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Mediterranean Air Command - June 1943

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Mediterranean Air Command

Command HQ - Algiers

 

Command HQ	Location/Address	Notes
HQ North West African Air Forces	Maison Carree
HQ North West African Tactical Air Forces	Le Kiou
HQ North West African Coastal Air Forces	Algiers
HQ North West African Strategical Air Forces	Constantine
HQ North West African Air Service Command	Algiers
HQ North West African Training Command	US APO 535

RAF Units in North West Africa

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ North West African Coastal Air Forces	Algiers
No 60 Embarkation Unit	Algiers
Public Relations Unit	Algiers
No 225 ASR Unit	Algiers
HQ North West African Air Service Command	Algiers
No 896 AMES	Algiers
No 8012 AMES	Algiers
No 283 Sqn	Algiers	Walrus
MT Base Depot	Algiers
No 251 ASR Unit	Algiers
No 252 ASR Unit	Algiers
No 1 Shore Servicing Party	Algiers
No 392 AMES	Alma Marine
No 381 Wireless Unit	Aine Braham
No 109 Repair and Salvage Unit	Aine Beida
No 132 Air Stores Park	Aine Beida
No 302 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit	Aine Beida
No 4349 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Aine Beida
No 134 Air Stores Park	Aine Regarda
No 893 AMES	Ain Taya (Algiers)
RAF Station Blida
No 500 Sqn	RAF Blida	Hudson
No 608 Sqn	RAF Blida	Hudson
No 142 Sqn	RAF Blida	Wellington III
No 150 Sqn	RAF Blida	Wellington III
No 3201 Servicing Commando	RAF Blida
No 328 Wing	RAF Blida
No 4354 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	RAF Blida
No 4355 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	RAF Blida	Also shown at RAF Bone
No 14 Sqn	RAF Blida	Marauder
RAF Station Bone
No 59 Embarkation Unit	RAF Bone
No 985 Sqn	RAF Bone	Mk VI Balloons
No 223 ASR Unit	RAF Bone
No 4342 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	RAF Bone
No 826 Sqn FAA	RAF Bone	Albacore
No 4355 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	RAF Bone	Also shown at RAF Blida
No 1 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit	Boufarik
No 72 Staging Post	Biskra	Under No 216 Group
No 651 AOP Sqn	Beja	Auster
No 2771 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Canrobert
No 114 Sqn	Canrobert	Blenheim V
No 4348 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Canrobert
No 3202 Servicing Commando	Canrobert
HQ North West African Strategical Air Forces	Constantine
Advanced HQ North West African Air Forces	Constantine
No 4350 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Constantine
No 1 Force HQ's Signals Section	Constantine
No 2 Force HQ's Signals Section	Constantine
Rest and Transit Camp	Constantine
No 6000 AMES	Constantine
No 6005 AMES	Constantine
No 6007 AMES	Constantine
No 6008 AMES	Constantine
No 6009 AMES	Constantine
No 6002 AMES	Constantine
No 890 AMES	Constantine
No 899 AMES	Constantine
No 145 Maintenance Unit	Casablanca
No 64 Embarkation Unit	Casablanca
No 8002 AMES	Cap Cavallo (Djidjelli)
No 6004 AMES	Cap Serrat
No 8006 AMES	Dellys
No 90 Wireless Unit	Derimla	Also shown at Tebessa
No 226 AMES	Djidjelli
No 380 Wireless Unit	El Achoir
No 1 ALG Signals Section	El Achoir
No 6010 AMES	El Arkhouart
No 286 AMES	El Marsa
No 351 Maintenance Unit	Hussein Dey
No 895 AMES	Herbillion
No 1 S & T Column	Ghardimaou
No 372 AMES	Jemappes
No 4344 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Jemappes
No 43 Sqn	Jemappes	Spitfire
No 1 MT Light Repair Unit	Kala Djerda
No 4347 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Kala Djerda	Also shown at Souk El Khemis
No 897 AMES	La Calle
HQ North West African Tactical Air Forces	Le Kiou
No 381 AMES	Lac ces Oiseaux (Bone)
No 388 AMES	Le Kef
No 8004 AMES	Le Kef
No 2 ALG Signals Section	Le Kroub
No 15 S & T Column	Le Kroub
No 654 AOP Sqn	Le Kroub	Auster
No 133 Air Stores Park	Le Sers	Also shown at Oulmeme
Base Area HQ	Le Ruisseau
Base Personnel Office	Le Ruisseau
Base Accounts Office	Le Ruisseau
RAF Station Maison Blanche
No 323 Wing	Maison Blanche
No 131 Air Stores Park	Maison Blanche
No 87 Wireless Unit	Maison Blanche
No 682 Sqn	Maison Blanche	PR Spitfire
No 301 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit	Maison Blanche
No 32 Sqn	Maison Blanche	Hurricane
No 153 Sqn	Maison Blanche	Beaufighter (AI)
No 4356 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Maison Blanche
No 4358 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Maison Blanche
No 4360 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Maison Blanche
No 144 Maintenance Unit	Maison Blanche
No 253 Sqn	Maison Blanche	Hurricane
HQ North West African Air Forces (Rear)	Maison Carree (Algiers)
No 11 Heavy Mobile W/T Units	Maison Carree (Algiers)
No 4359 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Maison Carree (Algiers)
No 108 Repair and Salvage Unit	Montesquieu
No 136 Air Stores Park	Mezloug
HQ NWA Tactical Light Bomber Force	Maison Forestiere
No 326 Wing	Maison Forestiere
No 8005 AMES	Maktar
No 894 AMES	Morris (Bone)
No 305 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit	Oran
No 285 AMES	Oran
No 6006 AMES	Oueddgarga
No 13 Sqn	Oulmeme	Blenheim V
No 614 Sqn	Oulmeme	Blenheim V
No 18 Sqn	Oulmeme	Boston
No 4090 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Oulmeme
No 4341 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Oulmeme	Also shown at Souk el Arba
No 133 Air Stores Park	Oulmeme	Also shown at Le Sers
No 110 Repair and Salvage Unit	Oulmeme
RAF Station Phillipville
No 61 Embarkation Unit	RAF Philipville
No 389 AMES	RAF Philipville
No 8003 AMES	RAF Philipville
No 224 ASR Unit	RAF Philipville
No 4343 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	RAF Philipville
No 304 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit	RAF Philipville
No 387 AMES	Port Gheydon
No 8011 AMES	Port Gheydon
No 7 (ME) Ferry Control	Ras el Mar (Fez)	Under No 216 Group
No 70 Staging Post	Ras el Mar (Fez)	Under No 216 Group
No 3 Aircraft Delivery Unit	Ras el Mar (Fez)	Under No 216 Group
No 6001 AMES	Rass Radjel
No 6011 AMES	Siliana
No 242 Group	Souk el Arba
No 682 Sqn - Detachment	Souk el Arba	PR Spitfire
No 88 Wireless Unit	Souk el Arba
No 303 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit	Souk el Arba
No 2744 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Souk el Arba
No 898 AMES	Souk el Arba
No 3203 Servicing Commando	Souk el Arba
No 2 Mobile Field Photography Section	Souk el Arba
No 89 Wireless Unit	Souk el Arba
No 602 AMES	Souk el Arba
No 4338 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk el Arba	Also shown at Tingley
No 4341 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk el Arba	Also shown at Oulmeme
No 325 Wing	Setif
No 255 Sqn	Setif	Beaufighter (AI),  also shown at Souk El Khemis
No 2721 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Setif
Fighter Pilot Practice Flight	Setif
No 111 Repair and Salvage Unit	Setif
No 4092 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Setif
No 600 Sqn	Setif	Beaufighter (AI)
No 4351 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Setif
No 4352 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Setif
No 4353 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Setif
Air Crew Rest Camp	Sorcouf
No 4088 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis
No 2825 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis
No 225 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Hurricane Bombers
No 241 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Hurricane Bombers
No 111 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 243 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 93 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 152 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 324 Wing	Souk El Khemis
No 4091 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis
No 4339 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis
No 4340 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis
No 4346 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis
No 4347 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Souk El Khemis	Also shown at Kala Djerda
No 72 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 322 Wing	Souk El Khemis
No 81 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 154 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 232 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Spitfire
No 255 Sqn	Souk El Khemis	Beaufighter (AI), also shown at Setif
No 135 Air Stores Park	Souk El Khemis
Bomb Disposal Unit	Souk El Khemis
RAF Station Tafaraoui
No 813 Sqn FAA	RAF Tafaraoui	Swordfish
No 71 Staging Post	RAF Tafaraoui	Under No 216 Group
No 242 Sqn	Tingley	Spitfire
No 2788 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Tingley
No 4089 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Tingley
No 4337 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Tingley
No 4338 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Tingley	Also shown at Souk el Arba
No 90 Wireless Unit	Tebessa	Also shown at Derimla
No 87 Sqn	Tahir	Hurricane
No 4345 AA Flight, RAF Regiment	Tahir
No 892 AMES	Tahir	Also shown at Djidjelli
At Gibraltar (On Detachment)
Meteorological Flight	North Front	Hudson
No 179 Sqn	North Front	Wellington
No 233 Sqn	North Front	Hudson
No 48 Sqn	North Front	Hudson
No 202 Sqn	Gibraltar	Catalina
No 210 Sqn	Gibraltar	Catalina
Attached to North West African Coastal Air Force
No 8000 AMES
No 8001 AMES

