Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Mediterranean and Middle East - Jun 1946
[RAF Mediterranean and Middle East | DAF | AHQ Greece | AHQ Malta | RAF Italy | AHQ Levant | AHQ Iraq | AHQ East Africa | HQBF Aden | RAF Austria | No 205 Group | No 216 Group | No 218 Group | No 219 Group | Air Formation Signals]
HQ RAF Mediterranean and Middle East - Cairo
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Algiers | Provost and Security Unit Sub-HQ (N Africa) | |
Athens | AHQ Greece | |
Baghdad | AHQ (Detachment) RAF Iraq | |
Bari (Italy) | HQ, No 205 Group (Detachment) | |
Cairo | No 1 Base Personnel Office | |
Cairo | No 6 RAF Postal HQ (Middle East Forces) | |
Cairo | Wellington House | |
Cairo | The Lady Rosalind Tedder RAF Club | |
Cairo | WAAF Leave House | |
Cairo West | HQ, No 205 Group (Detachment) | |
Caserta | AHQ Italy | |
El Fasher | No 20 Staging Post (Detachment 'A') | |
El Geneina (Sudan) | No 20 Staging Post (Detachment 'B') | |
Fanara | HQ, No 205 Group | |
Glatton | HQ, No 205 Group (Detachment) | |
Habbaniya | AHQ RAF Iraq | |
Heliopolis | HQ, No 216 Group | |
Heliopolis | HQ, No 219 Group | |
Jerusalem | AHQ Levant | |
Juba (Sudan) | RAF Unit (No 29 Staging Post) | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | RAF Station | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | Area Control, Khartoum | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | Khartoum Communication Flt | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | No 4 (ME) Meteorological Unit | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | No 39 Sqn | Marauder |
Khartoum (Sudan) | No 20 Staging Post | |
Khartoum Airfield (Sudan) | Aircraft Safety Centre, Sudan | |
Klagenfurt | HQ RAF Austria | |
Kufra | No 401 Meteorological Field Unit | |
Malakal (Sudan) | RAF Unit (No 28 Staging Post) | |
Nairobi | AHQ East Africa | |
Naples | No 6 Base Personnel Office | |
Naples | Provost and Security HQ | |
Naples | Provost and Security Unit Sub HQ, (Southern Italy) | |
Rome | Provost and Security Unit Sub HQ, (Northern Italy) | |
Steamer Point | HQ British Forces, Aden | |
Valetta | AHQ Malta | |
Wadi Halfa (Sudan) | RAF Unit (No 22 Staging Post) |
HQ Desert Air Force (Med/ME) - Moruzzo
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Balsano | No 5 Mobile Micro Film Unit | |
Campoformido | Desert Air Force Communication Flt | |
Campoformido | No 12 Meteorological Unit | |
Klagenfurt (Austria) | No 225 Sqn | Spitfire |
Klagenfurt (Austria) | No 38 Personnel Transit Centre (No 2 Detachment) | |
Lavariano | No 239 Fighter Wing | |
Lavariano | No 93 Sqn | Mustang |
Lavariano | No 112 Sqn | Mustang |
Lavariano | No 250 Sqn | Mustang |
Monza | No 663 (Polish) AOP Sqn | |
Pagnacco | No 126 Maintenance Unit | |
Rivolto | No 306 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit | |
Rivolto | No 126 Maintenance Unit, No 10 AAP | |
Ranchi (Italy) | No 654 AOP Sqn | Auster |
Treviso | No 244 Fighter Wing | |
Treviso | No 87 Sqn | Spitfire |
Treviso | No 92 Sqn | Spitfire |
Treviso | No 253 Sqn | Spitfire |
Treviso | No 318 (Polish) Sqn | |
Treviso | No 11 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | |
Treviso | HQ MedME Missing Research and Enquiry Service | |
Treviso | No 39 Personnel Transit Centre, No 1 Detachment | |
Treviso | No 5500 (Polish) Mobile Signals Unit | |
Udine | No 3 MT Light Repair Unit | |
Udine | No 38 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Udine | No 58 MT Company | |
Villach (Austria) | No 38 Personnel Transit Centre, No 3 Detachment | |
