Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Middle East Commands - June 1944
[MAAF | MATAF | MASAF | MACAF | MAPRW | Desert Air Force | AHQ Malta | No 205 Group | No 210 Group | No 214 Group | No 218 Group]
[Middle East Command | AHQ Eastern Mediterranean | AHQ East Africa | AHQ Levant | AHQ Iraq & Persia | HQBF Aden | No 203 Group | No 206 Group | No 209 Group | No 212 Group | No 216 Group | No 219 Group]
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
Command HQ - Caserta
HQ (Algiers) - Algiers
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 63 Repair and Salvage Unit | ||
Provision Office North Africa | Hussein Dey | |
No 13 RAF Postal HQ | Algiers | |
'S' Force | Caserta |
HQ - Foggia, Italy
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 231 Wing | Tortorella | |
No 236 Wing | Foggia | |
No 330 Wing | Amendola | |
RAF Regiment Wing | Foggia | |
No 37 Sqn | ||
No 40 Sqn | ||
No 70 Sqn | ||
No 104 Sqn | ||
No 142 Sqn | ||
No 150 Sqn | ||
No 178 Sqn | ||
No 614 Sqn | ||
No 2744 Sqn RAF Regiment | Foggia | |
No 2825 Sqn RAF Regiment | Amendola | |
No 2905 Sqn RAF Regiment | Tortorella | |
No 205 Group Communication Flt | Tortorella | |
No 37 Air Stores Park | Cerignola | |
No 57 Repair and Salvage Unit | Shallufa | |
No 4 Supply & Transport Column | Foggia | |
No 205 Group Rest Camp | Foggia |
HQ - Bari
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 276 Wing | Conversano | |
No 334 Wing | Brindisi | |
No 336 Wing | San Savero | |
No 148 Sqn | Special duties unit | |
No 624 Sqn | Special duties unit | |
No 682 Sqn | ||
No 683 Sqn | ||
No 2721 Sqn RAF Regiment | Naples | |
No 2771 Sqn RAF Regiment | Marzano | |
No 2788 Sqn RAF Regiment | Marzano | |
No 2859 Sqn RAF Regiment | Lago | |
No 2860 Sqn RAF Regiment | Portici | |
No 2863 Sqn RAF Regiment | Caserta | |
No 1586 (Polish) Flt | Brindisi | Special Duties |
No 110 Maintenance Unit | Brindisi | |
No 113 Maintenance Unit | Naples | |
No 114 Maintenance Unit | Naples | |
No 117 Maintenance Unit | Bari | |
No 124 Maintenance Unit | San Severo | |
No 141 Maintenance Unit | Caserta | |
No 159 Maintenance Unit | Brindisi | |
No 5136 Bomb Disposal Sqn | Bari | |
No 3 Base Personnel Depot | Naples | |
No 6 Supply & Transport Column | Bari | |
No 8 Supply & Transport Column | Saviona | |
No 9 Supply & Transport Column | Naples | |
No 1 RAF General Hospital | Tore-Del-Grece | |
Air Division - Allied Control Commission | Bari | |
Base Personnel Office | Naples | |
Bombing Survey Unit | Portici | |
No 2 Film Production Unit | Naples | |
No 2 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | Gioia | |
No 2 RAF Rest Camp | Sorrento | |
No 4 RAF Rest Camp | San Spirito |
HQ - Algiers
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 125 Maintenance Unit | Crescia | |
No 144 Maintenance Unit | Maison Blanche | |
No 145 Maintenance Unit | Casablanca | |
No 146 Maintenance Unit | Sidi Tabet | |
No 155 Maintenance Unit | Setif | |
No 156 Maintenance Unit | Blida | |
No 162 Maintenance Unit | Setif | |
No 163 Maintenance Unit | Oujda | |
No 164 Maintenance Unit | Tunis | |
No 351 Maintenance Unit | Hussein Dey | |
No 1 Base Personnel Depot | Fort De L'Eau | |
No 1 MT Base Depot | Guyotville | |
No 12 Supply & Transport Column | Algiers | |
No 19 Supply & Transport Column | Rivet | |
No 20 Supply & Transport Column | St Germain | |
Fire Fighting School | Bastia | |
RAF Convalescent Depot | Guyotville | |
No 1 RAF General Hospital | Maison Carée | |
