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.
No. 207 (General Purpose) Group
Air Commodore Malcolm Taylor
Order of Battle
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.