Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

British Forces in Iraq - January 1939

Directly Administered by Command HQ

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
RAF Station Habbaniya	Lake Habbaniya, Iraq	Gp Capt R S Maxwell
Aircraft Depot	RAF Habbaniya	Gp Capt A S Morris
Supplies and Transport Services HQ	RAF Habbaniya	Wg Cdr J V Mason
Supplies Depot	RAF Habbaniya	Sqn Ldr P H Burt
General Hospital	RAF Habbaniya
Communications Flt	RAF Habbaniya
No 30 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Habbaniya	Sqn Ldr G H Stainforth
No 55 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Habbaniya	Sqn Ldr R A T Stowell
No 70 (Bomber Transport) Sqn	RAF Habbaniya	Wg Cdr H S Broughall
No 1 Armoured Car Company HQ	RAF Habbaniya	Wg Cdr W A B Savile
No 1 Section, Armoured Car Company	RAF Habbaniya
No 2 Section, Armoured Car Company	RAF Habbaniya
No 3 Section, Armoured Car Company	RAF Habbaniya
Meteorological Station	RAF Habbaniya
No 84 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Shaibah	Sqn Ldr D L Thomson
Meteorological Station	RAF Shaibah
No 203 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn	RAF Basrah	Gp Capt R H Kershaw
No 4 Section, Armoured Car Company	RAF Basrah
Base Supplies and Transport Section	RAF Basrah	?
Meteorological Station	RAF Diwaniyah

Iraq Levies

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
HQ	RAF Habbaniya
6 x Companies	RAF Habbaniya
1 x Company	RAF Shaibah
1 x Company	RAF Basrah

Source - January1939 Air Force List

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