Zeltweg | No 324 Fighter Wing | |
Zeltweg | No 43 Sqn | Spitfire |
Zeltweg | No 72 Sqn | Spitfire |
Zeltweg | No 111 Sqn | Spitfire |
Zeltweg | No 40 Air Stores Park | |
Zeltweg | No 126 Maintenance Unit, No 13 AAP | |
Zeltweg | No 126 Mobile Meteorological Unit | |
AME Stations | ||
No 15052 AMES |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Araxos | No 252 Sqn | Beaufighter |
Athens | No 373 Air Stores Park | |
Hassani | AHQ Greece Communication Flight | |
Hassani | No 373 Air Stores Park AAP (Detachment) | |
Hassani | No 232 Light Bomber Wing | |
Hassani | No 13 Sqn | Boston |
Hassani | No 55 Sqn | Boston |
Hassani | No 1 Field Hygiene Unit | |
Hassani | Aircraft Safety Centre (Greece) | |
Heraklion | No 59 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | |
Piraeus | No 373 Air Stores Park (EU Detachment) | |
Sedes | No 337 Fighter Wing |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Algiers (Algeria) | No 218 Maintenance Group | |
Augusta (Sicily) | No 15 Meteorological Forecast Unit | |
Benghaisa | Inter-Command W/T Station | |
Catania (Sicily) | RAF Unit | |
Elmas (Sardinia) | Aircraft Safety Centre (Sardinia) | |
Fort Lucien | No 137 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Repair Depot |
Hal Far | No 73 Sqn | Spitfire |
Istres le Tube | Aircraft Safety Centre (Southern France) | |
Istres le Tube | No 1564 (Meteorological) Flt | |
Kalafrana | No 137 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Luqa | RAF Station | |
Luqa | No 38 Sqn | Wellington/Warwick |
Luqa | AHQ Malta Communication Flt | |
Luqa | No 1357 Meteorological Flight | Mosquito |
Malta | St Paul's Bay Rest Camp | |
Malta | RAF Central Meteorological Station | |
Malta | No 14 RAF Postal HQ | |
Malta | Marine Craft Unit | |
Mount Etna (Sicily) | No 17 RAF Rest and Leave Camp (Detachment) | |
Siggiewi | Inter-Command W/T Station | |
Taormina (Sicily) | No 17 RAF Rest and Leave Camp | |
Valetta | Area Control, Malta | |
Valetta | Aircraft Safety Centre (Malta) | |
AME Stations |
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No 126 AMES | No 136 AMES | No 21021 AMES |
No 130 AMES | No 501 AMES | No 21023 AMES |
No 134 AMES | No 502 AMES |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Acerra | No 114 Maintenance Unit (No 1 Equipment Depot) | |
Algiers | No 60 Embarkation Unit | |
Bari | No 13 MT Light Repair Unit | |
Bari | Air Forces Sub-Commission Allied Commission (Detachment) | |
Benevento | RAF Physical Training Course | |
Bologna | Aircraft Safety Centre (Northern Italy) | |
Brindisi | RAF Station | |
Brindisi | No 392 Maintenance Unit | |
Cancello | No 114 Maintenance Unit (No 3 Equipment Depot) | |
Cancello | No 54 MT Company | |
Capodichino | No 159 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Capodichino | No 15 MT Light Repair Unit | |
Castellamare | Oxygen Production Centre (CMF) | |
Catania | No 52 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
Hassani | No 6232 Bomb Disposal Flight | |
Iesi | No 159 Maintenance Unit 'C' Detachment | Repair Depot |
Lecce | Air Forces Sub-Commission Allied Commission (Detachment) | |
Legnano | No 1 Release Embarkation Centre | |
Marano | No 114 Maintenance Unit, No 2 Equipment Depot | |
Marcianese | AHQ Italy Communication Sqn | |
Milan | No 59 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Naples | No 1 RAF Base Area | |
Naples | No 56 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Naples | No 61 Embarkation Unit | |
Naples | No 16 RAF Postal HQ | |