No 2 Aircrew Reception Unit | Rabat Sale | |
No Air Crew Pool | Fort de L'Eau | |
Air Publications Unit | Algiers | |
Base Censorship Section | Algiers | |
Base Personnel Office | Algiers | |
No 4 Base Signals Unit | Maison Blanche | |
No 12 MT Repair Unit | Tunis | |
No 3 RAF Rest Camp | Jaenbait | |
Public Relations Unit | Algiers | |
RAF HQ | Maison Blanche |
Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Forces (MAAF)
Command HQ - Caserta
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
MATAF Communication Flt | Capo Dichino | |
No 15 Supply & Transport Column | San Spirito | |
5 RAF Beach Unit | Ajaccio |
Command HQ - Vasto
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 232 Wing | Celone | |
No 239 Wing | Cutella | |
No 244 Wing | Venafro | |
No 251 Wing | Poretta | |
No 285 Wing | Trigno | |
No 322 Wing | Alto | |
No 324 Wing | Lago | |
No 3 Sqn RAAF | ||
No 13 Sqn | ||
No 18 Sqn | ||
No 43 Sqn | ||
No 55 Sqn | ||
No 72 Sqn | ||
No 92 Sqn | ||
No 93 Sqn | ||
No 111 Sqn | ||
No 112 Sqn | ||
No 114 Sqn | ||
No 145 Sqn | ||
No 154 Sqn | ||
No 208 Sqn | ||
No 223 Sqn | ||
No 225 Sqn | ||
No 232 Sqn | ||
No 237 Sqn | ||
No 238 Sqn | ||
No 241 Sqn | ||
No 242 Sqn | ||
No 243 Sqn | ||
No 250 Sqn | ||
No 260 Sqn | ||
No 417 Sqn RCAF | ||
No 450 Sqn RAAF | ||
No 451 Sqn RAAF | ||
No 600 Sqn | ||
No 601 Sqn | ||
No 651 Sqn | ||
No 654 Sqn | ||
No 655 Sqn | ||
No 657 Sqn | ||
No 2856 Sqn RAF Regiment | San Vito Chietino | |
No 2857 Sqn RAF Regiment | Cutella | |
No 2858 Sqn RAF Regiment | Celone | |
No 2862 Sqn RAF Regiment | Trigno | |
Desert Air Force Communication Flt | Trigno | |
No 121 Maintenance Unit | Montenero | |
No 31 Air Stores Park | Campo Marino | |
No 36 Air Stores Park | Capua | |
No 40 Air Stores Park | Petacciato | |
No 135 Air Stores Park | Capua | |
No 12 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Vasto | |
No 38 Transit Camp | Vasto | |
No 2 Repair and Salvage Unit | Madna | |
No 51 Repair and Salvage Unit | Madna | |
No 53 Repair and Salvage Unit | Cutella | |
No 59 Repair and Salvage Unit | Venafro | |
No 108 Repair and Salvage Unit | Alto | |
No 109 Repair and Salvage Unit | Biferno | |
No 113 Repair and Salvage Unit | Lago | |
No 310 Supply & Transport Column | Montenero | |
No 311 Supply & Transport Column | Petacciato | |
No 1 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | Lago | |
No 4 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | Biferno | |
No 11 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | Trigno | |
No 21 RAF Mobile Field Hospital | Serra Capriola | |
No 22 RAF Mobile Field Hospital | Foggia | |
No 25 RAF Mobile Field Hospital | Cassamozza | |
No 30 RAF Mobile Field Hospital | Foggia | |
No 31 RAF Mobile Field Hospital | Italy | |
No 1 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit | Vasto | |
No 3 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit | Naples | |
No 4 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit | Madra | |
No 3 Light Repair Unit | Vasto | |
No 10 MT Light Repair Unit | Cancello | |
No 304 MSSU | Frattamaggiore | |
No 305 MSSU | Campo Marino | |
No 306 MSSU | Penna Point |
Mediterranean Allied Strategical Air Forces (MAAF)
Command HQ - Bari
Mediterranean Allied Photographic Reconnaissance Wing
Command HQ - San Savero
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 2 Mobile Field Photo Unit | Pomigliano | |
No 3 Mobile Field Photo Unit | Vasto |
Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces (MAAF)
