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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Middle East Command - July 1942
Command HQ - Cairo
Directly Administered by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 216 Group | RAF Heliopolis | |
| No 249 Wing | RAF Helwan | |
| RAF Station Khartoum | ||
| RAF Station Suez Road | ||
| No 92 Sqn | ||
| No 117 Sqn |
HQ - Alexandria
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 235 Wing | Sidi Baranir | |
| No 247 Wing | Gianaclis | |
| No 248 Wing | Alexandria | |
| RAF Station Edcu | ||
| No 39 Sqn | ||
| No 46 Sqn | ||
| No 203 Sqn | ||
| No 221 Sqn | ||
| No 227 Sqn | ||
| No 230 Sqn | ||
| No 252 Sqn | ||
| No 272 Sqn | ||
| No 459 Sqn RAAF | ||
| Sea Rescue Flt | Fuka | |
| No 32 Air Stores Park | Fuka | |
| No 54 Repair and Salvage Unit | Amriya | |
| No 59 Repair and Salvage Unit | Sidi Heneish | |
| Marine Section | Alexandria | |
| Marine Section | Port Said | |
| Marine Craft Rescue Section | Port Said | |
| No 4 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Abu Amud | |
| No 1 & 2 Mobile Torpedo Units | RAF Helwan |
HQ - Khartoum
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Asmara | ||
| RAF Station Khartoum | ||
| RAF Station Wadi Saidna | ||
| No 1412 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Khartoum | |
| No 104 Maintenance Unit | Geraif West | |
| No 109 Maintenance Unit | Summit | |
| No 114 Maintenance Unit | RAF Wadi Saidna | |
| No 117 Maintenance Unit | Port Sudan | |
| No 52 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Khartoum | |
| Section HQ, PAC Unit | RAF Aboukir | |
| Detachment, PAC Unit | Burgh el Arab | |
| No 71 Operational Training Unit | Carthago |
HQ - RAF Ismailia
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 231 Wing | Quotafiya | |
| No 236 Wing | El Daba | |
| No 238 Wing | Shallufa | |
| No 242 Wing | Fayid | |
| No 245 Wing | Shallufa | |
| No 37 Sqn | ||
| No 38 Sqn | ||
| No 40 Sqn | ||
| No 70 Sqn | ||
| No 104 Sqn | ||
| No 108 Sqn | ||
| No 148 Sqn | ||
| No 36 Air Stores Park | Kabrit | |
| No 37 Air Stores Park | Shallufa | |
| No 57 Repair and Salvage Unit | Shallufa | |
| No 2 (Middle East) Training School | Kabrit | |
| No 4 (Middle East) Training School | Kabrit | |
| No 5 (Middle East) Training School | Shallufa | |
| No 2 Flying Control Station | Kabrit |
HQ - RAF Heliopolis
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 47 Sqn | ||
| No 101 Maintenance Unit | ||
| No 103 Maintenance Unit | ||
| No 106 Maintenance Unit | ||
| No 107 Maintenance Unit | ||
| No 108 Maintenance Unit | ||
| No 111 Maintenance Unit | ||
| No 103 Maintenance Unit | ||
| No 24 Transit Camp | RAF Aboukir | |
| Air Publications and Forms Store | Cairo | |
| Aircraft Reception Party | RAF Heliopolis | |
| Aircraft Replacement Pool | Wadi Natrun | |
| Engine Test Section | RAF Helwan | |
| Master Provision Office | Khanka | |
| MT Base Pool | RAF Helwan | |
| No 9 S & T Column | RAF Heliopolis |
HQ - Nairobi
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 246 Wing | Mombassa | |
| RAF Station Dar-es-Salaam | ||
| RAF Station Eastleigh | ||
| RAF Station Mombassa | ||
| RAF Station Port Reitz | ||
| Nairobi Communication Flt | Nairobi | |
| Station Maintenance Flt | Alomata | |
| No 1414 (Meteorological) Flt | Nairobi | |
| No 1432 (Barrage Balloon) Flt | Madagascar | |
| No 105 Maintenance Unit | Thika | |
| No 133 Maintenance Unit | Eastleigh | |
| Marine Craft Unit | Mombassa | |
| Marine Craft Unit | Dar-es-Salaam | |
| Marine Craft Section | Lindi | |
| No 70 Operational Training Unit | Nakuru | |
| No 72 Operational Training Unit | Nanyuki | |
| Pilot and Aircrew Pool | Gilgil |
Air Headquarters, Western Desert
HQ - Maaten Bagush
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 211 Group | Gambut | |
| No 233 Wing | Maaten Bagush | |
| No 239 Wing | Sidi Heneish | |
