List of Royal Air Force Communication units

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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.

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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. [1]

Squadrons

UnitFormed onFormed atDisbanded onDisbanded atNotes
Aden Communication Squadron RAF1 December 1951 RAF Khormaksar 31 August 1955RAF KhormaksarBecame Aden Protectorate Communication and Support Squadron RAF [2]
Aden Protectorate Communication and Support Squadron RAF1 September 1955RAF Khormaksar31 December 1956RAF KhormaksarBecame No. 84 Squadron RAF [2]
Air Command Far East and Air Headquarters Malaya Communication Squadron RAF21 August 1946 RAF Changi 15 January 1947RAF ChangiDisbanded [3]
Air Component Field Force Communication Squadron RAF25 August 1939 RAF Andover 27 November 1939RAF Mont JoisBecame No. 81 Squadron RAF [3]
Air Defence of Great Britain Communication Squadron RAF1 May 1944 RAF Northolt 16 October 1944RAF NortholtBecame Fighter Command Communication Squadron RAF [3]
Air Division Communication Squadron RAF18 December 1945 RAF Lubeck 8 August 1946 RAF Detmold Disbanded [3]
Air Forces Gulf Communication Squadron RAF15 September 1967 RAF Muharraq 8 August 1969RAF MuharraqDisbanded [4]
Air Headquarters Burma Communication Squadron RAF20 September 1945 RAF Baigachi 14 November 1945 RAF Mingaladon Became Air Headquarters Burma Communication Flight RAF [5]
Air Headquarters East Africa Communication Squadron RAF1 November 1940 RAF Nairobi 15 December 1941 RAF Eastleigh Disbanded [6]
Air Headquarters Hong Kong Communication Squadron RAF12 September 1945 RAF Kai Tak 15 January 1947RAF Kai TakDisbanded [6]
Air Headquarters India Communication Squadron RAF1 March 1946 RAF Willingdon 15 August 1947 RAF Palam Became Supreme Commanders Headquarters (Air) Communication Squadron RAF [7]
Air Headquarters Italy Communication Squadron RAF10 November 1945 RAF Marcianise 15 August 1946RAF MarcianiseBecame Air Headquarters Italy Communication Flight RAF [7]
Air Headquarters Malaya Communication Squadron RAF1 November 1945 RAF Kallang 15 January 1947 RAF Changi Disbanded [7]
Air Headquarters Malta Communication Squadron RAF31 May 1946 RAF Hal Far 1 July 1954 RAF Luqa Became Malta Communication and Target Towing Squadron RAF [7]
Air Headquarters Netherlands East Indies Communication Squadron RAF1 November 1945 RAF Mingaladon 21 August 1946KemajoranDisbanded [7] [8] 0
Allied Air Forces Central Europe Communication Squadron RAFApril 1951 RAF Melun-Villaroche 1966RAF Melun-VillarocheDisbanded [9]
Allied Expeditionary Air Force Communication Squadron RAF6 April 1944 RAF Heston 15 October 1944RAF HestonBecame Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (RAF) Communication Squadron RAF [9]
Base Air Forces, Southeast Asia Communication Squadron RAF1 October 1944 RAF Willingdon 1 March 1946RAF PalamBecame Air Headquarters India Communication Squadron RAF [10] National Archives record
Bomber Command Communication Squadron RAF1 February 1956 RAF Halton 30 June 1963 RAF Bovingdon [11] [12] Became Bomber/Fighter/Coastal Commands Communication Squadron RAF
Bomber/Fighter/Coastal Command Communication Squadron RAF1 July 1963 RAF Bovingdon 1 August 1963RAF BovingdonBecame Southern Communication Squadron RAF [13]
British Air Forces of Occupation Communication Squadron RAF15 July 1945 RAF Bückeburg 1 September 1951RAF BückeburgBecame 2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Squadron [14]
British Commonwealth Air Communication Squadron RAF1 January 1946 RAF Iwakuni 31 March 1948RAF IwakuniDisbanded [15] [16]
Coastal Command Communication Squadron RAF7 April 1945 RAF Leavesden 1 May 1946RAF LeavesdenBecame Bomber/Fighter/Coastal Command Communication Squadron RAF [17]
