Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

RAF Middle East - July 1936

Directly Administered by Command HQ

HQ - Villa Victoria Cairo

 

Unit	Location
RAF Depot, Middle East	RAF Aboukir
Meteorological Station Port Detachment	Aboukir Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School	RAF Abu Sueir
Station HQ	RAF Heliopolis
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Sqn	RAF Heliopolis
No 216 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Heliopolis
Meteorological Station	RAF Heliopolis
No 45 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Helwan
Station HQ	RAF Ismailia
No 6 (Bomber) Sqn (HQ and 2 Flts) (a)	RAF Ismailia
Wireless Station	RAF Ismailia
Meteorological Station	RAF Ismailia
No 47 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Khartoum

(a) Under AOC, Palestine and Transjordan for operations.

Palestine and Transjordan Command

HQ - Old Fast Hotel Building, Jerusalem

 

Unit	Location
Station HQ	RAF Amman
No 14 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Amman
Meteorological Station	RAF Amman
Station HQ	Ramleh
1 Flight of No 6 (Bomber) Sqn	Ramleh
No 2 Armoured Car Company (less 1 section at Ma'an)	Ramleh
Meteorological Station	Ramleh
Combined Supply Depot	RAF Sarafand
RAF General Hospital	RAF Sarafand
RAF Detachment	Ma'an
No 2 Armoured Car Company (1 section)	Ma'an
	Zerka, Transjordan
Military Forces in Palestine and Transjordan
2nd Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers Halfa Heavy Battery, RA Halfa DEL Section RE 14 Company, RASC Detachment, No 33 Company, RAMC No 2 W/T Coy, Royal Corps of Signals	Jerusalem Halfa Halfa Halfa Jerusalem Jerusalem Sarafand
Transjordan Frontier Force
HQ 1 Squadron Cavalry 1 Mechanical Company ½ Cavalry Squadron ½ Cavalry Squadron ½ Cavalry Squadron ½ Cavalry Squadron	Zerka Zerka Ma'an Semakh Roshpina Jisr el Mejanrie Beisan

The AOC, Palestine and Transjordan Command is directly responsible to the High Commissioner for general conduct of operations.

Source - July 1936 Air Force List

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