Command HQ - Algiers
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 287 Wing | Sidi Amor | |
No 328 Wing | Algiers | |
No 332 Wing | Djidjelli | |
No 337 Wing | La Senia | |
No 338 Wing | Reghaia | |
RAF Station Blida | ||
RAF Station Bone | ||
No 14 Sqn | ||
No 23 Sqn | ||
No 32 Sqn | ||
No 36 Sqn | ||
No 39 Sqn | ||
No 153 Sqn | ||
No 256 Sqn | ||
No 272 Sqn | ||
No 283 Sqn | ||
No 284 Sqn | ||
No 458 Sqn RAAF | ||
No 500 Sqn | ||
No 977 Sqn | ||
No 981 Sqn | ||
No 982 Sqn | ||
No 983 Sqn | ||
No 2861 Sqn RAF Regiment | Calvi | |
No 2866 Sqn RAF Regiment | Bastia | |
No 2869 Sqn RAF Regiment | Alghero | |
MCAF Communication Flt | Blida | |
No 1578 (Calibration) Communication Flt | Blida | |
Defence Flt | Gibraltar | |
No 2 (General Reconnaissance) Operations Room | Bastia | |
No 4 (General Reconnaissance) Operations Room | Chisonaccia | |
No 5 (General Reconnaissance) Operations Room | Blida | |
No 33 Air Stores Park | Sassari | |
No 251 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Bone | |
No 252 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Naples | |
No 254 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Ajaccio | |
No 111 Repair and Salvage Unit | Alghero | |
No 12 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | Ajaccio | |
No 1 Hydrogen Supply Unit |
HQ - Taranto
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 286 Wing | Grottaglie | |
No 323 Wing | Foggia | |
No 325 Wing | Monte Corvino | |
No 6 Sqn | ||
No 73 Sqn | ||
No 221 Sqn | ||
No 249 Sqn | ||
No 253 Sqn | ||
No 255 Sqn | ||
No 608 Sqn | ||
No 975 Sqn | ||
No 985 Sqn | ||
No 1435 Sqn | ||
No 2864 Sqn RAF Regiment | Taranto | |
No 2865 Sqn RAF Regiment | Grottaglie | |
No 2867 Sqn RAF Regiment | Capo Dichino | |
No 242 Group Communication Flt | San Vito | |
No 1 (General Reconnaissance) Operations Room | Naples | |
No 136 Air Stores Park | Foggia | |
No 253 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Bari | |
No 110 Repair and Salvage Unit | Grottaglie | |
No 16 Supply & Transport Column | Taranto |
Command HQ - Valetta, Malta
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 248 Wing | Valetta | |
No 335 Wing | Catania | |
RAF Station Hal Far | ||
RAF Station Luqa | ||
No 87 Sqn | ||
No 108 Sqn | ||
No 185 Sqn | ||
No 283 Sqn | ||
No 986 Sqn | ||
No 2868 Sqn RAF Regiment | Palermo | |
Malta Communication Flt | RAF Hal Far | |
No 3 (General Reconnaissance) Operations Room | Borizzo | |
No 118 Maintenance Unit | Catania | |
No 137 Maintenance Unit | Malta | |
No 143 Maintenance Unit | Hamrun | |
No 204 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Malta | |
No 30 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Crotone | |
No 303 MSSU | Sassari |
Command HQ - Cairo
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 259 Wing | Nicosia | |
No 283 Wing | Khartoum | |
Middle East Command Communication Flt | Khartoum | |
No 1412 (Meteorological) Flt | Khartoum | |
No 1567 (Meteorological) Flt | El Genina | |
No 139 Maintenance Unit | Khartoum | |
Meteorological Forecast Unit | Kahartoum | |
Meteorological Forecast Unit | Asmara | |
Meteorological Forecast Unit | El Genina | |
Meteorological Forecast Unit | Wadi Seidna | |
No 4 Army Post Office Detachment | Cairo | |
Base Personnel Office | Cairo | |
Directorate of Air Force Welfare | Cairo |
HQ - Heliopolis
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Abu Suier | ||
RAF Station Amman | ||
RAF Station Aqir | ||
RAF Station Ballah | ||
RAF Station Ein Shemer | ||
