Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
HQ - Cairo
Unit | Location | Notes |
Egypt | ||
RAF HQ | Cairo | |
Base Accounts Office | Cairo | |
Base Personnel Office | Cairo | |
MT Repair Flight | Cairo | |
RAF Station Heliopolis | Heliopolis, Egypt | |
No 70 (Bomber Transport) Sqn (2 Flights) | RAF Helwan | Valentias |
No 216 (Bomber Transport) Sqn | RAF Heliopolis | Bombays |
No 267 (Communication) Sqn | RAF Heliopolis | Various |
Meteorological Station | RAF Heliopolis | |
RAF Station Helwan | Helwan, Egypt | |
No 112 (Fighter) Sqn (2 Flights) | RAF Helwan | Gladiators |
No 21 Medical Receiving Station | RAF Helwan | |
No 101 Maintenance Unit | RAF Helwan | |
No 45 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Helwan | Blenheims - also shown at Fuka |
RAF Station Ismailia | Ismailia, Egypt | |
No 250 (Bomber) Wing | RAF Ismailia | |
No 30 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ismailia | Blenheims (includes detachment of No 11 Sqn) |
Training Unit Reserve Pool | RAF Ismailia | Various |
No 1 (GR) Unit | RAF Ismailia | Wellingtons |
Inter Command Wireless Station | RAF Ismailia | |
Meteorological Station | RAF Ismailia | |
Reinforcement and Reserve Pool | RAF Ismailia | |
No 103 Maintenance Unit | RAF Aboukir | |
No 207 MRU | RAF Aboukir | |
Meteorological Station | RAF Aboukir | |
No 102 Maintenance Unit | RAF Abu Sueir | |
Navigation Training Sqn | RAF Abu Sueir | |
Aircraft Storage Unit | El Firdan | |
HQ, No 202 Group | Maaten Bagush | |
No 253 (Fighter) Wing | Maaten Bagush | |
No 113 (Bomber) Sqn | Maaten Bagush | Blenheims |
No 4 Section, No 6 Supply and Transport Column | Maaten Bagush | |
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | Qasaba | Lysanders |
No 33 (Fighter) Sqn (2 Flights) | Qasaba | Gladiators |
No 45 (Bomber) Sqn | Fuka | Blenheims - also shown at Helwan |
No 55 (Bomber) Sqn | Fuka | Blenheims |
No 31 (Middle East) Air Stores Park | Fuka | |
No 51 Repair and Salvage Unit | Fuka | |
No 211 (Bomber) Sqn | El Daba | Blenheims |
No 3 Section, No 6 Supply and Transport Column | El Daba | |
AM Experimental Station | El Daba | |
No 33 (Fighter) Sqn (1 Flight) | Mersa Matruh | Gladiators |
No 252 (Fighter) Wing | Shafrakana | |
No 256 Air Information (Signals) Wing | Shafrakana | |
No 1 Section, No 6 Supply and Transport Column | Ikingi Maryut | |
No 2 Section, No 6 Supply and Transport Column | Ikingi Maryut | |
No 204 MRU | Ikingi Maryut | |
No 80 (Fighter) Sqn | Amiriya | Gladiators |
No 201 Group | Alexandria | |
No 101 Wing in SS Dumana | Alexandria | |
No 230 Sqn | Alexandria | Sunderlands |
No 228 Sqn | Alexandria | Sunderlands |
No 228 Sqn | Alexandria | Sunderlands |
Port Detachment | Alexandria | |
No 274 Sqn | Alexandria | Hurricanes |
High Speed Rescue Launch No 110 | Port Said | |
Sudan | ||
HQ No 203 Group | Khartoum | |
HQ RAF Sudan | Khartoum | |
RAF Station Khartoum | Khartoum | |
No 430 Flight | Khartoum | Vincents |
Communications Flight | Khartoum | Various |
No 254 (Bomber) Wing | Erkoweit | |
No 47 (Bomber) Sqn | Erkoweit | Wellesleys |
No 223 (Bomber) Sqn | Summit | |
No 112 (Fighter) Sqn (1 Flight) | Summit | Gladiators |
No 14 (Bomber) Sqn | Port Sudan | Wellesleys |
No 13 WIS | Port Sudan | Half Screen |
Egypt | ||
HQ Royal Egyptian Air Force | Almaza | |
No 2 Sqn REAF | Almaza | |
Communication Flight | Almaza | |
No 4 Sqn, REAF | Dekheila | |
No 1 Sqn, REAF (1 Flight) | Suez | |
No 5 Sqn, REAF | Suez | |
No 1 Sqn, REAF (1 Flight) | Qasaba | |
Kenya | ||
RAF Station Nairobi | Nairobi, Kenya | |
No 1 (Communication) Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit | RAF Nairobi | Various |
No 1 Brigade HQ SAAF | RAF Nairobi | |
No 11 Sqn SAAF | RAF Nairobi | HQ and 2 Flights |
No 237 (Southern Rhodesian) Sqn | RAF Nairobi | HQ - Hardy |
No 12 Sqn SAAF | Eastleigh | HQ and 1 Flight |
No 2 (Training) Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit | Eastleigh | |
No 11 Sqn SAAF | Eastleigh | HQ and 2 Flights |
No 1 Sqn SAAF | Mombasa | |
No 11 Sqn SAAF | Mombasa | 1 Flight |
No 12 Sqn SAAF | Mombasa | 1 Flight |
No 237 (Southern Rhodesian) Sqn | Wajir | 1 Flight |
No 237 (Southern Rhodesian) Sqn | Garissa | 1 Flight |
No 237 (Southern Rhodesian) Sqn | Malindi | 1 Flight |
Tanganyika | ||
Air Defence Unit | Dar-es-Salam | |
No 12 Sqn SAAF | Dar-es-Salam | 1 Flight |
Palestine and Trans-Jordan | ||
HQ Palestine and Trans-Jordan | Jerusalem | |
RAF Station Ramleh | Ramleh, Palestine | |
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Ramleh | Gauntlets/Lysanders - 2 Flights |
No 2 Armoured Car Company | RAF Ramleh | |
Station Flight | RAF Ramleh | Various |
Meteorological Station | RAF Ramleh | |
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | Gaza | Gauntlets/Lysanders - 1 Flight |
RAF Station Amman | Amman, Trans-Jordan | |
Meteorological Station | RAF Amman | |
No 236 TRU | Haifa | |
Iraq | ||
Source - SD161 (5th Issue), August 1940
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