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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Mediterranean and Middle East - January 1947
[RAF Mediterranean and Middle East | AHQ Greece | AHQ Malta | RAF Italy | AHQ Levant | AHQ Iraq | AHQ East Africa | HQBF Aden | No 205 Group | Air Formation Signals]
HQ RAF Mediterranean and Middle East - Cairo
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Abu Sueir | RAF Station | |
| Athens | AHQ Greece | |
| Cairo | No 1 Base Personnel Office | |
| Cairo | Air Traffic HQ | |
| El Fasher | RAF Station Khartoum (Staging Post) (Detachment) | |
| El Geneina (Sudan) | RAF Station Khartoum (Staging Post) (Detachment) | |
| Habbaniya | AHQ Iraq | |
| Heliopolis | HQ, No 205 Group | |
| Ismailia | RAF Station | |
| Jerusalem | AHQ Levant | |
| Juba (Sudan) | RAF Unit (Staging Post) | |
| Khartoum (Sudan) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Khartoum (Sudan) | Khartoum Communication Flt | |
| Khartoum (Sudan) | Area Control Centre, Khartoum | |
| Khartoum (Sudan) | Liaison Works Officer | |
| Kufra | No 401 Meteorological Field Unit | |
| Malakal (Sudan) | RAF Unit (Staging Post) | |
| Nairobi | AHQ East Africa | |
| Naples | No 6 Base Personnel Office | |
| Shandur | RAF Medical Equipment Depot | |
| Steamer Point | HQ British Forces, Aden | |
| Udine | HQ RAF Italy | |
| Valetta | AHQ Malta | |
| Wadi Halfa (Sudan) | RAF Unit (Staging Post) | |
| Rabat (North Africa) | RAF Delegation (France), North Africa Section | Under the control of RAF Gibraltar |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Athens | No 373 Air Stores Park | |
| Athens | No 15 Flight (RAF Police) | |
| Calato (Rhodes) | No 124 Staging Post | |
| Hassani | AHQ Greece Communication Flight | |
| Hassani | No 373 Air Stores Park (AAP Detachment) | |
| Hassani | No 107 Staging Post | |
| Heraklion | No 59 Refuelling and Re-arming Party | |
| Piraeus | No 373 Air Stores Park (AAP Detachment) | |
| Sedes | RAF Liaison Section, 1st Hellenic Wing | |
| Sedes | No 107 Staging Post (Detachment) |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Benghaisa | Inter-Command W/T Station | |
| Castel Benito (Lybia) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Catania | No 52 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
| Elmas (Sardinia) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Elmas (Sardinia) | No 1 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
| Fort Lucien | No 137 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Repair Depot |
| Gozo | No 502 AMES | |
| Hal Far | Sector Operations Room | |
| Hal Far | No 73 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Hal Far | RAF Photographic Section | |
| Luqa | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Luqa | No 38 Sqn, 'A' Flight | Lancaster |
| Luqa | AHQ Malta Communication Flt | |
| Luqa | Area Control Centre, Malta | |
| Madalene | No 21021 AMES | |
| Madalene | No 21033 AMES | |
| Nalut (Tripoli) | No 123 Meteorological Field Unit | |
| Safi | No 137 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
| St Paul's Bay | St Paul's Bay Rest Camp | |
| Siggiewi | Inter-Command W/T Station | |
| Sirte (Tripoli) | No 122 Meteorological Field Unit | |
| Ta Silch | No 501 AMES | |
| Valetta | Superintending Engineer, AMWD | |
| Valetta | No 52 Embarkation Unit | |
| Valetta | RAF Central Meteorological Station | |
| Valetta | Marine Craft Unit | |
| Valetta | No 13 Flight (RAF Police) |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Baneasa, Bucharest (Romania) | No 125 Staging Post | |
| Bruck | No 10 HA W/T Station | |
| Caserta | RAF HQ, Italy | |
| Caserta | No 1 Field Hygiene Unit | |
| Caserta | No 56 Personnel Transit Centre | |
