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The RAF headquarters, Air HQ Ceylon, was disbanded on 1 November 1957. ... Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters, Colombo. The professional head of the air force is the ...
The army headquarters were established at the Colombo Museum building, while the Fighter Operations Room was setup at Bishop's College, Colombo. Naval headquarters was moved to HMS Lanka and its operations room took form in an underground center and Admiral Layton established his headquarters at the Secretariat. Admiral Somerville took over the ...
The group was disbanded on 15 October 1945 becoming Air Headquarters Ceylon (AHQ Ceylon). It had inherited six Liberator squadrons (Nos 99, 356, 203, 8, 160, and 321 RNLAF); four Sunderland squadrons (No. 205, 209, No. 230 at RAF Koggala on the southern tip of the island, and No. 240 Squadron RAF ); and No. 136 Squadron RAF with Spitfires (Lee ...
The four major RAF formations under HQ ACSEA in India and Ceylon at the end of the war were HQ BAFSEA; AHQ Burma; HQ 222 Group at Columbo, controlling all operational squadrons in Ceylon, largely carrying out maritime duties; and 229 Group, a Transport Command group located in New Delhi. 222 Group disbanded by being renamed AHQ Ceylon on 15 ...
SLAF Colombo (Sri Lanka Air Force Colombo) [9] – Colombo – Air Force Headquarters SLAF Diyatalawa (Sri Lanka Air Force Diyatalawa) [ 10 ] – Diyatalawa – Ground combat training center SLAF Ekala (Sri Lanka Air Force Trade Training School Ekala) [ 11 ] – Ekala – Advanced & Specialized Trade Training School
Pages in category "Military units and formations of Ceylon in World War II" ... (Sri Lanka) No. 17 Squadron RAF; No. 81 Squadron RAF; No. 159 Squadron RAF;
SLAF Colombo is a base of the Sri Lanka Air Force and its former headquarters in Colombo. In. Established soon after the formation of Royal Ceylon Air Forces was formed in 1951 at the former officers mess of the former Ceylon Rifle Regiment at Rifle green. The officer's mess was moved in the 1970s when the Trans Asia Hotel was made in its location.
The initial land forces operational area for SEAC was India, Burma, Ceylon, Malaya, northern islands of Sumatra, and, for offensive operations, Siam (Thailand). On 15 August 1945 (VJ-Day) this was expanded to include the rest parts of Dutch East Indies and southern part of French Indochina.