Units not formed - North West Africa

AHQ Western Desert (Libya & Tunisia)

 

Unit	Location	Notes
No 2 Repair and Salvage Unit	Bu Grara
No 53 Repair and Salvage Unit	Bu Grara
No 10 S & T Column	Bou Hadjar
No 1 Bomber Group Maintenance Com	Bou Hadjar
No 59 Repair and Salvage Unit	Ben Gardane
Bretagne Free French Sqn	Ben Gardane
RAF Station Castel Benito
Advanced AHQ Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean	Castel Benito
No 1437 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Flight	Castel Verdi	Baltimore
No 3 (SAAF) Wing	Djem
No 12 (SAAF) Sqn	Djem	Boston III
No 24 (SAAF) Sqn	Djem	Boston III
No 21 (SAAF) Sqn	Djem	Baltimore
Advanced Salvage Unit	Gabes
No 244 Wing	Gouberine
No 1 (SAAF) Sqn	Gouberine	Spitfire
No 92 Sqn	Gouberine	Spitfire
No 145 Sqn	Gouberine	Spitfire
No 601 Sqn	Gouberine	Spitfire
No 6 Sqn	Gouberine	Hurricane IID
No 40 (SAAF) Sqn	Gouberine	Spitfire
No 522 AMES	Gouberine	Also shown at Medenine
Air Transport Centre - Advanced Section	Gouberine
No 417 Sqn RCAF	Gouberine	Hurricane
No 25 RAF Mobile Field Hospital	La Fauconnerie
No 232 Wing	La Fauconnerie
No 55 Sqn	La Fauconnerie	Baltimore
No 223 Sqn	La Fauconnerie	Baltimore
No 51 Repair and Salvage Unit	La Fauconnerie
No 5 Field Unit	La Fauconnerie
No 211 Group	Masaken
No 33 Air Stores Park	Masaken
No 40 Air Stores Park	Masaken
No 2 (ME) MT Light Repair Unit - Detachment	Masaken
No 214 AMES	Masaken
No 21 RAF Mobile Field Hospital	Masaken
No 52 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Neffatia
No 53 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Monastir
Advanced Salvage Unit - Detachment	Monastir
No 1 Australian Air Ambulance Unit	Monastir
No 285 Wing	Monastir
No 275 Wing	Monastir
Communication Unit, Western Desert	Monastir
No 680 Sqn - Detachment	Monastir	Spitfire (PR)
No 60 (SAAF) Sqn	Monastir	Baltimore/Mosquito, operational control - HQ Middle East
No 1437 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Flight - Detachment	Monastir	Baltimore
No 124 Maintenance Unit (AAP)	Sfax Area
AHQ Western Desert (Rear)	Sfax Area
No 2 Bomber Group Maintenance Com	Sfax Area
No 2 (ME) MT Light Repair Unit	Sfax Area
No 5 S & T Column	Sfax Area
No 6 S & T Column	Sfax Area
No 274 AMES	Sfax Area
No 1 Sqn, No 4 Air Formation Signals	Sfax Area
No 3 Sqn, No 4 Air Formation Signals	Sfax Area	c/o Advance AHQ Western Desert
Communication Unit, Western Desert - Rear Section	Sfax el Mau
No 31 Air Stores Park	Sfax el Mau
Air Transport Centre - Rear	Sfax el Mau
No 216 AMES	Sousse Area
No 889 AMES	Sousse Area
No 510 AMES	Sousse Area
AHQ Western Desert (Advanced)	Sousse Area
No 7 (South African) Wing	Sealem
No 2 (SAAF) Sqn	Sealem	Kittyhawk
No 4 (SAAF) Sqn	Sealem	Kittyhawk
No 5 (SAAF) Sqn	Sealem	Kittyhawk
No 239 Wing	Sealem
No 112 Sqn	Sealem	Kittyhawk
No 250 Sqn	Sealem	Kittyhawk
No 260 Sqn	Sealem	Kittyhawk
No 73 Sqn	Sealem	Hurricane
No 53 Embarkation Unit	Tripoli	Operational control - HQ Middle East
No 12 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Tripoli	Operational control - HQ Middle East
No 609 AMES	Tripoli
No 981 Sqn	Tripoli	Mk VI Balloons
No 3 Repair and Salvage Unit	Zuara
No 38 Personnel Transit Centre	c/o Rear AHQ Western Desert
No 3 Mobile Sanitary Unit	c/o Rear AHQ Western Desert
HQ No 4 Air Formation Signals	c/o Advance AHQ Western Desert
No 2 Sqn, No 4 Air Formation Signals	c/o Advance AHQ Western Desert
No 3 Sqn, No 4 Air Formation Signals	c/o Advance AHQ Western Desert
No 1 Decoy & Deception Section	c/o Advance AHQ Western Desert
No 2 Decoy & Deception Section	c/o Advance AHQ Western Desert
No 7 Decoy & Deception Section	c/o Advance AHQ Western Desert
No 2 Armoured Car Company	c/o 211 Group
No 1 Armoured Car Company (3 Sections)	c/o 211 Group
No 606 AMES	c/o 211 Group
No 13 Wireless Unit	c/o 211 Group
No 15 Wireless Unit	c/o 211 Group
No 101 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 8th Army
No 122 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 8th Army
No 123 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 8th Army
No 124 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 8th Army