| No 243 Wing | Sidi Heneish | |
| No 3 Sqn RAAF | ||
| No 14 Sqn | ||
| No 33 Sqn | ||
| No 73 Sqn | ||
| No 80 Sqn | ||
| No 112 Sqn | ||
| No 145 Sqn | ||
| No 223 Sqn | ||
| No 250 Sqn | ||
| No 260 Sqn | ||
| No 274 Sqn | ||
| No 450 Sqn RAAF | ||
| No 121 Maintenance Unit | Bardia | |
| No 33 Air Stores Park | Gerawla | |
| No 40 Air Stores Park | Sidi Heneish | |
| No 51 Repair and Salvage Unit | Qasaba | |
| No 53 Repair and Salvage Unit | Gerawla | |
| No 21 Medical Receiving Station | El Daba | |
| No 22 Medical Receiving Station | Gambut | |
| No 1 Australian Air Ambulance Unit | Gerawla | |
| Detachment, PAC Unit | Bardia | |
| No 1 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Maaten Bagush | |
| No 3 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Sidi Barrani | |
| No 25 Transit Camp | Maaten Bagush | |
| No 1 Armoured Car Company | Gambut | |
| No 2 Armoured Car Company | Gambut | |
| MT Light Repair Unit | Qasaba | |
| No 1 Flying Control Station | Maaten Bagush | |
| No 5 S & T Column | Abu Haggag | |
| No 6 S & T Column | Bardia |
HQ -
HQ - Cairo
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 212 Group | Cairo | |
| No 234 Wing | Maaten Bagush | |
| No 240 Wing | Cairo | |
| No 241 Wing | Aleppo | |
| No 244 Wing | Bilbeis | |
| No 250 Wing | Ismailia | |
| No 252 Wing | Seagull Camp, Mex | |
| No 260 Wing | Ismailia | |
| RAF Station Aboukir | ||
| RAF Station Abu Sueir | ||
| RAF Station Amiriya | ||
| RAF Station Heliopolis | ||
| RAF Station Helwan | ||
| RAF Station Ismailia | ||
| RAF Station Luxor | ||
| RAF Station Mersa Matruh | ||
| RAF Station Shandur | ||
| No 6 Sqn | ||
| No 55 Sqn | ||
| No 89 Sqn | ||
| No 94 Sqn | ||
| No 147 Sqn | ||
| No 162 Sqn | ||
| No 173 Sqn | ||
| No 208 Sqn | ||
| No 213 Sqn | ||
| No 216 Sqn | ||
| No 238 Sqn | ||
| No 267 Sqn | ||
| No 971 Sqn | ||
| No 974 Sqn | ||
| No 975 Sqn | ||
| No 976 Sqn | ||
| No 977 Sqn | ||
| No 1411 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Heliopolis | |
| No 12 Sector Operations Room | Port Said | |
| No 13 Sector Operations Room | Smouha | |
| No 15 Sector Operations Room | Hurghada | |
| No 16 Sector Operations Room | Abu Zenima | |
| No 21 Sector Operations Room | Fayid | |
| No 22 Sector Operations Room | RAF Heliopolis | |
| No 1 General Reconnaissance Unit | RAF Ismailia | |
| No 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit | RAF Heliopolis | |
| No 124 Maintenance Unit | Fuka | |
| No 136 Maintenance Unit | Burgh el Arab | |
| No 38 Air Stores Park | RAF Abu Sueir | |
| No 58 Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Abu Sueir | |
| No 61 Repair and Salvage Unit | Quotafiya | |
| Component Repair Depot | RAF Helwan | |
| No 24 Medical Receiving Station | RAF Helwan | |
| RAF General Hospital | Abbassia | |
| Command Medical Board | RAF Heliopolis | |
| No 2 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Maaten Bagush | |
| Code and Cypher School | RAF Heliopolis | |
| Middle East Signals School | RAF Helwan | |
| RAF School of Cookery | Kasfareet | |
| No 1 Technical School | RAF Ismailia | |
| School of Hygiene | Almaza | |
| No 1 (Middle East) Training School | Ballah | |
| No 21 Transit Camp | Kasfareet | |
| No 22 Transit Camp | Almaza | |
| No 23 Transit Camp | RAF Helwan | |
| Aircraft Delivery Unit | Cairo | |
| No 4 Air Formation Postal Unit | Cairo | |
| No 1 (Middle East) Aircraft Repair Unit | RAF Helwan | |
| No 2 (Middle East) Aircraft Repair Unit | RAF Helwan | |
| No 3 (Middle East) Aircraft Repair Unit | RAF Ismailia | |
| No 4 (Middle East) Aircraft Repair Unit | Burgh el Arab | |
| Base Salvage Section | RAF Helwan | |
| British Airways Repair Unit | RAF Heliopolis | |
| Film Production Unit | Cairo | |
| Inter Service Cypher Production Centre | Tura | |
| Middle East Pool | Kasfareet | |
| Middle East Interpretation Unit | RAF Heliopolis | |
