Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Middle East Commands - February 1944

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Mediterranean Allied Air Forces

 

Command HQ	Location/Address	Notes
HQ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces - Rear	Algiers
HQ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces Command Post	La Marsa
HQ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces	La Marsa
HQ Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Forces	San Spirito
HQ Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces	Algiers
HQ Mediterranean Training Command	US APO 535
AHQ Malta	Valetta
HQ Desert Air Force	San Severo

Units under the direct command of HQ, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces - Rear	Algiers
No 68 Brick RAF Component	Algiers
No 69 Brick RAF Component	Algiers
No 13 RAF Postal HQ	Algiers
Public Relations (Overseas) Unit	Algiers
No 1 Base Personnel Office	Algiers
Base Accounts Office	Algiers
Base Censorship Office	Algiers
Radar Conversion School	Algiers
No 22 Field Unit	Ajaccio
No 25 Field Unit	Apricena
HQ Mediterranean Strategical Air Forces	Bari
No 657 Sqn	Bone	Auster
No 1 General Hospital	Carthage
No 2863 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Caserta (Italy)
No 5 W/T Fitting Parties	Caserta (Italy)
No 6 W/T Fitting Parties	Caserta (Italy)
No 329 Signals Wing	El Achour
No 1 Base Personnel Depot	Fort de L'Eau
No 1 Air Crew Pool	Fort de L'Eau
500 Sqn - Detachment	Fort de L'Eau	Hudson
RAF Convalescent Depot	Guyotville
No 4 RAF Rest Camp	Hamman Plage
HQ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces Command Post	La Marsa
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces - Advanced HQ	La Marsa
MAAF Communications Unit - Detachment	La Marsa
No 2861 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	La Marsa
No 24 Field Unit	La Marsa
No 11 Heavy Mobile W/T Units	La Marsa
RAF Police HQ	La Marsa
No 336 PR Wing	La Marsa
MAAF Communications Unit	Maison Blanche
No 2 General Hospital	Maison Carree (Algiers)
No 10 Signals Centre	Maison Carree (Algiers)
No 1 RAF Base Area	Maison Carree (Algiers)
Fire Fighting School	Maison Carree (Algiers)
No 23 Field Unit	Naples
No 3 RAF Base Area	Naples
No 2860 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Naples
No 3 Base Personnel Office	Naples
No 567 Mobile Signals Unit	Naples
No 22 Type 'M' Station	Naples
No 12 Heavy Mobile W/T Units	Naples
No 13 Heavy Mobile W/T Units	Naples
No 2 Air Crew Reception Centre	Rabat Sale
No 2 RAF Rest Camp	Sorrento (Italy)
No 3 RAF Rest Camp	Surcouf
No 21 Field Unit	Tomino (Corsica)
No 31 RAF Mobile Field Hospital	Tunis
No 2 RAF Base Area	Tunis
No 2 Base Personnel Depot	Tunis
Concealment and Decoy Unit	Tunis
'A' Decoy Lighting Set	Tunis
'B' Decoy Lighting Set	Tunis
'C' Decoy Lighting Set	Tunis
'D' Decoy Lighting Set	Tunis
No 9 Signals Centre	Tunis
AME Station
15075

Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Forces (MAAF)

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 3226 Servicing Commando	Asa (Italy)
No 239 Wing Signals Section	Bari
No 9 ALG Signals Section	Bari
MATAF Communication Flight	Bari
No 1 Australian Air Ambulance Unit	Bari
No 3232 Servicing Commando	Bari
No 121 Maintenance Unit (11 Air Ammunition Park)	Bari
No 40 Air Stores Park - Air Freight Detachment	Bari
No 82 Brick (RAF) Component	Brindisi
No 244 Wing	Canne (Italy)
No 145 Sqn	Canne (Italy)	Spitfire
No 417 Sqn RCAF	Canne (Italy)	Spitfire
No 92 Sqn	Canne (Italy)	Spitfire
No 601 Sqn	Canne (Italy)	Spitfire
No 4 ALG Signals Section	Canne (Italy)
No 2855 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Canne (Italy)
No 2858 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Canne (Italy)
No 324 Wing	Capo Dichino (Italy)
No 43 Sqn	Capo Dichino (Italy)	Spitfire
No 93 Sqn	Capo Dichino (Italy)	Spitfire
No 72 Sqn	Capo Dichino (Italy)	Spitfire
No 225 Sqn Detachment	Capo Dichino (Italy)	Spitfire
No 2859 Sqn RAF Regiment	Capo Dichino (Italy)
No 113 Repair and Salvage Unit	Capo Dichino (Italy)
No 548 'K' Mobile Signals Unit	Castel-del-Monte
No 225 Sqn Detachment	Celone	Spitfire
No 232 Wing	Celone
No 114 Sqn	Celone	Boston
No 223 Sqn	Celone	Baltimore
No 18 Sqn	Celone	Boston
No 55 Sqn	Celone	Baltimore
No 51 Repair and Salvage Unit	Celone
No 40 (SAAF) Sqn	Celone	Spitfire
No 3231 Servicing Commando	Celone
No 285 Wing	Celone
No 121 (AAP) Maintenance Unit (13 Air Ammunition Park)	Cerignola (Italy)
No 310 Supply & Transport Column	Cerignola (Italy)
No 311 Supply & Transport Column	Cerignola (Italy)
No 121 (AAP) Maintenance Unit (15 Air Ammunition Park)	Chicuti
No 2857 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Cupello
No 2862 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Cupello
No 30 RAF Mobile Field Hospital	Foggia
Desert Air Force Communication Flt	Foggia
No 40 Air Stores Park (Main Air Freight) - Detachment	Foggia
No 53 Repair and Salvage Unit	Foggia
No 311 Mobile Signals Unit	Foggia
No 420 Mobile Signals Unit	Foggia
No 502 Mobile Signals Unit	Foggia
No 3 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit	Foggia
No 40 Air Stores Park	Foggia
No 10 ALG Signals Section	Foggia
No 11 ALG Signals Section	Foggia
No 12 ALG Signals Section	Foggia
No 21 RAF Mobile Field Surgical Section	Foggia
No 1 Australian Air Ambulance Unit - Detachment	Fochville (Tunis)
No 2904 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Termoli Area
No 3202 Servicing Commando	Gioia	Also shown at Tusciana
No 2 Repair and Salvage Unit	Gioia
No 244 Wing Signals Section	Gioia
No 655 Sqn	Italy	Auster
No 9 S & T Column	Italy
No 9 AASC	La Marsa
No 3204 Servicing Commando	Lecce (Italy)
No 3230 Servicing Commando	Lecce (Italy)
No 562K Mobile Signals Unit	Lecce (Italy)
No 12 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Lucera
No 4 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	Lucera
No 100 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 200 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 204 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 300 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 301 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 303 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 304 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 315 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 400 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 401 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 402 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 409 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 500 Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 509D Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 568B Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 561K Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 522H Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 527J Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 528J Mobile Signals Unit	Lucera
No 1 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	Lucera
No 11 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	Lucera
No 1 Field Force  HQ Signals Section	Lucera
No 2 Field Force  HQ Signals Section	Lucera
No 7 Field Force  HQ Signals Section	Lucera
No 38 Personnel Transit Centre	Lucera
No 135 Air Stores Park	Lucera
No 3 (ME) MT Light Repair Unit	Lucera
No 239 Wing	Mileni (Italy)
No 3 Sqn RAAF	Mileni (Italy)	Kittyhawk
No 5 Sqn SAAF	Mileni (Italy)	Kittyhawk
No 112 Sqn	Mileni (Italy)	Kittyhawk
No 250 Sqn	Mileni (Italy)	Kittyhawk
No 260 Sqn	Mileni (Italy)	Kittyhawk
No 450 Sqn RAAF	Mileni (Italy)	Kittyhawk
No 600 Sqn - Detachment	Monte Corvino	Beaufighter (AI)
No 5 ALG Signals Section	Monte Corvino
No 3201 Servicing Commando	Monte Corvino
No 121 Maintenance Unit (16 Air Ammunition Park)	Montenero
No 81 Brick (RAF) Component	Naples
No 83 Brick (RAF) Component	Naples
No 135 Air Stores Park - Detachment	Naples
No 2 Light Warning Unit HQ	Naples
No 7 AASC	Naples
No 304 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit	Naples
No 31 Air Stores Park	Ordana (Italy)
No 7 (South African) Wing	Palata (Italy)
No 1 (SAAF) Sqn	Palata (Italy)	Spitfire
No 2 (SAAF) Sqn	Palata (Italy)	Spitfire
No 4 (SAAF) Sqn	Palata (Italy)	Spitfire
No 2906 Sqn RAF Regiment	Paglieta
No 306 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit	Penna Point
No 1 MORU	Penna Point
No 135 Maintenance Unit - Air Freight Detachment	Pomigliano (Italy)
No 111 Sqn	Pomigliano (Italy)	Spitfire
No 547K Mobile Signals Unit	Rossa Point (Italy)
No 49 Wireless Unit	Scerni
No 1 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit	San Severo
No 2 ALG Signals Section	San Severo
No 121 Maintenance Unit (14 Air Ammunition Park)	San Severo
HQ Desert Air Force	San Severo
HQ Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Forces	San Spirito
No 15 S & T Column	San Spirito
No 59 Repair and Salvage Unit	Serra Capriolo
No 21 RAF Mobile Field Hospital	Serra Capriolo
HQ Mediterranean Tactical Bomber Force	Segizia (Italy)
No 121 Maintenance Unit (6 Air Ammunition Park)	Taranto
No 90 Wireless Observer Unit	Tavernanova
No 3 (SAAF) Wing	Tortorella (Italy)
No 12 (SAAF) Sqn	Tortorella (Italy)	Boston III
No 24 (SAAF) Sqn	Tortorella (Italy)	Boston III
No 21 (SAAF) Sqn	Tortorella (Italy)	Baltimore
No 109 Repair and Salvage Unit	Tortorella (Italy)
No 600 Sqn - Detachment	Tortorella (Italy)	Beaufighhter
No 25 RAF Mobile Field Hospital	Torro-del-Greco
No 3203 Servicing Commando	Tusciana
No 2856 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Trigno
No 2925 Sqn, RAF Regiment	Trigno
No 15 Wireless Unit	Vasto
No 101 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 8th Army
No 651 AOP Sqn	c/o 8th Army	Auster
No 50 Mobile Signals Unit	c/o 8th Army
No 125 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 5th Corps HQ
No 126 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 13th Corps HQ
No 127 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 10th Corps, 5th Army
No 654 AOP Sqn	c/o 10th Corps, 5th Army	Auster
AME Stations 267, 329, 332, 374, 628, 629, 871, 873, 886, 887, 6003, 6004, 6008, 6011, 6037, 6038, 6039, 6040, 6041, 6042, 6043, 6044, 6045, 6060, 6061, 8015, 8028, 8033, 8035, 8042, 15051 & 15052

Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces (MAAF)

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 33 Air Stores Park	Ajaccio (Corsica)
No 4 Radar Servicing Station	Ajaccio (Corsica)
No 283 Sqn - Detachment	Ajaccio (Corsica)	Walrus
No 254 Air Sea Rescue Unit	Ajaccio
HQ Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces	Algiers
No 982 Sqn	Algiers	Mk VI Balloons, also shown at Oran
No 1 Light Warning Unit HQ	Algiers
No 23 Sqn	Alghero	Mosquito
No 210 Group	Alma Marine (Italy)
No 1 Radar Servicing Station	Alma Marine (Italy)
No 2 Radar Servicing Station	Bari (Italy)
No 982 Sqn - Detachment	Bastia	Mk VI Balloons,
No 2 GR Operations Room	Bastia
No 223 ASR Unit	Bizerta
No 225 ASR Unit	Bizerta
RAF Station Blida
No 5 Regional Flying Control Centre	RAF Blida
No 1578 (Calibration) Flt	RAF Blida
No 512 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Blida	Dakota
No 727 Sqn FAA	RAF Blida	Defiant TT
No 36 Sqn	RAF Blida	Wellington
No 4 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Blida
No 1 ASR Unit	RAF Blida
No 293 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Blida	Walrus
RAF Station Bone
No 153 Sqn Detachment	RAF Bone	Beaufighter
No 252 Air Sea Rescue Unit	RAF Bone
No 458 Sqn RAAF	RAF Bone	Wellington
No 981 Sqn	RAF Bone	Mk VI Balloons
No 5 Radar Servicing Station	RAF Bone
No 293 Sqn	RAF Bone	Walrus
No 251 ASR Unit	Cagliara North (Sardinia)
No 7 'J' Section	Corsica
No 2866 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Corsica
No 21 Type 'M' Station	Corsica
No 111 Repair and Salvage Unit	Corsica
No 332 Wing	Djidjelli
Bone Fighter Sector	Duzerville
No 323 Wing	Foggia
No 328 Wing	Ghisonaccia (Corsica)
No 14 Sqn	Ghisonaccia (Corsica)	Marauder
No 33 Air Stores Park - Detachment	Ghisonaccia (Corsica)
No 2 Regional Flying Control Centre	Ghisonaccia (Corsica)
No 3 Regional Flying Control Centre	Grottaglie
No 14 Sqn - Detachment	Grottaglie	Marauder
No 126 Sqn	Grottaglie	Spitfire
No 982 Sqn - Detachment	Grottaglie	Mk VI Balloons
MACAF Communication Flt	Maison Blanche
No 6 Regional Flying Control Centre	Malta
No 253 Sqn - Detachment	Monte Corvino	Beaufighter
No 608 Sqn	Monte Corvino	Hudson
HQ MACAF Command Post	Naples
No 977 Sqn	Naples	Mk VI Balloons
No 6 Radar Servicing Station	Naples
No 224 ASR Unit	Naples
No 982 Sqn	Oran	Mk VI Balloons, also shown at Algiers
No 337 Wing	Oran
No 283 Sqn	Palermo	Walrus
No 241 Sqn	Philippeville	Hurricane
No 3 GR Operations Room	Pomigliano
No 1 Regional Flying Control Centre	Pomigliano
No 153 Sqn	Reghaia	Beaufighter
No 338 Wing	Reghaia
Mark VIII Conversion Flight	Reghaia
No 39 Sqn	Reghaia	Beaufighter
No 32 Sqn	Reghaia	Spitfire
No 2869 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Sassari (Sardinia)
No 111 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment	Sardinia
No 287 Wing	Sidi Amor
No 4 Regional Flying Control Centre	Sidi Amor
No 13 Sqn	Sidi Amor	Ventura
No 219 Sqn	Sidi Amor	Beaufighter
No 293 Sqn - Detachment	Sidi Amor	Walrus
RAF Station Tafaraoui
No 500 Sqn	RAF Tafaraoui	Hudson
No 16 Supply & Transport Column	Taranto
No 2864 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Taranto
No 1 Hydrogen Supply Unit	Taranto
No 981 Sqn	Tindja (Bizerta)	Mk VI Balloons
No 4 GR Operations Room	Location (unknown)
No 5 GR Operations Room	Location (unknown)
AME Stations 216, 226, 256, 275, 285, 286, 294, 295, 330, 372, 381, 387, 388, 389, 392, 880, 881, 889, 892, 893, 894, 895, 898, 899, 6005, 6006, 6007, 6010, 8001, 8002, 8003, 8004, 8005, 8006, 8009, 8011, 8016, 8018, 8020, 8038, 8041, 8044, 11000, 11001, 11002  & 16004