Naples | CMF Vocational Advice Centre | |
Naples | No 114 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Pomigliano | Aircraft Safety Centre (Southern Italy) | |
Posillipo | No 114 Maintenance Unit, No 5 Equipment Depot | Equipment Depot |
Riccione | No 159 Maintenance Unit 'A' Detachment | Repair Depot |
Rome | Moral Leadership School | |
Rome | Air Forces Sub-Commission, Allied Commission | |
San Gioinazza | No 4 Supply & Transport Column | |
San Nicandro di Bari | No 141 Maintenance Unit (AAP) | |
Scafati | No 375 Maintenance Unit | |
Sorrento | No 2 Rest and Leave Camp | |
Taranto | Air Forces Sub-Commission Allied Commission (Detachment) | |
Torre-del-Greco | Command Medical Board | |
Treviso | No 357 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Repair Unit |
Tressanti | No 141 Maintenance Unit (CW) (Detachment) | |
Udine | HQ Desert Air Force | |
Udine | No 380 Maintenance Unit | |
Valetta | No 52 Embarkation Unit | |
Vesuvius | No 4 MT Base Depot |
Command HQ - Jerusalem
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Acre (Palestine) | No 142 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
Amman (Palestine) | RAF Station | |
Amman (Palestine) | No 2 General Service Training School | |
Amman (Palestine) | No 2 Officers Advanced Training School | |
Aqir | No 160 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Repair Unit |
Aqir | No 2864 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Aqir | No 285 Fighter Wing | |
Aqir | No 208 Sqn | Spitfire |
Aqir | No 32 Sqn | Spitfire |
Aqir | No 651 Sqn, (Cadre) | |
Beirut (Syria) | RAF Station | |
Beirut (Syria) | No 21 Meteorological Forecast Unit | |
Beirut (Syria) | No 211 Meteorological Field Unit | |
Gaza | RAF Station | |
Gaza | Royal Hellenic Air Force Depot | |
Gaza | No 2 RAF School of Administration | |
Haifa | RAF Staff College (Overseas) | |
Haifa | No 3 Section, AMDGW, No 2 Works Area | |
Haifa | No 651 Sqn, 'C' Flight | |
Ismailia (Egypt) | No 651 Sqn, 'A' Flight | |
Jerusalem | No 2 Works Area (Levant) | |
Jerusalem | Moral Leadership School | |
Jerusalem | No 2 Field Hygiene Unit | |
Jerusalem | RAF Unit | |
Lydda | No 2 ME Meteorological Unit | |
Lydda | Levant Communication Flt | |
Lydda | No 2908 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Lydda | No 1320 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Lydda | No 2 Armoured Car Section | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | HQ No 3 Battalion, RAF Levies | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | Section Office AMDGW, No 2 Works Area | |
Petah Tiqva (Palestine) | RAF Station (C & M basis) | |
Quastina | No 651 Sqn, 'B' Flight | |
Ramat David | RAF Station | |
Ramat David | RAF Staff College Overseas Communications Flight | |
Ramat David | No 6 Sqn | Hurricane |
Ramat David | No 213 Sqn | Mustang |
Ramat David | No 2771 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Ramat David | No 2788 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Ramat David | No 26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | |
Ramleh | RAF Station | |
Ramleh | Telecommunication Centre (Levant) | |
Ramleh | Aircraft Safety Centre (Levant) | c/o T M E Levant |
Ramleh | HQ, No 2 Armoured Car Company, | |
Ramleh | 'A' Section of No 2 Armoured Car Company, | |
Ramleh | 'B' Section of No 2 Armoured Car Company, | |
Ramleh | WAAF Homecrafts Training Centre | |
Ramleh | No 1321 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Ramleh | No 121 Personnel Dispersal Centre (Palestinian) | |