RAF Station Gianaclis | ||
RAF Station Ismailia | ||
RAF Station Nicosia | ||
RAF Station Peta Tiqva | ||
RAF Station Qastina | ||
RAF Station Shallufa | ||
RAF Station Shandur | ||
WAAF Depot | RAF Ramleh | |
Marine Craft Unit | Suez | |
No 13 Air Gunnery School | RAF Ballah | |
No 51 Air Gunners Initial Training School | RAF Ballah | |
Code and Cypher School | RAF Heliopolis | |
No 3 (Middle East) Training School | RAF Amman | |
No 5 (Middle East) Training School | RAF Shallufa | |
No 11 Flying Instructors School | RAF Shallufa | |
Middle East Armament School | RAF Shallufa | |
Middle East Signals School | RAF Helwan | |
RAF (Middle East) Central Gunnery School | RAF Ballah | |
RAF Physical Training School | RAF Ismailia | |
No 7 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit | RAF Ismailia | |
No 1 (Middle East) Aircrew Reception Centre | Jerusalem | |
No 5 (Middle East) Aircrew Reception Centre | RAF Heliopolis | |
No 1675 Heavy Conversion Unit | Lydda | |
No 14 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF Shallufa | |
No 70 OTU | RAF Shandur | |
No 71 OTU | RAF Ismailia | |
No 73 OTU | RAF Abu Suier | |
No 74 OTU | RAF Peta Tiqva | |
No 75 OTU | RAF Gianaclis | |
No 76 OTU | RAF Aqir | |
No 77 OTU | RAF Qastina | |
No 78 OTU | RAF Ein Shemer | |
No 79 OTU | RAF Nicosia |
HQ - RAF Heliopolis
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Aboukir | ||
RAF Station El Gedida | ||
RAF Station Heliopolis | ||
RAF Station Helwan | ||
No 101 Maintenance Unit | Masara | |
No 102 Maintenance Unit | Amriya | |
No 103 Maintenance Unit | RAF Aboukir | |
No 106 Maintenance Unit | Khanka | |
No 107 Maintenance Unit | Kasfareet | |
No 108 Maintenance Unit | El Firdan | |
No 109 Maintenance Unit | Boulac | |
No 111 Maintenance Unit | Tura | |
No 112 Maintenance Unit | Wadi Yearn | |
No 126 Maintenance Unit | Abu Sultan | |
No 132 Maintenance Unit | RAF Helwan | |
No 135 Maintenance Unit | Gebel Hamzi | |
No 140 Maintenance Unit | Khataba | |
No 3 MT Base Depot | RAF Helwan | |
No 3 Signals Depot | RAF Helwan | |
No 1 Engine Repair Section | Boulac | |
No 2 Engine Repair Section | Tura | |
No 3 Engine Repair Section | Tura | |
No 4 Engine Repair Section | Boulac | |
No 5 Engine Repair Section | Mansourah | |
No 7 Engine Repair Section | RAF Aboukir | |
No 8 Engine Repair Section | RAF Aboukir | |
No 9 Engine Repair Section | Kasfareet | |
Marine Craft Unit | Port Said | |
Marine Craft Repair Section | Alexandria | |
Meteorological Forecast Unit | Almaza | |
No 17 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Cairo | |
No 122 Meteorological Field Unit | RAF Heliopolis | |
No 21 Transit Camp | Kasfareet | |
No 22 Transit Camp | Almaza | |
No 24 Transit Camp | RAF Aboukir | |
No 39 Transit Camp | RAF Shallufa | |
No 5 Supply & Transport Column | Suez road | |
School of Hygiene | Almaza | |
Polish Air Force Training School | RAF Heliopolis | |
RAF School of Catering | RAF Helwan | |
No 8 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | RAF Edcu | |
No 9 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | RAF Abu Suier | |
Command Medical Board | RAF Heliopolis | |
No 6 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit | El Firdan | |
No 5 RAF Hospital | Abbassia | |
Air Publications Unit | Cairo | |
Air Supply Development Centre | RAF Heliopolis | |
Balloon and Oxygen Centre | Baalwa | |
Base Accounts Office | El Gedida | |
Base Salvage Unit | RAF Helwan | |
No 2 British Airways Repair Unit | Almaza | |
