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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Directly Administered by Command HQ*
| Unit | Location |
| RAF Depot, Middle East | RAF Aboukir |
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| No 4 Flying Training School | RAF Abu Sueir |
| RAF Station Heliopolis | Heliopolis, Egypt |
| No 113 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Heliopolis |
| No 208 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Heliopolis |
| No 216 (Bomber Transport) Sqn | RAF Heliopolis |
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| Communication Flt | RAF Heliopolis |
| RAF Station Helwan | Helwan, Egypt |
| No 33 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Helwan |
| No 80 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Helwan |
| RAF Station Ismailia | Ismailia, Egypt |
| No 45 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ismailia |
| No 211 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ismailia |
| Inter Command Wireless Station | RAF Ismailia |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Ismailia |
| No 47 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Khartoum |
| No 223 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Nairobi |
| No 101 Maintenance Unit | Tura (El Ma'sara) |
| No 102 Maintenance Unit | RAF Abu Sueir |
*The AOC is also responsible for the administration and training of RAF units under the operational command of the GOC, British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan.
British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan*
RAF in Palestine and Trans-Jordan
| Unit | Location |
| RAF Station Ramleh | Ramleh, Palestine |
| No 6 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ramleh |
| No 211 (Bomber) Sqn (HQ and 2 Flts) † | RAF Ramleh |
| No 2 Armoured Car Company (less 1 section) | RAF Ramleh |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Ramleh |
| RAF General Hospital | RAF Sarafand |
| RAF Equipment and Supplies Detachment | RAF Sarafand |
| RAF Station Amman | Amman, Trans-Jordan |
| No 14 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Amman |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Amman |
| No 2 Armoured Car Company (1 section) | RAF Ma'an |
| RAF Detachment | RAF Ma'an |
| Unit | Location |
| 1 x Mechanised Company | Zerka |
| 1 x Cavalry Sqn | Zerka |
| 1 x Mechanised Company | Ma'an |
| 0.5 x Cavalry Sqn | Semakh |
| 0.5 x Cavalry Sqn | Roshpina |
| 0.5 x Cavalry Sqn | Jisr el Mejamie |
| 0.5 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
† The 211 Sqn ORB however, indicates that the unit had moved as a whole to Helwan but was operating detachments to Palestine.
Source - April 1939 Confidential Air Force List
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