Colerne Communication Squadron RAF30 July 1952 RAF Colerne 1 July 1957RAF ColerneAbsorbed by No. 81 Group Communication Squadron RAF [18]
Communication Squadron, GHQ Royal Air Force, France RAF1 April 1918 RAF Berck-sur-Mer November 1918 RAF Bickendorf Disbanded [19]
Communication Squadron, Hendon RAF23 July 1918RAF Hendon27 July 1918RAF HendonBecame No. 1 (Communication) Squadron RAF [19]
Far East Communication Squadron RAF16 October 1947RAF ChangiJanuary 1960RAF ChangiBecame part of No. 52 Squadron RAF [20]
Fighter Command Communication Squadron RAF16 October 1944RAF Northolt30 June 1963RAF BovingdonBecame Bomber/Fighter/Coastal Command Communication Squadron RAF [21]
Flying Training Command Communication Squadron RAF1 April 1959RAF White Waltham1 April 1964RAF White WalthamDisbanded [22]
No. 2 Group Communication Squadron RAF10 October 1945B.56 Brussels/Evere29 May 1946B.56 Brussels/EvereReverted to No. 2 Group Communication Flight RAF [23]
No. 83 Group Communication Squadron RAF1 March 1944
1 October 1946
7 September 1952		RAF Redhill
Unknown
RAF Wahn		5 May 1946
Unknown
3 May 1958		 B.164 RAF Schleswigland
Unknown
Wahn		Disbanded [24] [25]
No. 84 Group Communication Squadron RAF1 March 1944Cowley Barracks30 November 1947B.61 St. Denis WestremDisbanded [25]
No. 85 Group Communication Squadron RAF1 May 1944 RAF Castle Camps 29 May 1946RAF HestonBecame No. 85 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 88 Group Communication Squadron RAF10 May 1945 RAF Turnhouse 30 September 1945 RAF Gardermoen Disbanded [26]
No. 221 Group Communication Squadron RAF1 January 1945 RAF Kalemyo 1 November 1945RAF MingaladonBecame Air Headquarters Netherlands East Indies Communication Squadron RAF [27]
No. 232 Group Communication Squadron RAF27 February 1945 RAF Comilla 31 March 1946 RAF Rangoon Disbanded [28]
No. 238 Group Communication Squadron RAF20 April 1945 RAF Bilaspur 15 October 1945RAF BilaspurDisbanded [28]
Headquarters Air Command Southeast Asia (Communication) Squadron RAF31 January 1944RAF Willingdon30 September 1946RAF ChangiAir Command Far East and Air Headquarters Malaya Communication Squadron RAF [29]
Headquarters British Forces Aden Communication Squadron RAF21 March 1943RAF Khormaksar1 December 1951RAF KhormaksarBecame Aden Communication Squadron RAF [29]
Headquarters Middle East Air Force Communication Squadron RAF1 December 1954RAF Nicosia1 February 1946RAF NicosiaBecame Middle East Command Communication Squadron RAF [5]
Headquarters Middle East Communication Squadron RAF1 June 1949 RAF Kabrit 30 November 1949RAF KabritDisbanded [5]
Headquarters Royal Air Force Burma Communication Squadron RAF21 April 1945 RAF Baigachi 20 September 1945RAF BaigachiBecame Air Headquarters Burma Communication Squadron RAF [5]
Headquarters Royal Air Force Northern Ireland Communication Squadron RAF19 November 1942 RAF Sydenham 31 March 1950RAF AldergroveBecame No. 67 Group Communication Flight RAF [5]
Home Command Communication Squadron RAF1 August 1950RAF White Waltham1 April 1959RAF White WalthamBecame Flying Training Command Communication Squadron RAF [30]
Maintenance Command Communication and Ferry Squadron RAF1 November 1960RAF Andover1 April 1964RAF AndoverDisbanded into Western Communication Squadron RAF [31]
Malta Communication and Target Towing Squadron RAF1 July 1954RAF Luqa1 August 1963 RAF Ta Kali Became Malta Communication Flight RAF [32]
Mediterranean and Middle East Communication Squadron RAF1 February 1944RAF Maison Blanche1 June 1949RAF KabritBecame Headquarters Middle East Communication Squadron RAF [33]
Metropolitan Communication Squadron RAF 8 April 1944RAF Hendon3 February 1969RAF NortholtBecame No. 32 Squadron RAF [34]
Middle East Command Communication Squadron RAF1 October 1961 RAF Khormaksar 15 June 1965RAF KhormaksarBecame Middle East Command Communication Flight RAF [35]
