No._207_Group_RAF

No. 207 Group RAF

No. 207 Group RAF

Royal Air Force group

Further information: Air H.Q. East Africa

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.

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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

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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.

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