| Caserta | CMF Vocational Advice Centre | |
| Caserta | No 113 Maintenance Unit | |
| Caserta | No 11 Flight Detachment (RAF Police) | |
| Ciampino | RAF Unit (Staging Post) | |
| Grado | No 6562 AMES | |
| Graz | No 113 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | |
| Klagenfurt | No 8 Flight (RAF Police) | |
| Klagenfurt | RAF Station | |
| Klagenfurt | RAF Austria Communication Flight | |
| Klagenfurt | No 3 MT Light Repair Unit (Detachment) | |
| Lecce | Air Forces Sub-Commission Allied Commission (Detachment) | |
| Marcianese | AHQ Italy Communication Flight (Detachment) | |
| Mestre | No 15052 AMES | |
| Naples | No 61 Embarkation Unit | |
| Ranchi (Italy) | No 654 AOP Sqn | Auster |
| Rivolto | No 126 Maintenance Unit, No 10 AAP | |
| Rome | Air Forces Sub-Commission, Allied Commission | |
| Rome | RAF Movement Leave and Transit Camp | |
| Taranto | Air Forces Sub-Commission Allied Commission (Detachment) | |
| Taranto | No 93 Sqn | Mustang |
| Taranto | No 112 Sqn | Mustang |
| Taranto | No 250 Sqn | Mustang |
| Treviso | No 239 Fighter Wing | |
| Treviso | No 43 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Treviso | No 111 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Treviso | No 253 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Treviso | No 357 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Repair Unit |
| Treviso | No 11 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | |
| Treviso | HQ MedME Missing Research and Enquiry Service | |
| Treviso | No 59 Personnel Transit Centre, (Detachment) | |
| Treviso | No 11 Flight (RAF Police) | |
| Treviso | Oxygen Production Centre (CMF) | |
| Udine | No 225 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Udine | No 3 MT Light Repair Unit | |
| Udine | No 59 Personnel Transit Centre, (Detachment) | |
| Udine | No 58 MT Company | |
| Udine | No 10 Flight (RAF Police) | |
| Udine | No 276 Signals Unit (Detachment) | |
| Udine | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Udine | AHQ Italy Communication Flight | |
| Udine | CMF Vocational Advice Centre | |
| Udine | No 12 Meteorological Unit | |
| Udine | HQ, Provost and Security Unit, CMF | |
| Venice | No 6801 AMES | |
| Vienna | Air Division Allied Commission Austria (BE) | |
| Vienna | No 5 Mobile Micro Film Unit | |
| Vienna | No 8 Flight (RAF Police) (Detachment) | |
| Vienna | No 59 Personnel Transit Centre | |
| Zeemun (Belgrade) | No 130 Staging Post | |
| Zeltweg | No 126 Maintenance Unit, No 13 AAP | |
| Zeltweg | No 125 Mobile Meteorological Unit |
Command HQ - Jerusalem
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Acre (Palestine) | No 120 Maintenance Unit, 'X' Section (C & M basis) | |
| Amman (Palestine) | RAF Station | |
| Amman (Palestine) | No 2 General Service Training School | |
| Amman (Palestine) | RAF Physical Training School | |
| Amman (Palestine) | ME Officers' School of Administration | |
| Amman (Palestine) | No 2 School of Fire Fighting | |
| Aqir | RAF Station | |
| Aqir | No 160 Maintenance Unit | |
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Aqir |
No 113 Sqn | Halifax |
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Aqir |
No 9 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | |
| Aqir | No 26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | |
| Beit Daras | No 283 Wing (Airborne Forces) | |
| Beit Daras | RAF Station | |
| Ein Shemer | RAF Station | |
| Ein Shemer | Sector Operations Room (South) | |
| Ein Shemer | No 38 Sqn, 'B' Flight | Lancaster |
| Ein Shemer | No 208 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Ein Shemer | No 32 Sqn | Spitfire |
| Ein Shemer | No 13 Sqn | Mosquito |
| Ein Shemer | No 651 Sqn, 'A' Flight | Auster |
