Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

RAF Middle East - August 1930

Directly Administered by Command HQ

HQ - Villa Victoria Cairo

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
RAF Depot, Middle East	RAF Aboukir	Gp Capt N Goldsmith
Meteorological Station Port Detachment	Aboukir Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School	RAF Abu Sueir	Wg Cdr C G S Gould
Station HQ	RAF Heliopolis	Gp Capt R E C Peirse
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Sqn	RAF Heliopolis	Sqn Ldr M Moore
No 216 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Heliopolis	Wg Cdr E A B Rice
Meteorological Station	RAF Heliopolis
No 45 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Helwan	Sqn Ldr F J Vincent
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Sqn	RAF Ismailia	Sqn Ldr C R Cox
Wireless Station	RAF Ismailia	Flt Lt C W Attwood
Meteorological Station	RAF Ismailia
No 47 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Khartoum	Sqn Ldr E L Howard-Williams

RAF Transjordan and Palestine

HQ - Amman (temporarily moved to Customs House, Jerusalem)

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
Station HQ	RAF Amman	Vacant
No 14 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Amman	Sqn Ldr F O Soden
Meteorological Station	RAF Amman
No 2 Armoured Car Company (HQ and 1 section)	RAF Ramleh	Sqn Ldr H G R Malet
No 2 Armoured Car Company (1 section)	RAF Amman
No 2 Armoured Car Company (1 section)	Haifa
No 2 Armoured Car Company (1 section)	Roshpina
Meteorological Station	RAF Ramleh
Supply Depot	RAF Sarafand	Flt Lt F D D Gaussen
RAF Hospital	RAF Sarafand
W/T Station	Jerusalem
No 2 Wireless Company, Royal Corps of Signals	Sarafand

Source - August 1930 Air Force List

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