Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
HQ - Cairo
Unit | Location |
RAF HQ | Cairo |
Base Accounts Office | Cairo |
Base Personnel Office | Cairo |
HQ, No 202 Group | RAF Heliopolis |
RAF Station Heliopolis | Heliopolis, Egypt |
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (2 Flights) | RAF Heliopolis |
No 113 (Bomber) Sqn (Blenheims) | RAF Heliopolis |
No 216 (Bomber Transport) Sqn (Bombays) | RAF Heliopolis |
Communication Unit | RAF Heliopolis |
Meteorological Station | RAF Heliopolis |
Target Towing Flight | RAF Heliopolis |
No 250 (Bomber) Wing | RAF Ismailia |
RAF Station Ismailia | Ismailia, Egypt |
No 30 (Bomber) Sqn (Blenheims) | RAF Ismailia |
No 55 (Bomber) Sqn (Blenheims) | RAF Ismailia |
Inter Command Wireless Station | RAF Ismailia |
Meteorological Station | RAF Ismailia |
RAF Station Helwan | Helwan, Egypt |
No 112 (Fighter) Sqn (Gladiators) | RAF Helwan |
No 70 (Bomber Transport) Sqn (Valentias) | RAF Helwan |
No 252 (Fighter) Wing | Shafrakana |
No 253 (Fighter) Wing | Maaten Bagush |
No 45 (Bomber) Sqn | Fuka |
No 31 (Middle East) Air Stores Park | Fuka |
No 6 Supply and Transport Column* | Fuka |
No 211 (Bomber) Sqn (Blenheims) | Daba |
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (1 Flight only) (Lysanders) | Qasaba |
No 33 (Fighter) Sqn (Gladiators) | Mersa Matruh |
No 80 (Fighter) Sqn (Gladiators) | Amiriya |
No 103 Maintenance Unit | RAF Aboukir |
Meteorological Station | RAF Aboukir |
Port Detachment | Alexandria |
No 101 Maintenance Unit | Tura (El Ma'sara) |
No 102 Maintenance Unit | RAF Abu Sueir |
Pilots' Training Unit (Various) | RAF Abu Sueir |
Reinforcement Pool | RAF Abu Sueir |
Target Towing Flight (Gordons) | Firdan |
MT Storage Unit | Firdan |
No 254 (Bomber) Wing | Khartoum |
No 47 (Bomber) Sqn | Khartoum |
No 223 (Bomber) Sqn | Khartoum |
Communications Flight | Khartoum |
RAF Station Nairobi | Nairobi, Kenya |
No 237 (Southern Rhodesian) (Bomber) Sqn (Audax) | RAF Nairobi |
2 Flights, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit (Various) | RAF Nairobi |
1 Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit (Various) | Mombasa |
Air Defence Unit | Dar-es-Salam, Tanganyika |
HQ Palestine and Trans-Jordan | Jerusalem |
RAF Station Ramleh | Ramleh, Palestine |
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (Gauntlets/Lysanders) | RAF Ramleh |
No 2 Armoured Car Company (less 1 section) | RAF Ramleh |
Meteorological Station | RAF Ramleh |
Station Flight (Various) | RAF Ramleh |
RAF Station Amman | Amman, Trans-Jordan |
No 14 (Bomber) Sqn (Wellesleys) | RAF Amman |
Meteorological Station | RAF Amman |
No 14 (Bomber) Sqn (1 Flight only) | RAF Amman |
No 2 Armoured Car Company (1 section) | RAF Ma'an |
*Vehicles temporarily withdrawn and stored, 13 Nov 1939, will be reformed when required.
The following changes to the above took place before the issue of the next SD161
Change | Note |
No 21 Medical Receiving Station was opened at RAF Helwan | AL1, 20 Jun 1940 |
Source - SD161 (3rd Issue), May 1940
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