RAAF Overseas Headquarters

RAAF Overseas Headquarters
Air Marshal Williams (centre) at RAAF Overseas HQ in England, with Air Vice Marshals Wrigley (left) and McNamara (right), 1941
Active	1941–195?
Country	Australia
Branch	Royal Australian Air Force
Role	Administration
Location	London, United Kingdom
Commanders
Notable commanders	Richard Williams (1941–1942) Frank McNamara (1942) Henry Wrigley (1942–1946) Allan Walters (1951–1952) William Garing (1953) Alan Charlesworth (1954–1955)

RAAF Overseas Headquarters was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) administrative unit located in London. It was formed on 1 December 1941 to oversee the welfare of RAAF personnel posted to Royal Air Force (RAF) units as well as the Australian squadrons which were planned to be formed as part of the RAF in Britain and North Africa. It replaced the Air Liaison Office which had been run out of the High Commission of Australia, London.^[1] RAAF Overseas Headquarters was not assigned any subordinate units.^[2]

References

Notes

^ "RAAF Overseas Headquarters opened in London". History Record Timeline. RAAF Air Power Development Centre. http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/HistoryRecord/HistoryRecordDetail.aspx?rid=28. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ Ashworth (1999), p. 254

Bibliography

Ashworth, Norman (1999). How Not To Run An Air Force! The Higher Command of the Royal Australian Air Force During the Second World War. Australia: Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre. ISBN 0-642-26550-X. http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/Publications/Details/241/How-Not-To-Run-An-Air-Force-Volume-1.aspx.
Herington, John (1954). Australia in the War of 1939–1945: Series Three (Air) Volume III – Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939–1943. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 3633363. http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/second_world_war/volume.asp?levelID=67914.