Malta

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 5051 Works Sqn	Curmi
No 5576 Works Construction Flight	Curmi
No 4603, 4605, 4607, 4608, 4610, 4611, 4612, 4614, 4615 & 4604 Flights	Curmi
No 504 AMES	Dingli
No 242 AMES	Dingli
No 241 AMES	Ghar Lapsi
No 143 Maintenance Unit	Hanrun
RAF Station Hal Far
Communication Flt	RAF Hal Far
No 185 Sqn	RAF Hal Far	Spitfire
No 821 Sqn FAA	RAF Hal Far
No 828 Sqn FAA	RAF Hal Far
No 830 Sqn FAA	RAF Hal Far
RAF Station Kalafrana
Inter-Command W/T Station	RAF Kalafrana
No 52 Embarkation Unit	RAF Kalafrana
Maintenance Wing (Malta)	RAF Kalafrana
No 314 AMES	Kaura
RAF Station Krendi
No 249 Sqn	RAF Krendi	Spitfire
No 229 Sqn	RAF Krendi	Spitfire
RAF Station Luqa
No 69 Sqn	RAF Luqa	Baltimore/Wellington ASV
No 39 Sqn	RAF Luqa	Beaufort
No 23 Sqn	RAF Luqa	Mosquito, on detachment from UK
No 458 Sqn RAAF	RAF Luqa	Wellington
No 221 Sqn	RAF Luqa	Wellington, also shown at Shallufa
No 683 Sqn	RAF Luqa	PR Spitfire
No 1435 Sqn	RAF Luqa	Spitfire
No 126 Sqn	RAF Luqa	Spitfire
No 108 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Luqa	Beaufighter (Fighter)
Admin Section	RAF Luqa
No 502 AMES	Maddalena
No 983 Sqn	Marsa
RAF Station Safi
No 10 Field Unit	Siggiewi
RAF Station Takali
No 272 Sqn	RAF Takali	Beaufighter (Coastal)
Admin Section	RAF Takali
No 501 AMES	Ta Silch
AHQ Malta	Valetta
Base Accounts Office	Valetta
Base Personnel Office	Valetta
Meteorological Station	Valetta
No 8 Sector Operations Room	Valetta
No 248 (Naval Co-operation) Wing	Valetta
No 841 AMES	Wardia
RAF Observer Corps	Malta
No 521 AMES	Malta
No 844 AMES	Malta
No 283 AMES	Malta

Middle East Command - HQ RAF Middle East, Cairo

Units in Cyrenaica, Libya & Tunisia

 