AHQ Malta

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 325 Wing	Borizzo (Sicily)
No 52 Sqn	Borizzo (Sicily)	Baltimore
No 614 Sqn	Borizzo (Sicily)	Blenheim V
No 335 Wing	Catania
No 272 Sqn	Catania	Beaufighter
No 52 Personnel Transit Centre	Catania
No 118 Maintenance Unit	Catania
No 4603 Airfield Construction Flight	Curmi
No 4612 Airfield Construction Flight	Curmi
No 4 Field Unit - Detachment	Dingli
No 5 Field Unit	Dingli
RAF Station Hal Far
No 185 Sqn	RAF Hal Far	Spitfire
No 229 Sqn	RAF Hal Far	Spitfire
No 5051 Airfield Construction Unit	RAF Hal Far
No 143 Maintenance Unit	Hanrun
HQ Air Sea Rescue	RAF Kalafrana
Inter-Command W/T Station	RAF Kalafrana
RAF Station Luqa
No 69 Sqn	RAF Luqa	Baltimore
No 108 Sqn	RAF Luqa	Beaufighter
No 221 Sqn	RAF Luqa	Wellington
No 256 Sqn	RAF Luqa	Mosquito
No 69 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	RAF Luqa
No 2934 Field Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Luqa
AMES Admin Section	RAF Luqa
No 204 Air Sea Rescue Unit	Malta
No 205 Air Sea Rescue Unit	Malta
AMES Holding Unit	Malta
No 4 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit	Malta
No 137 Maintenance Unit	Malta
No 983 Sqn	Marsa (Malta)	Mk VI Balloons
No 303 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit	Messina
No 3 Radar Servicing Station	Palermo
No 2868 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Palermo
Bombing Survey Unit	Palermo
No 87 Sqn	Palermo	Hurricane
No 335 Wing Satellite	San Severo
No 986 Sqn	Sicily	Mk VI Balloons
Inter-Command W/T Station	Siggiewi (Malta)
No 23 Sqn - Detachment	Sigonella	Mosquito
RAF Station Takali
No 728 Sqn FAA	RAF Takali	Fulmar/Defiant
AHQ Communication Flt	RAF Takali
AMES Admin Section	RAF Takali
Italia Hotel Resthouse	Taormina (Italy)
AHQ Malta	Valetta
No 248 Wing	Valetta
No 8 Sector Operations Room	Valetta
Inter-Command W/T Station	Valetta
AME Stations 233, 241, 242, 283, 314, 331, 501, 502, 504, 521, 841, 844, 896, 897, 6009, 6062, 8000, 8012, 8023, 8031 & 8043

Mediterranean Photographic Reconnaissance Wing

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 3 Mobile Field Photo Unit	Foggia
No 2 Mobile Field Photo Unit	Pomigliano
HQ Mediterranean Photographic Reconnaissance Wing	San Severo
No 60 (SAAF) Sqn	San Severo
No 682 Sqn	San Severo
No 683 Sqn	San Severo

No 218 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ, No 218 Group	Algiers
Air Publication and Forms Store	Algiers
No 60 Embarkation Unit	Algiers
No 67 Embarkation Unit	Bari
No 2 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit	Bari
No 67 Embarkation Unit - Detachment	Barletta
No 59 Embarkation Unit - Detachment	Bizerta
No 156 Maintenance Unit	Blida
No 72 Embarkation Unit	Bone
Marine Craft Repair Unit - Detachment	Bone
No 67 Embarkation Unit - Detachment	Brindisi
No 145 Maintenance Unit	Casablanca
No 64 Embarkation Unit	Casablanca
No 75 Embarkation Unit	Catania
No 351 Maintenance Unit	Hussein Dey
No 10 MT Light Repair Unit	Lebardo (Tunis)
No 20 Supply & Transport Column	Lebardo (Tunis)
RAF HQ	Maison Blanche
No 4 Base Signals Unit	Maison Blanche
No 144 Maintenance Unit	Maison Blanche
Marine Craft Repair Unit	Maison Blanche
French Technical Liaison Unit	Maison Blanche
No 163 Maintenance Unit	Oujda
No 61 Embarkation Unit	Naples
No 74 Embarkation Unit	Philipville
Marine Craft Repair Unit - Detachment	Palermo
No 19 Supply & Transport Column	Rivet (Algiers)
MT Base Depot	Rivet (Algiers)
No 155 Maintenance Unit	Setif
No 162 Maintenance Unit	Setif
No 2870 AA Sqn, RAF Regiment	Setif
Advanced Flying Unit	Setif
No 1 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit	Sicily
No 167 Maintenance Unit	Sidi Achmed
No 146 Maintenance Unit	Sidi Tabet
No 146 Maintenance Unit (101 Air Ammunition Park)	Sidi Tabet
No 146 Maintenance Unit (102 Air Ammunition Park)	Syracuse
No 67 Embarkation Unit - Detachment	Taranto
No 164 Maintenance Unit	Tunis
No 12 MT Repair Unit	Tunis
No 59 Embarkation Unit	Tunis
No 3 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit	Tunis

No 214 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 117 Maintenance Unit	Bari
No 214 Group Advanced HQ	Bari
No 6 Supply & Transport Column	Bari
No 11 Signals Centre	Bari
Bomb Disposal Unit	Bari
No 114 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Brindisi
No 113 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Brindisi
No 141 Maintenance Unit	Caserta
No 105 Mobile Signals Unit	Caserta
No 117 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Catania
No 159 Maintenance Unit	Gioia
No 159 Maintenance Unit - Rear Detachment	Mellaha
No 114 Maintenance Unit	Naples Area
No 113 Maintenance Unit	Naples Area
No 141 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Taranto
No 214 Group Rear HQ	Tripoli
No 113 Maintenance Unit - Rear Detachment	Tripoli
No 141 Maintenance Unit - Rear Detachment	Tripoli
No 114 Maintenance Unit - Rear Detachment	Tripoli
No 8 Supply & Transport Column	Tripoli

No 205 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 205 Group Signals Section	Ariana
No 205 Group	Bari
No 2721 Sqn RAF Regiment	Cerignola
No 2744 Sqn RAF Regiment	Cerignola
No 2771 Sqn RAF Regiment	Cerignola
No 2788 Sqn RAF Regiment	Cerignola
No 2825 Sqn RAF Regiment	Cerignola
No 2905 Sqn RAF Regiment	Cerignola
RAF Regiment Wing	Cerignola
No 231 Wing	Djedeida North
No 37 Sqn	Djedeida North	Wellington
No 70 Sqn	Djedeida North	Wellington
No 57 Repair and Salvage Unit	Djedeida North
No 205 Group Communication Flt	El Ouina
No 124 Maintenance Unit	Italy
No 61 Repair and Salvage Unit	Italy
No 51 Refuelling & Re-arming Party	Kairouan
No 236 Wing	Oudna 1
No 40 Sqn	Oudna 1	Wellington
No 104 Sqn	Oudna 1	Wellington
No 330 Wing	Oudna 2
No 142 Sqn	Oudna 2	Wellington III
No 150 Sqn	Oudna 2	Wellington III
No 37 Air Stores Park	Tunis
No 124 Maintenance Unit (38 Air Ammunition Park)	Tunis
No 4 Supply & Transport Column	Tunis

