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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[Malta | Egypt | Sudan and Eritrea | East Africa | West Africa | Palestine and Transjordan | Iraq Command | Aden]
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Dingli | No 504 AMES | |
| No 242 AMES | ||
| No 241 AMES | ||
| Hal Far | Station HQ | |
| Station Flight | Magister (3 IE), Swordfish (1 IE), Seal (1 IE), Gauntlet (1 IE) | |
| No 185 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE | |
| Kalafrana | Station HQ | |
| Inter-Command W/T Station | ||
| Luqa | Station HQ | |
| No 69 Sqn | Maryland - 7 IE | |
| Magdalena | No 502 AMES | |
| Rabat | No 409 AMES | |
| Takali | Station HQ | |
| No 261 Sqn | Hurricane 16 IE | |
| No 252 Sqn (on detachment) | Beaufighter | |
| Te Salvatur | D/F Station | |
| Ta Silch | No 501 AMES | |
| Valetta | AHQ Malta | |
| Base Accounts Office | ||
| Base Personnel Office | ||
| Meteorological Station |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Aboukir | No 103 Maintenance Unit | |
| No 205 AMES | ||
| No 218 AMES | ||
| No 505 AMES | ||
| No 515 AMES | ||
| No 516 AMES | ||
| No 244 AMES | ||
| No 33 Air Stores Park | ||
| No 53 Repair and Salvage Unit | ||
| No 4 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit | ||
| No 451 Sqn RAAF | Forming | |
| No 6 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit | ||
| Yugo-Slav Flight | ||
| Abu Sueir | No 102 Maintenance Unit | |
| Navigation Training Flight | Anson - 7 IE | |
| Target Towing Flight | Gordon - 6 IE | |
| No 13 Wireless (Observer) Unit, No 2 Section | ||
| No 14 Wireless (Observer) Unit | ||
| No 450 Sqn RAAF | Tomahawk, forming - 16 IE | |
| Abu Haggag | No 5 S & T Column, No 4 Section | |
| Alexandria | No 201 (General Reconnaissance) Group | |
| No 101 Wing | ||
| Embarkation Office | ||
| No 228 Sqn | Sunderland - 6 IE | |
| No 230 Sqn | Sunderland - 6 IE | |
| No 971 (Balloon) Sqn | VLA - 45 IE | |
| PAC Unit | ||
| Amiriya | Station HQ | |
| No 30 Sqn | Blenheim IV - 16 IE | |
| No 113 Sqn | Blenheim IV - 16 IE | |
| No 1 Sqn SAAF | Hurricane - 16 IE | |
| Swordfish Flight | ||
| Burgh el Arab | No 51 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
| No 31 Air Stores Park | ||
| No 5 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit | Also shown at Maaten Bagush | |
| No 14 Sqn | Blenheim IV - 20 IE | |
| Bir el Abd | No 259 AMES | |
| Baltim | No 253 AMES | |
| Cairo | HQ RAF Middle East | |
| Base Accounts Office | ||
| Base Personnel Office | ||
| MT Repair Flight | ||
| HQ No 202 Group | ||
| Damirtta | No 204 AMES | |
| No 402 AMES | ||
| Edcu | Station HQ | |
| No 33 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE also shown at Heliopolis | |
| No 272 Sqn | Beaufighter (on detachment) | |
| El Daba | No 257 AMES | |
| El Firdan | Aircraft Storage Unit | |
| El Arish | No 406 AMES | |
| No 254 AMES | ||
| No 17 Wireless (Observer) Unit, No 2 Section | ||
| El Gubbi | No 219 AMES | |
| Fayid | Station HQ | |
| No 112 Sqn | Tomahawk - 16 IE | |