Ramleh | No 2924 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Ramleh | No 651 Sqn, HQ | |
Ras el Ain | No 2717 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Ras el Ain | No 120 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Holding Depot |
Rehovoth | No 1 Section, AMDGW, No 2 Works Area | |
St Jean | No 1319 RAF Regiment Wing | |
St Jean | No 2721 Field Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
St Jean | No 2902 Field Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
St Jean | No 2742 Armoured Sqn, RAF Regiment | Also shown at Almaza |
St Jean | No 1 (ME) Fuel Transport Company | |
Tel Aviv | No 10 (ME) Medical Rehabilitation Unit | |
Tel Aviv | No 2 Section, AMDGW, No 2 Works Area | |
Tel Litwinsky | No 3 RAF Hospital | |
Tel Litwinsky | No 5 MT Repair Unit | |
Tel Litwinsky | No 3 Anti-Malarial Control Unit and Sections | |
AME Stations |
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No 582 AMES |
Command HQ - Habbaniya
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Baghdad (Iraq) | Combined Intelligence Centre | |
Baghdad (Iraq) | No 30 Movements Control Unit | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | No 5 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | No 42 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | Aircraft Safety Centre (Persia Gulf) | |
Basrah (Iraq) | RAF Station | |
Basrah (Iraq) | No 42 Embarkation Unit | |
Basrah (Iraq) | Marine Craft Section | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Station | |
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 Battalion, RAF Levies | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 2 Battalion, RAF Levies | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Aircraft Safety Centre (Iraq) | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 7 RAF Postal HQ (Paiforce) | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 115 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 1 Armoured Car Company (HQ and 3 x Sections) | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Area Control, Habbaniya | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 15 Field Signals Unit | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 3 (ME) Meteorological Unit | |
H3 | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Khor Kuwai | RAF Unit | |
Margil (Basrah, Iraq) | No 5 Battalion, RAF Levies | |
Shaibah (Iraq) | No 115 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | |
Shaibah (Iraq) | No 1358 Meteorological Flight | Mosquito |
Shaibah (Iraq) | No 134 Maintenance Unit 'S' (Detachment) | Repair Depot |
Sharjah (Iraq) | No 42 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) |
Command HQ - Nairobi
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Eastleigh | RAF Station | |
Eastleigh | East Africa Communication Flt | |
Eastleigh | Aircraft Safety Centre (East Africa) | |
Eastleigh | No 249 Sqn | Baltimore |
Eastleigh | No 1 Section, AMDGW, No 3 Works Area | |
Eastleigh | No 2 Section, AMDGW, No 3 Works Area | |
Eastleigh | No 1345 Anti-Malarial Flight (Detachment) | |
Gilgil | No 105 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Repair Depot |
Kisumu | RAF Station | |
Kisumu | Flying Boat Repair Base | |
Mauritius | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Mauritius | Marine Craft Section | |
Mogadishu | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Mombasa | RAF Station | |
Mombasa | Marine Craft Section | |