No 242 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 253 Air Sea Rescue Unit	Bari (Italy)
No 975 Sqn	Bari (Italy)	Mk VI Balloons
No 2 Film Production Unit	Bari (Italy)
No 14 Heavy Mobile W/T Units	Bari (Italy)
No 975 Sqn - Detachment	Barletta (Italy)	Mk VI Balloons
No 16 Supply & Transport Column - Detachment	RAF Blida
No 255 Sqn - Detachment	Borizzo (Sicily)	Beaufighter
No 985 Sqn	Brindisi	Mk VI Balloons
No 284 Sqn	Brindisi	Walrus
No 249 Sqn	Brindisi	Spitfire
No 1435 Sqn	Brindisi	Spitfire
No 253 Sqn	Capo Dichino	Beaufighter
No 2867 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Capo Dichino
No 972 Sqn	Cerignola (Italy)	Mk VI Balloons
No 110 Maintenance Unit	Foggia Main
No 73 Sqn	Foggia Main	Spitfire
No 136 Air Stores Park	Foggia Main
No 286 Wing	Grottaglie
No 608 Sqn - Detachment	Grottaglie	Hudson
No 255 Sqn	Grottaglie	Beaufighter
No 110 Repair and Salvage Unit	Grottaglie
No 5 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	Grottaglie
No 242 Group Communication Flt	Grottaglie
No 975 Sqn - Detachment	Manfredonia	Mk VI Balloons
No 284 Sqn  - Detachment	Naples	Walrus
No 286 Wing Satellite	Oran
No 242 Group	Taranto
No 985 Sqn - Detachment	Taranto	Mark VI Balloons
No 2865 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Taranto
No 30 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Taranto
AME Stations 214, 274, 890, 899, 6109, 8010, 8032, 8044, 14027 & 14028

Air Formation Signals (MAAF)

Unit on a Number basis only: -

Middle East Command - HQ RAF Middle East

 

Unit	Location	Notes
Meteorological Forecast Unit	Asmara
HQ RAF Middle East	Cairo
No 4 Air Force Postal Unit	Cairo
Administrative HQ, SAAF	Cairo
District HQ, RCAF	Cairo
RAAF Liaison Office	Cairo
RNZAF Liaison Office	Cairo
No 217 Group	Cairo
Directorate of Air Force Welfare	Cairo
Base Personnel Office	Cairo
No 17 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Cairo West
RAF Station Castel Benito
No 123 Mobile Meteorological Unit	RAF Castel Benito
No 14 Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF Castel Benito
No 2923 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Castel Benito
No 124 Mobile Meteorological Unit	Dekheila
Base Accounts Office	El Gedida
Care & Maintenance Unit	Geraif West
No 2920 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Hadera
No 122 Mobile Meteorological Unit	Heliopolis
RAF Station Khartoum
No 283 Wing	RAF Khartoum
No 1412 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Khartoum	Gladiator
Communication Flt	RAF Khartoum
Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF Khartoum
No 39 Personnel Transit Centre	Mellaha
No 2921 Sqn RAF Regiment	Mellaha
No 14 Meteorological Forecast Unit - Detachment	Misurata
No 3 (SAAF) Sqn	Savoia	Hurricane
No 2931 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Sorman
No 233 Wing	Tripoli (Levant)
No 3 RAF Hospital	Tripoli (Levant)
No 2922 Sqn RAF Regiment	Tripoli (Levant)
No 1 Bomber Group Maintenance Company	Tripoli (Levant)
No 2 Bomber Group Maintenance Company	Tripoli (Levant)
No 8 (ME) Signals Centre	Tripoli (Levant)
No 53 Embarkation Unit	Tripoli (Levant)
No 24 RAF Mobile Field Hospital	Tripoli (Levant)
No 976 Sqn	Tripoli (Levant)	Mk VI Balloon
No 1564 Meteorological Flight	Tripoli (Levant)
No 321 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 1st Survey Regiment
No 323 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 1st Survey Regiment
No 331 Mobile Meteorological Unit	c/o 3rd Corps, 10th Army

Middle East Command - HQ Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean

 

