Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Mediterranean and Middle East - March 1948
[RAF Mediterranean and Middle East | AHQ Greece | AHQ Malta | AHQ Levant | AHQ Iraq | AHQ East Africa | HQBF Aden | No 205 Group | Air Formation Signals]
HQ RAF Mediterranean and Middle East - Ismailia/Abu Sueir
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Abu Sueir | HQ RAF Med/ME (Admin & Org) | |
Deversoir | No 1 Base Personnel Office | |
Ismailia | HQ RAF Med/ME (Air Staff) | |
Ismailia | Telecommunications Centre HQ, Med/ME | |
Ismailia | Air Traffic HQ | |
Ismailia | No 3 RAF Police Wing HQ |
RAF Delegation to Greece (Med/ME) - Athens
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Athens | No 1 Flight (Provost) (Detachment) | |
Athens | No 7 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Hassani | RAF Unit, Hassani |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Benina (Cyrenaica) | RAF Station | |
Castel Benito (Tripolitania) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
El Adem | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Fort Lucien | No 137 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Repair Depot |
Gozo | No 502 AMES | |
Luqa | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Luqa | AHQ Malta Communication Flt | |
Luqa | Area Traffic Control Centre, Malta | |
Madalene | No 21033 AMES | |
Marsaxlokk | Rest and Leave Camp | |
Safi | RAF Station | |
Safi | No 137 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Safi | No 397 Maintenance Unit | |
St Paul's Bay | St Paul's Bay Rest Camp | |
Siggiewi | RAF Signals Unit, Malta | |
Siggiewi | No 21021 AMES | |
Sirte (Tripoli) | No 122 Meteorological Field Unit | |
Ta Kali | No 73 Sqn | Spitfire |
Ta Silch | No 501 AMES | |
Valetta | No 52 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Valetta | Marine Craft Unit | |
Valetta | No 14 Flight (Provost) | |
Valetta | No 6 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Valetta | No 4 Works Area |
Command HQ - Jerusalem
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Amman (Transjordan) | RAF Station (C & M) | |
Aqir | Levant Communication Flt | |
Aqir | No 1 AISTC Detachment | |
Ein Shemer | RAF Station | |
Ein Shemer | No 37 Sqn | Lancaster |
Ein Shemer | No 38 Sqn | Lancaster |
Ein Shemer | Sector Operations Room (South) | |
Ein Shemer | No 32 Sqn | Spitfire |
Ein Shemer | No 208 Sqn | Spitfire |
Ein Shemer | Levant Petrol, Oil and Lubricants Unit | |
Ein Shemer | No 20 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Ein Shemer | No 58 Rifle Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Ein Shemer | No 66 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Jerusalem | No 2 Works Area (Levant) | |
Jerusalem | RAF Unit | |
Jerusalem | No 62 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Jerusalem | No 3 Flight (Provost) | |
Jerusalem | No 12 Flight (Provost) | |
Jerusalem | No 4 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Jerusalem | RAF Component, Joint Operations Room | |
Kolundia | No 53 Rifle Sqn RAF Regiment | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | RAF Station | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 826 AMES (C & M) | |
Petah Tiqva (Palestine) | No 3651 Mobile Servicing Section | |
Quastina | No 651 (AOP) Sqn, HQ | |
Quastina | No 1908 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Quastina | No 1910 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Ramat David | No 1909 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Ramleh | WAAF Homecrafts Training Centre | |
Ramleh | No 2 Armoured Car Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Ramleh | No 19 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Ras el Ain | No 120 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Holding Depot |
Ras el Ain | No 52 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Ras el Ain | No 65 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Tel Litwinsky | C & M Party | |
Wadi Ysara | No 120 Maintenance Unit, 'X' Section |
Command HQ - Habbaniya
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Baghdad (Iraq) | AHQ Iraq (Detachment) | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | No 5 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | Detail Issue Depot | |
Basrah (Iraq) | RAF Station | Satellite of Shaibah |
Basrah (Iraq) | Marine Craft Unit | |
Basrah (Iraq) | Base Supply Depot | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Iraq Communication Flt | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 134 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 6 RAF Hospital | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Levies HQ | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 1 (Depot) Wing, RAF Levies | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 2 Wing, RAF Levies | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 3 Wing, RAF Levies | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 115 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Area Traffic Control Centre, Iraq | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 9 Flight (Provost) | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 3 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 249 Sqn (Cadre) | Tempest |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 276 Signals Unit | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 6801 AMES | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Post Office | |
Mauripur (Pakistan) | RAF Staging Post | |
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Shaibah (Iraq) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Shaibah (Iraq) | Detail Issue Depot | |
Shaibah (Iraq) | RAF Post Office | |
Sharjah (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Sharjah (Saudi Arabia) | Detail Issue Depot |
Command HQ - Nairobi
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Eastleigh | RAF Station | |
Eastleigh | East Africa Communication Flt | |
Eastleigh | Area Traffic Control Centre (East Africa) | |
