Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Mediterranean and Middle East - June 1947
[RAF Mediterranean and Middle East | AHQ Greece | AHQ Malta | RAF Italy | AHQ Levant | AHQ Iraq | AHQ East Africa | HQBF Aden | No 205 Group | Air Formation Signals]
HQ RAF Mediterranean and Middle East - Ismailia/Abu Sueir
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Abu Sueir | HQ RAF Med/ME (Admin & Org) | |
Athens | RAF Delegation to Greece | |
Deversoir | No 1 Base Personnel Office | |
Fayid | HQ, No 205 Group | |
Habbaniya | AHQ Iraq | |
Ismailia | HQ RAF Med/ME (Air Staff) | |
Ismailia | Telecommunications Centre HQ, Med/ME | |
Ismailia | Air Traffic HQ | |
Ismailia | No 6 RAF Postal HQ, MEF | |
Ismailia | RAF Station | |
Ismailia | No 6 Flight (Provost) | |
Jerusalem | AHQ Levant | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | Khartoum Communication Flt | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | Area Control Centre, Khartoum | |
Nairobi | AHQ East Africa | |
Steamer Point | HQ British Forces, Aden | |
Udine | HQ RAF Italy | |
Valetta | AHQ Malta | |
Wadi Halfa (Sudan) | RAF Unit (Staging Post) | |
Rabat (North Africa) | RAF Delegation (France), North Africa Section | Under the control of RAF Gibraltar |
RAF Delegation to Greece (Med/ME) - Athens
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Athens | No 1 Flight (Provost) (Detachment) | |
Hassani | RAF Unit, Hassani |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Castel Benito (Lybia) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Elmas (Sardinia) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Fort Lucien | No 137 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Repair Depot |
Gozo | No 502 AMES | |
Luqa | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Luqa | AHQ Malta Communication Flt | |
Luqa | Area Control Centre, Malta | |
Madalene | No 21033 AMES | |
Nalut (Tripoli) | No 123 Meteorological Field Unit | |
Safi | No 137 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
St Paul's Bay | St Paul's Bay Rest Camp | |
Siggiewi | RAF Signals Unit, Malta | |
Siggiewi | No 21021 AMES | |
Sirte (Tripoli) | No 122 Meteorological Field Unit | |
Ta Kali | No 73 Sqn | Spitfire |
Ta Silch | No 501 AMES | |
Valetta | No 52 Embarkation Unit | |
Valetta | Marine Craft Unit | |
Valetta | No 14 Flight (Provost) |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Ciampino | RAF Unit (Staging Post) | |
Mestre | No 15052 AMES | |
Milan | Allied Force HQ, Italian Military Affairs Section, Air Force Sub-Section CMF (Detachment) | |
Ranchi (Italy) | No 1906 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Ranchi (Italy) | No 1907 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Rivolto | No 126 Maintenance Unit | |
Rivolto | No 10 AAP | |
Rome | Allied Force HQ, Italian Military Affairs Section, Air Force Sub-Section CMF | |
Rome | RAF Movement Leave and Transit Camp | |
Treviso | HQ Med/ME Missing Research and Enquiry Service | |
Treviso | No 357 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Repair Unit |
Treviso | No 10 Flight (Provost) (Detachment) | |
Udine | No 10 Flight (Provost) | |
Udine | No 58 MT Company | |
Udine | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Udine | No 654 AOP Sqn | Auster |
Udine | No 3654 Mobile Servicing Unit | |
Udine | No 59 Personnel Transit Centre (Detachment) | |
Udine | HQ, Provost and Security Unit, CMF | |
Udine | AHQ Italy Communication Flight | |
Udine | Meteorological Section | |
Venice | No 6801 AMES | |
Venice | No 61 Movement Unit (Embarkation) | |
Villach | No 59 Personnel Transit Centre |
Command HQ - Jerusalem
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Acre (Palestine) | No 120 Maintenance Unit, 'X' Section (C & M basis) | |
Amman (Palestine) | RAF Station | |
Amman (Palestine) | No 2 General Service Training School | |
Amman (Palestine) | RAF Physical Training School | |
Amman (Palestine) | ME Officers' School of Administration | |
Amman (Palestine) | No 2 School of Fire Fighting | |
Aqir | RAF Station | |
Aqir | No 160 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Repair Unit |
Aqir | No 9 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
Deir Qaddis | No 14074 AMES | |
Ein Shemer | RAF Station | |
Ein Shemer | Sector Operations Room (South) | |
Ein Shemer | No 38 Sqn, 'A' Flight | Lancaster |
Ein Shemer | No 38 Sqn, 'B' Flight | Lancaster |
Ein Shemer | No 208 Sqn | Spitfire |
Ein Shemer | No 32 Sqn | Spitfire |
Ein Shemer | Levant Petrol, Oil and Lubricants Unit | |
Ein Shemer | No 1908 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Ein Shemer | No 1320 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Ein Shemer | No 2721 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Ein Shemer | No 2898 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Ein Shemer | No 6562 AMES | |
