Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Other Overseas Commands - July 1940
RAF Mediterranean (AHQ - Valetta)
Units directly administered by RAF Mediterranean HQ
Unit | Location | Notes |
Meteorological Station | Valetta | |
Base Accounts Office | Valetta | |
Base Personnel Office | Valetta | |
RAF Station Kalafrana | Kalafrana, Malta | |
Inter-Command W/T Station | RAF Kalafrana | |
Station HQ Hal Far | Hal Far, Malta | |
Station Flt | RAF Hal Far | Various |
No 3 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Hal Far |
2 x Flights Swordfish,
1 Flight Queen Bee |
D/F station | Ta Salvatur | |
No 241 TRU | Ta Salvatur | |
No 242 TRU | Ta Salvatur | |
HQ No 200 Group | Gibraltar | |
No 202 Sqn | Gibraltar | Londons |
Detachment, No 3 AACU | Gibraltar | |
Meteorological Station | Gibraltar |
British Forces in Aden (AHQ - Steamer Point)
Unit | Location | Notes |
Armoured Car and Marine Craft Section | RAF Steamer Point | |
RAF Equipment and Supply Depot | RAF Steamer Point | |
RAF Hospital | RAF Steamer Point | |
RAF Station Khormaksar | Khormaksar, Aden | |
No 8 Sqn | RAF Khormaksar | Blenheims |
No 203 Sqn | RAF Khormaksar | Blenheims |
Station Flight | RAF Khormaksar | Various |
General Purpose Flight | RAF Khormaksar | Vincents |
No 94 (Fighter) Sqn | Sheikh Othman | Gladiators |
No 11 (Bomber) Sqn | Sheikh Othman | Blenheims |
No 39 (Bomber) Sqn | Sheikh Othman | Blenheims |
Inter Command W/T Station | Sheikh Othman |
Aden Protectorate Levies
Unit | Location |
HQ | Sheikh Othman |
2 Companies | Sheikh Othman |
1 Machine Gun Troop | Sheikh Othman |
AA Wing | Sheikh Othman |
Military Forces in Aden
Unit | Location |
HQ, Royal Artillery | Steamer Point |
HQ 5th (Heavy) Regiment, Royal Artillery | Steamer Point |
9th (Heavy) Battery, Royal Artillery | Steamer Point |
20th (Fortress) Company, Royal Artillery | Steamer Point |
15th AA Battery HKS, Royal Artillery | Isthmus |
23rd AA Battery HKS, Royal Artillery | Isthmus |
Searchlight Detachment, Royal Engineers | Isthmus |
AA Section, Royal Engineers | Isthmus |
17th Indian Staging Section | Isthmus |
48 CD RIASC | Isthmus |
2/5 Mahrattas Light Infantry | Khormaksar |
1/2nd Punjab Regiment | Khormaksar |
Ordnance Depot, RAOC | Crater |
Unit | Location | |
RAF Station Seletar | Seletar, Singapore | |
No 36 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn | RAF Seletar | Vildebeests |
No 100 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn | RAF Seletar | Vildebeests |
No 205 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Seletar | Singapores |
Aircraft Depot | RAF Seletar | |
Inter-Command W/T Station | RAF Seletar | |
RAF Station Tengah | Tengah, Singapore | |
No 34 Sqn | RAF Tengah | Blenheims |
No 62 Sqn | RAF Tengah | Blenheims |
Communication Flight | Kallang | Various |
No 4 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (including Spotter Flight) | Kallang | Shark, Swordfish and Queen Bee |
No 1 Sqn RAAF | Sembawang | Hudsons (12) |
RAF Station China Bay | China Bay, Ceylon | |
No 273 Sqn | RAF China Bay | Vildebeests |
Station Flight | RAF China Bay | Various |
RAF Station Kai Tak | Kai Tak, Hong Kong | |
Station Flt | RAF Kai Tak | Various |
Source - SD161 (4th Issue), Jul 1940
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