Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Middle East Area - July 1920

Egyptian Group

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
No 70 Sqn	Heliopolis	Sqn Ldr Sydney W Smith OBE; later A/Cdre
No 16 Training Depot Station (Cadre)	Heliopolis
No 47 Sqn	Helwan	Sqn Ldr George R M Reid DSO, MC*; later AVM
Aircraft Depot, Egypt	Alexandria	Sqn Ldr A E Pettingell
Engine Repair Depot	Abbassia
Stores Depot	Aboukir	Sqn Ldr C P Ogden OBE
Base Records Office	Aboukir
No 56 Sqn	Aboukir	Sqn Ldr Phillip Babington MC, AFC; later AM
Base Pay Office	Cairo
Meteorological Station	Cairo

Palestine Group

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
No 5 (Corps) Wing	Ismailia
No 40 (Army) Wing	Ismailia
No 14 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flight)	Ramleh	Sqn Ldr William L Welsh DSC; later AM
No 14 Sqn (1 Flight)	Damascus
No 14 Sqn (1 Flight)	Aleppo
No 208 Sqn (HQ & 2 Flights)	Ismailia	Sqn Ldr Charles E H Medhurst OBE, MC; later ACM
No 208 Sqn (1 Flight)	Ramleh
No 55 Sqn	Suez	Flt Lt Charles H Elliott-Smith AFC; later A/Cdre
No 216 Sqn	Kantara	Sqn Ldr Charles H Nicholas AFC; later A/Cdre
Meteorological Station	Damascus

Macedonia, Turkey and Trans-Caucasia

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
RAF Liaison HQ	Constantinople	Flt Lt H M Seton-Karr
RAF Port Depot	Constantinople
Base Depot	Constantinople
Base Record Office	Salonika
Salonika Aircraft Park	Mikra Bay
Repair Depot and Stores Depot (a)	Mudros

All units in these regions are administered locally by RAF Liaison, Constantinople.

(a) This unit is based on the RAF Port Depot, Constantinople, but remains under AOC Mediterranean Group for administration.

Mesopotamian Wing

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
Wing HQ	Baghdad	Wg Cdr Charles S Burnett CBE, DSO; later ACM
No 6 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flight)	Baghdad	Sqn Ldr William Sowrey AFC; later A/Cdre
No 6 Sqn (1 Flight)	Bushire
No 6 Sqn (Detachment)	Samawah
No 30 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flight)	Baghdad
No 30 Sqn (1 Flight)	Mosul
No 30 Sqn (1 Flight)	Kasvin
No 30 Sqn (Detachment)	Bushire
Meteorological Station	Baghdad
Aircraft Park	Baghdad	Flt Lt P R E Josephs
Meteorological Station	Bushire
Aircraft Park (detachment)	Basrah
No 84 Sqn (Forming)	Basrah
Meteorological Station	Basrah
Meteorological Station	Tcharbar
Base Records Office	Basheul
Central Air Communication Section	Sharbar	Flt Lt T Henderson

South Russia

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
RAF HQ	Taganrog, Crimea
RAF Training Mission	Ekaterinodar, Crimea	Flt Lt A W Clemson

Under command of AOC Middle East, for all purposes except operations.

Survey Parties

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
No 1 African Survey	Khartoum	Flt Lt I Cullen
No 2 African Survey	Nairobi	Flt Lt E C Emmett
No 3 African Survey	Pretoria	Flt Lt C Court-Treatt

Source - July 1920 Air Force List

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