No. 232 Group RAF
No. 232 (Transport) Group RAF was a group of the Royal Air Force, active in 1945-46.
It was formed 24 February 1945 from the RAF Element of the Combat Cargo Task Force, and appears to have included No. 436 Squadron RCAF.[1] 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 in Australia.[3]
It had a communication squadron, No. 232 Group Communication Squadron.[4]
References
- https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/rcaf-and-the-crucible-of-war/436-squadron/
- Barrass, M. B. (2015). "Groups 200–333". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- Sir Alfred Earle Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- Lake 1999.
- Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
- http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C30623 - records at National Archives, Kew
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