Nairobi | No 7 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Nairobi | No 9 RAF Postal HQ (East Africa) | |
Nairobi | No 3 Works Area (East Africa) | |
Nairobi | Area Control, Nairobi | |
Port Reitz | No 1345 Anti-Malarial Flight | |
Seychelles | RAF Station | |
Seychelles | Marine Craft Section | |
Tabora | RAF Unit | |
Thika | No 105 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
HQ British Forces in Aden (Med/ME)
Command HQ - Steamer Point
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) | RAF Station Steamer Point Signals Detachment | |
Aden | Marine Craft Unit, Aden | |
Asmara (Eritrea) | RAF Unit (No 23 Staging Post) | |
Bandar Cassim (Somaliland) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Hargeisa (British Somaliland) | RAF Station Khormaksar Detachment | |
Hargeisa (British Somaliland) | RAF Station Steamer Point Signals Detachment | |
Hedjuff | No 2 Section, AMDGW, No 6 Works Area | |
Khormaksar | RAF Station | |
Khormaksar | HQ BF Aden Communication Flt | |
Khormaksar | No 114 Sqn | Mosquito |
Masira Island | RAF Station | |
Masira Island | Marine Craft Unit, Aden (Detachment) | |
Riyan (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Salalah (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Sheikh O'thman | RAF Unit | |
Sheikh O'thman | Aden Protectorate Levies | |
Sheikh Othman (Aden) | No 30 Staging Post | |
Steamer Point | RAF Station | |
Steamer Point | Equipment and Supply Section | |
Steamer Point | No 50 Embarkation Unit | |
Steamer Point | No 7 RAF Hospital | |
Steamer Point | No 11 RAF Postal HQ (British Forces, Aden) | |
Steamer Point | No 6 Works Area | |
Steamer Point | Aircraft Safety Centre (South Arabia) | |
Steamer Point | Area Control, Aden | |
Wali Road | Armoured Car Section, Aden |
HQ - Vienna
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Bruck | HQ No 700 Air Disarmament Mobile Wing | |
Bruck | No 10 HA W/T Station | |
Graz | Flak Recovery Sqn | |
Graz | Flak Depot and Workshops | |
Graz | Flak Disarmament Mobile Sqn | |
Graz | HQ No 701 Air Disarmament Flak Wing | |
Graz | No 6227 Bomb Disposal Flight | |
Klagenfurt | RAF Station | |
Klagenfurt | HQ, Austria Communication Flight | |
Klagenfurt | No 700 Air Disarmament Wing 'C' Sqn | |
Liezen (Aigen Airfield) | No 700 Air Disarmament Wing 'B' Sqn | |
Schloss Pols | No 14 Field Signals Unit | |
Schloss Larnach | No 700 Air Disarmament Wing 'A' Sqn | |
Vienna | No 2825 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Vienna | Air Division Allied Commission Austria (BE) | |
Zeltweg | No 700 Air Disarmament Wing 'D' Sqn |
HQ - Fanara, Italy
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Abu Sueir | RAF Station | |
Abu Sueir | No 236 (Heavy Bomber) Wing | |
Abu Sueir | No 40 Sqn | Lancaster |
Abu Sueir | No 104 Sqn | Lancaster |
Fayid | RAF Station | |
Fayid | No 240 (Heavy Bomber) Wing | |
Fayid | No 37 Sqn | Lancaster |
Fayid | No 70 Sqn | Lancaster |
Kasfareet | No 205 Group Communication Flight | |
Shallufa | RAF Station (C & M basis) |
HQ - RAF Heliopolis, Egypt
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Almaza (Egypt) | No 133 Staging Post | |
Almaza (Egypt) | No 216 Sqn | Dakota/Anson |
Almaza (Egypt) | No 78 Sqn | Dakota |
Ajaccio (Corsica) | RAF Station (No 63 Staging Post) | Also shown at Elmas (Sardinia) |
Aqir |
RAF Station | |
Aqir |
No 620 Sqn | Halifax |
Aqir |
No 9 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
Augusta (Sicily) | RAF Station (No 152 Staging Post) | |
Bahrein (Iraq) | RAF Station (No 43 Staging Post) | |
Bari (Italy) | HQ, No 249 Transport Wing | |
