No. 207 Group RAF
No. 207 (General Purpose) Group RAF | |
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Active | 15 December 1941 - 16 November 1942 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Royal Air Force group |
Part of | RAF Middle East Command |
Engagements | World War II |
No. 207 (General Purpose) Group was a
Air H.Q. East Africa
to Group status.
The group was commanded by Air Commodore William Sowrey until June 1942 when Air Commodore Malcolm Taylor took over.[1]
No. 207 (General Purpose) Group
Air Commodore Malcolm Taylor
Order of Battle[2]
27 October 1942
Units | Aircraft |
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16 Squadron SAAF | Beaufort, Maryland |
34 Flight SAAF | Anson |
35 Flight SAAF | Blenheim |
No. 246 Wing RAF
|
Hartebeeste, Hurricane |
No. 209 Squadron (RAF) | Catalina |
No. 321 Squadron (RAF)
|
Catalina |
No. 1414 Flight (RAF) | Gladiator |
No. 1433 Flight (RAF) | Lysander |
On 16 November 1942, the Group was upgraded to Command status and again became
Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) effective 18 February 1943, Air H.Q. East Africa was a sub-command of RAF Middle East Command, itself a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command
.
References
- ^ "Groups 200+_P". Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2016. RAF Web Mediterranean Commands
- ^ Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volumes 2-3, HMSO, 1953).