| Ein Shemer | No 1320 RAF Regiment Wing | |
| Ein Shemer | No 2864 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Ein Shemer | Levant Petrol, Oil and Lubricants Unit | |
| Gaza | RAF Station (C M basis) | |
| Haifa | No 3 Section, AMDGW, No 2 Works Area | |
| Haifa | No 582 AMES | |
| Jerusalem | No 2 Works Area (Levant) | |
| Jerusalem | Moral Leadership School | |
| Jerusalem | No 2 Field Hygiene Unit | |
| Jerusalem | RAF Unit | |
| Jerusalem | No 2788 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
| Jerusalem | No 12 Flight (RAF Police) | |
| Jerusalem | No 14 Flight (RAF Police) | |
| Jerusalem | DPM Levant | |
| Jerusalem | RAF Component, Joint Operations Room | |
| Latroun | RAF Moral Leadership Course (RC) | |
| Lydda | Levant Communication Flt | |
| Lydda | No 2898 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Lydda | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Lydda | No 211 Meteorological Field Unit | |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 6 Sqn | Hurricane |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | Section Office AMDGW, No 2 Works Area | |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 11 Flying Instructors' School | |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | Sector Operations Room (North) | |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 213 Sqn | |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 826 AMES | |
| Petah Tiqva (Palestine) | No 651 Sqn, HQ | |
| Petah Tiqva (Palestine) | No 651 Sqn, 'B' Flight | |
| Quastina | RAF Station (C & M basis) | |
| Quastina | No 2701 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
| Ramat David | RAF Station | |
| Ramat David | No 2721 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
| Ramleh | RAF Station | |
| Ramleh | WAAF Homecrafts Training Centre | |
| Ramleh | No 121 Personnel Dispersal Centre (Palestinian) | |
| Ramleh | No 2702 Field Sqn RAF Regiment | |
| Ramleh | No 6 Engine Repair Section | |
| Ras el Ain | No 1319 RAF Regiment Wing | |
| Ras el Ain | No 2717 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Ras el Ain | No 2899 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Ras el Ain | No 120 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Holding Depot |
| Rehovoth | No 1 Section, AMDGW, No 2 Works Area | |
| Tel Aviv | No 2 Section, AMDGW, No 2 Works Area | |
| Tel Litwinsky | No 3 RAF Hospital | |
| Tel Litwinsky | No 5 MT Repair Unit | |
| Tel Litwinsky | No 3 Anti-Malarial Control Unit | |
| Wadi Ysara | No 120 Maintenance Unit, 'X' Section |
Command HQ - Habbaniya
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Baghdad (Iraq) | AHQ Iraq (Detachment) | |
| Baghdad (Iraq) | Combined Intelligence Centre | |
| Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | No 5 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
| Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Basrah (Iraq) | RAF Station | |
| Basrah (Iraq) | Marine Craft Section | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | Iraq Communication Flt | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 134 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 6 RAF Hospital | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Levies HQ | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 1 (Depot) Battalion, RAF Levies | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 2 Battalion, RAF Levies | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 115 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | Area Control Centre, Iraq | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 9 Flight (RAF Police) | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | APM, Iraq | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 249 Sqn (Cadre) | Mosquito |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | Air Transport Unit | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 276 Signals Unit | |
