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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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HQ - Cairo
| Unit | Location | Notes |
| Egypt | ||
| RAF HQ | Cairo | |
| Base Accounts Office | Cairo | |
| Base Personnel Office | Cairo | |
| RAF Station Heliopolis | Heliopolis, Egypt | |
| No 70 (Bomber Transport) Sqn (2 Flights) | RAF Helwan | Valentias |
| No 216 (Bomber Transport) Sqn | RAF Heliopolis | Bombays |
| Communication Unit | RAF Heliopolis | Various |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Heliopolis | |
| RAF Station Helwan | Helwan, Egypt | |
| No 112 (Fighter) Sqn (2 Flights) | RAF Helwan | Gladiators |
| No 21 Medical Receiving Station | RAF Helwan | |
| No 101 Maintenance Unit | RAF Helwan | |
| RAF Station Ismailia | Ismailia, Egypt | |
| No 250 (Bomber) Wing | RAF Ismailia | |
| No 30 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Ismailia | Blenheims (includes detachment of No 11 Sqn) |
| No 1 (GR) Unit | RAF Ismailia | Wellingtons |
| Inter Command Wireless Station | RAF Ismailia | |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Ismailia | |
| Reinforcement and Reserve Pool | RAF Ismailia | |
| No 103 Maintenance Unit | RAF Aboukir | |
| No 207 MRU | RAF Aboukir | |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Aboukir | |
| No 102 Maintenance Unit | RAF Abu Sueir | |
| Navigation Training Sqn | RAF Abu Sueir | |
| Air Stores Unit | El Firdan | |
| HQ, No 202 Group | Maaten Bagush | |
| No 253 (Fighter) Wing | Maaten Bagush | |
| No 113 (Bomber) Sqn | Maaten Bagush | Blenheims |
| No 4 Section, No 6 Supply and Transport Column | Maaten Bagush | |
| No 208 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | Qasaba | Lysanders |
| No 33 (Fighter) Sqn (2 Flights) | Qasaba | Gladiators |
| No 45 (Bomber) Sqn | Fuka | Blenheims |
| No 55 (Bomber) Sqn | Fuka | Blenheims |
| No 31 (Middle East) Air Stores Park | Fuka | |
| No 51 Repair and Salvage Unit | Fuka | |
| No 211 (Bomber) Sqn | El Daba | Blenheims |
| No 3 Section, No 6 Supply and Transport Column | El Daba | |
| AM Experimental Station | El Daba | |
| No 33 (Fighter) Sqn (1 Flight) | Mersa Matruh | Gladiators |
| No 252 (Fighter) Wing | Shafrakana | |
| No 256 Air Information (Signals) Wing | Shafrakana | |
| No 1 Section, No 6 Supply and Transport Column | Ikingi | |
| No 2 Section, No 6 Supply and Transport Column | Maryut | |
| No 204 MRU | Maryut | |
| No 80 (Fighter) Sqn | Amiriya | Gladiators |
| No 201 Group | Alexandria | |
| No 101 Wing in SS Dumana | Alexandria | |
| No 230 Sqn | Alexandria | Sunderlands |
| No 228 Sqn | Alexandria | Sunderlands |
| Port Detachment | Alexandria | |
| High Speed Rescue Launch No 120 | Port Said | |
| Sudan | ||
| HQ RAF Sudan | Khartoum | |
| RAF Station Khartoum | Khartoum | |
| 'D' Flight, No 47 (Bomber) Sqn | Khartoum | Vincents |
| Communications Flight | Khartoum | Various |
| No 254 (Bomber) Wing | Erkoweit | |
| No 47 (Bomber) Sqn | Erkoweit | Wellesleys |
| No 223 (Bomber) Sqn | Summit | |
| No 112 (Fighter) Sqn (1 Flight) | Summit | Gladiators |
| No 14 (Bomber) Sqn | Port Sudan | Wellesleys |
| Egypt | ||
| HQ Royal Egyptian Air Force | Almaza | |
| No 2 Sqn REAF | Almaza | |
| Communication Flight | Almaza | |
| No 4 Sqn, REAF | Dekhela | |
| No 1 Sqn, REAF (1 Flight) | Suez | |
| No 5 Sqn, REAF | Suez | |
| No 1 Sqn, REAF (1 Flight) | Qasaba | |
| Kenya | ||
| RAF Station Nairobi | Nairobi, Kenya | |
| No 1 (Communication) Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit | RAF Nairobi | Various |
| No 1 Brigade HQ SAAF | RAF Nairobi | |
| No 11 Sqn SAAF | RAF Nairobi | HQ and 2 Flights |
| No 237 (Southern Rhodesian) Sqn | RAF Nairobi | HQ - Hardy |
| No 12 Sqn SAAF | Eastleigh | HQ and 1 Flight |
| No 2 (Training) Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit | Eastleigh | |
| No 11 Sqn SAAF | Eastleigh | HQ and 2 Flights |
| No 1 Sqn SAAF | Mombasa | |
| No 11 Sqn SAAF | Mombasa | 1 Flight |
| No 12 Sqn SAAF | Mombasa | 1 Flight |
| No 237 (Southern Rhodesian) Sqn | Wajir | 1 Flight |
| No 237 (Southern Rhodesian) Sqn | Garissa | 1 Flight |
| No 237 (Southern Rhodesian) Sqn | Malindi | 1 Flight |
| Tanganyika | ||
| Air Defence Unit | Dar-es-Salam, Tanganyika | |
| No 12 Sqn SAAF | Dar-es-Salam | 1 Flight |
| Palestine and Trans-Jordan | ||
| HQ Palestine and Trans-Jordan | Jerusalem | |
| RAF Station Ramleh | Ramleh, Palestine | |
| No 6 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Ramleh | Gauntlets/Lysanders - 2 Flights |
| No 2 Armoured Car Company | RAF Ramleh | |
| Station Flight | RAF Ramleh | Various |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Ramleh | |
| No 6 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | Gaza | Gauntlets/Lysanders - 1 Flight |
| RAF Station Amman | Amman, Trans-Jordan | |
| Meteorological Station | RAF Amman | |
| Iraq | ||
Source - SD161 (4th Issue), Jul 1940
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