Unit	Location	Notes
RAF General Hospital (Egypt)	Abassia
No 3 RAF Section, Signals Experimental and Research Group	Abassia
RAF Station Aboukir
No 103 Maintenance Unit	RAF Aboukir
No 205 AMES	RAF Aboukir
No 4609 (Works) Flt	RAF Aboukir
No 24 Personnel Transit Camp	RAF Aboukir
No 508 AMES	RAF Aboukir
No 8 Engine Repair Section	RAF Aboukir
No 2903 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Aboukir
RAF Station Abu Sueir
No 73 Operational Training Unit	RAF Abu Sueir
Salvage Equipment Section	RAF Abu Sueir
No 3 Decoy and Deception Section	RAF Abu Sueir
No 4 Decoy and Deception Section	RAF Abu Sueir
No 2901 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Abu Sueir
No 128 Maintenance Unit	RAF Abu Sultan
No 209 ASR Unit	Abu Zenima	Also shown at Tripoli
No 9 Field Unit	Agami
HQ No 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group	Alexandria
No 18 Embarkation Unit	Alexandria
Marine Craft Unit	Alexandria
No 971 Sqn	Alexandria	Mark VI
No 581 AMES	Alexandria
HQ No 219 Group	Alexandria
No 11 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Alexandria
No 1 (ME) MT Repair Section	Alexandria
No 2 Company, No 3 Air Formation Signals	Alexandria
Carrier Pigeon Service Unit	Alexandria
Tomahawk House	Alexandria
Blenheim House	Alexandria
No 210 ASR Unit	Alexandria
Marine Craft Section, ASR Organisation	Alexandria
No 604 AMES	Ali Awad
Aviation Meteorological Services	Almaza
No 51 MT Company	Almaza
No 22 Personnel Transit Camp	Almaza
School of Hygiene	Almaza
SAAF Base Depot	Almaza
No 1411 (Meteorological) Flt	Almaza	Gladiator
No 12 S & T Column	Almaza
No 4 Mobile Sanitary Unit	Almaza
No 11 Anti-Malarial Control Unit c/o 22 PTC	Almaza
No 12 Anti-Malarial Control Unit c/o 22 PTC	Almaza
No 33 Sector Operations Room c/o 22 PTC	Almaza
No 2906 Sqn RAF Regiment	Almaza
Care & Maintenance Party	RAF Station Amriya (LG29)
No 886 AMES	Appolonia
No 1 (ME) Rest Centre	Appolonia
No 221 AMES	Appolonia
No 30 Wireless Unit	Azizia
RAF (Middle East) Central Gunnery School	Ballah
No 2904 Sqn RAF Regiment	Ballah
Balloon and Oxygen Centre	Baalwa
No 253 AMES	Baltim
No 117 (Transport) Sqn	Bilbeis	Hudson
No 259 AMES	Bir El Abd
No 1 Engine Repair Section	Boulac
No 4 Engine Repair Section	Boulac
No 109 Maintenance Unit	Boulac
No 3 Sqn SAAF	Bersis	Hurricane
No 3 Company, No 8 Air Formation Signals	Battisti
No 205 Group	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)
No 231 Wing	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)
No 236 Wing	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)
No 37 Sqn	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)	Wellington
No 40 Sqn	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)	Wellington
No 70 Sqn	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)	Wellington
No 104 Sqn	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)	Wellington
No 462 Sqn RAAF	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)	Halifax
No 205 Group Communication Flight	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)
No 13 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)
No 61 Repair and Salvage Unit	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)
No 4 S & T Column	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)	Also shown at Misurata
No 2920 Sqn RAF Regiment	Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)
No 51 Refuelling & Re-arming Party	Ben Gardane
No 15 Sector Operations Room	Bu Amud
No 845 AMES	Bu Amud
No 5 Signals Centre	Bu Amud
No 80 Sqn	Bu Amud	Hurricane
No 36 Wireless Unit	Bu Amud
No 46 Sqn - Detachment	Bu Amud	Beaufighter (Fighter)
No 123 Sqn	Bu Amud	Hurricane
No 35 Wireless Unit	Bu Amud
No 215 AMES	Benghazi
No 515 AMES	Benghazi
No 832 AMES	Benghazi
RAF Hospital	Benghazi
No 23 Meteorological Forecast Unit - Detachment	Benghazi
No 977 Sqn	Benghazi	Mk VI Balloon
No 25 Embarkation Unit	Benghazi
No 122 Maintenance Unit (AAP)	Benghazi
No 5030 AMES	Benghazi
No 20 Type 'M' W/T Station	Benghazi
No 1 Field Unit	Benghazi
No 213 ASR Unit	Benghazi
No 247 Wing	Berka
No 32 Air Stores Park	Berka
No 54 Repair and Salvage Unit	Berka
No 136 Maintenance Unit (AAD)	Berka
No 16 Decoy and Deception Section	Berka
No 38 Sqn	Berka	Wellington
No 203 Sqn	Berka	Blenheim IV
No 25 Personnel Transit Centre	Berka
No 1 General Reconnaissance Unit - Detachment	Berka	Wellington
No 2919 Sqn RAF Regiment	Berka
No 33 Sqn	Bersis	Hurricane
No 7 (SAAF) Sqn	Bersis	Hurricane
Base Salvage Section - Detachment	Bersis
RAF Station Benina
No 1563 Meteorological Flight	RAF Benina
No 212 Group	RAF Benina
No 16 Wireless Unit	RAF Benina
No 162 Sqn	RAF Benina	Wellington/Blenheim
No 6 Signals Centre	RAF Benina
No 2918 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Benina
HQ RAF Middle East	Cairo
Base Personnel Office	Cairo
AHQ Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean	Cairo
No 4 Company, No 3 Air Formation Signals	Cairo
No 4 Air Formation Postal Unit	Cairo
Film Production Unit	Cairo
Air Publications Unit	Cairo
No 1 Aircraft Delivery Unit (ME)	Cairo
Hurricane House	Cairo
Wellington House	Cairo
No 5451 Works Wing	Cairo
No 7 (ME) MT Repair Section	Cairo
Directorate of Air Force Welfare	Cairo
RAF Station Cairo West
No 1 ME Ferry Control	Cairo West
No 10 Staging Post	Cairo West
British Airways Reception Flight	Cairo West
No 216 Sqn	Cairo West	Bombay/Hudson
No 267 Sqn	Cairo West	Hudson
No 3 Anti Amaryl Unit	Cairo West
No 4 Anti Amaryl Unit	Cairo West
No 2907 Sqn RAF Regiment	Cairo West
No 17 Staging Post	Castel Benito
No 8 (ME) Signals Centre	Castel Benito
No 89 Sqn	Castel Benito	Beaufighter (Fighter)
No 10 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit	Castel Benito
No 117 (Transport) Sqn - Detachment	Castel Benito	Hudson
No 6 Ferry Control	Castel Benito
No 14 Meteorological Forecast Unit - Detachment	Castel Benito
No 6 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit	Castel Benito
No 1 Mobile Sanitary Unit	Castel Benito
No 2923 Sqn RAF Regiment	Castel Benito
No 2931 Sqn RAF Regiment	Castel Benito
No 2932 Sqn RAF Regiment	Castel Benito
No 2933 Sqn RAF Regiment	Castel Benito
No 94 Sqn	Cyrene	Hurricane
No 16 Sector Operations Room	Cyrene
No 2917 Sqn RAF Regiment	Cyrene
No 204 AMES	Damietta
No 842 AMES	Damietta
No 605 AMES	Damietta
No 2 Field Unit	Dekheila
RNAS Dekheila	Dekheila
No 775 Sqn FAA	Dekheila
No 278 AMES	Derna
No 148 Sqn	Derna	Halifax/Liberator
No 43 Wireless Unit	Driana
No 17 Sector Operations Room	Driana
RAF Station Edcu/Edku
No 272 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Edcu	Beaufighter (Coastal)
No 46 Sqn	RAF Edcu	Beaufighter (Fighter)
No 451 Sqn RAAF	RAF Edcu	Hurricane
No 227 Sqn	RAF Edcu	Beaufighter (Coastal)
No 2910 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Edcu
No 112 Maintenance Unit	El Agrud
No 2913 Sqn RAF Regiment	El Agrud
No 257 AMES	El Daba
No 540 AMES	El Daba
No 2 Wireless Unit	El Daba
No 239 AMES	El Arish
No 24 Wireless Unit	El Arish
No 5 (ME) Aircraft Repair Unit (Sub-Section)	El Firdan
No 26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit	El Firdan
No 975 Sqn	El Firdan	Mk VI Balloon
No 629 AMES	El Hamma
No 34 Wireless Unit	Es Sultan
No 117 (Transport) Sqn - Detachment	El Djem	Hudson
No 216 Sqn - Detachment	El Djem
No 2 Company, No 8 Air Formation Signals	RAF El Adem
No 12 Staging Post	RAF El Adem
No 7 S & T Column	RAF El Adem
Base Salvage Section - Detachment	RAF El Adem
No 23 Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF El Adem
Stores Detachment	RAF El Adem
No 2915 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF El Adem
No 55 Embarkation Unit	Fanara
HQ No 5 (ME) Aircraft Repair Unit	Fayid
No 7 Engine Repair Section	Fayid
No 63 Repair and Salvage Unit	Fayid
RAF Admin Echelon (Fayid)	Fayid
HQ, No 8 Air Formation Signals	Guarscia
N 1 Company, No 8 Air Formation Signals	Guarscia
No 2912 Sqn RAF Regiment	Gamil
No 232 AMES	Gebel Hamzi
No 2 Aircraft Delivery Unit (ME)	Gebel Hamzi
No 135 Maintenance Unit	Gebel Hamzi
No 974 Sqn	Geneifa	Mk VI Balloons
No 75 (GR) OTU	Gianaclis
No 36 Air Stores Park	Gianaclis
No 55 Repair and Salvage Unit	Gianaclis
No 39 Sqn - Detachment	Gianaclis	Beaufort
No 2909 Sqn RAF Regiment	Gianaclis
No 178 Sqn	Ghemines	Halifax
No 17 Wireless Unit	Giovanni (Berka)
No 235 Wing	Gambut
No 459 Sqn RAAF	Gambut	Hudson III
No 58 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Gambut
No 454 Sqn RAAF	Gambut	Blenheim V
No 55 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment	Gambut
No 2916 Sqn RAF Regiment	Gambut
RAF Station Heliopolis
HQ No 206 Group	RAF Heliopolis
HQ No 216 (Transport & Ferry) Group	RAF Heliopolis
Command Medical Board	RAF Heliopolis