Bari | No 575 Sqn | Dakota |
Bari | RAF Station (No 127 Staging Post) | |
Beit Daras | RAF Station | |
Beit Daras | No 283 Wing (Airborne Forces) | |
Baneasa, Bucharest (Romania) | No 125 Staging Post | |
Bileis | RAF Unit | |
RAF Cairo West | RAF Station (No 10 Staging Post) | |
RAF Cairo West | No 620 Sqn (Detachment) | Halifax |
Calato (Rhodes) | No 124 Staging Post | |
Campo Formido (Udine) | No 61 Staging Post | |
Castel Benito (Lybia) | RAF Station (No 17 Staging Post) | |
El Adem (Libya) | RAF Station (No 12 Staging Post) | |
Elmas (Sardinia) | RAF Station (No 63 Staging Post) | Also shown at Ajaccio (Corsica) |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | HQ, No 151 Transport Wing | |
Habbaniya | No 40 Staging Post | |
Hassani (Athens) | No 107 Staging Post | |
Heliopolis | No 282 Transport Wing | |
Heliopolis | No 1 Air Freight Control Centre | |
Heliopolis (Villa Rose) | Area Control, Cairo | |
Kabrit | RAF Station | |
Kabrit | No 44 Heavy Glider Servicing Unit | |
Krendi (Malta) | HQ, No 284 Transport Wing | |
Luqa (Malta) | No 64 Staging Post | |
Lydda (Palestine) | RAF Station (No 14 Staging Post) | |
Maison Blanche (Algeria) | No 72 Staging Post | |
Oujda (North Africa) | RAF Station (No 70 Staging Post) | Also shown at Rabat Sale (North Africa) |
Pomigliano (Italy) | RAF Station (No 65 Staging Post) | |
Quastina (Palestine) | RAF Station | |
Quastina (Palestine) | No 644 Sqn | Halifax |
Quastina (Palestine) | No 8 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
Rabat Sale (North Africa) | RAF Station (No 70 Staging Post) | Also shown at Oujda (North Africa) |
Rabat Sale (North Africa) | Area Control, Rabat Sale | |
Rome | No 149 Staging Post | |
Schwechat (Austria) | No 173 Staging Post | |
Sedes (Salonika) | No 107 Staging Post, Detachment 'B' | |
Seemun (Belgrade) | No 130 Staging Post | |
Shaibah (Iraq) | RAF Station (No 42 Staging Post) | |
Sharjah (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Station (No 44 Staging Post) | |
Shellal (Egypt) | RAF Movements Detachment | |
Wadi Halfa (Sudan) | RAF Movements Detachment |
HQ - Algiers
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Algiers | No 5028 Airfield Construction Sqn | |
Algiers | No 16 RAF Rest and Leave Camp | |
Blida | No 5028 Airfield Construction Sqn (Detachment) | |
Blida | No 2 French Technical Liaison Unit | |
Elmas | No 5028 Airfield Construction Sqn (Detachment) | |
El Aouina (NW Africa) | No 76 Staging Post | |
Fort De L'Eau | No 55 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Hussein Dey | No 351 Maintenance Unit | Group Depot |
Hussein Dey | No 5028 Airfield Construction Sqn (Detachment) | |
Maison Blanche | No 1 French Technical Liaison Unit | |
Maison Blanche | No 5028 Airfield Construction Sqn (Detachment) | |
Maison Blanche | No 218 Group Communication Flight | |
Maison Carée | No 2 RAF General Hospital | |
Rabat Sale | No 5028 Airfield Construction Sqn (Detachment) | |
Reghata | No 5028 Airfield Construction Sqn (Detachment) |
Command HQ - Heliopolis
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Abbassia | No 5 RAF Hospital | |
Aboukir | RAF Station | |
Aboukir | No 103 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Aboukir | Metrological Forecast Training School | |
Aboukir | No 1 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Abu Sultan | No 128 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
Agedabia | No 122 Meteorological Field Unit | |
Alexandria | No 1 (Middle East) MT Repair Unit | |