| No 2 Sqn SAAF | Tomahawk - re-arming | |
| Fuka | No 38 Sqn | Wellington - 20 IE |
| No 70 Sqn | Wellington - 20 IE | |
| Detachment - No 148 Sqn | ||
| Advanced Section, No 51 RSU | ||
| No 24 Sqn SAAF | Maryland - 1 Flight | |
| Fuka North | No 45 Sqn | Blenheim IV - 20 IE |
| Gebel Quantrani | No 403 AMES | |
| No 221 AMES | ||
| Gerawla | No 274 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE |
| Heliopolis | Station HQ | |
| No 267 Sqn | Various | |
| No 216 Sqn | Wellington - 20 IE re-arming | |
| No 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit | Maryland - 6 IE | |
| Instrument Repair Flight | 3rd Section attached to No 52 RSU | |
| Meteorological Station | ||
| Meteorological Flight | ||
| No 33 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE also shown at Edcu | |
| No 3 Air Formations (Army) Signals | ||
| Free French Communication Flight | ||
| Helwan | Station HQ | |
| No 21 Medical Receiving Station | ||
| No 101 Maintenance Unit | ||
| MT Storage Unit | ||
| No 6 S & T Column, Nos 3 & 4 Sections | ||
| HQ No 17 Wireless (Observer) Unit | ||
| No 5 S & T Column, Nos 1, 2 & 3 Sections | ||
| Ismailia | Station HQ | |
| Meteorological Station | ||
| No 17 Wireless (Observer) Unit, No 2 Section | Also shown at El Arish | |
| Inter-Command W/T Station | ||
| No 70 Operation Training Unit (Medium Bomber) | Various | |
| No 71 Operation Training Unit (Fighter) | Various | |
| No 405 AMES | ||
| No 94 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE, re-arming (Gladiator detachment in Iraq) | |
| PAC Unit | ||
| Ikingi Maryut | No 401 AMES | |
| Lake Maryut | No 250 Sqn | Tomahawk - 16 IE |
| Kabrit | Station HQ | |
| No 148 Sqn | Wellington - 20 IE | |
| No 1 General Reconnaissance Unit | Wellington - 3 aircraft | |
| Kasfareet | No 107 Maintenance Unit | |
| Middle East Pool | ||
| No 255 AMES | ||
| No 256 AMES | ||
| No 258 AMES | ||
| No 261 AMES | ||
| No 262 AMES | ||
| No 263 AMES | ||
| No 264 AMES | ||
| No 510 AMES | ||
| No 509 AMES | ||
| No 287 AMES | ||
| No 260 AMES | ||
| Maaten Bagush | No 204 Group | |
| No 55 Sqn | Blenheim IV - 20 IE | |
| Detachment of No 39 Sqn | ||
| Anti-Aircraft Park (Middle East) | ||
| No 5 Heavy Mobile W/T Station | Also shown at Burg el Arab | |
| No 17 Wireless (Observer) Unit, No 1 Section | ||
| No 253 Wing | ||
| Mersa Matruh | No 216 AMES | |
| Mex | No 603 AMES | |
| Port Said | Embarkation Office | |
| High Speed Launch No 110 | Administered by No 102 MU | |
| No 973 (Balloon) Sqn | VLA - 15 IE | |
| Port Tewfik | Embarkation Office | |
| Quasaba | No 6 Sqn | Hurricane - 12 IE, 1 Flight at Aqir |
| Shafrakana | No 252 (Fighter) Wing | |
| Sidi Heneish | No 73 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE |
| No 1 Sqn SAAF | Hurricane - 1 Flight | |
| RAF Station Shallufa | Station HQ | |
| No 37 Sqn | Wellington - 20 IE | |
| No 13 Wireless (Observer) Unit, No 1 Section | ||
| Shallufa Canal Station | No 972 (Balloon) Sqn | VLA - 15 IE |
| RAF Station Shandur | Station HQ | |
| No 24 Sqn SAAF | Maryland - 16 IE | |
| No 12 Sqn SAAF | Maryland - 16 IE | |