Unit	Location	Notes
RAF General Hospital (Egypt)	Abassia
No 3 RAF Section, Signals Experimental and Research Group	Abassia
RAF Station Aboukir
No 4609 (Works) Flt	RAF Aboukir
No 2928 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Aboukir
No 46 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Abu Sueir	Beaufighter (Fighter)
No 9 Anti- Malarial Control Unit c/o No 73 OTU	RAF Abu Sueir
No 242 Sqn	Affise (Aleppo Area)	Spitfire
HQ No 219 Group	Alexandria
No 971 Sqn	Alexandria	Mark VI
No 18 Embarkation Unit	Alexandria
Tomahawk House	Alexandria
Blenheim House	Alexandria
No 2901 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Aleppo
No 2902 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Aleppo
No 2903 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Aleppo
No 2907 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Aleppo
No 2908 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Aleppo
No 2918 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Aleppo
No 2924 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	Aleppo
No 55 Refuelling and Re-arming Party - Detachment	Aleppo
No 1 (ME) Meteorological Unit	Almaza
No 18 Sector Operations Room	Almaza
No 21 Sector Operations Room	Almaza
No 22 Sector Operations Room	Almaza
SAAF Base Depot	Almaza
No 2 British Airways  Repair Unit	Almaza
No 7 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit	Almaza
No 22 Personnel Transit Camp	Almaza
School of Hygiene	Almaza
No 2 Armoured Car Company	Amman
No 2927 Sqn RAF Regiment	Appolonia
No 1 (ME) Rest Centre	Appolonia
No 25 Sector Operations Room	Athalassa
No 232 Sqn	Bab el Haonce (Aleppo Area)	Spitfire
RAF Station Benina
No 212 Group	RAF Benina
No 1563 Meteorological Flight	RAF Benina
No 2926 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Benina
No 6 (ME) Signals Centre	RAF Benina
No 2 Shore Servicing Unit	Benghazi
No 122 Maintenance Unit (AAP)	Benghazi
No 11 S & T Column	Benghazi
No 2 (ME) Fuel Transport Company	Benghazi
No 25 Embarkation Unit	Benghazi
No 4 RAF Hospital	Benghazi
No 25 Personnel Transit Centre	Benghazi
No 136 Maintenance Unit (AAD)	Berka
No 54 Repair and Salvage Unit	Berka
No 2919 Sqn RAF Regiment	Berka
No 33 Sqn	Bersis	Hurricane
No 2914 Sqn RAF Regiment	Bersis
No 41 (SAAF) Sqn	Bu Amud	Hurricane
No 15 Sector Operations Room/Filter Room	Bu Amud
No 2 (ME) Fuel Transport Company - Detachment	Bu Amud
AHQ Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean	Cairo
No 5451 Airfield Construction Wing	Cairo
RAF Holding Section	Cairo
Hurricane House	Cairo
Wellington House	Cairo
No 16 Sector Operations Room	Cyrene
No 10 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit	Derna
Middle East Pigeon Service (RAF Component)	Digla
No 17 Sector Operations Room	Driana
RAF Station Edcu/Edku
No 46 Sqn	RAF Edcu	Beaufighter (Fighter)
No 74 Sqn	RAF Edcu	Hurricane
No 274 Sqn	RAF Edcu	Hurricane
No 8 Anti- Malarial Control Unit	RAF Edcu
No 94 Sqn	RAF El Adem	Hurricane
No 7 S & T Column	RAF El Adem
No 2913 Sqn RAF Regiment	El Agrud
No 4604 Airfield Construction Flight	El Agrud
No 4613 Airfield Construction Flight	El Agrud
No 16 Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF El Adem	Also shown at Benghazi in 216 Group
No 136 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	RAF El Adem
No 235 Wing - Detachment	RAF El Adem
No 112 Maintenance Unit	El Agrud
No 1 Fuel Transport Company - Detachment	El Agrud
No 451 Sqn RAAF	El Daba	Hurricane
No 980 Sqn	El Firdan	Mk VI Balloon
No 26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit	El Firdan
No 6 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit	El Firdan
RAF Station El Gedida
No 6 Sqn	Fayid	Hurricane
No 238 Sqn	Gamil	Hurricane
No 7 (SAAF) Sqn	Gamil	Hurricane
No 2912 Sqn RAF Regiment	Gamil
No 4608 Airfield Construction Flight	Gaza
No 4614 Airfield Construction Flight	Gaza
No 974 Sqn	Geneifa	Mk VI Balloons
No 2909 AA Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Hadeira
No 2910 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Hadeira
No 2916 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Hadeira
No 26 AACU - Detachment	Haifa
Fighter Controllers Training School	RAF Heliopolis
No 33 Sector Operations Room	RAF Heliopolis
No 24 Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF Heliopolis
Middle East Interpretation Unit	RAF Heliopolis
No 2900 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Heliopolis
HQ W/T Transmitting Station	Helmieh
No 104 Mobile Signals Unit	RAF Helwan
No 310 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit	RAF Helwan
No 260 (Balloon) Wing	RAF Ismailia
Filter Room (Ismailia)	RAF Ismailia
Middle East Filter Training School	RAF Ismailia
No 80 Sqn	Kabrit	Spitfire
No 13 Sqn	Kabrit	Blenheim V
No 36 Brick (RAF Component)	Kabrit
No 108 Repair and Salvage Unit	Kabrit
RAF Signals Component (CTC)	Kabrit Point
Telecommunications Centre (TME)	Kafr El Farouk
No 9 Heavy Mobile W/T Unit	Kafr El Farouk	Also shown in Aden
HQ Middle East Signals Centre	Kafr El Farouk
No 1, 3 & 4 General W/T Fitting Parties	Kafr El Farouk
Signals Production Unit	Kafr El Farouk
Inter Services Cypher Production Unit	Kafr El Farouk
Bretagne (Free French) Sqn	Kasfareet	Spitfire
No 55 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Kasfareet
No 36 Air Stores Park	Kasfareet
No 4606 Airfield Construction Flight	Kasfareet
No 21 Personnel Transit Centre	Kasfareet
No 4615 Airfield Construction Flight	Kasfareet
No 5576 Artisan Flight	Kasfareet
No 2930 Sqn RAF Regiment	Khanka	Also shown at Khataba
No 2932 Sqn RAF Regiment	Khataba	Also shown at Khanka
No 335 (Hellenic) Sqn	LG 8 (Matruh)	Hurricane
No 336 (Hellenic) Sqn	LG 121 (Sidi Barrani)	Hurricane
No 58 Repair and Salvage Unit	LG 207 (Abu Sueir Area)
No 680 Sqn	Matariya	Spitfire (PR)
No 26 AACU - Detachment	Mariut
RAF Station Mersa Matruh
No 29 Sector Operations Room	RAF Mersa Matruh
No 2911 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Mersa Matruh
No 154 Sqn	Minnik (Aleppo Area)	Spitfire
No 31 Wireless Unit	Moascar
No 32 Wireless Unit	Moascar
No 44 Wireless Unit	Moascar
No 213 Sqn - Detachment	Nicosia	Hurricane
No 680 Sqn - Detachment	Nicosia	Spitfire (PR)
No 243 Sqn	Nerab (Aleppo Area)	Spitfire
No 213 Sqn	Paphos	Hurricane
No 12 Sector Operations Room	Port Fuad
Baltimore House	Port Said
No 20 Embarkation Unit	Port Said
No 19 Embarkation Unit	Port Tewfik
No 66 Embarkation Unit	Port Tewfik
No 99 Embarkation Unit	Port Tewfik
No 4617 Airfield Construction Flight	Qadima
No 4610 Airfield Construction Flight	RAF Ramleh
No 4611 Airfield Construction Flight	RAF Ramleh
No 4605 Airfield Construction Flight	Ras El Ain
No 4607 Airfield Construction Flight	Ras El Ain
No 58 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment	Ras el Tin
No 20 Type 'M' W/T Station	Regina
No 2917 Sqn RAF Regiment	Savoia
No 5577 Artisan Flight	RAF Shallufa
No 624 Sqn - Detachment	Sidi Amor	Special duties unit, Halifax/Ventura
No 13 Sector Operations Room	Smouha
No 46 Sqn - Detachment	St Jean	Beaufighter (Fighter)
No 240 Wing	Terria
No 178 Sqn	Terria	Halifax/Liberator II
No 462 Sqn RAAF	Terria	Halifax II
No 4601 Airfield Construction Flight	Tobruk
No 4616 Airfield Construction Flight	Tobruk
No 334 Wing	Tocra
No 148 Sqn	Tocra	Halifax
No 680 Sqn - Detachment	Tocra	Spitfire (PR)
No 624 Sqn	Tocra	Halifax, Special duties unit
No 226 Mobile Signals Unit	Tocra
No 615 Mobile Signals Unit	Tocra
No 713 Mobile Signals Unit	Tocra
No 122 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	Tripoli
No 2915 Sqn RAF Regiment	Tura
No 4602 Airfield Construction Flight	Tura
No 5053 Airfield Construction Sqn	Zamalek
AME Stations under the administrative control of HQ Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean 205, 215, 219, 220, 221, 232, 239, 251, 253, 257, 259, 260, 261, 276, 278, 280, 282, 397, 401, 402, 403, 405, 505, 508, 523, 526, 531, 532, 533, 540, 541, 581, 601, 606, 625, 626, 627, 826, 832, 842, 845, 846, 5011, 5012, 5020, 5030, 5104, 8017, 8019  & 8503

