Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Far East Commands - March 1952
[FEAF | RAF Hong Kong | AHQ Ceylon | AHQ Malaya]
Command HQ - Changi, Singapore
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Changi | FEAF HQ Unit | |
Changi | No 4 RAF Police Wing HQ | |
Chia Kang | RAF Detachment | Administered by RAF Maintenance Base |
Rangoon | British Service Mission to Burma | |
Seletar | RAF Base | |
Seletar | No 390 Maintenance Unit | |
Seletar | No 2 Aeronautical Inspection Service Test Centre | |
Air Formation Signals | ||
Singapore | HQ, No 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment | |
Singapore | HQ, No 1 Sqn, 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 |
Clark Field (USAF) | RAF Detachment | |
Hong Kong | No 367 Wireless Unit | |
Hong Kong | Army/RAF Embarkation HQ | |
Iwakuni (Japan) | RAF Station | |
Iwakuni (Japan) | No 1903 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Iwakuni (Japan) | No 1913 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Kai Tak | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Kai Tak | No 28 Sqn | Vampire |
Kai Tak | No 80 Sqn | Hornet |
Kai Tak | Hong Kong Air Traffic Control Centre | |
Kai Tak | No 43 Signals Unit | AMES |
Kai Tak | No 117 Signals Unit | AMES |
Kai Tak | No 743 Signals Unit | AMES (C & M) |
Kai Tak | Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force | Auster/Harvard |
Kai Tak | No 3 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Kai Tak | No 69 Flight, RAF Police | |
Sek Kong | Satellite, RAF Kai Tak | |
North Point | RAF Station |
HQ - Negombo, Ceylon
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
China Bay | RAF Station | |
Colombo | RAF Station | |
Colombo | No 1 District (Ceylon), RAF Police | |
Colombo | No 41 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Diyatalawa | RAF Detachment | |
Diyatalawa | Advanced Training School | |
Diyatalawa | Convalescent Hospital | |
Gangodawlia | RAF Signals Centre, Colombo | |
Negombo | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Negombo | Ceylon Air Traffic Control Centre | |
Negombo | Military Hospital and Dental Centre | |
Negombo | Radio Fitting Party | Functionally controlled by HQ, No 90 Group |
Negombo | No 61 Flight, RAF Police | |
Tria Gala | Bombing and Air Firing Range | |
Trincomalee | RAF Flying Boat (Staging Post) |
HQ - RAF Changi
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Bayan Lapas | No 487 Signals Unit | AMES (C & M) |
Butterworth | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Butterworth | No 33 Sqn | Hornet |
Butterworth | Penang Fighter Sqn MAAF | Tiger Moth/Harvard |
Butterworth | No 27 Armament Practice Camp | Beaufighter |
Butterworth | Penang Fighter Control Unit, MAAF | |
Car Nicobar | RAF Detachment | |
Changi | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Changi | Far East Transport Wing | |
Changi | No 48 Sqn | Valetta |
Changi | No 52 Sqn | Dakota |
Changi | No 110 Sqn | Valetta |
Changi | Casualty Evacuation Flight | Dragonfly |
Changi | FEAF Communication Sqn | Valetta |
Changi | No 129 Signals Unit | AMES |
Changi | No 259 Signals Unit | AMES |
Changi | RAF Hospital | |
Changi | HQ Medical Board | |
Changi | Signals Centre, Singapore | |
Changi | Command Cookery School | |
Changi | Base Accounts Office FEAF | |
Changi | FEAF Hygiene and Malaria Unit | |
Changi | Staging Aircraft Servicing Section | |
Labaun | RAF Detachment | |
Kuala Lipis | No 1911 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Kuala Lumper | RAF Station (Advanced HQ) AHQ Malaya | |
Kuala Lumper | No 656 (AOP) Sqn HQ | |
Kuala Lumper | Kuala Lumper Fighter Sqn, MAAF | Tiger Moth/Harvard |
Penang | Leave Centre (Fort Auchry) | |
Penang | Leave Centre (Tanjong Bungah) | |
Penang | No 66 Flight, RAF Police | |
Seletar | Far East Flying Boat Wing | |
Seletar | No 88 Sqn | Sunderland |
Seletar | No 205 Sqn | Sunderland |
Seletar | No 209 Sqn | Sunderland |
Seletar | No 81 Sqn | Mosquito |
Seletar | FEAF Training Sqn | |
Seletar | Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Centre (SEA) | |
Sembawang (RNAS) | No 1907 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Seremban | No 1914 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Singapore | RAF Element, Security and Intelligence, Far East | |
Singapore | Army/RAF Embarkation HQ | |
Singapore | No 2 District (Malaya), RAF Police | |
Singapore | No 64 Flight, RAF Police | |
Singapore | No 65 Flight, RAF Police | |
Singapore | FEAF Police School | |
Taiping | No 1902 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Tengah | RAF Station | |
Tengah | No 45 Sqn | Hornet |
Tengah | No 60 Sqn | Vampire |
Tengah | No 84 Sqn | Brigand |
Tengah | Singapore Fighter Sqn, MAAF | Spitfire/Harvard/Tiger Moth |
Tengah | Singapore Fighter Control Unit, MAAF |
Source - SD161 (138th Edition) - March 1952
[FEAF | RAF Hong Kong | AHQ Ceylon | AHQ Malaya]
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