No. 207 Group RAF

Further information: Air H.Q. East Africa

No. 207 (General Purpose) Group was a group of the Royal Air Force (RAF) established on December 15, 1941 by downgrading the British RAF Command known as 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]
October 27, 1942

Units Aircraft
16 Squadron SAAF Beaufort, Maryland
34 Flight SAAF Anson
35 Flight SAAF Blenheim
No. 246 Wing RAF

41 Squadron SAAF

 Hartebeeste,
Hurricane
No. 209 Squadron (RAF) Catalina
No. 321 Squadron (RAF) Catalina
No. 1414 Flight (RAF) Gladiator
No. 1433 Flight (RAF) Lysander

On November 16, 1942, the Group was upgraded to Command status and again became Air H.Q. East Africa. Following the Casablanca Conference-directed reorganization of the Allied air forces in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) effective February 18, 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

  1. ↑ http://www.rafweb.org/Grp07.htm RAF Web Mediterranean Commands
  2. ↑ Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volumes 2-3, HMSO, 1953).
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