List of Royal Air Force Communication units


This is a List of Royal Air Force Communication units. "Communication" in the Royal Air Force sense meant units of light transport/liaison aircraft, very frequently supporting a command headquarters.
To allow rapid transport of air officers, staff and other important people many units and Headquarters operated communication Sections, Flights, Squadrons or wings.
A single wing of this type, the 2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Wing RAF, was established on 31 March 1945, and disbanded only three and a half months later at RAF Buckeburg on 15 July 1945, by being reduced to the British Air Forces of Occupation Communication Squadron.

Squadrons

Units

UnitFormed onFormed atDisbanded onDisbanded atNotes
Aden Communication Unit RAF1 January 1944KhormaksarJanuary 1946KhormaksarBecame Headquarters British Forces Aden Communication Flight
Air Command Southeast Asia Communication Unit RAF1 November 1943Willingdon, India31 January 1944Willingdon, IndiaBecame Headquarters Air Command Southeast Asia Communication Squadron
Air Headquarters Bengal Communication Unit RAF24 March 1943Barrackpore, Bengal1 December 1943Comilla, IndiaBecame Tactical Air Force Communication Squadron
Communication Unit, Desert Air Force RAF1 July 1943Sorman, Libya1 June 1944Orvieto, ItalyBecame Desert Air Force Communication Flight
Communication Unit, Heliopolis RAF18 January 1940Heliopolis19 August 1940HeliopolisBecame No. 267 Squadron RAF
Communication Unit, Western Desert RAF27 April 1942Ma'aten Bagush, Egypt1 July 1943Sorman, LibyaBecame Communication Unit, Desert Air Force
Mediterranean Air Command Communication Unit RAF2 August 1943Maison Blanche, Algeria1 February 1944Maison Blanche, AlgeriaDisbanded

Flights