RAF Mauripur

RAF Mauripur was a Royal Air Force station in British India 4 miles north west of the centre of Karachi. It is now known as PAF Base Masroor.

History

RAF Mauripur opened in 1942 as a transit airfield allowing RAF Drigh Road to concentrate on maintenance. Huge numbers of aircraft staged through Mauripur during and after the end of World War II.^[1] British units continued to use the airfield after the creation of Pakistan in 1947, finally leaving in 1956.^[2] The RAF airfields at Gan and Masirah took over RAF Far East Air Force staging duties from Mauripur and Habbaniya (which became unavailable from 14 July 1958 after the revolution in Iraq).

Units and aircraft

Unit	Dates	Aircraft	Variant	Notes
No. 5 Squadron RAF	1947	Hawker Tempest	F2	Single-engined (piston) fighter
No. 10 Squadron RAF	1946-1947	Douglas Dakota		Twin-engined piston transport
No. 20 Squadron RAF	1947	Hawker Tempest	F2
No. 31 Squadron RAF	1946 and 1947	Douglas Dakota		Was 77 Sqn
No. 62 Squadron RAF	1947	Douglas Dakota
No. 77 Squadron RAF	1945-1946	Douglas Dakota		Renumbered 31 Sqn
No. 117 Squadron RAF	1943	Douglas Dakota
No. 267 Squadron RAF	1945-1946	Douglas Dakota		Detachments from Mingaladon
No. 298 Squadron RAF	1946	Handley Page Halifax	A7	Four-engined piston heavy bomber transport conversion

References

1. SANDSCRIPT, The Journal of the RAF Mauripur Association.
2. SANDSCRIPT, The Journal of the RAF Mauripur Association.

• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
• SANDSCRIPT, The Journal of the RAF Mauripur Association. RAF Mauripur Association. 1996–2014.

External links

• RAF Mauripur Association Website
• The strike at R.A.F Mauripur