Eastleigh | No 7 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Gilgil | RAF Unit (Detachment) | |
Kisumu | RAF Unit | |
Mogadishu | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Mombasa | RAF Station | |
Mombasa | Marine Craft Section | |
Mombasa | No 396 Maintenance Unit | |
Nairobi | No 8 Flight (Provost) | |
Nairobi | No 10 Flight (Provost) | |
Nairobi | No 3 Works Area (East Africa) | |
Nairobi | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Nairobi | No 5 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Nakuru | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Thika | RAF Unit |
HQ British Forces in Aden (Med/ME)
Command HQ - Steamer Point
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Asmara (Eritrea) | RAF Component, No 182 Leave and Transit Camp | |
Hargeisa (British Somaliland) | RAF Station Khormaksar (Detachment) | |
Khormaksar | RAF Station | |
Khormaksar | HQ BF Aden Communication Flt | |
Khormaksar | No 8 Sqn (Cadre) | Tempest |
Khormaksar | Marine Craft Unit, Aden | |
Khormaksar | Area Traffic Control Centre, Southern Arabia | |
Khormaksar | Aden Protectorate Support Flight | |
Masira Island | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Riyan (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Salalah (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Sheikh Othman | RAF Unit (Staging Post) | |
Sheikh Othman | Aden Protectorate Levies | |
Steamer Point | Aden Protectorate Levies Transport Sqn | |
Steamer Point | Aden Protectorate Levies Hospital | |
Steamer Point | RAF Station | |
Steamer Point | RAF Supply Depot, Aden | |
Steamer Point | No 50 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Steamer Point | No 7 RAF Hospital | |
Steamer Point | No 11 RAF Postal HQ (British Forces, Aden) | |
Steamer Point | No 6 Works Area (Aden) | |
Steamer Point | Military Diary Farm | |
Steamer Point | MT Repair and Inspection Section | |
Steamer Point | No 114 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Steamer Point | No 2 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Steamer Point | No 7 Flight (Provost) | |
Wali Road | No 4001 Armoured Car Flight, RAF Regiment |
HQ - Fayid
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Abu Sueir | Med/ME Communication Sqn (Detachment) | |
Abu Sueir | RAF Medical Equipment Depot | |
Abu Sueir | No 112 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | |
Abu Sultan | No 128 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
Baalwa | 'Z' Hydrogen Plant (C & M Basis) | |
Benghazi | No 4 Works Area (Libya) | |
Deversoir | Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Centre (ME) | |
Deversoir | No 2 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Deversoir | RAF Station | |
Deversoir | No 2 School of Hygiene | |
Deversoir | ME W/T Fitting Party | |
Deversoir | Base Accounts Office | |
Deversoir | Air Publications Unit | Under the control of HQ Med/ME |
El Firdan | No 9 MT Base Depot | |
El Firdan | No 3 Storage Unit (MT) | |
El Hamra | RAF Station | |
El Hamra | No 2 Flight (Provost) | |
El Hamra | No 6 Flight (Provost) | |
El Hamra | No 1 District HQ, RAF Police | |
El Hamra | Med/ME Mobile Catering Instructional Team | |
El Hamra | No 51 MT Company | |
Farmagusta (Cyprus) | No 111 Movement Unit (Embarkation) (Detachment) | |
Fanara | RAF Unit | |
Fanara | Marine Craft Unit | |
Fayid | RAF Station | |
Fayid | No 205 Group Communication Flight | |
Fayid | Med/ME Communication Sqn | |
Fayid | No 13 Sqn | Mosquito |
Fayid | No 3 RAF Hospital | |
Fayid | Command Medical Board | |
Fayid | RAF Arts and Crafts School | |
Fayid | RAF Station Hospital | |
Fayid | Area Traffic Control Centre, Egypt | |
Fort Agrud | No 112 Maintenance Unit 'X' Section | |
Haifa | No 111 Movements Unit (Embarkation) (Detachment) | |
Ismailia | No 1 ME Meteorological Unit | |
Ismailia | No 107 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | |
Ismailia | Air Traffic HQ (Ranad Section) | |
Ismailia | No 3 RAF Police Wing HQ | |
Ismailia | No 1 Flight (Provost) (Detachment) | |
Ismailia | RAF Station | |
Ismailia | Light Communication Trial Flight | Auster |
Kabrit | RAF Station | |
Kabrit | No 78 Sqn | Dakota |
Kabrit | No 216 Sqn | Dakota |
Kabrit | No 114 Sqn | Dakota |
Kabrit | No 204 Sqn | Dakota |
Kabrit | No 215 Sqn | Dakota |
Kabrit | Med/ME Special Transport Flight | |
Kasfareet | No 1 Works Area (Egypt) | |
Kasfareet | No 107 Maintenance Unit (EHD & RD) | |
Kasfareet | No 1 Aeronautical Inspection Services Test Centre | |
Kasfareet | Mater Provision Office | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | Khartoum Communication Flt | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | Area Traffic Control Centre, Khartoum | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | No 324 Wing | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | No 6 Sqn | Tempest |
Khartoum (Sudan) | No 213 Sqn | Tempest |
Port Said | No 20 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Port Said | RAF Station El Hamra (Detachment) | |
Port Said | RAF (Med/ME) School of Cookery | |
Port Said | No 1 Flight (Provost) | |
Port Tewfik | No 20 Movements Unit (Embarkation) (Detachment) | |
Ramleh | No 1 Aeronautical Inspection Services Test Centre (Detachment) | |
Shallufa | RAF Station | |
Shallufa | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company | |
Shallufa | RAF Regiment Instructors' School | |
Shallufa | No 21201 AMES | |
Shubra | No 109 Maintenance Unit | Repair Unit |
Wadi Ysara | No 112 Maintenance Unit | |
Wadi Ysara | RAF Police Dog School |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
El Ballah | RHQ, No 18 AF Signals Regiment | |
El Ballah | No 1 Sqn, 18 AF Signals Regiment | |
El Ballah | No 2 Sqn, 18 AF Signals Regiment | |
Fayid | No 3 Sqn, 18 AF Signals Regiment | |
Ismailia | CAFSO, Med/ME | |
Ismailia | No 1 Sqn, No 4 AF Signals Regiment | |
Tahag | RHQ, No 4 AF Signals Regiment | |
Tahag | No 2 Sqn, No 4 AF Signals Regiment | |
Tahag | No 3 Sqn, No 4 AF Signals Regiment |
Source - SD161 (90th Edition) - March 1948
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