Middle East Communication Squadron RAF29 February 1944 RAF Heliopolis 10 November 1945RAF HeliopolisBecame Mediterranean and Middle East Communication Squadron RAF [36]
Middle East Communications Squadron RAF16 September 1967RAF Khormaksar17 September 1967RAF KhormaksarDisbanded into No. 84 Squadron RAF [35]
Northern Communication Squadron RAF1 October 1964 RAF Topcliffe 1 January 1967RAF TopcliffeBecame Training Commands Communication Squadron RAF [37]
Reserve Command Communication Squadron RAF10 September 1946RAF White Waltham1 August 1950RAF White WalthamBecame Home Command Communication Squadron RAF [38]
Royal Air Force Bengal/Burma Communication Squadron RAF4 December 1944 RAF Baigachi 21 April 1945 RAF Baigachi Became Headquarters Royal Air Force Burma Communication Squadron RAF [39]
Royal Air Force Germany Communication Squadron RAF1 January 1959RAF Wildenrath3 February 1969RAF WildenrathBecame No. 60 Squadron RAF [40]
Southern Communication Squadron RAF1 August 1963RAF Bovingdon1 January 1969RAF BovingdonBecame Strike Command Communication Squadron RAF [41]
Strike Command Communication Squadron RAF1 January 1969RAF Bovingdon3 February 1969RAF NortholtBecame No. 207 Squadron RAF [41]
Special Communication Squadron RAF1 January 1951RAF Kabrit1 September 1952RAF FayidBecame Middle East Air Force Special Communication Flight RAF [41]
No. 1 (Communication) Squadron RAF27 July 1918RAF Hendon8 October 1919 RAF Kenley Disbanded [19]
No. 2 (Communication) Squadron RAF1 March 1919 RAF Buc 8 October 1919RAF KenleyDisbanded [19]
No. 3 (Communication) Squadron RAFFebruary 1919 RAF Hounslow March 1919RAF HounslowAbsorbed by No. 86 Wing Headquarters Flight RAF [19]
No. 4 (Communication) Squadron RAF5 January 1919 RAF Felixstowe 31 December 1919RAF FelixstoweAbsorbed by No. 230 Squadron RAF [19]
No. 5 (Communication) Squadron RAF March 1919 RAF Bircham Newton 15 June 1919RAF Bircham NewtonBecame No. 274 Squadron RAF [19]
No. 6 (Communication) Squadron RAFMarch 1919RAF Bircham Newton1 October 1919RAF Bircham NewtonDisbanded [19]
No. 7 (Communication) Squadron RAFMarch 1919RAF Bircham Newton1 October 1919RAF Bircham NewtonDisbanded [19]
No. 8 (Communication) Squadron RAFMarch 1919RAF Bircham NewtonSeptember 1919RAF Bircham NewtonDisbanded [19]
Supreme Commander's Headquarters (Air) Communication Squadron RAF15 August 1947RAF Palam17 December 1947RAF PalamRoyal Air Force Communication Flight [42]
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (RAF) Communication Squadron RAF15 October 1944RAF Heston31 July 1945RAF DetmoldDisbanded [1]
Tactical Air Force (Burma) Communication Squadron RAF1 December 1943 RAF Comilla 28 December 1943RAF ComillaBecame 3rd Tactical Air Force Communication Squadron RAF [1]
2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Squadron RAF1 April 1944
1 September 1951		RAF Hartford Bridge
RAF Buckeburg		31 March 1945
1 January 1959		RAF Buckeburg
RAF Wildenrath		Became British Air Forces of Occupation Communication Squadron
Became Royal Air Force Germany Communication Squadron RAF [43]
3rd Tactical Air Force Communication Squadron RAF28 December 1943RAF Comilla4 December 1944RAF ComillaBecame Royal Air Force Bengal/Burma Communication Squadron RAF [1]
Training Commands Communication Squadron RAF1 January 1967RAF Topcliffe3 February 1969 RAF Wyton Became No. 26 Squadron RAF [44]
Transport Command Communication Squadron RAF1959/61 RAF Upavon 1 April 1964[RAF UpavonAbsorbed by the Western Communication Squadron RAF [45]
Turnhouse Communication Squadron RAF1 October 1952RAF Turnhouse28 February 1958RAF TurnhouseDisbanded [46]
West Africa Command Communication Squadron RAFJuly 1945Unknown1 November 1945RAF AccraBecame West Africa Communication Squadron RAF [47]