Master Provision Office | Khanka | |
Middle East Interpretation Unit | RAF Heliopolis | |
No 1 (Middle East) MT Repair Unit | Alexandria | |
No 7 (Middle East) MT Repair Unit | Cairo | |
No 51 RAF MT Company | Almaza | |
No 52 RAF MT Company | Almaza | |
RAF Tyre Retreading Unit | RAF Heliopolis | |
Standing Committee for Adjustment | RAF Heliopolis | |
No 1 Works Area | Cairo |
HQ - RAF Heliopolis, Egypt
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AHQ Eastern Mediterranean (Middle East Command)
Command HQ - Alexandria
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 260 Wing | Ismailia | |
RAF Station Benina | ||
RAF Station Berka | ||
RAF Station Edcu | ||
RAF Station Gambut | ||
RAF Station Matruh West | ||
RAF Station Mersa Metruh | ||
No 38 Sqn | ||
No 46 Sqn | ||
No 227 Sqn | ||
No 252 Sqn | ||
No 459 Sqn RAAF | ||
No 603 Sqn | ||
No 94 Sqn | ||
No 162 Sqn | ||
No 213 Sqn | ||
No 971 Sqn | ||
No 2914 Sqn RAF Regiment | Apollonia | |
No 2917 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
No 2923 Sqn RAF Regiment | Apollonia | |
No 2926 Sqn RAF Regiment | Apollonia | |
No 2927 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
Eastern Mediterranean Communication Flt | Mariut | |
No 1563 (Meteorological) Flt | Benina | |
No 1564 (Meteorological) Flt | Castel Benito | |
No 12 Sector Operations Room | Port Faud | |
No 13 Sector Operations Room | Alexandria | |
No 15 Sector Operations Room | Bu Amud | |
No 16 Sector Operations Room | Cyrene | |
No 17 Sector Operations Room | Driana | |
No 24 Sector Operations Room | Haifa | |
No 25 Sector Operations Room | Athalassa | |
No 29 Sector Operations Room | Mersa Matruh | |
No 122 Maintenance Unit | Benghazi | |
No 136 Maintenance Unit | Berka | |
No 207 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Alexandria | |
Marine Craft Unit | Alexandria | |
No 11 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Alexandria | |
No 14 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Castel Benito | |
No 15 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Djerba Island | |
No 16 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Berka Main | |
No 123 Meteorological Field Unit | Nalut | |
No 124 Meteorological Field Unit | Alexandria | |
No 25 Transit Camp | Benghazi | |
No 55 Repair and Salvage Unit | Gambut` | |
No 52 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Mersa Matruh | |
No 54 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Derna | |
No 58 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Eden | |
No 7 Supply & Transport Column | El Adem | |
Fighter Controllers Training School | RAF Heliopolis | |
Middle East Fitter Training School | RAF Ismailia | |
No 4 RAF Hospital | Benghazi | |
No 26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | El Firdan | |
No 1 Bomber Group Maintenance Company | Suez Road | |
No 2 Bomber Group Maintenance Company | Benghazi | |
No 2 Fuel transport Company | Benghazi | |
RAF Holding Section | RAF Heliopolis | |
No 13 Rest and Transit Camp | Apollonia | |
No 4 Works Area | Benghazi |
HQ - St Jean
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No units listed |
HQ - Benina
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No units listed |
HQ - Alexandria
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No units listed |
AHQ East Africa (Middle East Command)
Command HQ - Nairobi
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 246 Wing | Port Reitz | |
No 258 Wing | Diego Suarez | |
