Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Middle East Area - August 1920

Egyptian Group (HQ - Almaza, Cairo)

 

Unit	Location
No 70 Sqn	Heliopolis
No 16 Training Depot Station (Cadre)	Heliopolis
No 47 Sqn	Helwan
Detachment	Sollum
Stores Depot	Alexandria
Engine Repair Depot	Abbassia
Aircraft Depot	Aboukir
Base Record Office	Aboukir
No 56 Sqn	Aboukir
Detachment	Beni Surf
Base Pay Office	Cairo
Meteorological Station	Cairo

Palestine Group (HQ - Ismailia)

 

Unit	Location
No 14 Sqn	Ramleh
No 208 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flt)	Ismailia
No 216 Sqn	Kantara
Meteorological Station	Damascus

Macedonia, Turkey and Trans-Caucasia

 

Unit	Location
HQ 'Q' Force RAF** 'Q' Force Aircraft Park No 55 Sqn, 'Q' Force	Constantinople Constantinople 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 HQ 'Q' Force RAF, Constantinople.

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

(a) This unit is based on the HQ 'Q' Force RAF, Constantinople, but remains under AOC Mediterranean Group for administration.

Mesopotamian Wing

 

Unit	Location
No 6 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flt)	Baghdad
No 6 Sqn (1 Flt)	Bushire
No 6 Sqn (1 Flt)	Ana
No 30 Sqn (HQ & 1 Flt)	Baghdad
No 30 Sqn (1 Flt)	Mosul
No 30 Sqn (1 Flt)	Kasvin
No 30 Sqn (Detachment)	Samawah
Meteorological Station	Baghdad
Aircraft Park	Baghdad
Detachment (Port Depot)	Basrah
Meteorological Station	Bushire
No 84 Sqn (Forming)	Baghdad
Meteorological Station	Basrah
Meteorological Station	Shaibah
Base Record Office	Basheul
Central Air Communication Section	Shaibah

South Russia

 

Unit	Location
RAF Training Mission	Crimea

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

Survey Parties

 

Unit	Location
No 1 African Survey	Khartoum
No 2 African Survey	Nairobi
No 3 African Survey	Pretoria

Source - August 1920 Air Force List

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