AHQ Levant

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 142 Maintenance Unit	Acre
No 160 Maintenance Unit	Aqir
No 2 Section o No 1 Royal Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	Aqir
No 3 Section o No 1 Royal Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	Aqir
No 5 Section o No 1 Royal Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	Aqir
No 6 Section o No 1 Royal Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	Aqir
AHQ Levant Advanced HQ	Aleppo
No 22 RAF Mobile Field Hospital	Aleppo
No 322 Wing	Aleppo
No 501 B Group HQ Signals Section	Aleppo
No 104 Maintenance Unit	Aleppo
No 40 Personnel Transit Centre	Aleppo
RAF Admin Unit	Aleppo
No 211 Mobile Meteorological Unit	Aleppo
No 1 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment	Aleppo
No 12 S & T Column	Aleppo
No 3 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	Aleppo
No 2933 Sqn RAF Regiment	Aleppo
No 28 Wireless Unit	Alexandria Road (Kilo 42)
Officer Cadet Training Unit, RAF Regiment	Amman
No 1 (ME) Fuel Transport Company	Athlet
RAF Station Beirut
No 127 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Beirut	Hurricane
No 973 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Beirut	Mk VI Balloon
No 21 Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF Beirut
No 49 Embarkation Unit	RAF Beirut
HQ, No 7 Battalion (RAF Levies)	Cyprus
RN Air Station (HMS Grebe)	Dekheila
No 237 Sqn	Edcu	Hurricane
No 1 (ME) Fuel Transport Company - Detachment	El Agrud
No 208 Sqn	El Bassa	Hurricane
No 900 Mobile Signals Unit	El Bassa
No 43 Embarkation Unit	Famagusta
RN Aircraft Repair Yard (HMS Phoenix)	Fayid
RAF Station Gaza
Royal Hellenic Air Force Depot	RAF Gaza
No 123 Maintenance Unit	RAF Gaza
No 129 Maintenance Unit	RAF Gaza
No 28 Personnel Transit Centre	RAF Gaza
RAF Station Hadeira
No 2935 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Hadeira
RAF Station Haifa
No 209 Group	RAF Haifa
No 34 Embarkation Unit	RAF Haifa
No 24 Sector Operations Room	RAF Haifa
No 973 Sqn	RAF Haifa	Mk VI Balloon
AHQ Levant	Jerusalem
No 2 (ME) Meteorological Forecast Unit	Jerusalem
No 2 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit	Jerusalem
No 37 Brick (RAF Component)	Kabrit
No 12 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	Kliete
RAF Station Lydda
Levant Communication Flt	RAF Lydda
No 1413 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Lydda	Gladiator
No 7 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	RAF Lydda
No 5 (Middle East) Field Hygiene Unit	RAF Lydda
No 318 (Polish) Sqn	LG 207
No 5500 (Polish) Mobile Signals Unit	LG 207
No 52 Mobile Signals Unit	Mena
No 1 Repair and Salvage Unit	Muqeibila
No 259 Wing	Nicosia
No 56 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Nicosia
No 1565 (Meteorological) Flt	Nicosia	Hurricane
No 22 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Nicosia
No 166 Maintenance Unit	Nicosia
No 127 Sqn - Detachment	Paphos	Hurricane
RAF Station Ramat David
RAF Station Ramleh
No 5 (Middle East) MT Repair Unit	RAF Ramleh
No 6 Engine Repair Section	RAF Ramleh
Telecommunications Centre	RAF Ramleh
WAAF Depot	RAF Ramleh
HQ No 4 Battalion (Levies)	RAF Ramleh
No 34 Air Stores Park	Ras El Ain
No 120 Maintenance Unit	Ras El Ain
No 10 Supply & Transport Column	Ras el Ain
No 12 Supply & Transport Column - Detachment	Ras el Ain
No 53 Mobile Signals Unit	Soul el Charb (near Beirut)
No 127 Sqn	St Jean	Hurricane
No 973 Sqn - Detachment	Tripoli (Levant)
No 10 RAF Convalescent Depot	Tel Aviv
AME Stations under AHQ Levant 218, 236, 237, 249, 255, 263, 264, 266, 287, 515, 516, 577, 578, 579, 582, 635, 636, 637, 638, 833, 843, 847, 5021, 6018, 8029, 8030, 8036 & 8037

AHQ Iraq and Persia

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Abadan
No 5152 Works Sqn	RAF Abadan
Combined Intelligence Centre	RAF Baghdad
RAF Station Bahrein
HQ, No 6 (Persian Gulf) Battalion, Levies	RAF Habbaniya
RAF Station Basrah
No 31 Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF Basrah
No 42 Embarkation Unit	RAF Basrah
No 6 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	RAF Basrah
Marine Craft Section	RAF Basrah
No 5 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	Beirut
RAF Station Habbaniya
AHQ, Iraq & Persia	RAF Habbaniya
Iraq and Persia Communication Flt	RAF Habbaniya
No 725 Mobile Signals Unit	RAF Habbaniya
No 1415 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Habbaniya
No 3 Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF Habbaniya
Supplies Depot	RAF Habbaniya
No 134 Maintenance Unit	RAF Habbaniya
No 5153 Works Sqn	RAF Habbaniya
Base Personnel Office (Iraq Detachment)	RAF Habbaniya
No 6 RAF General Hospital	RAF Habbaniya
No 26 Personnel Transit Centre	RAF Habbaniya
RAF Levies HQ	RAF Habbaniya
HQ, No 1 Depot, RAF Levies	RAF Habbaniya
HQ, No 2 Depot, RAF Levies	RAF Habbaniya
No 2929 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Habbaniya
Anti-Locust Flight (Persia)	Jask
No 240 Sqn - Detachment	Jiwani	India Command
HQ, No 5 Battalion (RAF Levies)	Margil
RAF Station Masira
No 224 Sqn - Detachment	RAF Masira	Blenheim
No 125 Maintenance Unit	RAF Masira	Also shown at Gebel Hamsi
ASR Service - Detachment	RAF Masira
'B' Flight, No 2929 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Masira
HQ, No 2 Battalion (RAF Levies)	Mosul
No 1 Armoured Car Company and 2 Sections	Mosul
RAF Station Ras el Hadd
'C' Flight, No 2929 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Ras el Hadd
ASR Service	RAF Ras el Hadd
RAF Station Shaibah
No 115 Maintenance Unit	RAF Shaibah
No 119 Maintenance Unit	RAF Shaibah
No 27 Personnel Transit Centre	RAF Shaibah
Aircraft Erection Unit (Iraq & Persia)	RAF Shaibah
RAF Station Sharjah
No 224 Sqn	RAF Sharjah	Blenheim
'A' Flight, No 2929 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Sharjah
RAF Station Teheran
No 33 Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF Teheran
No 138 Maintenance Unit	RAF Teheran
RAF Rest Camp	RAF Teheran
'D' Flight, No 2929 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Teheran
'E' Flight, No 2929 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Teheran
No 127 Maintenance Unit	Zubair

AHQ East Africa

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Advanced Operations Section, AHQ East Africa	Cape Town
No 262 Sqn	Congella (Durban)	Catalina
RAF Station Dar-es-Salaam
No 230 Sqn	RAF Dar-es-Salaam	Sunderland
No 259 Sqn	RAF Dar-es-Salaam	Catalina
No 10 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	RAF Dar-es-Salaam
No 258 Wing	Diego Suarez (Madagascar)
No 265 Sqn	Diego Suarez (Madagascar)	Catalina
W/T Station	Durban
RAF Station Eastleigh
East Africa Communication Flt	RAF Eastleigh
No 1414 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Eastleigh
No 133 Maintenance Unit	RAF Eastleigh
No 25 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit	RAF Eastleigh
No 165 Maintenance Unit	Gilgil
No 15 Embarkation Unit	Kilindini
Marine Craft Unit	Kilindini
No 209 Sqn	Kipevu (Mombasa)	Catalina
RAF Station Kisumu
No 41 Personnel Transit Centre	RAF Kisumu
Flying Boat Repair Base	RAF Kisumu
Marine Craft Unit - Detachment	RAF Kisumu
RAF Unit	Lindi
Marine Craft Unit	Lindi
RN Air Station	Mackinnon Road
RAF Station Mauritius
RAF Station Mogadishu
SS Manela	Mombassa
AHQ East Africa	Nairobi
RN Air Repair Yard (HMS Korengo)	Nairobi
RAF Unit	Pamanzi (Mayotte Island)
RAF Station Port Reitz
No 246 Wing	RAF Port Reitz
RN Air Station	Port Reitz
No 2 Anti-Malarial Control Unit	RAF Port Reitz
RAF Unit	Pamanzi
RAF Station Seychelles
RN Air Station	Tanga
No 105 Maintenance Unit	Thika
RAF Unit	Tullear

