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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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RAF Middle East - January 1940
Directly Administered by Command HQ
| Unit | Location |
| RAF HQ | Cairo |
| Base Accounts Office | Cairo |
| Base Personnel Office | Cairo |
| MT Repair Flight | Cairo |
| HQ, No 202 Group | RAF Heliopolis |
| HQ, No 251 (Bomber) Wing* | RAF Heliopolis |
| RAF Station Heliopolis | Heliopolis, Egypt |
| No 208 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (2 Flights) | RAF Heliopolis |
| No 113 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Heliopolis |
| No 216 (Bomber Transport) Sqn | RAF Heliopolis |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Heliopolis |
| Communication Flt | RAF Heliopolis |
| No 250 (Bomber) Wing* | RAF Ismailia |
| RAF Station Ismailia | Ismailia, Egypt |
| No 14 (Bomber) Sqn (2 Flights only) | RAF Ismailia |
| No 30 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ismailia |
| No 55 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ismailia |
| Inter Command Wireless Station | RAF Ismailia |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Ismailia |
| RAF Station Helwan | Helwan, Egypt |
| No 112 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Helwan |
| No 70 (Bomber Transport) Sqn | RAF Helwan |
| No 252 (Fighter) Wing | Shafrakana |
| No 253 (Fighter) Wing | Maaten Bagush |
| No 45 (Bomber) Sqn | Fuka |
| No 31 (Middle East) Air Stores Park | Fuka |
| No 6 Supply and Transport Column** | Fuka |
| No 1 Advance Repair Section | Fuka |
| No 211 (Bomber) Sqn | Daba |
| No 208 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (1 Flight only) | Qasaba |
| No 33 (Fighter) Sqn | Mersa Matruh |
| No 80 (Fighter) Sqn | Amiriya |
| No 103 Maintenance Unit | RAF Aboukir |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Aboukir |
| Port Detachment | Alexandria |
| No 101 Maintenance Unit | Tura (El Ma'sara) |
| No 102 Maintenance Unit | RAF Abu Sueir |
| Pilots' Training Unit | RAF Abu Sueir |
| Reinforcement Pool | RAF Abu Sueir |
| No 254 (Bomber) Wing | Khartoum |
| No 47 (Bomber) Sqn | Khartoum |
| No 223 (Bomber) Sqn | Summit |
| RAF Station Nairobi | Nairobi, Kenya |
| No 1 Sqn, Southern Rhodesian Air Force | RAF Nairobi |
| No 1 Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit | RAF Nairobi |
| No 2 Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit | RAF Nairobi |
| No 3 Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit | Mombasa |
| Air Defence Unit | Dar-es-Salam, Tanganyika |
| HQ Palestine and Trans-Jordan | Jerusalem |
| RAF Station Ramleh | Ramleh, Palestine |
| No 6 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Ramleh |
| No 2 Armoured Car Company (less 1 section) | RAF Ramleh |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Ramleh |
| Station Flight | RAF Ramleh |
| RAF General Hospital | RAF Sarafand |
| RAF Equipment and Supplies Detachment | RAF Sarafand |
| RAF Station Amman | Amman, Trans-Jordan |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Amman |
| No 14 (Bomber) Sqn (1 Flight only) | RAF Amman |
| No 2 Armoured Car Company (1 section) | RAF Ma'an |
*No 250 and 251 Wings are now incorporated in SHQs Ismailia and Heliopolis respectively. If wings are required to move they will be re-established as such.
**Vehicles temporarily withdrawn and stored, 13 Nov 1939, will be reformed when required.
The following changes to the above took place before the issue of the next SD161
| Change | Note |
| MT Repair Flight was disbanded | AL1, 25 Jan 1940 |
| No 251 (Bomber) Wing was disbanded | AL1, 25 Jan 1940 |
| No 1 Advanced Repair Section was disbanded | AL1, 25 Jan 1940 |
| No 20 (Bomber) Wing was incorporated into AHQ Ismailia. If the wing is required to move it will be re-established as such. | AL1, 25 Jan 1940 |
| MT Storage Unit was formed at Firdan | AL1, 25 Jan 1940 |
| No 203 (Bomber) Sqn moved from Summit to Khartoum | AL1, 25 Jan 1940 |
| The units at Sarafand were disbanded | AL1, 25 Jan 1940 |
| Communication Flight at Heliopolis redesignated Communication Unit | AL3, 12 Feb 1940 |
| No 250 Wing replaced SHQ Ismailia | AL4, 12 Mar 1940 |
Source - SD161 (2nd Issue), January 1940
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