| No 223 Sqn | Maryland - 16 IE | |
| Sollum | Detachment, No 31 Air Stores Park | |
| Tobruk (Cyrenica) | Embarkation Office | |
| No 235 AMES | ||
| RAF Liaison Section | ||
| Wadi Natrum | No 404 AMES | |
| No 251 AMES | ||
| No 39 Sqn | Maryland - 16 IE | |
| Not yet known | No 46 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE |
| Not yet known | No 238 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE |
| Not yet known | No 260 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE |
| Not yet known | No 213 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE |
| Not yet known | No 229 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE |
| Not yet known | No 249 Sqn | Hurricane - 16 IE |
| Not yet known | No 1 Australian Ambulance Unit | DH 86 - 2 |
| Not yet known | No 89 Sqn | not known |
| Not yet known | No 251 Sqn | not known |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Agordat | No 22 Medical Reserve | |
| Advanced HQ, No 254 (Bomber) Wing | ||
| Asmara | Station HQ | |
| Detachment, No 47 Sqn | Wellesley | |
| Carthago | No 47 Sqn | Wellesley - 12 IE, Maryland - 16 IE |
| Gordon's Tree | Station HQ | |
| Free French Flight | Blenheim - 6 IE | |
| Kassala | No 52 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
| Khartoum | Station HQ | |
| HQ No 203 Group | ||
| No 104 Maintenance Unit | ||
| No 117 Sqn | Hudson - 6 IE, Bombay - 6 IE, Proctor - 2 IE, Wellesley - 2 IE, Valentia - 1 IE | |
| Port Sudan | Station HQ | |
| Embarkation Office | ||
| W/T Station | ||
| Wadi Halfa | Staging Post | |
| No 237 Sqn | Lysander - 12 IE, Hardy - 4 IE to re-arm with Hurricanes | |
| Wadi Gazouza | No 211 Sqn | Blenheim IV - 16 IE |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Addis Ababa | No 2 Wing HQ | |
| HQ, No 3 Sqn SAAF | Hurricane - 12 IE 'A' & 'Y' Flights | |
| No 16 Sqn SAAF | Ju 86 Aircraft ex No 12 Sqn SAAF | |
| No 41 Sqn SAAF | Hartebeeste - 12 IE | |
| No 105 Maintenance Unit | ||
| Algate | No 41 Sqn SAAF | Hartebeeste - 'C' Flight |
| No 21 Sqn SAAF | Battle - Detachment | |
| No 3 Sqn SAAF | Hurricane - 'B' Flight | |
| Dessie | Advanced Support Flight | |
| Dar-es-Salaam | No 34 Flight SAAF | Anson - 6 IE |
| Air Defence Unit | ||
| Dalle | No 40 Sqn SAAF | 'C' Flight |
| Diredawa | No 2 Wing Detachment | |
| No 3 Sqn SAAF | Hurricane - 'C' Flight | |
| Eastleigh | Station HQ | |
| Repair Depot | ||
| Operational Training Unit | SAAF Temporary Formation | |
| Jiggiga | Advanced Air HQ | |
| Mombassa | Station HQ SAAF | |
| Embarkation Office | ||
| RAF Depot | ||
| No 34 Flight SAAF | Detachment | |
| No 408 AMES | ||
| Mogadishu | No 21 Sqn SAAF | Battle - Detachment |
| Moggio | No 21 Sqn SAAF | Battle - To re-arm with Marylands - 16 IE |
| Nairobi | Air HQ East Africa | |
| Station HQ | ||
| RAF Depot | ||
| No 60 Sqn SAAF | Anson - 2 IE, Double Eagle - 1 IE | |
| Communication Flt | ||
| Nakuru | Station HQ | |
| Pilots' Pool | ||
| Puyliso | No 41 Sqn SAAF | Hartebeeste - 'A' Flight |
| Soddu | Advanced HQ, No 2 Wing | |
| Yavello | HQ, No 40 Sqn SAAF | Hartebeeste - 12 IE, 'A' & 'B' Flight |