West Africa Communication Squadron RAF31 May 1944
1 October 1946		 RAF Waterloo, Sierra Leone
RAF Takoradi 		July 1945
25 September 1947		Unknown
RAF Takoradi		Became West Africa Command Communication Squadron RAF
Disbanded [47]
West Africa Transport and Communication Squadron RAF1 November 1945 RAF Accra, Gold Coast1 October 1946RAF Takoradi, Gold CoastBecame West Africa Communication Squadron [47]
Western Communication Squadron RAF1 April 1964RAF Andover3 February 1969RAF AndoverBecame No. 21 Squadron RAF [47]
No. 85 Wing Communication Squadron RAF1 July 1946RAF GhentNovember 1948RAF UtersenBecame No. 85 Wing Communication Flight RAF [26]

Units

UnitFormed onFormed atDisbanded onDisbanded atNotes
Aden Communication Unit RAF1 January 1944KhormaksarJanuary 1946KhormaksarBecame Headquarters British Forces Aden Communication Flight [2]
Air Command Southeast Asia Communication Unit RAF1 November 1943Willingdon, India31 January 1944Willingdon, IndiaBecame Headquarters Air Command Southeast Asia Communication Squadron [3]
Air Headquarters Bengal Communication Unit RAF24 March 1943Barrackpore, Bengal1 December 1943Comilla, IndiaBecame Tactical Air Force (Burma) Communication Squadron [6]
Communication Unit, Desert Air Force RAF1 July 1943Sorman, Libya1 June 1944Orvieto, ItalyBecame Desert Air Force Communication Flight [19]
Communication Unit, Heliopolis RAF18 January 1940Heliopolis19 August 1940HeliopolisBecame No. 267 Squadron RAF [48]
Communication Unit, Western Desert RAF27 April 1942Ma'aten Bagush, Egypt1 July 1943Sorman, LibyaBecame Communication Unit, Desert Air Force [19]
Mediterranean Air Command Communication Unit RAF2 August 1943Maison Blanche, Algeria1 February 1944Maison Blanche, AlgeriaDisbanded [33]

Flights

UnitFormed onFormed atDisbanded onDisbanded atNotes
No. 1 (Communication) Flight (Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit) RAF6 September 1939RAF Nairobi, Kenya1 November 1940RAF NairobiMerged and became the Air Headquarters East Africa Communication Squadron [19]
No. 1 (Indian) Group Communication Flight RAF15 August 1945RAF Peshawar, India15 August 1947RAF PeshawarBecame Air Headquarters Pakistan Communication Flight [49]
No. 2 (Indian) Group Communication Flight RAF1 May 1946RAF Yelahanka, India15 August 1947RAF YelahankaBecame 2 Group Communication Flight, Indian Air Force [49]
No. 3 (Indian) Group Communication Flight RAF1 May 1946RAF Barrackpore, India31 May 1947RAF BarrackporeDisbanded [49]
No. 1 Group Communication Flight RAF [23]
No. 2 Group Communication Flight RAF [23]
No. 3 Group Communication Flight RAF [23]
No. 4 Group Communication Flight RAF [23]
No. 5 Group Communication Flight RAF [23]
No. 6 Group Communication Flight RAF [23]
No. 7 Group Communication Flight RAF [23]
No. 8 Group Communication Flight RAF [23]
No. 9 Group Communication Flight RAF [23]
No. 10 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 11 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 12 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 13 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 14 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 15 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 16 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 17 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 18 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 19 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 21 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 22 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 23 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 24 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 25 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 27 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 29 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 38 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 40 Group Communication Flight RAF [50]