| Shaibah (Iraq) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Shaibah (Iraq) | No 134 Maintenance Unit 'S' (Detachment) | Repair Depot |
| Shaibah (Iraq) | No 5 Battalion, RAF Levies | |
| Sharjah (Iraq) | RAF Station (Staging Post) |
Command HQ - Nairobi
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Eastleigh | RAF Station | |
| Eastleigh | East Africa Communication Flt | |
| Eastleigh | Area Control Centre (East Africa) | |
| Eastleigh | No 1 Section, AMDGW, No 3 Works Area | |
| Eastleigh | No 2 Section, AMDGW, No 3 Works Area | |
| Gilgil | No 105 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Ammunition Depot |
| Kisumu | RAF Station | |
| Kisumu | Flying Boat Repair Base | |
| Mogadishu | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
| Mombasa | RAF Station | |
| Mombasa | Marine Craft Section | |
| Nairobi | No 7 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
| Nairobi | No 3 Works Area (East Africa) | |
| Thika | No 105 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
HQ British Forces in Aden (Med/ME)
Command HQ - Steamer Point
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) | RAF Station Khormaksar Detachment | |
| Asmara (Eritrea) | RAF Component, No 182 Leave and Transit Camp | |
| Hargeisa (British Somaliland) | RAF Station Steamer Point Signals Detachment | |
| Khormaksar | RAF Station | |
| Khormaksar | HQ BF Aden Communication Flt | |
| Khormaksar | No 8 Sqn | Mosquito |
| Khormaksar | Marine Craft Unit, Aden | |
| Masira Island | RAF Station (C & M basis) | |
| Riyan (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
| Salalah (Saudi Arabia) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
| Sheikh O'thman | RAF Unit (Staging Post) | |
| Sheikh O'thman | Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Steamer Point | RAF Station | |
| Steamer Point | Equipment and Supply Depot, Aden | |
| Steamer Point | No 50 Embarkation Unit | |
| Steamer Point | No 7 RAF Hospital | |
| Steamer Point | No 11 RAF Postal HQ (British Forces, Aden) | |
| Steamer Point | No 6 Works Area | |
| Steamer Point | Area Control Centre, Southern Arabia | |
| Steamer Point | APM, Aden | |
| Steamer Point | No 17 Flight (RAF Police) | |
| Wali Road | No 4001 RAF Regiment Armoured Flight |
HQ - Heliopolis
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Abbassia | No 5 RAF Hospital | |
| Aboukir | RAF Station (C & M basis) | |
| Aboukir | Aeronautical Inspection Services Test House | |
| Aboukir | No 4 Section, AMDGW, No 1 Works Area | |
| Abu Sultan | No 128 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
| Almaza | No 22 Personnel Transit Centre | |
| Almaza | No 1 (ME) Meteorological Unit | |
| Almaza | No 51 RAF MT Company | |
| Almaza | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company (Detachment) | |
| Almaza | No 133 Staging Post | |
| Almaza | No 205 Group Detachment 'B' | |
| Almaza | RAF Section, Almaza Airport | |
| Baalwa | 'Z' Hydrogen Plant (C & M Basis) | |
| Baalwa | No 3 Storage Unit (MT) | |
| Benghazi (Libya) | No 4 Works Area (Libya) | |
| Benina (Libya) | RAF Station | |
| Berka (Libya) | RAF Station Benina (Detachment) | |
| Blackbushe (UK) | No 205 Group Detachment 'A' | |
| Castel Benito (Libya) | No 1 Section AMDGW, No 4 Works Area | |
| Cairo | No 1 Aeronautical Inspection Services Unit | |
| Cairo | Wellington House | |
| Cairo | WAAF Leave House | |
| Cairo | No 6 RAF Postal HQ | |
| Cairo | Air Booking Centre | |
| Cairo | Provost HQ (Middle East) | |
| Cairo | No 1 Flight (Provost) | |