| Note: No 40 Sqn SAAF on re-equipment with Marylands (16 IE) will be renumbered No 19 Sqn SAAF. No 41 Sqn SAAF to be No 20 Sqn on re-equipment with Marylands | ||
| Location | Unit | Notes |
| Bathurst | AM W/T Station | |
| Refuelling Depot | ||
| No 200 Sqn | Hudson - 6 IE (1 Flight), administered by Coastal Command | |
| Fura Bay | No 95 Sqn | Sunderland - 6 IE, administered by Coastal Command |
| Freetown | Embarkation Office | |
| W/T Station | ||
| No 410 AMES | ||
| Lagos | Embarkation Office | Forming |
| Takoradi | RAF Station | |
| Embarkation Office |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Amman | Station HQ | |
| No 94 Sqn | Gladiators, detachment - see Ismailia | |
| Meteorological Station | ||
| Aqir | Station HQ | |
| No 6 Sqn | Lysanders - to re-arm on Hurricanes, HQ & 1 Flight | |
| No 80 Sqn | Re-arming | |
| No 11 Sqn | Blenheim IV - 16 IE | |
| No 123 Maintenance Unit | ||
| Gaza | No 208 Sqn | Hurricane - 12 IE |
| No 32 Air Stores Park | ||
| No 54 Repair and Salvage Unit | ||
| Haifa | Station HQ | |
| No 407 AMES | ||
| No 236 AMES | ||
| No 503 AMES | ||
| Jerusalem | HQ Palestine & Transjordan | |
| Lydda | Station Flight | Proctor - 4 IE, Magister - 1 IE |
| No 3 Sqn RAAF | Tomahawk - 16 IE | |
| PAC Detachment | ||
| Ramleh | Station HQ | |
| Meteorological Station | ||
| Cyprus | No 208 Sqn | Detachment |
| No 3 Sqn RAAF | Detachment |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Basrah | Station HQ | |
| Base Supply and Transport Depot | ||
| Diwaniyah | Meteorological Station | |
| No 16 Wireless (Observer) Unit | ||
| Habbaniya | Air HQ - Iraq | |
| Station HQ | ||
| Communication Flight | ||
| Aircraft Depot | ||
| Supplies Depot | ||
| Meteorological Station | ||
| RAF General Hospital | ||
| No 1 Armoured Car Company | 3 Sections | |
| No 70 Sqn | Wellington, detachment | |
| No 203 Sqn | Blenheim IV - 14 IE | |
| No 2 Armoured Car Company | ||
| Mosul | ||
| No 84 Sqn | Blenheim IV - 14 IE | |
| Shaibah | Station HQ | |
| No 244 Sqn | Vincent - 12 IE | |
| Meteorological Station | ||
| No 1 Armoured Car Company | 1 Section | |
| Iraq Levies | ||
| Habbaniya | Battalion and Wing HQ | |
| 6 Companies - Iraq Levies | ||
| Basrah | 1 Company - Iraq Levies | |
| Shaibah | 1 Company - Iraq Levies | |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Aman Khal | No 240 AMES | |
| Khormaksar | Station HQ | |
| No 8 Sqn | Blenheim IV - 16 IE | |
| Ras Marshag | No 506 AMES | |
| Sheikh O'thman | Station HQ | |
| Inter Command W/T Station | ||
| Steamer Point | Air HQ, Aden | |
| Equipment and Supply Depot | ||
| Armoured Car and Marine Craft Section | ||
| RAF Hospital | ||
| Army Units | ||
| Sheikh O'thman | Infantry Wing | |
| Anti-Aircraft Wing | ||
| Crater | Ordnance Depot, RAOC | |
| Army Levies | ||
| Sheikh O'thman | HQ Aden Protectorate Levies | |
Source - July 1941 SD161
[Malta | Egypt | Sudan and Eritrea | East Africa | West Africa | Palestine and Transjordan | Iraq Command | Aden]
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