Code and Cypher School	RAF Heliopolis
British Airways Repair Section	RAF Heliopolis
No 22 Sector Operations Room	RAF Heliopolis
Middle East Interpretation Unit	RAF Heliopolis
No 173 Sqn	RAF Heliopolis	Various
Fighter Controllers Training School	RAF Heliopolis
No 17 Decoy and Deception Section	RAF Heliopolis
No 4616 (Works) Flight	RAF Heliopolis
No 1 Anti Amaryl Unit	RAF Heliopolis
No 2 Anti Amaryl Unit	RAF Heliopolis
HQ No 3 Air Formation Signals	RAF Heliopolis
Standard Committee of Adjustment	RAF Heliopolis
No 20 Air Delivery and Reception Unit	RAF Heliopolis
Air Supply Development Centre	RAF Heliopolis
No 2916 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Heliopolis
HQ W/T Transmitting Station	Helmieh
RAF Station Helwan
No 23 Personnel Transit Camp	RAF Helwan
Base Salvage Section	RAF Helwan
MT Base Pool	RAF Helwan
Component Repair Section	RAF Helwan
No 1 (ME) Aircraft Repair Unit	RAF Helwan
No 2 (ME) Aircraft Repair Unit	RAF Helwan
No 1 Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	RAF Helwan
RAF Camouflage Development Section	RAF Helwan
School of Cookery	RAF Helwan
Middle East Signals School	RAF Helwan
Nos 20 & 21 D and D Sections	RAF Helwan
Polish Flight c/o No 23 PTC	RAF Helwan
AMES Reserve Pool, with the following in the pool: - 233, 267, 371, 402, 403, 404, 406, 407, 528, 531, 532, 533, 534, 536, 537, 873, 541, 886, 8503, 565, 580, 5011, 5012, 280, 303, 304, 607, 608, 610, 576, 887, 277, 509, 506, 622, 623, 624, & 625	RAF Helwan
No 2902 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Helwan
No 275 AMES	Homs
No 888 AMES	Homs
No 401 AMES	Ikingi-Mariut
RAF Station Ismailia
No 260 (Balloon) Wing	RAF Ismailia
Inter-Command W/T Station	RAF Ismailia
No 3 Sqn, No 3 Air Formation Signals	RAF Ismailia
No 1 Technical School (American Aircraft)	RAF Ismailia
No 1 General Reconnaissance Unit	RAF Ismailia	Wellington
No 3 (ME) Aircraft Repair Unit	RAF Ismailia	Also shown at Mellaha
Middle East Filter Training School	RAF Ismailia
No 405 AMES	RAF Ismailia
RAF Signals Component	Kabrit
HQ Middle East Signals Centre	Kafr El Farouk
Telecommunications Centre	Kafr El Farouk
No 9 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit	Kafr El Farouk
No 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6 General W/T Fitting Parties	Kafr El Farouk
Signals Production Unit	Kafr El Farouk
Inter Services Cypher Production Unit	Kafr El Farouk
No 107 Maintenance Unit	Kasfareet
No 21 Personnel Transit Centre	Kasfareet
No 1 (ME) Aircrew Reception Centre c/o 21 PTC	Kasfareet
No 4606 (Works) Flight	Kasfareet
No 9 Engine Repair Section	Kasfareet
No 106 Maintenance Unit	Khanka
Master Provision Office	Khanka
No 2905 Sqn RAF Regiment	Khanka
No 533 AMES	Kantara
No 140 Maintenance Unit	Khataba
No 2908 Sqn RAF Regiment	Khataba
No 9 S & T Column	Lete
No 13 (Hellenic) Sqn	LG 7 (Sidi Haneish)	Blenheim
No 235 Wing - Detachment	LG 7 (Sidi Haneish)
No 42 Wireless Unit	LG 8 (Mersa Matruh Area)
No 335 (Hellenic) Sqn	LG 8 (Mersa Matruh Area)	Hurricane
No 815 Sqn FAA	LG 8 (Mersa Matruh Area)
No 52 Sqn	LG 91 (Amriya Area)	Blenheim V
No 458 Sqn RAAF - Detachment	LG 91 (Amriya Area)	Wellington
No 245 Wing	LG 91 (Amriya Area)
No 16 (SAAF) Sqn	LG 91 (Amriya Area)	Blenheim V
No 237 Sqn	LG 106 (El Daba)	Hurricane
No 336 (Hellenic) Sqn	LG 121 (Sidi Barrani)	Hurricane
No 58 Repair and Salvage Unit	LG 207 (Abu Sueir Area)
No 1 Aircraft Replacement Pool - Detachment	LG 209 (Suez Road)
No 5 (ME) Aircraft Repair Unit (Sub-Section)	LG 216 (Shallufa Area)
No 108 Maintenance Unit	LG 222 (Fayoum Road Area)
No 5 Decoy & Deception Section	LG 222 (Fayoum Road Area)
No 6 Decoy & Deception Section	LG 222 (Fayoum Road Area)
No 15 Staging Post	Luxor
No 5 Anti Amaryl Unit	Luxor
No 6 Anti Amaryl Unit	Luxor
No 843 AMES	Misfaq (Sinai)
No 5 Engine Repair Section	Mansourah
No 101 Maintenance Unit	Masara
No 15 (South African) Sqn	Mariut	Blenheim V
No 201 Group Communication Flight	Mariut
No 831 AMES	Mariut
No 26 AACU - Detachment	Mariut
No 132 Maintenance Unit	Matariya
No 2 Middle East Signals Centre	Matariya
No 680 Sqn	Matariya	Spitfire (PR)
No 603 AMES	Mex
No 274 Sqn	Mellaha	Hurricane
No 3 (ME) Aircraft Repair Unit	Mellaha	Also shown at RAF Ismailia
No 2921 Sqn RAF Regiment	Mellaha
No 44 Wireless Unit	Moascar
RAF Station Mersa Matruh
No 58 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment	RAF Mersa Matruh
No 260 AMES	RAF Mersa Matruh
No 29 Sector Operations Room	RAF Mersa Matruh
No 1 Company, No 3 Air Formation Signals	RAF Mersa Matruh
No 211 ASR Unit	RAF Mersa Matruh
No 11 Staging Post	RAF Mersa Matruh
Station Stores	RAF Mersa Matruh
No 527 AMES	RAF Mersa Matruh
No 2911 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Mersa Matruh
No 16 Staging Post	Marble Arch
No 252 Sqn	Magrum	Beaufighter (Coastal)
No 134 Sqn	Matariya	Hurricane
No 213 Sqn	Misurata	Hurricane
No 294 AMES	Misurata
No 1 Sector Operations Room	Misurata
No 47 Sqn	Misurata	Beaufort
No 37 Air Stores Park	Misurata
No 54 Refuelling & Re-arming Party	Misurata
No 41 Wireless Unit	Misurata
No 57 Repair & Salvage Unit	Misurata
No 238 Wing	Misurata
No 603 Sqn	Misurata	Beaufighter (Coastal)
No 4 S & T Column	Misurata	Also shown at Bir El Gardabia (Misurata)
No 22 RAF Mobile Field Hospital	Misurata
No 2 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	Misurata
No 54 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment	Misurata
No 2922 Sqn RAF Regiment	Misurata
No 522 AMES	Medinine (Tunisia)	Also shown at Gouberine
No 2930 Sqn RAF Regiment	Masaken
No 20 Embarkation Unit	Port Said
No 12 Sector Operations Room	Port Said
No 219 AMES	Port Said
Marine Repair Base	Port Said
Carrier Pigeon Service Unit	Port Said
Baltimore House	Port Said
No 238 Sqn	Port Said	Hurricane
No 519 AMES	Port Said
No 19 Embarkation Unit	Port Twefik
No 4601 Works Flight	Qadima
No 27 Wireless Unit	Sidi Bishir
RAF Station Shallufa
No 5 (Middle East) Training School	RAF Shallufa
Carrier Pigeon Service Unit	RAF Shallufa
No 1 Mobile Service Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Shallufa
No 3 Mobile Service Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Shallufa
No 221 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Shallufa	Wellington VIII
Middle East Armament School	RAF Shallufa
No 2914 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Shallufa
RAF Station Shandur
No 21 Sector Operations Room	RAF Shandur
No 108 Sqn	RAF Shandur	Beaufighter (Fighter)
No 505 AMES	Sidi Barakat
No 276 AMES	Sidi Barrani
No 13 Sector Operations Room	Smouha
RAF Movements Control	Shellal
No 523 AMES	Suez
Marine Craft Unit	Suez
No 276 Signals Wing	Suez Road
No 4 Field Unit	Suez Road
No 8 Field Unit	Suez Road
No 252 AMES	Sorman
No 846 AMES	Sorman
No 261 AMES	Tel el Kebir
No 826 AMES	Tel el Kebir
No 626 AMES	Tahag
No 627 AMES	Tahag
No 628 AMES	Tahag
No 111 Maintenance Unit	Tura
RI and MU	Tura
RAF Tyre Retreading Unit	Tura
No 2 Engine Repair Section	Tura
No 3 Engine Repair Section	Tura
Engine Test Section c/o No 111 MU	Tura
No 4 Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	Tura
No 4602 (Works) Flight	Tura
No 6 Mobile Sanitary Unit	Tura
No 282 AMES	Telmita
No 977 Sqn - Detachment	Tobruk	Mk VI Balloon
No 212 ASR Unit	Tobruk
No 220 AMES	Tobruk
No 526 AMES	Tobruk
No 66 Embarkation Unit	Tobruk
No 5020 AMES	Tobruk
No 214 Group	Tripoli
No 2 Sector Operations Room	Tripoli
No 121 Maintenance Unit (AAP)	Tripoli
No 976 Sqn	Tripoli	Mk VI Balloon
No 1564 Meteorological Flight	Tripoli
No 210 Group	Tripoli
No 11 S & T Column	Tripoli
No 113 Maintenance Unit	Tripoli
No 14 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Tripoli
No 24 RAF Mobile Field Hospital	Tripoli
No 295 AMES	Tripoli
No 535 AMES	Tripoli
No 880 AMES	Tripoli
No 881 AMES	Tripoli
No 7 S & T Column - Detachment	Tripoli
HQ No 9 Air Formation Signals and Nos 1 & 3 Companies	Tripoli
No 32 Wireless Unit	Tripoli
No 209 ASR Unit	Tripoli	Also shown at Abu Zenima
No 982 Sqn	Tripoli	Mk VI Balloons
No 141 Maintenance Unit	Tripoli
No 39 Personnel Transit Centre	Tripoli
No 262 AMES	Wadi Gindali
No 251 AMES	Wadi Natrun
No 5053 Works Sqn	Zamalek
No 114 Maintenance Unit	Zavia
No 61 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment	Zuara
No 38 Wireless Unit	Zuara
No 2 Company, No 9 Air Formation Signals	Zuara
No 1 Flying Control Station	c/o HQ Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean
No 8 Anti- Malarial Control Unit	c/o HQ Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean
No 9 Anti- Malarial Control Unit	c/o HQ Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean
No 18 Decoy and Deception Section	c/o No 231 Wing