Haifa | No 14091 AMES | |
Jerusalem | No 2 Works Area (Levant) | |
Jerusalem | Moral Leadership School | |
Jerusalem | No 2 Field Hygiene Unit | |
Jerusalem | RAF Unit | |
Jerusalem | No 2717 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Jerusalem | No 3 Flight (Provost) | |
Jerusalem | No 12 Flight (Provost) | |
Jerusalem | DPM Levant | |
Jerusalem | RAF Component, Joint Operations Room | |
Kolundia | No 2788 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Latroun | RAF Moral Leadership Course (RC) | |
Lydda | Levant Communication Flt | |
Lydda | No 2899 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Lydda | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Lydda | No 211 Meteorological Field Unit | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 285 Mobile Fighter Wing HQ | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 6 Sqn | Tempest |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | RAF Station | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 826 AMES | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | Sector Operations Room (North) | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 213 Sqn | Tempest |
Petah Tiqva (Palestine) | No 651 (AOP) Sqn, HQ | |
Petah Tiqva (Palestine) | No 1909 (AOP) Flight | |
Petah Tiqva (Palestine) | No 3651 Mobile Servicing Section | |
Quastina | RAF Station (C & M basis) | |
Quastina | No 1 Armoured Car Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Ramleh | RAF Station | |
Ramleh | WAAF Homecrafts Training Centre | |
Ramleh | No 2 Armoured Car Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Ras el Ain | No 1319 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Ras el Ain | No 120 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Holding Depot |
Ras el Ain | No 2864 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Tel Litwinsky | No 3 RAF Hospital | |
Tel Litwinsky | No 5 MT Repair Unit | |
Tel Litwinsky | No 3 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Wadi Ysara | No 120 Maintenance Unit, 'X' Section |
Command HQ - Habbaniya
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Baghdad (Iraq) | AHQ Iraq (Detachment) | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | No 5 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Basrah (Iraq) | RAF Station | |
Basrah (Iraq) | Marine Craft Unit | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Iraq Communication Flt | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 134 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 6 RAF Hospital | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Levies HQ | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 1 (Depot) Wing, RAF Levies | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 2 Wing, RAF Levies | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 3 Wing, RAF Levies | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 115 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Area Control Centre, Iraq | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 9 Flight (Provost) | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | APM, Iraq | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 249 Sqn (Cadre) | Tempest |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Air Transport Unit | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 276 Signals Unit | |
Shaibah (Iraq) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Sharjah (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Station (Staging Post) |
Command HQ - Nairobi
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Eastleigh | RAF Station | |
Eastleigh | East Africa Communication Flt | |
Eastleigh | Area Control Centre (East Africa) | |
Eastleigh | No 7 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Gilgil | RAF Station Eastleigh (Detachment) | |
Kisumu | RAF Station (C & M basis) | |
Mogadishu | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Mombasa | RAF Station | |
Mombasa | Marine Craft Section | |
Nairobi | No 8 Flight (Provost) | |
Nairobi | No 3 Works Area (East Africa) | |
Nairobi | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Nakuru | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Thika | RAF Station Eastleigh (Detachment) |
HQ British Forces in Aden (Med/ME)
Command HQ - Steamer Point
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Asmara (Eritrea) | RAF Component, No 182 Leave and Transit Camp | |
Hargeisa (British Somaliland) | RAF Station Khormaksar (Detachment) | |
Khormaksar | RAF Station | |
Khormaksar | HQ BF Aden Communication Flt | |
Khormaksar | No 8 Sqn (Cadre) | Mosquito |
Khormaksar | Marine Craft Unit, Aden | |