No. 42 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 43 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 44 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 45 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 46 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 47 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 48 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 50 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 51 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 54 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 60 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 61 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 62 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 63 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 64 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 66 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 67 Group Communication Flight RAF [25] 7
No. 70 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 71 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 80 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 81 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 82 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 83 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 84 Group Communication Flight RAF [25]
No. 85 Group Communication Flight RAFNovember 1948RAF Utersen1 March 1950RAF UtersenDisbanded [26]
No. 87 Group Communication Flight RAF15 May 1945RAF Buc, France1 July 1946RAF BucBecame No. 87 Wing Communication Flight [26]
No. 88 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 91 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 92 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 93 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 100 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 106 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 201 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 202 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 203 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 204 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 205 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 206 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 207 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 210 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 211 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 212 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 216 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 218 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 219 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 221 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 222 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 223 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 224 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 225 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 226 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 227 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 228 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 229 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 230 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 231 Group Communication Flight RAF [51]
No. 232 Group Communication Flight RAF [52]
No. 238 Group Communication Flight RAF [52]
No. 242 Group Communication Flight RAF [52]
No. 85 Wing Communication Flight RAF10 May 1947Unk1 October 1947RAF UtersenDisbanded [53]
No. 87 Wing Communication Flight RAF1 July 1946RAF Buc26 August 1946RAF Buc, FranceRoyal Air Force Delegation (France) Communication Flight [26]
