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No. 207 (General Purpose) Group was a group of the Royal Air Force (RAF) established on December 15, 1941 by downgrading the British RAF Command known as Air H.Q. East Africa to Group status. The group was commanded by Air Commodore William Sowrey until June 1942 when Air Commodore Malcolm Taylor took over.〔http://www.rafweb.org/Grp07.htm RAF Web Mediterranean Commands〕 No. 207 (General Purpose) Group ''Air Commodore Malcolm Taylor'' Order of Battle〔Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volumes 2-3, HMSO, 1953).〕 October 27, 1942 On November 16, 1942, the Group was upgraded to Command status and again became Air H.Q. East Africa. Following the Casablanca Conference-directed reorganization of the Allied air forces in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) effective February 18, 1943, Air H.Q. East Africa was a sub-command of RAF Middle East Command, itself a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「No. 207 Group RAF」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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