List of Royal Australian Air Force Communication Units

Members of No. 7 Communication Unit with a Vultee Vengeance aircraft (left), an Avro Anson aircraft (centre) and a A71-14 Norseman aircraft (right). These three types of aircraft were used by many Communication Units.

During and shortly after World War II the Royal Australian Air Force formed 13 Communication Units. These flight-sized units performed a wide range of support roles including transport, supplying isolated garrisons and supporting training. The Communication Units typically operated small numbers of several types of aircraft.

Summary list of RAAF Communication Units

Name	Formed	Disbanded	Area of operations	Remarks
No. 1 Communication Unit	1/11/1939	22/07/1948	Victoria	Provided VIP transport from September 1944
No. 2 Communication Unit	2/12/1940	15/07/1944	New South Wales
No. 3 Communication Unit	30/06/1942	28/02/1946	New South Wales
No. 4 Communication Unit	7/09/1942	16/04/1946	Queensland
No. 5 Communication Unit	1/12/1942	9/03/1946	North Queensland
No. 6 Communication Unit	8/12/1942	30/12/1945	Northern Territory
No. 7 Communication Unit	24/12/1943	31/05/1946	Western Australia
No. 8 Communication Unit	4/11/1943	4/03/1946	New Guinea	Formed from No. 1 Rescue and Communications Squadron
No. 9 Communication Unit	4/11/1943	10/05/1946	New Guinea, Borneo	Formed from No. 1 Rescue and Communications Squadron
No. 10 Communication Unit	11/09/1944	17/11/1944	Bougainville Island
No. 11 Communication Unit	13/03/1945	February 1946	Netherlands East Indies
No. 13 Communication Unit	17/07/1945	23/10/1945	Queensland	No aircraft issued
No. 30 Communication Unit	1/11/1950	1/03/1953	Korea	Expanded to form No. 36 Squadron

References

• RAAF Historical Section (1995), Units of the Royal Australian Air Force. A Concise History. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.