2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Flight RAF1 June 1943RAF White Waltham1 April 1944RAF Hartford BridgeBecame 2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Squadron [1]
Air Defence of Great Britain Communication Flight RAFJanuary 1930
1 May 1944		RAF NortholtFebruary 1936
1944		RAF NortholtAbsorbed by Northolt Station Flight [3]
Reformed as part of the Air Defence of Great Britain Communication Squadron. Disbanded. [3]
Air Headquarters Austria Communication Flight RAF5 October 1945RAF Klagenfurt, Austria15 August 1946RAF KlagenfurtBecame Austria Commission Flight [6]
Air Headquarters Burma Communication Flight RAF14 November 1945RAF Mingaladon1 December 1947RAF MingaladonDisbanded [54]
Air Headquarters Ceylon Communication Flight RAF15 October 1945RAF Ratmalana, Ceylon15 January 1947RAF Negombo, CeylonDisbanded [6]
Air Headquarters Communication Flight Iraq and Persia RAF1 July 1945RAF Habbaniya, Iraq1 March 1946RAF HabbaniyaBecame Air Headquarters Iraq Communication Flight [6]
Air Headquarters East Africa Communication Flight RAF16 November 1942
1 August 1944
September 1954		RAF Eastleigh, KenyaFebruary 1944
15 September 1951
Unk		RAF EastleighBecame the Air Transport Flight
Became the Eastleigh Communication Flight
Disbanded [6]
Air Headquarters Eastern Mediterranean Communication Flight RAF1 February 1944RAF Mariut, Eqypt15 March 1946RAF MariutDisbanded [6]
Air Headquarters Egypt Communication Flight RAF31 August 1944RAF Heliopolis, Eqypt1 April 1946RAF HeliopolisAbsorbed by the Mediterranean and Middle East Communication Squadron [6]
Air Headquarters Greece Communication Flight RAFJanuary 1945RAF Hassani, Greece11 January 1947RAF HassaniBecame the Royal Air Force Delegation (Greece) Communication Flight [6]
Air Headquarters India Communication Flight RAF16 August 1939RAF Lahore21 January 1942RAF WillingdonDisbanded [55]
Air Headquarters Iraq Communication Flight RAF1 March 1946RAF Habbaniya, Iraq5 August 1954RAF HabbaniyaBecame the Iraq Communication Flight [7]
Air Headquarters Italy Communication Flight RAF15 August 1946RAF Udine, Italy27 September 1947RAF UdineDisbanded [7]
Air Headquarters Malta Communication Flight RAF1 March 1944RAF Hal Far, Malta31 May 1946RAF LuqaBecame the Malta Communications and Target Towing Squadron [7]
Air Headquarters Middle East Communication Flight RAFFebruary 1942Eqypt1942Unknown [7]
Allied Expeditionary Air Force Communication Flight RAF13 December 1943RAF Heston6 April 1944RAF HestonBecame the Allied Expeditionary Air Force Communication Squadron [9]
Andover Communication Flight RAF28 March 1927RAF Andover10 September 1938RAF AndoverBecame the Staff College Station Flight [56]
Army Co-Operation Command Communication Flight RAF1 December 1940RAF White Waltham31 May 1943RAF White WalthamBecame the 2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Flight [57]
Austria Commission Flight RAF15 August 1946RAF Klagenfurt1 November 1947RAF KlagenfurtDisbanded [6]
Balkan Air Force Communication Flight RAF7 June 1944RAF Bari16 July 1945RAF BariDisbanded [58]
Berlin Air Command (RAF) Communication Flight RAF24 May 1945RAF Gatow1 August 1945B.58 MelsbroekBecame British Air Command Berlin Communication Flight RAF [59]
Bomber Command Communication Flight RAF1942RAF Halton1956RAF Halton [60] Became Bomber Command Communication Squadron.
British Air Command Berlin Communication Flight RAF1 August 1945RAF Gatow28 FebruaryRAF GatowDisbanded [16]
Civil Aircraft Flight, National Air Communications RAFSeptember 1939RAF Doncaster1 May 1940RAF DoncasterBecame No. 271 Squadron RAF [61]
Coastal Command Communication Flight RAFMay 1952RAF Bovingdon30 June 1963RAF BovingdonDisbanded into Bomber/Fighter/Coastal Communication Squadron RAF [62]