RAF Station Dar-es-Salaam | ||
RAF Station Eastleigh | ||
RAF Station Kisumu | ||
RAF Station Mauritius | ||
RAF Station Port Reitz | ||
RAF Station Seychelles | ||
No 209 Sqn | ||
No 259 Sqn | ||
No 262 Sqn | ||
No 265 Sqn | ||
East Africa Communication Flt | RAF Eastleigh | |
Anti-Locust Communication Flt | RAF Eastleigh | |
No 1414 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Eastleigh | |
No 1568 (Meteorological) Flt | Diego Suarez | |
No 1569 (Meteorological) Flt | Plaisance (Mauritius) | |
No 2568 (Meteorological) Flt | Diego Suarez | |
No 105 Maintenance Unit | Thika | |
No 133 Maintenance Unit | Eastleigh | |
No 165 Maintenance Unit | Gilgil | |
RAF Unit | Lindi | |
RAF Unit | Tulear | |
RAF Unit | Pamanzi | |
RAF Unit | Mogadishu | |
No 219 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Mombassa | |
Marine Craft Unit | Dar-es-Salaam | |
Marine Craft Unit | Pananzl | |
Marine Craft Unit | Diego Suarez | |
Marine Craft Unit | Port Reitz | |
Marine Craft Unit | Tulear | |
Marine Craft Unit | Seychelles | |
Marine Craft Unit | Mauritius | |
No 41 Transit Camp | Kisumu | |
Marine Craft School | Kipevu | |
No 2 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | Nairobi | |
No 10 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | Nairobi | |
No 25 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Eastleigh | |
Flying Boat Repair Base | Kisumu |
AHQ Levant (Middle East Command)
Command HQ - Jerusalem
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Beirut | ||
RAF Station Gaza | ||
RAF Station Hadeira | ||
RAF Station Lydda | ||
RAF Station Ramat David | ||
RAF Station Ramleh | ||
No 2900 Sqn RAF Regiment | Hadeira | |
No 2902 Sqn RAF Regiment | Kabrit | |
No 2907 Sqn RAF Regiment | Beit Daris | |
No 2908 Sqn RAF Regiment | Aleppo | |
No 2909 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
No 2910 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
No 2912 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
No 2913 Sqn RAF Regiment | Hadeira | |
No 2915 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
No 2916 Sqn RAF Regiment | Hadeira | |
No 2918 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
No 2920 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
No 2921 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
No 2922 Sqn RAF Regiment | Gaza | |
No 2924 Sqn RAF Regiment | Kabrit | |
No 2930 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
No 2931 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
No 2932 Sqn RAF Regiment | Gaza | |
No 2933 Sqn RAF Regiment | Beit Daris | |
No 2935 Sqn RAF Regiment | Almaza | |
Levant Communication Flt | Lydda | |
No 1413 (Meteorological) Flt | Lydda | |
No 1565 (Meteorological) Flt | Nicosia | |
No 104 Maintenance Unit | Muqeibila | |
No 120Maintenance Unit | Ras el Ain | |
No 129 Maintenance Unit | Gaza | |
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No 160 Maintenance Unit | Aqir | |
No 166 Maintenance Unit | Nicosia | |
RAF Unit | Aleppo | |
No 7 Engine Repair Section | RAF Ramleh | |
No 2 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Jerusalem | |
No 21 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Beirut | |
No 22 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Nicosia | |
No 25 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Aqir | |
No 26 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Qastina | |
No 27 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Ein Shemer | |
