Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Overseas Commands - July 1922

Independent Units

 

Unit	Location
Aeronautical Committee of Guarantee (British Section)	Berlin, via APO s/40, British Army of the Rhine, Cologne

RAF Rhine

 

Unit	Location
No 12 Sqn (to be disbanded)	Bickendorf

RAF Iraq

 

Unit	Location
Base Pay Office	Baghdad City
No 1 Sqn	Hinaidi, Baghdad
No 6 Sqn	Baghdad W
No 8 Sqn	Hinaidi, Baghdad
No 30 Sqn	Baghdad W
No 45 Sqn (1 Flt)	Baghdad
No 55 Sqn	Mosul
No 70 Sqn	Hinaidi, Baghdad
No 84 Sqn	Shaibah
Aircraft Depot	Baghdad W
Stores Depot	Magil, Basrah
Meteorological Station	Baghdad
Meteorological Station	Basrah
Meteorological Station	Shaibah
Meteorological Station	Mosul
Meteorological Station	Ramadi
Units to form: -
Central Supply Depot Baghdad Signal Section Armoured Car Wing HQ Nos 3, 4, 5 & 6 Armoured car Companies Basrah Group HQ Base Supply Depot Basrah Signals Section RAF Prison Rest Camp Armoured Train Inland Water Transport Section

RAF India (HQ - Ambala)

 

Unit	Location
Aircraft Depot	Karachi
Port Detachment	Karachi
Aircraft Park	Lahore
Meteorological Station	Karachi
No 1 Indian Wing HQ	Peshawar
No 5 Sqn No 28 Sqn No 27 Sqn No 60 Sqn	Quetta Parachinar Risalpur Risalpur
No 2 Indian Wing HQ	Ambala
RAF School No 20 Sqn No 31 Sqn	Ambala Ambala Cawnpore

Mediterranean Group (HQ - Valetta, Malta)

 

Unit	Location
No 267 Sqn	Calafrana, Malta
Seaplane Repair Base (to be disbanded)	Feneraki, near Constantinople
Meteorological Station	Malta
Aircraft Carrier
HMS Pegasus

Source - July 1922 Air Force List

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