RAAF Overseas Headquarters was a

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(RAAF) administrative unit established in

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during

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. Under Article XV of the Ottawa Agreement, signed in 1939, the Australian government agreed to form

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for service within British

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(RAF) operational commands. RAAF Overseas Headquarters was formed on 1 December 1941 to oversee the welfare of RAAF personnel posted to: * the so-called "

Article XV squadron Article XV squadrons were Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand air force squadrons formed from graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (1939) during World War II. These units complemented another feature of the BCATP, under wh ...

s"; * other RAAF units serving in Europe and the Mediterranean and; * RAAF personnel attached to units of the RAF and other British Commonwealth air forces. The headquarters replaced the Air Liaison Office, which had been run out of the High Commission of Australia, London. The new agency was not assigned any subordinate units. RAAF Overseas Headquarters was disbanded on 19 July 1959.

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;Notes ;Bibliography * *{{cite book , last=Herington , first=John , year=1954 , title=Australia in the War of 1939–1945: Series Three (Air) Volume III – Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939–1943 , location=Canberra , publisher=Australian War Memorial , url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1070211/ , oclc=3633363 Military units and formations of the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II Military units and formations established in 1941 Australia–United Kingdom relations

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