HQ British Forces, Aden

No 201 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 201 Group	Alexandria
Marine Craft Unit	Alexandria
Marine Craft Section of ASR organisation	Alexandria
No 11 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Alexandria
No 210 ASR Unit	Alexandria
No 237 Wing	Amriya South
No 252 Sqn - Detachment	Amriya South	Beaufighter (Coastal)
No 213 ASR Unit	Benghazi
No 247 Wing	Berka
No 38 Sqn	Berka	Wellington
No 227 Sqn	Berka	Beaufighter (Coastal)
No 294 Sqn - Detachment	Berka	Walrus
No 454 Sqn RAAF	Berka	Baltimore
No 16 (SAAF) Sqn - Detachment	Berka	Beaufort
No 224 Mobile Signals Unit	Berka
No 344 Mobile Signals Unit	Berka
No 509 Mobile Signals Unit	Berka
No 726 Mobile Signals Unit	Berka
No 235 Wing	Gambut
No 47 Sqn	Gambut	Beaufighter
No 603 Sqn	Gambut	Beaufighter
No 459 Sqn RAAF	Gambut	Hudson
No 13 (Hellenic) Sqn	Gambut	Blenheim V
No 52 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Gambut
No 55 Repair and Salvage Unit - Detachment	Gambut
No 219 Mobile Signals Unit	Gambut
No 306 Mobile Signals Unit	Gambut
No 501 Mobile Signals Unit	Gambut
No 722 Mobile Signals Unit	Gambut
No 2 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	Gambut
No 208 ASR Unit	RAF Haifa
No 1 General Reconnaissance Unit	Ismailia
No 58 Refuelling and Re-arming Party	Lakatamia
No 15 (SAAF) Sqn	LG 7	Baltimore
No 245 Wing - Detachment	LG 91
No 162 Sqn	LG 91	Wellington/Blenheim
No 55 Repair and Salvage Unit	LG 91
Communication Flight	Mariut
No 235 Wing - Detachment	Matruh West
No 211 ASR Unit	Mersa Matruh
No 207 Air Sea Rescue Unit	Paphos
No 245 Wing	St Jean
No 16 (SAAF) Sqn	St Jean	Beaufort
No 207 Mobile Signals Unit	St Jean
No 306 Mobile Signals Unit	St Jean
No 505 Mobile Signals Unit	St Jean
No 703 Mobile Signals Unit	St Jean
No 212 ASR Unit	Tobruk
No 209 ASR Unit	Tripoli (Levant)

No 203 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Abu Sueir
No 73 OTU	RAF Abu Sueir
RAF Station Amman
No 3 (ME) Training School	RAF Amman
RAF Station Aqir
No 76 OTU	RAF Aqir
No 25 Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF Aqir
RAF Station Ballah
RAF (Middle East) Central Gunnery School	RAF Ballah
No 51 Air Gunner Initial Training School	RAF Ballah
No 13 Air Gunnery School	RAF Ballah
No 1 Mobile Service Unit (Torpedo)	Berka
RAF Station Ein Shemer
No 78 OTU	RAF Ein Shemer
RAF Station Gianaclis
No 75 (GR) OTU	RAF Gianaclis
HQ No 203 Group	RAF Heliopolis
Code and Cypher School	RAF Heliopolis
No 5 (Middle East) Aircrew Reception Centre	RAF Heliopolis
Middle East Signals School	RAF Helwan
RAF Station Ismailia
RAF Physical Training School	RAF Ismailia
No 71 OTU	RAF Ismailia
No 1 (ME) Air Crew Reception Centre	Jerusalem
No 1675 Heavy Conversion Unit	RAF Lydda
RAF Station Petah Tiqva
No 74 OTU	RAF Peta Tiqva
RAF Station Qastina
No 77 OTU	RAF Qastina
RAF Station Shallufa
Middle East Armament School	RAF Shallufa
No 5 (Middle East) Training School	RAF Shallufa
Flying Instructors Training School	RAF Shallufa
No 3 Mobile Service Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Shallufa
No 14 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Shallufa
RAF Station Shandur
No 21 Sector Operations Room	RAF Shandur
No 70 OTU	RAF Shandur
Marine Craft Unit	Suez

No 206 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Aboukir
No 103 Maintenance Unit	RAF Aboukir
No 8 Engine Repair Section	RAF Aboukir
No 24 Personnel Transit Centre	RAF Aboukir
No 126 Maintenance Unit	Abu Sultan
No 128 Maintenance Unit	Abu Sultan
RAF School of Cookery	Abu Sultan
Marine Craft Repair Section	Alexandria
No 1 (Middle East) MT Repair Unit	Alexandria
No 52 RAF MT Company - Detachment	Alexandria
No 51 RAF MT Company	Almaza
No 52 RAF MT Company	Almaza
No 102 Maintenance Unit	Amriya
Balloon and Oxygen Centre	Baalwa
'Z'  Hydrogen Plant	Baalwa
Base Salvage Unit - Detachment	Bersis
No 109 Maintenance Unit	Boulac
No 1 Engine Repair Section	Boulac
No 4 Engine Repair Section	Boulac
Base Salvage Unit - Detachment	Bu Amud
No 7 (Middle East) MT Repair Unit	Cairo
Air Publications Unit	Cairo
No 112 Maintenance Unit	El Agrud
No 108 Maintenance Unit	El Firdan
No 161 Maintenance Unit - Detachment	El Firdan
Master Provision Office	El Gedida
No 55 Embarkation Unit	Fanara
No 161 Maintenance Unit	Fayid
No 7 Engine Repair Section	Fayid
No 63 Repair and Salvage Unit	Fayid
No 135 Maintenance Unit	Gebel Hamsi	Also shown at RAF Masira
No 3225 Servicing Commando	Gebel Hamsi
RAF Station Heliopolis
HQ No 206 Group	RAF Heliopolis
No 1 British Airways  Repair Unit	RAF Heliopolis
RAF Tyre Reclamation Retreading Unit HQ	RAF Heliopolis
Engine Test Section	RAF Heliopolis
Air Supply Development Centre	RAF Heliopolis
Command Medical Board	RAF Heliopolis
Standing Committee for Adjustment	RAF Heliopolis
RAF Station Helwan
No 4 Field Force  HQ Signals Section	RAF Helwan
No 5 Field Force  HQ Signals Section	RAF Helwan
No 6 Field Force  HQ Signals Section	RAF Helwan
No 3 MT Base Depot	RAF Helwan
No 3 Signals Depot	RAF Helwan
No 132 Maintenance Unit	RAF Helwan
No 157 Maintenance Unit	RAF Helwan
No 158 Maintenance Unit	RAF Helwan
Base Salvage Unit	RAF Helwan
No 1 Royal Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	RAF Helwan
No 1 Section, No 1 Royal Hellenic Air Force Technical Unit	RAF Helwan
RAF School of Cookery	RAF Helwan
No 107 Maintenance Unit	Kasfareet
No 9 Engine Repair Section	Kasfareet
No 106 Maintenance Unit	Khanka
No 140 Maintenance Unit	Khataba
No 5 Engine Repair Section	Mansourah
No 101 Maintenance Unit	Masara
No 52 RAF MT Company - Detachment	Port Said
Marine Craft Unit	Port Said
No 5 Supply & Transport Column	Suez Road
No 111 Maintenance Unit	Tura
No 2 Engine Repair Section	Tura
No 3 Engine Repair Section	Tura
No 1 Radio Installation and Maintenance Unit	Tura