Alexandria | No 18 Embarkation Unit | |
Alexandria | No 51 RAF MT Company (Detachment) | |
Alexandria | RAF Unit | |
Alexandria | No 11 WAAF Convalescent Depot | |
Alexandria | WAAF Leave House | |
Alexandria | Tomahawk House | |
Alexandria | Blenheim House | |
Alexandria | Beaufighter House | |
Alexandria | No 4 Section, AMDGW, No 1 Works Area | |
Almaza | No 6 ME Field Hygiene Unit | c/o No 22 PTC |
Almaza | No 22 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Almaza | RAF Physical Training School | |
Almaza | No 2 School of Hygiene (RAF) | |
Almaza | No 1 (ME) Meteorological Unit | |
Almaza | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company (Detachment) | |
Almaza | No 51 RAF MT Company | |
Amriya | No 102 Maintenance Unit | Repairable Equipment Depot |
Aqir (Palestine) | Middle East Night Vision Training School | |
Baalwa | 'Z' Hydrogen Plant (C & M Basis) | |
Baalwa | No 3 Storage Unit (MT) | |
Ballah | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Benghazi (Libya) | No 4 Works Area (Libya) | |
Benghazi (Libya) | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company (Detachment) | |
Benghazi (Libya) | No 18 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
Benghazi (Libya) | No 5053 Airfield Construction Sqn HQ | |
Benghazi (Libya) | No 5053 Airfield Construction Sqn, No 2 Detachment | |
Benghazi (Libya) | No 4609 Airfield Construction Flt | |
Benghazi (Libya) | No 5153 Mechanical and Electrical Sqn | |
Benghazi (Libya) | No 5717 Mechanical and Electrical Flight | Also shown at El Adem |
Benina (Libya) | RAF Station | |
Benina (Libya) | Aircraft Safety Centre (Cyrenica) | c/o No 212 Group |
Berka (Libya) | RAF Station Benina (Detachment) | |
Boulac | No 109 Maintenance Unit | Repair Unit |
Castel Benito (Libya) | No 1 Section AMDGW, No 4 Works Area | |
Cairo | No 5451 Airfield Construction Wing | |
Cairo | No 5 Section, AMDGW, No 1 Works Area | |
Cairo | No 7 (Middle East) MT Repair Unit | |
Cairo | No 1 Aeronautical Inspection Services Unit | |
Deversoir | RAF Station | |
Deversoir | No 11 Flying Instructors' School | |
Deversoir | No 256 Sqn | Mosquito |
Deversoir | No 680 Sqn | Mosquito |
Deversoir | No 2 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Deversoir | Middle East Interpretation Unit | |
El Adem (Libya) | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company (Detachment) | |
El Adem (Libya) | German POW Company, RAF Component | |
El Adem (Libya) | No 4602 Airfield Construction Flt | |
El Adem (Libya) | No 5717 Mechanical and Electrical Flight | Also shown at Benghazi |
El Firdan | No 51 RAF MT Company (Detachment) | |
El Firdan | No 10 MT Light Repair Unit | |
El Gedida | RAF Station | |
El Gedida | Master Provision Office | |
El Gedida | Base Accounts Office | |
El Gedida | Med/ME Documents Office (CMF) | |
El Hagg | No 2 W/T Transmitting Station | |
Farmagusta (Cyprus) | No 20 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
Fanara | Marine Craft Section | |
Gebel Hamzi | No 135 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Depot |
Gianaclis | RAF Station | |
Haifa (Palestine) | No 20 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
Heliopolis | Aircraft Safety Centre (Egypt) | |
Heliopolis | RAF Station | |
Heliopolis | No 168 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Repair Unit |
Heliopolis | Command Medical Board | |
Heliopolis | Middle East Flying Control School | |
Heliopolis | Polish Air Force Boys' Training School | |
Heliopolis | Med/ME Communication Sqn | Fairchild |
