounts Office RAF | |
Bombay | Bombay University Unit | |
Bombay | No 2 Base Postal Unit | |
Bombay | No 51 Movement Unit (Embarkation) | |
Bombay | RAF Signals Centre | |
Chidamparam | Annamalai University Unit | |
Cochin (Willingdon Island) | No 63 Movement Unit (Embarkation) | |
Cochin (Willingdon Island) | No 312 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Coimbatore | Initial Training Wing | |
Ernakulam | No 2 Madras University Unit | |
Gumnidipundi | No 343 Maintenance Unit ('X'), 'C' Site | Explosive Storage Unit |
Hakimpet | No 25 Care and Maintenance Party | |
Hakimpet | Medical Training Centre | |
Hakimpet | No 3 School of Ground Training | |
Hyderabad | Osmania University Unit | |
Jallahalli | No 2 Demobilisation Centre | |
Jubbulpore | No 318 Maintenance Unit 'X' | Explosive Storage Unit |
Kolar | RAF Station | |
Madh Island (Bombay) | Air Force Wing, Combined Operations Establishment | |
Madras | No 1 Madras University Unit | |
Madras | No 78 Movement Unit (Embarkation) | |
Madras | No 10 Movement Control Unit | |
Mysore | No 1 Mysore University Unit | |
Nagpur | No 59 Staging Post (C & M basis) | |
Nagpur | Nagpur University Unit | |
Poona | RAF Station (No 153 Staging Post) | |
Poona | No 2 Sqn RIAF | Spitfire |
Poona | No 8 Sqn RIAF | Tempest |
Poona | No 330 Maintenance Unit | MT Servicing Unit |
Pulgaon | No 341 Maintenance Unit 'X' | Explosive Storage Unit |
Red Hills Lake | RIAF Central Accounts Office | |
Red Hills Lake | RIAF Record Office | |
Sambre | No 23 C & M Party | |
Saugor | Saugor University Unit | |
Sewri | No 305 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Tambaram | RAF Station | |
Tambaram | No 4 Base Signals Depot | |
Tambaram | Navigation and Signals School | |
Tambaram | No 2 School of Ground Training | |
Tambaram | No 22019 AMES | |
Trivandrum | Travancore University Unit | |
Waltair | Andhra University Unit | |
Wellington | No 8 Hill Depot | |
Worli | RAF Station | |
Worli | Base Repair Depot | |
Worli | No 3 Release Embarkation Centre (Movement Unit) | |
Yelahanka | RAF Station | |
Yelahanka | No 2 (Indian) Group Communication Flight | |
Yelahanka | Bangalore Area Control Centre |
No 3 (Indian) Group (AHQ India)
HQ - Barrackpore, India
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Agra | RAF Station | |
Agra | Agra University Unit | |
Agra | No 20 Sqn | Tempest |
Aligarh | Muslim University Unit | |
Allahabad | Allahabad University Unit | |
Barrackpore | RAF Station | |
Barrackpore | No 3 (Indian) Group Communication Flight | |
Benares | Benares University Unit | |
Calcutta | Calcutta University Unit | |
Calcutta | No 54 Movement Unit (Embarkation) | |
Calcutta | RAF Movements, Eastern Region | |
Cawnpore | RAF Hospital | |
Chakeri | No 10 Sqn RIAF | Tempest |
Chakeri | No 322 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Cuttack | Utkal University Unit | |
Dacca | Dacca University Unit | |
Delhi | Delhi University Unit | |
Dum Dum | RAF Station (No 38 Staging Post) | |
Dum Dum | Calcutta Area Control Centre | |
Jamalpur | No 325 Maintenance Unit 'X' | Explosive Storage Unit |
Lucknow | Lucknow University Unit | |
Manauri | No 302 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Palam | RAF Station (No 9 Staging Post) | |
Palam | No 34 Sqn | Spitfire |
Palam | No 309 Maintenance Unit | MT Servicing Unit |
Patna | Patna University Unit | |
Ranchi | RAF Station |
Source - SD161 (81st Edition) - Jun 1947
[ACFE | RAF Hong Kong | AHQ Burma | AHQ Ceylon | AHQ Malaya | AHQ India | No 1 (Indian) Group | No 2 (Indian) Group | No 3 (Indian) Group]
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