AHQ Levant - Palestine

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 833 AMES	Acre
No 142 Maintenance Unit	Acre
Aircraft Reception Party	Amman
No 3 (Middle East) Training School	Amman
Officer Cadet Training Unit (RAF Regiment)	Amman
No 49 Wireless Unit	Athlet
RAF Station Aqir
Carrier Pigeon Service Unit	RAF Aqir
No 14 Staging Post	RAF Aqir
No 2 Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	RAF Aqir
No 1 Repair and Salvage Unit	RAF Aqir
No 74 Operational Training Unit	RAF Aqir
No 5 Mobile Sanitary Unit	RAF Aqir
No 120 Maintenance Unit	Beit Oved
No 34 Air Stores Park	Beit Oved
RAF Station Gaza
Royal Hellenic Air Force Depot	RAF Gaza
No 18 Sector Operations Room	RAF Gaza
No 129 Maintenance Unit	RAF Gaza
RAF Station H4
No 28 Personnel Transit Centre	Hadeira
RAF Regiment Pool	Hadeira
No 2925 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Hadeira
No 3230 Servicing Commando c/o No 28 PTC	Hadeira
No 3231 Servicing Commando c/o No 28 PTC	Hadeira
No 3232 Servicing Commando c/o No 28 PTC	Hadeira
No 14 Wireless Unit	Hadeira
No 33 Wireless Unit	Hadeira
No 209 Group	RAF Haifa
No 233 Wing	RAF Haifa
No 972 Sqn	RAF Haifa	Mk VI Balloon
No 236 AMES	RAF Haifa
No 582 AMES	RAF Haifa
No 34 Embarkation Unit	RAF Haifa
No 24 Sector Operations Room	RAF Haifa
No 208 ASR Unit	RAF Haifa
No 2 Mobile Sanitary Unit	RAF Haifa
AHQ Levant	Jerusalem
Meteorological Section	Jerusalem
HQ No 5 Air Formation Signals	Jerusalem
RAF Station Lydda
Communication Flt	RAF Lydda
Carrier Pigeon Unit	RAF Lydda
No 1413 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Lydda	Gladiator
WAAF Depot	RAF Lydda
No 7 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	RAF Lydda
No 52 MT Company	Qastina (Aqir)
Carrier Pigeon Unit	Ramat David
No 4 (ME) Training School	Ramat David
RAF Station Ramleh
No 5 MT Repair Section	RAF Ramleh
No 1 Company, No 5 Air Formation Signals	RAF Ramleh
No 6 Engine Repair Section	RAF Ramleh
No 4613 (Works) Flight	RAF Ramleh
No 3 Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	RAF Ramleh
No 5 Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	RAF Ramleh
No 29 Wireless Unit	RAF Ramleh
No 23 Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF Ramleh
Telecommunication Centre, Levant	RAF Ramleh
No 8 S & T Column	Rehoveth
Carrier Pigeon Unit	St Jean
No 127 Sqn	St Jean	Hurricane
No 249 AMES	Tel Aviv
No 10 Airmen's Convalescent Depot	Tel Aviv
Air Report Centre	Tel Aviv
No 263 AMES	Yibna

AHQ Levant - Syria

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 28 Wireless Unit	Aleppo
No 6 Field Unit	Aleppo
No 1434 (PSU) Flight	Aleppo	Blenheim
RAF Unit (Admin)	Aleppo
No 3 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	Aleppo
No 213 Group (Nucleus)	Beirut
No 241 Wing	Beirut
No 287 AMES	Beirut
No 23 Sector Operations Room	Beirut
No 973 (Balloon) Sqn	Beirut	Mk VI Balloons
No 211 Mobile Meteorological Unit	Beirut
No 3 Company, No 5 Air Formation Signals	Beirut
No 21 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Beirut
No 31 Wireless Unit	Beirut
No 516 AMES	Beirut
No 701 Sqn FAA	Beirut
No 127 Sqn - Detachment	Beirut	Hurricane
No 208 Sqn (1 Flight)	Beirut	Hurricane
No 123 Maintenance Unit	Baalbeck
No 1 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	Kliete
No 973 (Balloon) Sqn - Detachment	Tripoli	Mk VI Balloons
No 34 Air Stores Park - 1 Section	Quocier
RN Aircraft Repair Unit	Rayak

