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2. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.

ORGANISATION IN INDIA.
The following table gives the Autumn 1923 disposition of the Royal Air Force in India :–

HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AIR FORCE, INDIA.

[[tree]]
[[first level]]
(Simla–with Camp Office at Delhi in winter.)
[[second level]]
No. 1 (Indian) Wing (Peshawar)
[[third level]]
No. 28 Squadron (Peshawar)
No. 31 Squadron (Dardoni)
[[second level]]
No. 2 (Indian) Wing (Risalpur)
[[third level]]
No. 27 Squadron (Risalpur)
No. 60 Squadron (Risalpur)
[[second level]]
No. 3 (Indian) Wing (Quetta)
[[third level]]
No. 20 Squadron (Quetta)
[[second level]]
No. 5 Squadron (Ambala)
R. A. F. Hill Depot (Lower Barian) (Summer only)
Aircraft Park (Lahore)
Aircraft Depot (Karachi)

The following is the Organisation of Royal Air Force, Headquarters, India:–

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[[first level]]
AIR OFFICER COMMANDING.
(Air Vice-Marshal Sir Edward Ellington, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E.)
[[second level]]
Chief Staff Officer.
(Group Captain J. A. Chamier, C.M.G., D.S.O., O.B.E.)
[[third level]]
Wing Commander (Air Staff)
[[fourth level]]
Air Staff. Air Policy. Operations. Intelligence. Mobilisation. Co-operation with other arms. Civil aviation. Communications. Aerial Routes. Establishments. Training. Flying Statistics. Ciphers.
Personnel Staff. Courts Martial. Casualties. Leave. Postings. Personnel movements. Reinforcements. Accounts. Audit Boards. Messing.
[[third level]]
C. R. E. (Works and Buildings)
Wing Commander (Technical Staff)
[[fourth level]]
Technical Staff. Provision, allotment and storage of all technical equipment. Technical advisers.
Stores Staff.
Stores accounting procedure. Provision of all supplies. Budget allotment for stores. Framing of contracts. Passages. Movements of units. Stationery and forms. Courts of enquiry on losses of stores. Surplus disposals. 
[[third level]]
Principal Medical Officer Medical Staff

Staff Officers in the Royal Air Force wear no distinctive badge.
Attached to Royal Air Force is a Deputy Financial Adviser.
The office of the Controller of Royal Air Force Accounts is at Ambala.