Masira Island | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Riyan (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Salalah (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Sheikh Othman | RAF Unit (Staging Post) | |
Sheikh Othman | Aden Protectorate Levies | |
Sheikh Othman | Aden Protectorate Levies Transport Sqn | |
Sheikh Othman | Aden Protectorate Levies Hospital | |
Steamer Point | RAF Station | |
Steamer Point | RAF Supply Depot, Aden | |
Steamer Point | No 50 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Steamer Point | No 7 RAF Hospital | |
Steamer Point | No 11 RAF Postal HQ (British Forces, Aden) | |
Steamer Point | No 6 Works Area (Aden) | |
Steamer Point | Area Control Centre, Southern Arabia | |
Steamer Point | Military Diary Farm | |
Steamer Point | MT Repair and Inspection Section | |
Steamer Point | No 114 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Steamer Point | APM, Aden | |
Steamer Point | No 7 Flight (Provost) | |
Wali Road | No 4001 Armoured Car Flight, RAF Regiment |
HQ - Heliopolis
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Abu Sueir | Med/ME Communication Sqn (Detachment) | |
Abu Sueir | RAF Medical Equipment Depot | |
Abu Sultan | No 128 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
Baalwa | 'Z' Hydrogen Plant (C & M Basis) | |
Baalwa | No 3 Storage Unit (MT) | |
Benghazi (Libya) | No 4 Works Area (Libya) | |
Benina (Libya) | RAF Station | |
Benina (Libya) | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company (Detachment) | |
Deversoir | Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Centre | |
Deversoir | No 2 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Deversoir | RAF Station | |
Deversoir | No 6 (ME) Field Hygiene Unit | |
Deversoir | No 2 School of Hygiene | |
Deversoir | ME W/T Fitting Party | |
Deversoir | Base Accounts Office | |
Deversoir | Air Publications Unit | |
El Adem (Libya) | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company (Detachment) | |
El Adem (Libya) | German POW Company, RAF Component | |
El Adem (Libya) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
El Firdan | RAF Station (No 10 MT Repair Unit) | |
El Hagg | No 2 W/T Transmitting Station | |
El Hamra | RAF Station | |
Farmagusta (Cyprus) | No 20 Movement Unit (Embarkation) (Detachment) | |
Fanara | RAF Unit | |
Fanara | Marine Craft Unit | |
Fayid | No 205 Group Communication Flight | |
Fayid | RAF Station | |
Fayid | No 13 Sqn | Mosquito |
Fayid | Command Medical Board | |
Fayid | RAF Arts and Crafts School | |
Fayid | RAF Station Hospital | |
Fayid | Med/ME Communication Flight | |
Fort Agrud | No 112 Maintenance Unit 'X' Section | |
Haifa | No 20 Movements Unit (Embarkation) (Detachment) | |
Ismailia | No 1 ME Meteorological Unit | |
Ismailia | Area Control Centre, Egypt | |
Ismailia | No 107 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | |
Ismailia | No 2 Flight (Provost) | |
Ismailia | No 6 Flight (Provost) | |
Ismailia | Air Traffic HQ (Ranad Section) | |
Kabrit | HQ, No 231 Transport Wing | |
Kabrit | No 78 Sqn | Dakota |
Kabrit | No 216 Sqn | Dakota |
Kasfareet | No 1 Works Area (Egypt) | |
Kasfareet | No 107 Maintenance Unit (EHD & RD) | |
Kasfareet | No 1 Aeronautical Inspection Services Test Centre | |
Kasfareet | Mater Provision Office | |
Kufra | No 401 Meteorological Field Unit | |
Mariut | No 10 MT Repair Unit (Detachment) | |
Port Faud | No 11 (WAAF) Convalescent Depot | |
Port Said | No 20 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Port Said | Marine Craft Unit | |
Port Said | RAF Station El Hamra (Detachment) | |
Port Said | RAF (Med/ME) School of Cookery | |
Port Said | No 1 Flight (Provost) | |
Port Tewfik | No 20 Movements Unit (Embarkation) (Detachment) | |
Port Tewfik | Provost HQ (Med/ME) | |
Ramleh | No 1 Aeronautical Inspection Services Test Centre (Detachment) | |
Shallufa | RAF Station | |
Shallufa | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company | |
Shallufa | RAF Regiment Instructors' Unit | |
Shubra | No 109 Maintenance Unit | Repair Unit |
Wadi Ysara | No 112 Maintenance Unit | |
Wadi Ysara | RAF Police Dog School |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
El Ballah | RHQ, No 18 AF Signals Regiment | |
El Ballah | No 1 Sqn, 18 AF Signals Regiment | |
El Ballah | No 2 Sqn, 18 AF Signals Regiment | |
El Ballah | No 3 Sqn, 18 AF Signals Regiment | |
Fayid | RHQ, No 4 AF Signals Regiment | |
Fayid | No 3 Sqn, No 4 AF Signals Regiment | |
Ismialia | CAFSO, Med/ME | |
Moascar | No 1 Sqn, No 4 AF Signals Regiment | |
Ramleh | No 2 Sqn, No 4 AF Signals Regiment | |
Udine | RHQ, No 8 AF Signals Regiment | |
Udine | No 1 Sqn, No 8 AF Signals Regiment | |
Udine | No 2 Sqn, No 8 AF Signals Regiment | |
Udine | No 3 Sqn, No 8 AF Signals Regiment |
Source - SD161 (81st Edition) - Jun 1947
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