| RAF Camouflage Section | RAF Aboukir | |
| No 10 S & T Column | RAF Helwan |
HQ - Jerusalem
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 213 Group | Aleppo | |
| No 232 Wing | Lydda | |
| No 259 Wing | Nicosia | |
| RAF Station Aqir | ||
| RAF Station Gaza | ||
| RAF Station Haifa | ||
| RAF Station Lydda | ||
| RAF Station Ramleh | ||
| No 127 Sqn | ||
| No 451 Sqn RAAF | ||
| No 972 Sqn | ||
| No 1413 (Meteorological) Flt | Ramleh | |
| Communication Flt | Lydda | |
| No 23 Sector Operations Room | Beirut | |
| No 24 Sector Operations Room | Haifa | |
| No 25 Sector Operations Room | Nicosia | |
| No 123 Maintenance Unit | Beit Mery | |
| No 34 Air Stores Park | Ramat David | |
| Air Stores Park | Limassol | |
| No 55 Repair and Salvage Unit | Ramat David | |
| Repair and Salvage Unit | Nicosia | |
| No 2 (Middle East) Advanced Aircraft Depot | Beersheba | |
| Detachment, PAC Unit | St Jean | |
| Detachment, PAC Unit | Aqir | |
| Detachment, PAC Unit | Nicosia | |
| Detachment, PAC Unit | Beirut | |
| No 6 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Nicosia | |
| No 7 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Nicosia | |
| No 8 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Tel Aviv | |
| No 9 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | Tel Aviv | |
| No 3 (Middle East) Training School | Amman | |
| Air Raid Report Centre | Tel Aviv | |
| Aircraft Reception Party | Amman | |
| MT Repair Section | Ramleh | |
| No 74 Operational Training Unit | Aqir | |
| RAF Rest Camp | Tel Aviv |
HQ - RAF Habbaniya
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 214 Group | Kirkuk | |
| No 215 Group | Basrah | |
| No 237 Wing | Mosul | |
| RAF Station Basrah | ||
| RAF Station Habbaniya | ||
| RAF Station Shaibah | ||
| No 52 Sqn | ||
| No 237 Sqn | ||
| No 244 Sqn | ||
| Communication Flt | RAF Habbaniya | |
| No 1 Sector Operations Room | RAF Habbaniya | |
| No 3 Sector Operations Room | Kirkuk | |
| No 4 Sector Operations Room | Mosul | |
| No 19 Sector Operations Room | Abadan | |
| No 110 Maintenance Unit | Sadaira | |
| No 115 Maintenance Unit | RAF Shaibah | |
| No 118 Maintenance Unit | RAF Basrah | |
| No 119 Maintenance Unit | RAF Shaibah | |
| No 120 Maintenance Unit | Sulaman Beg | |
| No 125 Maintenance Unit | Ahway | |
| No 126 Maintenance Unit | Azzubair | |
| No 127 Maintenance Unit | Azzubair | |
| No 134 Maintenance Unit | RAF Habbaniya | |
| No 137 Maintenance Unit | Ishkandaria | |
| No 35 Air Stores Park | RAF Habbaniya | |
| Supplies Depot | RAF Habbaniya | |
| Marine Section | Basrah | |
| RAF General Hospital | RAF Habbaniya | |
| Detachment, PAC Unit | Mosul | |
| No 26 Transit Camp | RAF Habbaniya | |
| Combined Intelligence Centre | Baghdad | |
| Iraq Levies HQ | RAF Habbaniya | |
| No 8 S & T Column | RAF Shaibah |
HQ - Valetta
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Hal Far | ||
| RAF Station Kalafrana | ||
| RAF Station Luqa | ||
| RAF Station Takali | ||
| No 69 Sqn | ||
| No 126 Sqn | ||
| No 185 Sqn | ||
| No 229 Sqn | ||
| No 249 Sqn | ||
| No 601 Sqn | ||
| No 603 Sqn | ||
| Station Flt | RAF Hal Far | |
| No 1435 (Night Fighter) Flt | Takali |
HQ -Steamer Point
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Khormaksar | ||
| RAF Station Sheikh O'thman | ||
| No 8 Sqn | ||
| Station Flt | RAF Khormaksar | |
| No 1436 (Barrage Balloon) Flt | Steamer Point | |
| No 131 Maintenance Unit | RAF Khormaksar | |
| Marine Section | Hedjuff | |
| RAF Hospital | Steamer Point | |
| Casualty Clearing Station | RAF Sheikh O'thman | |
| Aden Levies HQ | RAF Sheikh O'thman | |
| Armoured Car Section | Steamer Point | |
| Equipment Supply Section | Steamer Point | |
| No 73 Operational Training Unit | RAF Sheikh O'thman |
Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List
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