AHQ Levant - Cyprus

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 25 Sector Operations Room	Athalassa
No 43 Embarkation Unit	Famagusta
No 579 AMES	Kyrenia
No 577 AMES	Larnaca
No 255 AMES	Limassol
No 218 AMES	Morphou
HQ No 259 Wing	Nicosia
No 2 Company, No 5 Air Formation Signals	Nicosia
No 56 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Nicosia
No 2924 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Nicosia
No 22 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Nicosia
No 1565 Meteorological Flight	Nicosia
No 127 Sqn - Detachment	Nicosia	Hurricane
No 237 AMES	Paphos
No 578 AMES	Paphos
No 25A Fighter Sector Operations Room	Paphos
No 207 ASR Unit	Paphos

AHQ Iraq & Persia

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Abadan
No 19 Sector Operations Room	RAF Abadan
No 980 Sqn	RAF Abadan	Mk VI Balloons
No 5152 (Mechanical & Electrical) Sqn	RAF Abadan
No 14 Decoy & Deception Section	RAF Abadan
No 21 (ME) Smoke Screen Unit	RAF Abadan
Meteorological Station	RAF Abadan
No 5 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	RAF Abadan
No 1 Armoured Car Company, 1 Section	Ainzala
RAF Station Baghdad
Advanced AHQ Iraq and Persia	RAF Baghdad
Combined Intelligence Centre	RAF Baghdad
HQ & No 1 Company, No 6 Air Formation Signals	RAF Baghdad
RAF Station Basrah
No 215 Group	RAF Basrah
Marine Craft Section	RAF Basrah
No 42 Embarkation Unit	RAF Basrah
Meteorological Station	RAF Basrah
No 118 Maintenance Unit	RAF Basrah
No 3 Company, No 6 Air Formation Signals c/o 215 Group	RAF Basrah
No 6 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	RAF Basrah
RAF Station Bahrein
No 601 AMES	Disful
No 621 AMES	Disful
No 525 AMES	Fao
RAF Station H3		Emergency Landing Ground
RAF Station Habbaniya
Rear AHQ Iraq & Persia	RAF Habbaniya
No 26 Personnel Transit Camp	RAF Habbaniya
Communication Flt	RAF Habbaniya	Various
HQ No 1 Armoured Car Company and 1 Section	RAF Habbaniya
Supplies Depot	RAF Habbaniya
RAF General Hospital (Iraq)	RAF Habbaniya
Meteorological Station	RAF Habbaniya
HQ RAF Levies	RAF Habbaniya
No 134 Maintenance Unit	RAF Habbaniya
No 1415 Meteorological Flight	RAF Habbaniya
No 4 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	RAF Habbaniya
No 4 Ferry Control; controlling Staging Posts at: - No 40 - Habbaniya No 41 - H3 No 42 - Shaibah No 43 - Bahrein No 44 - Sharjah	RAF Habbaniya
No 3 Field Unit	RAF Habbaniya
No 126 Maintenance Unit (Air Ammunition Park)	Hamadan
No 240 Sqn - Detachment	Jiwani	Catalina
No 125 Maintenance Unit (Air Ammunition Park)	K1
No 208 Sqn	K1	Hurricane
Sea Rescue Flt	Khorkwai
No 2 Company, No 6 Air Formation Signals c/o 217 Group	Kirkuk
No 266 AMES	Kut-Abdullah
RAF Station Masira
No 244 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Masira	Blenheim, 1 Flight
W/T Station	RAF Masira
RAF Station Mosul
Meteorological Station	RAF Mosul
RAF Station Mosul
No 244 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Ras El Hadd	Blenheim
W/T Station	RAF Ras El Hadd
RAF Station Shaibah
Base Personnel Office (Iraq Detachment)	RAF Shaibah
No 264 AMES	RAF Shaibah
No 119 Maintenance Unit	RAF Shaibah
No 115 Maintenance Unit	RAF Shaibah
No 27 Personnel Transit Centre	RAF Shaibah
No 74 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Shaibah	Hurricane
Aircraft Erection Unit (Iraq and Persia)	RAF Shaibah
RAF Station Sharjah
No 244 Sqn	RAF Sharjah	Blenheim
No 321 Mobile Meteorological Unit	Suleiman Beg
No 322 Mobile Meteorological Unit	Suleiman Beg
No 256 AMES	Tal Al Jabarah
No 503 AMES	Tanuma
No 847 AMES	Tanuma
RAF Station Teheran
No 138 Maintenance Unit	RAF Teheran
No 74 Sqn	RAF Teheran	Hurricane
RAF Rest Camp	RAF Teheran
No 3 Sector Operations Room	RAF Teheran
No 127 Maintenance Unit	Zubair
No 331 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 3rd Corps, 10th Army
RAF Unit (Admin), Iraq	c/o 3rd Corps, 10th Army

No 203 Group - Sudan and Eritrea

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Asmara
No 2 British Airways Repair Unit	RAF Asmara
No 16 Anti Amaryl Unit	RAF Asmara
No 71 Operational Training Unit	Carthago
No 1412 (Meteorological) Flt - Detachment	Carthago
No 11 Anti Amaryl Unit	El Fasher
No 12 Anti Amaryl Unit	El Fasher
No 9 Anti Amaryl Unit	El Geneina
No 10 Anti Amaryl Unit	El Geneina
No 13 Anti Amaryl Unit	El Obeid
No 104 Maintenance Unit	Geraif West
Care & Maintenance Party	Gordon's Tree
RAF Station Khartoum
HQ No 203 Group	RAF Khartoum
No 1412 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Khartoum	Gladiator
No 139 Maintenance Unit	RAF Khartoum
No 15 Anti Amaryl Unit	RAF Khartoum
No 203 Group Communication Flight	RAF Khartoum
No 216 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Khartoum
No 48 Embarkation Unit	Massawa
Care & Maintenance Party	Nyala
No 23 Embarkation Unit	Port Sudan
No 117 Maintenance Unit	Port Sudan
Care & Maintenance Party	Summit
RAF Movements Detachment	RAF Wadi Halfa
No 14 Anti Amaryl Unit	RAF Wadi Halfa
RAF Station Wadi Saidna
No 2 (ME) Ferry Control; controlling Staging Posts at: - No 23 - Asmara No 21 - Atbara No 24 - El Fasher No 25 - El Genina No 26 - El Obeid No 29 - Juba No 28 - Malakal No 22 - Wadi Halfa No 20 - Wadi Saidna	RAF Wadi Saidna
No 7 Anti Amaryl Unit	RAF Wadi Saidna
No 8 Anti Amaryl Unit	RAF Wadi Saidna