No 216 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 284 Wing	Algiers
No 216 Group Advanced HQ	Bari
No 25 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Bari
No 267 Sqn	Bari	Anson/Dakota
No 28 (SAAF) Sqn - Detachment	Bari	Anson/Dakota
No 16 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Benghazi	Also shown at RAF El Adem in AD EMed
No 15 Meteorological Forecast Unit	Berka Main
No 1 (ME) Check and Conversion Unit	Bilbeis
No 282 Wing	Cairo
Air Booking Centre	Cairo
RAF Station Cairo West
No 216 Sqn	RAF Cairo West	Anson/Dakota
No 1 Ferry Control	RAF Cairo West
No 21 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	RAF Cairo West
No 28 (SAAF) Sqn	Castel Benito	Anson
No 22 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Castel Benito
No 23 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Catania
Meteorological Forecast Unit	El Genina
No 1567 (Meteorological) Flt	El Genina
No 26 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Foggia
No 2 Air Despatch Unit (Middle East)	Gebel Hamzi
No 4 Ferry Control	RAF Habbaniya
No 216 Group	RAF Heliopolis
No 173 Sqn	RAF Heliopolis	Fairchild
No 1 Air Delivery Unit (ME)	RAF Heliopolis
No 20 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	RAF Heliopolis
No 29 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Maison Blanche
No 249 Wing	Naples
No 24 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Naples
No 21 Air Despatch and Reception Centre	Nicosia
No 28 (SAAF) Sqn - Detachment	Oujda	Anson/Dakota
No 1 Air Delivery Unit (ME)	Oujda
No 7 (ME) Ferry Control - Detachment	Port Lyautey
No 7 (ME) Ferry Control	Rabat Sale
No 28 Air Despatch and Reception Unit	Rabat Sale
No 3 (ME) Ferry Control	Sheik Othman
RAF Movements Detachment	Shellal
No 17 (SAAF) Sqn	St Jean	Ventura
No 4 Air Delivery Unit (Middle East)	Catania
RAF Movements Detachment	Wadi Halfa
RAF Station Wadi Saidna
No 2 (ME) Ferry Control	RAF Wadi Saidna
Meteorological Forecast Unit	RAF Wadi Saidna
Under No 1 (Middle East) Ferry Control
No 10 Staging Post	Cairo West
No 11 Staging Post	Mersa Matruh
No 12 Staging Post	El Adem
No 14 Staging Post	Lydda
No 15 Staging Post	Luxor
No 16 Staging Post	Marble Arch
No 17 Staging Post	Castel Benito
Under No 2 (Middle East) Ferry Control
No 20 Staging Post	Wadi Saidna
No 21 Staging Post	Atbara
No 22 Staging Post	Wadi Halfa
No 23 Staging Post	Asmara
No 24 Staging Post	El Fasher
No 25 Staging Post	El Genina
No 26 Staging Post	El Obeid
No 28 Staging Post	Malakal
No 29 Staging Post	Juba
Under No 3 (Middle East) Ferry Control
No 30 Staging Post	Sheikh Othman
No 33 Staging Post	Masira
Under No 4 (Middle East) Ferry Control
No 40 Staging Post	Habbaniya
No 41 Staging Post	H3
No 42 Staging Post	Shaibah
No 43 Staging Post	Bahrein
No 44 Staging Post	Sharjah
Under No 7 (Middle East) Ferry Control
No 61 Staging Post	El Ouina
No 62 Staging Post	Catania
No 63 Staging Post	Pomigliano
No 70 Staging Post - Detachment	Ras el Ma
No 70 Staging Post	Rabat Sale
No 71 Staging Post	Oujga
No 72 Staging Post	Maison Blanche

Air Formation Signals (MEC)

Units reduced to 'Number only' basis: -

 

No 213 Group

No 215 Group

No 238 Wing

No 241 Wing

No 243 Wing

No 263 Wing

No 147 Sqn

No 163 Sqn

No 2 (Yugo-Slav) Sqn

No 1433 Strategic Reconnaissance Flight

No 1434 Flight

No 1436 Balloon Flight

No 1438 Strategic Reconnaissance Flight

No 1411 Meteorological Flight

No 2 Air Stores Park

No 35 Air Stores Park

No 38 Air Stores Park

No 42 Air Stores Park

No 57 Refuelling and Re-arming Party

No 59 Refuelling and Re-arming Party

No 60 Refuelling and Re-arming Party

No 4 Repair and Salvage Unit

No 52 Repair and Salvage Unit

No 56 Repair and Salvage Unit

No 118 Maintenance Unit

No 137 Maintenance Unit

No 23 Embarkation Unit

No 48 Embarkation Unit

No 4 MT Repair Unit

No 6 Field Unit

No 8 Field Unit

No 23 Personnel Transit Centre

No 5 Beach Balloon Detachment

No 6 Beach Balloon Detachment

No 3 Sector Operations Room

No 4 Sector Operations Room

No 19 Sector Operations Room

No 20 Sector Operations Room

No 23 Sector Operations Room

No 25A Sector Operations Room

No 2 (ME) Training School

No 1 Middle East Signal Centre

No 2 Middle East Signal Centre

No 3 Middle East Signal Centre

No 4 Middle East Signal Centre

No 5 Middle East Signal Centre

No 36 ALG Signals Section

No 1 Anti-Malarial Unit

No 11 Anti-Malarial Unit

No 4 Field Hygiene Unit

No 100 Mobile Signals Unit

No 101 Mobile Signals Unit

No 102 Mobile Signals Unit

No 106 Mobile Signals Unit

No 202 Mobile Signals Unit

No 204 Mobile Signals Unit

No 223 Mobile Signals Unit

No 300 Mobile Signals Unit

No 305 Mobile Signals Unit

No 341 Mobile Signals Unit

No 342 Mobile Signals Unit

No 343 Mobile Signals Unit

No 400 Mobile Signals Unit

No 402 Mobile Signals Unit

No 404 Mobile Signals Unit

No 411 Mobile Signals Unit

No 500 Mobile Signals Unit

No 504 Mobile Signals Unit

No 507 Mobile Signals Unit

No 508 Mobile Signals Unit

No 611 Mobile Signals Unit

No 700 Mobile Signals Unit

No 701 Mobile Signals Unit

No 702 Mobile Signals Unit

No 709 Mobile Signals Unit

No 716 Mobile Signals Unit

No 725 Mobile Signals Unit

No 204 AMES

No 262 AMES

No 519 AMES

No 527 AMES

No 535 AMES

No 607 AMES

No 610 AMES

No 831 AMES

No 888 AMES

No 5049 AMES

No 5105 AMES

No 1 Wireless Unit

No 13 Wireless Unit

No 17 Wireless Unit

No 34 Wireless Unit

No 38 Wireless Unit

No 41 Wireless Unit

No 42 Wireless Unit

No 44 Wireless Unit

Source - February 1944 SD161

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