Heliopolis | Standing Committee of Adjustment | |
Heliopolis | Air Publications Unit | |
Heliopolis | No 2 RAF Instructors' School (EVT) | |
Heliopolis | No 1 Works Area (Egypt) | |
Heliopolis | No 1 Section, AMDGW, No 1 Works Area | |
Heliopolis | No 1 Section, RAAF Technical Training Unit | c/o No 168 MU |
Ismailia | RAF Station | |
Ismailia | No 2 Section, AMDGW, No 1 Works Area | |
Ismailia | No 132 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Depot |
Ismailia | No 2 School of Fire Fighting | |
Ismailia | No 12 Sector Operations Room | |
Ismailia | Signals Training Section, Spinneywood | |
Kaffr el Farouk | Telecommunications Centre ME | |
Kaffr el Farouk | RAF Regiment Instructors' Unit | |
Kaffr el Farouk | No 5451 Airfield Construction Wing (Detachment) | |
Kasfareet | No 21 Personnel Transit Centre | |
Kasfareet | No 3 Section, AMDGW, No 1 Works Area | |
Kasfareet | No 4 Release Embarkation Unit | |
Kasfareet | No 107 Maintenance Unit (E & RD) | |
Kasfareet | No 1345 Anti-Malarial Flight (Detachment) | |
Kasfareet | Instrument and Electrical Training Section | |
Khanka | No 106 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Khartoum | No 1 Anti-Mosquito Unit (Detachment) | |
Mariut | No 1 (Middle East) MT Repair Unit (Detachment) | |
Masara | No 101 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
Mersa Matrruh | RAF Station | |
Nalut (Tripoli) | No 123 Meteorological Field Unit | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | RAF Station | |
Port Faud | No 2 Field Signals Unit | |
Port Said | No 20 Embarkation Unit | |
Port Said | Marine Craft Unit | |
Port Said | No 51 RAF MT Company (Detachment) | |
Ras el Ain (Palestine) | No 51 RAF MT Company (Detachment) | |
Shandur | RAF Station (C & M Basis) | |
Suez | No 20 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
Tobruk | No 5053 Airfield Construction Sqn, No 1 Detachment | |
Tobruk | No 4616 Airfield Construction Flt | |
Tripoli | No 18 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
Tura | No 111 Maintenance Unit | Engine and Repair Depot |
Wadi Ysara | No 112 Maintenance Unit | |
Wadi Ysara | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company | |
Wadi Ysara | No 51 RAF MT Company (Detachment) | |
AME Stations |
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No 402 AMES | No 531 AMES | No 6562 AMES |
No 405 AMES | No 532 AMES | No 6801 AMES |
No 505 AMES | No 826 AMES |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Bari | 2 Company, No 6 AFS | |
Cairo | CAFSO, Med/ME | |
Caserta | CSO AFS, AHQ Italy | |
Caserta | 1 Company, No 6 AFS (Detachment) | |
Ein Shemer | 2 Company, No 4 AFS | |
Fanara | 3 Company, No 4 AFS | |
Jerusalum | UHQ, No 4 AFS | |
Foggia | 4 Company, No 6 AFS | |
Klagenfurt | 1 Company, No 8 AFS | |
Mestre | 3 Company, No 8 AFS | |
Naples | 1 Company, No 6 AFS | |
Portico | UHQ, No 6 AFS | |
Pomigliano | 1 Company, No 6 AFS (Detachment) | |
Qassassin | UHQ, No 18 AFS | |
Qassassin | No 1 Company, No 18 AFS | |
Qassassin | No 2 Company, No 18 AFS | |
Qassassin | No 3 Company, No 18 AFS | |
Qassassin | 1 Company, No 4 AFS | |
Rome | 3 Company, No 6 AFS | |
Udine | UHQ, No 8 AFS | |
Udine | 2 Company, No 8 AFS |
Units in Med/ME area controlled by No 46 Group, Transport Command: -
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 73 Staging Post | Gibraltar | |
No 103 Staging Post | Istres | |
No 103 Staging Post (Detachment) |
Source - SD161 (69th Edition) - Jun 1946
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