No 211 Meteorological Field Unit | Beirut | |
No 331 Meteorological Field Unit | Ein Shemer | |
No 28 Transit Camp | Gaza | |
No 56 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Nicosia | |
No 10 Supply & Transport Column | Ras el Ain | |
Officer Cadet training Unit | Hadeira | |
No 3 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | Aleppo | |
No 7 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | Ramat David | |
No 13 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | Jerusalem | |
No 10 RAF Convalescent Depot | Tel Aviv | |
No 2 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit | Jerusalem | |
No 5 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit | Gaza | |
No 3 RAF Hospital | Tel Litwinsky | |
No 2 Armoured Car Company | Cairo | |
No 1 Fuel transport Company | Athlet | |
No 5 (Middle East) MT Repair Unit | Tel Litwinsky |
AHQ Iraq and Persia (Middle East Command)
Command HQ - Habbaniya
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Bahrein | ||
RAF Station Basrah | ||
RAF Station Habbaniya | ||
RAF Station Shaibah | ||
RAF Station Teheran | ||
Iraq and Persia Communication Flt | RAF Habbaniya | |
No 1560 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Habbaniya | |
No 115 Maintenance Unit | RAF Shaibah | |
No 119 Maintenance Unit | RAF Shaibah | |
No 127 Maintenance Unit | Zubair | |
No 134 Maintenance Unit | RAF Habbaniya | |
No 138 Maintenance Unit | Teheran | |
RAF Unit | Jask | |
Supplies Depot | RAF Habbaniya | |
Marine Section | Basrah | |
Marine Section | RAF Habbaniya | |
No 3 Meteorological Forecast Unit | RAF Habbaniya | |
No 31 Meteorological Forecast Unit | RAF Basrah | |
No 33 Meteorological Forecast Unit | Teheran | |
No 26 Transit Camp | RAF Habbaniya | |
No 26 Transit Camp | RAF Basrah | |
No 6 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | RAF Basrah | |
No 6 RAF General Hospital | RAF Habbaniya | |
No 1 Armoured Car Company | Mosul | |
No 23 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Habbaniya | |
Base Personnel Office | RAF Habbaniya | |
Combined Intelligence Centre | Baghdad | |
Iraq Levies HQ | RAF Habbaniya | |
No 12 Rest and transit Camp | Teheran |
HQ British Forces, Aden (Middle East Command)
Command HQ - Steamer Point
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Khormaksar | ||
RAF Station Masira | ||
RAF Station Ras el Hadd | ||
No 8 Sqn | ||
No 244 Sqn | ||
No 621 Sqn | ||
Aden Communication Flt | RAF Khormaksar | |
Catalina Flt | RAF Khormaksar | |
No 1566 (Meteorological) Flt | Hiswa | |
No 131 Maintenance Unit | RAF Khormaksar | |
RAF Unit | Scuisiban | |
RAF Unit | Alula | |
RAF Unit | Riyan | |
RAF Unit | Salalah | |
RAF Unit | Bandar Cassim | |
RAF Unit | Socotra | |
RAF Unit | Berbera | |
HQ Air Sea Rescue Unit | Ras el Hadd | |
No 214 Air Sea Rescue Unit | Masira | |
Marine Section | Hedjuff | |
Meteorological Forecast Unit | Steamer Point | |
No 7 RAF Hospital | Steamer Point | |
Aden Levies HQ | Sheikh O'thman | |
Armoured Car Section | Hiswa | |
Equipment Supply Section | Steamer Point |
Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List
[MAAF | MATAF | MASAF | MACAF | MAPRW | Desert Air Force | AHQ Malta | No 205 Group | No 210 Group | No 214 Group | No 218 Group]
[Middle East Command | AHQ Eastern Mediterranean | AHQ East Africa | AHQ Levant | AHQ Iraq & Persia | HQBF Aden | No 203 Group | No 206 Group | No 209 Group | No 212 Group | No 216 Group | No 219 Group]
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