Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Overseas Commands - December 1939

RAF Mediterranean (AHQ - Valetta)

Units directly administered by RAF Mediterranean HQ

 

Unit	Location
No 200 Group	Gibraltar
No 201 Group	Alexandria
Station HQ Hal Far	Hal Far, Malta
Station Flt No 3 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit
RAF Station Kalafrana	Kalafrana, Malta
Inter-Command W/T Station
Ho 86 Wing in SS Dumana	Gibraltar
No 202 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn	Gibraltar
Meteorological Station	Valetta

British Forces in Aden (AHQ - Steamer Point)

 

Unit	Location
RAF Station Khormaksar	Khormaksar, Aden
No 8 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Khormaksar
No 203 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn	RAF Khormaksar
No 94 (Fighter) Sqn	Sheikh Othman
Armoured Car Section	RAF Steamer Point
RAF Equipment and Supply Depot	RAF Steamer Point
RAF Hospital	RAF Steamer Point

Aden Protectorate Levies

 

Unit	Location
HQ	RAF Khormaksar
2 Dismounted Companies	RAF Khormaksar
1 Machine Gun Troop	Sheikh Othman

Military Forces in Aden

 

Unit	Location
HQ British Army Troops, Aden
9th (Heavy) Battery, Royal Artillery
20th (Fortress) Company, Royal Engineers
AA Section, Royal Artillery

RAF Far East (HQ - Singapore)

 

Unit	Location
RAF Station Seletar	Seletar, Singapore
No 36 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn	RAF Seletar
No 100 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn	RAF Seletar
No 205 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn	RAF Seletar
No 230 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn	RAF Seletar
Aircraft Depot	RAF Seletar
Straits Settlement Volunteer Air Force	RAF Seletar
Inter-Command W/T Station	RAF Seletar
No 4 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit	RAF Seletar
RAF Station Kai Tak	Kai Tak, Hong Kong
Station Flt	RAF Kai Tak
No 2 (Indian) Wing Station	Kallang, Malaya
No 11 (Bomber) Sqn	Kallang
No 39 (Bomber) Sqn	Kallang
RAF Station Tengah	Tengah, Singapore
No 34 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Tengah
No 62 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Tengah
No 273 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn	China Bay, Ceylon

Source - Confidential Air Force List, December 1939

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