East Africa, Abyssinia, Somaliland and Madagascar

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Dar-es-Salaam
No 230 Sqn	RAF Dar-es-Salaam	Sunderland
No 41 (SAAF) Sqn - Detachment	Diredawa
W/T Station	Durban
RAF Station Eastleigh
No 133 Maintenance Unit	RAF Eastleigh
Communication Flight	RAF Eastleigh
No 1414 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Eastleigh	Gladiator
Carrier Pigeon Unit	RAF Eastleigh
No 6 (ME) MT Pool	RAF Eastleigh
No 25 AACU	RAF Eastleigh
Base Accounts Office	Eldoret
RAF Station Gilgil
No 6 (ME) Ammunition Depot	Kajiado
No 209 Sqn	Kapivu (Mombasa)	Catalina
No 259 Sqn	Kapivu (Mombasa)	Catalina
No 5002 AMES	Kilifi
No 15 Embarkation Unit	Kilindini
Marine Craft Unit	Kilindini
RAF Station Kisumu
Marine Craft Unit - Detachment	RAF Kisumu
No 209 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Kisumu	Catalina
Flying Boat Repair Base	RAF Kisumu
Signals Station	Lindi
Marine Craft Unit	Lindi
RN Air Station Mackinnon Road
RAF Station Mogadishu
Carrier Pigeon Service Unit	RAF Mogadishu
Carrier Pigeon Service Unit	Mombasa
AHQ East Africa	Nairobi
No 2 Anti-Malarial Control Unit c/o AHQ	Nairobi
No 10 Anti-Malarial Control Unit c/o AHQ	Nairobi
SAAF Reception Depot	Nairobi
RN Air Station	Nairobi
No 17 Anti Amaryl Unit	Nairobi
No 18 Anti Amaryl Unit	Nairobi
No 19 Anti Amaryl Unit	Nairobi
No 20 Anti Amaryl Unit	Nairobi
No 70 Operational Training Unit	Nakuru
No 72 Operational Training Unit	Nanyuki
No 3 Flying Control Station	Nanyuki
No 545 AMES	Nayali
RAF Station Port Reitz
RN Air Station	RAF Port Reitz
Signals Section	RAF Port Reitz
No 246 Wing	RAF Port Reitz
Communications Flight - Detachment	RAF Port Reitz
No 5 Sector Operations Room	RAF Port Reitz
No 41 (SAAF) Sqn	RAF Port Reitz	Hurricane
RN Air Station	Tanga
No 105 Maintenance Unit	Thika
No 209 Sqn - Detachment	Pamanxi (Mayotte Island)	Catalina
No 258 Wing	Diego Suarez (Madagascar)
No 265 Sqn Ground Party	Diego Suarez (Madagascar)	Under No 222 Group
AHQ East Africa - Detachment	Mauritius

Aden

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Marine Section	Hedjuff
No 17 (SAAF) Sqn	Hiswa
RAF Station Khormaksar
No 8 Sqn	RAF Khormaksar	Blenheim
No 131 Maintenance Unit	RAF Khormaksar
Communication Flt	RAF Khormaksar	Beechcraft
No 1566 Meteorological Flight	RAF Khormaksar
Armoured Car Section	Little Aden
RAF Station Sheikh Othman		Under USAAF Control
Casualty Clearing Station	RAF Sheikh Othman
No 3 Middle East Ferry Control; controlling Staging Posts at: - No 33 - Masira No 31 - Riyan No 32 - Salaia No 30 - Sheikh Othman	RAF Sheikh Othman
Aden Protectorate Levies HQ	RAF Sheikh Othman
HQ British Forces, Aden	Steamer Point
Equipment & Supply Section	Steamer Point
RAF Hospital (Aden)	Steamer Point
No 1436 (Balloon) Flight (Nucleus)	Steamer Point
No 50 Embarkation Unit	Steamer Point
Telecommunication Centre	Aden

USAAF Operational Units

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ 9th US Air Force	Cairo
HQ 9th US Air Force - Advanced HQ	Tripoli
HQ 9th US Fighter Command	Cairo
IX Bomber Command	Cairo
HQ Western Desert Task Forces	c/o AHQ Western Desert (Advanced)
376th Bombardment Group (Heavy)	Berka	B-24D
512th Sqn	Berka
513th Sqn	Berka
514th Sqn	Berka
515th Sqn	Berka
98th Bombardment Group (Heavy)	Benina	B-24D
345th Sqn	Benina
415th Sqn	Benina
343rd Sqn	Lete
344th Sqn	Lete
340th Bombardment Group (Medium)	Kabrit
486th Sqn	Kabrit
487th Sqn	Kabrit
488 Sqn	Kabrit
489th Sqn	Kabrit
324th Fighter Group	Kabrit	P-40F/P-40K
315th Sqn	Kabrit
9th Fighter Wing	Kabrit
316th Troop Carrier Group	Ismailia
36th Troop Carrier Sqn	Fayid	C-47/C-53
37th Troop Carrier Sqn	Fayid	C-47/C-53
44th Troop Carrier Sqn	Fayid
45th Troop Carrier Sqn	Castle Verdi	DC3

Units not formed: -

Nos 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 RSUs

Nos 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 ASPs

No 5577 Works Construction Flight

No 3 Mobile Photographic Photo Section

No 262 Sqn

No 305 MSSU

No 3225 Servicing Commando

Nos 3, 4, 5 & 6 ALG Signals Sections

Nos 3, 4, 5 & 6 HQ Signals Sections

Nos 23 & 24 AACUs

Units reduced to cadre or 'Number Only' basis: -

 

No 217 Group	Kirkuk
No 218 Group	RAF Shaibah
No 237 Wing	Teheran
No 240 Wing
No 243 Wing
No 263 Wing
No 283 Wing	RAF Asmara
No 284 Wing
No 147 Sqn
No 163 Sqn
No 2 (Yugo-Slav) Sqn
No 1436 (Barrage Balloon) Flt (Nucleus)
No 1438 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Flight		Blenheim
No 1439 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Flight
No 4 Sector Operations Room
No 35 Air Stores Park
No 38 Air Stores Park
No 42 Air Stores Park
No 4 (ME) Aircraft Repair Unit
No 55 Refuelling & Re-arming Party
No 57 Refuelling & Re-arming Party
No 59 Refuelling & Re-arming Party
No 60 Refuelling & Re-arming Party
No 52 Repair and Salvage Unit (Cadre)
No 56 Repair and Salvage Unit
No 2 (ME) Training School
No 1 Technical School (American Aircraft)
Naval Co-operation Ground Training Centre
No 49 Embarkation Unit
No 8 Decoy & Deception Section (Number basis)
No 9 Decoy & Deception Section
No 10 Decoy & Deception Section (Number basis)
No 11 Decoy & Deception Section
No 12 Decoy & Deception Section
No 13 Decoy and Deception Section
No 15 Decoy & Deception Section
No 20 Sector Operations Room
No 4 (ME) MT Repair Section
No 4 Signals Centre
No 110 Maintenance Unit
No 118 Maintenance Unit
No 137 Maintenance Unit (Advanced Aircraft Depot)
No 3 (ME) MT Light Repair Unit

Source - June 1943 SD161

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