Communication Flight, Aden RAF1 April 1942RAF Khormaksar21 March 1943RAF KhormaksarBecame HQ British Forces Aden Communications Flight RAF [63]
Communication Flight, Air Headquarters New Delhi RAFNovember 1930RAF Willingdon1 April 1942RAF WillingdonBecame No. 224 Group Communication Flight [48]
Communication Flight, Air Headquarters Western Desert RAF9 October 1941RAF Ma'aten Bagush27 April 1942RAF Ma'aten BagushBecame Communication Unit, Western Desert [48]
Communication Flight, Aldermaston RAF
Communication Flight, Dar es Salaam (Air Defence Unit, Tanganyika) RAF
Communication Flight, Dum Dum RAF
Communication Flight, Eastleigh RAF
Communication Flight, GHQ Royal Flying Corps, France RAF
Communication Flight, Heliopolis RAF
Communication Flight, Iraq RAF
Communication Flight, Iraq and Persia RAF
Communication Flight, Khartoum RAF (see 117 Squadron)
Communication Flight, Lydda RAF
Communication Flight, Malta RAF1 February 1943RAF Hal Far1 March 1943RAF Hal FarDisbanded into Malta Air Sea Rescue & Communication Flight [64]
Communication Flight, Nicosia RAF
Communication Flight, Ramleh RAF
Communication Flight, Takoradi RAF
Desert Air Force Communication Flight RAF20 August 1943
1 September 1945		RAF Francesco
RAF Feletto Umbero		October 1945
30 June 1946		RAF Udine
RAF Campoformido		Disbanded [65]
Merged with AHQ Italy Communication Squadron [65]
Eastleigh Communication Flight RAF15 September 1951RAF Eastleigh, AfricaJune 1953RAF EastleighPreviously East Africa Communication Squadron [66]
Flying Training Command Communication Flight RAF27 May 1940RAF White Waltham31 March 1953RAF White WalthamMerged into Home Command Communication Flight [67]
Free French Communication Flight RAF2 June 1941RAF HeliopolisJune 1942HeliopolisControlled by No. 267 Squadron [68]
HQ British Forces Aden Communications Flight RAF21 March 1943
January 1946		RAF Khormaksar1 January 1944
1 December 1951		RAF KhormaksarBecame Aden Communication Unit [63]
Became Aden Communication Squadron [63]
Headquarters Combat Cargo Task Force Communication Flight RAF5 February 1945RAF Comilla27 February 1945RAF ComillaBecame No. 232 Group Communication Flight [69]
HQ Far East Communication Flight RAFApril 1940RAF SeletarSeptember 1940RAF Seletar [70]
HQ Middle East Air Force Flight RAF15 March 1950RAF Ismailia1 December 1954RAF NicosiaBecame HQ Middle East Air Force Communication Squadron [71]
Headquarters Rhodesian Air Training Wing Communication Flight RAF1 December 1946RAF Kumalo10 May 1948RAF KumaloBecame Rhodesian Air Training Group Communication Squadron [72]
Headquarters RAF Northern Ireland Communication Flight RAFOctober 1940RAF Sydenham31 March 1950RAF Aldergrove [73]
Helicopter Communications Flight RAF1 December 1960RAF South Cerney31 October 1961RAF Gutersloh [74]
Home Communication Flight RAF1 February 1927RAF Northolt10 July 1933RAF HendonAbsorbed into No. 24 Squadron [75]
Inland Area Communications Flight RAF1 April 1920RAF Northolt1 February 1927RAF Northolt [76]
Iraq Communication Flight RAF5 August 1954RAF Habbaniya23 June 1955RAF HabbaniyaBecame AHQ Levant Communications Flight [77]
Kuala Lumpur Communication Flight RAF1 August 1952RAF Kuala Lumpur15 February 1954RAF Kuala LumpurDisbanded into No. 267 Squadron [78]
Light Communication Trial Flight RAF15 January 1948RAF Ismailia1 July 1949RAF Ismailia [79]
Maintenance Command Communication Flight RAFUnkRAF Andover1 August 1949RAF AndoverBecame Maintenance Command Communication Squadron [80]
Malta Air Sea Rescue & Communication Flight RAF1 March 1943RAF Hal Far1 March 1944RAF Hal FarBecame Malta Communications Flight [81]
Malta Communications Flight RAF1 August 1963RAF Ta Kali30 June 1968RAF Luqa [64]
Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces Communication Flight RAF1 January 1944RAF Blida1 June 1945RAF MarcianiseDisbanded into Mediterranean and Middle East Communication Flight [82]
Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Forces Communication Flight RAF1 January 1944RAF Bari7 January 1944RAF BariBecame Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force Communication Flight RAF [82]
Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force Communication Flight RAF7 January 1944RAF Bari6 July 1945RAF Peretola [82]
Mediterranean Tactical Air Forces Communication Flight RAF1 January 1944RAF BariOctober 1944RAF Pomigliano [82]
Middle East Air Force Communication Flight RAF1 December 1949RAF Ismailia15 March 1950RAF IsmailiaBecame HQ Middle East Air Force Flight [71]
Middle East Air Force Special Communication Flight RAF1 September 1952RAF Fayid1 December 1954RAF FayidMerged with MEAF Communications Flight, Nicosia to become HQ MEAF Communication Squadron [71]
Middle East Command Communication Flight RAF15 June 1965RAF Khormaksar1 September 1967RAF KhormaksarDisbanded [35]
Northwest African Air Forces Communication Flight RAF1 February 1943RAF Bone1 January 1944RAF El AouinaDisbanded into Mediterranean and Middle East Communication Squadron [73]
Northwest African Coastal Air Force Communication Flight RAF17 February 1943RAF Maison Blanche1 January 1944RAF Maison BlancheBecame Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces Communication Flight RAF [73]
Northwest African Tactical Air Force Communication Flight RAFNovember 1943RAF Bari1 January 1944RAF BariBecame Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Forces Communication Flight RAF [83]
Overseas Staff College Communication Flight RAFSeptember 1945RAF LarnacaRAF Ramat DavidBecame RAF Staff College (Overseas) Communication Flight [84]
Reserve Command Communication Flight RAF1 February 1939
10 September 1946		RAF Hendon
RAF White Waltham		27 May 1940
1 August 1950		RAF White Waltham [85]
Became the Home Command Communication Squadron [85]
Royal Air Force Communication Flight17 December 1947RAF Palam30 June 1948RAF MauripurDisbanded. Operated Dakota's and York's [86]
Royal Air Force Mission to Belgium Communication Flight RAFUnkUnkUnkUnk [87]
Royal Air Force Mission to Denmark Communication Flight RAF15 July 1945RAF Kastrup26 October 1947RAF Kastrup [88]
Royal Air Force Delegation (France) Communication Flight RAF26 August 1946RAF Buckeburg15 November 1947RAF Toussus-Le-Noble [68]
Royal Air Force Delegation (Greece) Communication Flight RAF11 January 1947RAF Hassani30 April 1952RAF EllenikonNOTE: Hassani renamed to Ellenikon on 1 August 1949 [89]
RAF Far East Communication Flight15 January 1947RAF Changi15 October 1947RAF ChangiBecame Far East Communication Squadron [70]
Royal Air Force Staff College Communication Flight RAF24 June 1946RAF White Waltham10 September 1946RAF White WalthamBecame RAF Staff College Flight [90]
Royal Air Force Staff College (Overseas) Communication Flight RAF16 July 1945RAF Ramat David5 November 1946RAF Lydda [90]
Royal Hellenic Air Force Communication Flight RAF1 March 1945RAF Maleme10 September 1946RAF Hassani [91]
South Eastern Area Communication Flight RAF29 April 1919RAF Northolt1 April 1920RAF NortholtBecame Inland Area Communications Flight [92]
Southern Rhodesia Communications Flight RAF1943RAF BelvedereUnkUnk [93]
Technical Training Command Communication Flight RAF27 May 1940RAF White Waltham1 April 1964RAF Wyton [94]
Training Command Communication Flight RAFSeptember 1939RAF Ternhill27 May 1940RAF White Waltham [95]
Transport Command Communication Flight RAF8 April 1944RAF Hendon1959RAF HendonBecame Transport Command Communication Squadron [96]
Wessex Bombing Area Communication Flight RAF12 April 1926RAF Andover28 March 1927RAF AndoverDisbanded into Andover Communication Flight [97]

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