Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
No 70 Sqn | Heliopolis | Sqn Ldr S W Smith, |
No 16 Training Depot Station (Cadre) | Heliopolis | Flt Lt T C Noble |
No 47 Sqn | Helwan | Sqn G R M Reid, |
No 56 Sqn | Aboukir | Sqn Ldr P Babington, |
Stores Depot | Alexandria | Sqn Ldr C P Ogden |
Engine Repair Depot | Abbassia | Sqn Ldr T F Bullen |
Aircraft Depot | Aboukir | ? |
Base Record Office | Aboukir | |
Base Pay Office | Cairo | |
Meteorological Station | Cairo |
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
No 14 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flt) | Ramleh | Sqn Ldr W L Welsh, |
No 14 Sqn (1 Flt) | Damascus | |
No 14 Sqn (1 Flt) | Aleppo | |
No 208 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flt) | Ismailia | Sqn Ldr W J Guilfoyle, |
No 208 Sqn (1 Flt) | Ramleh | |
No 55 Sqn | Suez | Sqn Ldr C H Elliott-Smith, |
No 216 Sqn | Kantara | Sqn Ldr C H Nicholas, |
Meteorological Station | Damascus |
Macedonia, Turkey and Trans-Caucasia
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
RAF Liaison HQ* | Constantinople | Flt Lt H M Seton-Karr |
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.
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
No 6 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flt) | Baghdad | Flt Lt G C Pirie, |
No 6 Sqn (1 Flt) | Bushire | |
No 6 Sqn (Detachment) | Samawah | |
No 30 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flt) | Baghdad | Sqn Ldr W Sowrey, |
No 30 Sqn (1 Flt) | Mosul | |
No 30 Sqn (1 Flt) | Kasvin | |
Meteorological Station | Baghdad | |
Aircraft Park | Baghdad | Sqn Ldr V O Rees |
Meteorological Station | Bushire | |
Meteorological Station | Basrah | |
Meteorological Station | Shaibah | |
Aircraft Park (detachment) | Basrah | |
No 84 Sqn (Forming) | Basrah | Sqn Ldr B L Huskinson |
Base Record Office | Basheul | |
Central Air Communication Section | Shaibah | Flt Lt T Henderson |
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
RAF Training Mission* | Crimea | Flt Lt A W Clemson |
Under command of AOC Middle East, for all purposes except operations.
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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