Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
RAF Middle East - December 1939
HQ - Villa Victoria, Cairo
Directly Administered by Command HQ
Unit | Location |
HQ, No 202 Group | RAF Heliopolis |
No 250 (Bomber) Wing | RAF Ismailia |
HQ, No 251 (Bomber) Wing | RAF Heliopolis |
HQ, No 252 Wing | Shafiakhana |
HQ, No 253 Wing | Maaten Bagush |
HQ, No 254 Wing | Khartoum |
No 103 Maintenance Unit | RAF Aboukir |
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RAF Station Heliopolis | Heliopolis, Egypt |
No 113 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Heliopolis |
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | Qasaba |
No 216 (Bomber Transport) Sqn | RAF Heliopolis |
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Communications Flt | RAF Heliopolis |
RAF Station Helwan | Helwan, Egypt |
No 70 (Bomber Transport) Sqn | RAF Helwan |
No 80 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Helwan |
No 112 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Helwan |
RAF Station Ismailia | Ismailia, Egypt |
No 30 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ismailia |
No 33 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Ismailia |
No 45 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ismailia |
No 55 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ismailia |
No 211 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ismailia |
Inter Command Wireless Station | RAF Ismailia |
Meteorological Station | RAF Ismailia |
No 47 (Bomber) Sqn | Khartoum |
No 223 (Bomber) Sqn | Nairobi |
No 101 Maintenance Unit | Tura (El Ma'sara) |
No 102 Maintenance Unit | RAF Abu Sueir |
RAF in Palestine and Trans-Jordan (HQ - Tannous Building, St Julian's Way, Jerusalem)
Unit | Location |
RAF Station Ramleh | Ramleh, Palestine |
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Ramleh |
No 2 Armoured Car Company (less 1 section at Ma'an) | RAF Ramleh |
Meteorological Station | RAF Ramleh |
RAF General Hospital | RAF Sarafand |
RAF Equipment and Supplies Detachment | RAF Sarafand |
RAF Station Amman | Amman, Trans-Jordan |
Meteorological Station | RAF Amman |
No 14 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Amman |
RAF Detachment | RAF Ma'an |
No 2 Armoured Car Company (1 section) | RAF Ma'an |
Unit | Location |
1 x Mechanised Company | Zerka |
1 x Cavalry Sqn | Zerka |
1 x Mechanised Company | Ma'an |
½ x Cavalry Sqn | Semakh |
½ x Cavalry Sqn | Roshpina |
½ x Cavalry Sqn | Jisr el Mejamie |
½ x Cavalry Sqn | Beisan |
* Responsibility for the defence of the region was temporarily transferred to the War Office on 15 September 1936 when a GOC was appointed. The AOC is directly responsible to the GOC for the general conduct of operations by all units in the command. For the administration and training of the RAF units in his command he comes under the AOC, RAF Middle East.
# This force is under the combined GHQ for operations and under the RAF HQ for administration
Source - Confidential Air Force List, December 1939
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