Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
No 70 Sqn | Heliopolis | Sqn Ldr Sydney W Smith OBE; later A/Cdre |
No 16 Training Depot Station (Cadre) | Heliopolis | |
No 47 Sqn | Helwan | Sqn Ldr George R M Reid DSO, MC*; later AVM |
Stores Depot | Alexandria | Sqn Ldr C P Ogden OBE |
Engine Repair Depot | Abbassia | Sqn Ldr T F Bullen OBE |
Aircraft Depot, Egypt | Aboukir | Sqn Ldr A E Pettingell |
Base Records Office | Aboukir | |
No 56 Sqn | Aboukir | Sqn Ldr Phillip Babington MC, AFC; later AM |
Base Pay Office | Cairo | |
Meteorological Station | Cairo |
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
No 14 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flt) | Ramleh | Sqn Ldr William L Welsh DSC; later AM |
No 14 Sqn (1 Flt) | Damascus | |
No 14 Sqn (1 Flt) | Aleppo | |
No 208 Sqn (HQ & 2 Flights) | Ismailia | Sqn Ldr Charles E H Medhurst OBE, MC; later ACM |
No 208 Sqn (1 Flight) | Ramleh | |
No 55 Sqn | Suez | Flt Lt Charles H Elliott-Smith AFC; later A/Cdre |
No 216 Sqn | Kantara | Sqn Ldr Charles H Nicholas AFC; later A/Cdre |
Meteorological Station | Damascus |
Macedonia, Turkey and Trans-Caucasia
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
RAF Liaison HQ | Constantinople | Flt Lt H M Seton-Karr |
RAF Port Depot | Constantinople | |
Base Depot | Constantinople | |
Base Record Office | Salonika | |
Salonika Aircraft Park | Mikra Bay | |
Repair Depot and Stores Depot (a) | Mudros |
All units in these regions are administered locally by RAF Liaison, Constantinople.
(a) This unit is based on the RAF Port Depot, Constantinople, but remains under AOC Mediterranean Group for administration.
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
Wing HQ | Baghdad | Wg Cdr Charles S Burnett CBE, DSO; later ACM |
No 6 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flight) | Baghdad | Flt Lt Harry G Smart; later AVM |
No 6 Sqn (1 Flight) | Bushire | |
No 6 Sqn (Detachment) | Samawah | |
No 30 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flight) | Baghdad | Sqn Ldr William Sowrey AFC; later A/Cdre |
No 30 Sqn (1 Flight) | Mosul | |
No 30 Sqn (1 Flight) | Kasvin | |
No 30 Sqn (Detachment) | Bushire | |
Meteorological Station | Baghdad | |
Aircraft Park | Baghdad | Flt Lt P R E Josephs |
Meteorological Station | Bushire | |
Aircraft Park (detachment) | Basrah | |
No 84 Sqn (Forming) | Basrah | Sqn Ldr B L Huskisson DSC, DCM |
Meteorological Station | Basrah | |
Meteorological Station | Tcharbar | |
Base Records Office | Basheul | |
Central Air Communication Section | Sharbar | Flt Lt T Henderson |
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
RAF Training Mission* | Ekaterinodar, Crimea | Flt Lt A W Clemson |
Under command of AOC Middle East, for all purposes except operations.
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
No 1 African Survey | Khartoum | Flt Lt I Cullen |
No 2 African Survey | Nairobi | Flt Lt E C Emmett |
No 3 African Survey | Pretoria | Flt Lt C Court-Treatt |
Source - June 1920 Air Force List
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