No. 207 Group RAF

Further information: Air H.Q. East Africa

No. 207 (General Purpose) Group RAF
Royal Air Force Ensign
Active15 December 1941 - 16 November 1942
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeRoyal Air Force group
Part ofRAF Middle East Command
EngagementsWorld War II

No. 207 (General Purpose) Group was a group of the Royal Air Force (RAF) established on 15 December 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]
27 October 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 16 November 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 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

  1. ^ "Groups 200+_P". Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2016. RAF Web Mediterranean Commands
  2. ^ Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volumes 2-3, HMSO, 1953).