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No. 232 Group RAF

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No. 232 (Transport) Group RAF
Active24 February 1945 - 15 August 1946
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeRoyal Air Force group
Part ofRAF Transport Command
EngagementsSecond World War

No. 232 (Transport) Group RAF (232 Gp) was a group of the Royal Air Force, active between 1945 and 1946.

History

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No. 232 Group was formed 24 February 1945, in Comilla, from the RAF element of the Combat Cargo Task Force, and appears to have included No. 436 Squadron RCAF.[1] Leaving a detachment at Comilla the group headquarters relocated to Rangoon during October. In March 1946 it moved to Singapore, where it disbanded on 15 August 1946. It was officially a Transport Command Group, operating under control of HQ Air Command South-East Asia.[2] Air Commodore Alfred Earle was Air Officer Commanding, having arrived from command of No. 300 Group RAF in Australia.[3]

It had a communication squadron, No. 232 Group Communication Squadron.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "436 Squadron".
  2. ^ Barrass, M. B. (2015). "Groups 200–333". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. ^ Sir Alfred Earle Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  4. ^ Lake 1999.