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No. 207 Group RAF

Royal Air Force group

Summary

Royal Air Force group

Field	Value
unit_name	No. 207 (General Purpose) Group RAF
image	[[File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg	centre	150px]]
caption	Royal Air Force Ensign
dates	15 December 1941 - 16 November 1942
country
branch
command_structure	RAF Middle East Command
type	Royal Air Force group
battles	World 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.

No. 207 (General Purpose) GroupAir Commodore Malcolm TaylorOrder of Battle****27 October 1942

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

"Groups 200+_P".
Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volumes 2-3, HMSO, 1953).

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