| Cairo | No 2 Flight (Provost) | |
| Cairo | No 3 Flight (Provost) | |
| Cairo | No 4 Flight (Provost) | |
| RAF Cairo West | RAF Station (Staging Post) (C & M Basis) | |
| Derna | Rest and Leave Camp | |
| Deversoir | RAF Station | |
| Deversoir | No 2 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
| Deversoir | Middle East Interpretation Unit | |
| El Adem (Libya) | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company (Detachment) | |
| El Adem (Libya) | German POW Company, RAF Component | |
| El Adem (Libya) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| El Firdan | No 51 RAF MT Company (Detachment) | |
| El Firdan | RAF Station (No 10 MT Repair Unit) | |
| El Gedida | RAF Station | |
| El Gedida | Master Provision Office | |
| El Gedida | Base Accounts Office | |
| El Gedida | Standing Committee of Adjustment | |
| El Hagg | No 2 W/T Transmitting Station | |
| Farmagusta (Cyprus) | No 20 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
| Fanara | Marine Craft Section | |
| Fanara | RAF Station (C & M basis) | |
| Fayid | No 205 Group Communication Flight | |
| Fayid | No 216 Sqn | Dakota |
| Fayid | RAF Station | |
| Fayid (South) | No 109 Maintenance Unit | Repair Unit |
| Fort Agrud | No 112 Maintenance Unit 'X' Section | |
| Gebel Hamzi | No 135 Maintenance Unit (C & M basis) | Aircraft Storage Depot |
| Haifa | No 20 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
| Heliopolis | RAF Station | |
| Heliopolis | Command Medical Board | |
| Heliopolis | Middle East Air Traffic Control School | |
| Heliopolis | Med/ME Communication Sqn | Fairchild |
| Heliopolis | Air Publications Unit | |
| Heliopolis | No 1 Works Area (Egypt) | |
| Heliopolis | No 1 Section, AMDGW, No 1 Works Area | |
| Heliopolis | Works Provisioning Dept | |
| Heliopolis | Area Control Centre, Egypt | |
| Heliopolis | Air Freight Section | |
| Heliopolis | No 216 Group C & M Party | |
| Heliopolis | Air Traffic HQ (Ranad Section) | |
| Ismailia | RAF Station | |
| Ismailia | No 135 Maintenance Unit(Detachment) (C & M basis) | Aircraft Storage Depot |
| Ismailia | HQ, No 231 Transport Wing | |
| Ismailia | No 78 Sqn | Dakota |
| Kaffr el Farouk | Telecommunications Centre ME | |
| Kasfareet | No 21 Personnel Transit Centre | |
| Kasfareet | No 3 Section, AMDGW, No 1 Works Area | |
| Kasfareet | No 4 Release Embarkation Unit | |
| Kasfareet | No 107 Maintenance Unit (EHD & RD) | |
| Kasfareet | RAF Regiment Instructors' Unit | |
| Khanka | No 106 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Mariut | No 10 (Middle East) MT Repair Unit (Detachment) | |
| Mariut | AHQ E Med Communication Flight (Detachment) | |
| Masara | No 101 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
| Port Faud | RAF (Med/ME) School of Cookery | |
| Port Said | No 20 Embarkation Unit | |
| Port Said | Marine Craft Unit | |
| Port Said | No 51 RAF MT Company (Detachment) | |
| Port Tewfik | No 20 Embarkation Unit (Detachment) | |
| Shallufa | RAF Station (C & M basis) | |
| Shallufa | No 236 (Heavy Bomber) Wing | |
| Shallufa | No 40 Sqn (Cadre) | Lancaster |
| Shallufa | No 104 Sqn (Cadre) | Lancaster |
| Shallufa | No 37 Sqn (Cadre) | Lancaster |
| Shallufa | No 70 Sqn (Cadre) | Lancaster |
| Shallufa | No 2 ME Fuel Transport Company | |
| Wadi Ysara | No 112 Maintenance Unit | |
| Wadi Ysara | No 51 RAF MT Company (Detachment) |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Cairo | CAFSO, Med/ME | |
| Ein Shemer | 2 Company, No 4 AFS | |
| Fayid | 3 Company, No 4 AFS | |
| Jerusalum | UHQ, No 4 AFS | |
| Maadi | UHQ, No 18 AFS | |
| Maadi | No 1 Company, No 18 AFS | |
| Maadi | No 2 Company, No 18 AFS | |
| Maadi | No 3 Company, No 18 AFS | |
| Moascar | 1 Company, No 4 AFS | |
| Udine | UHQ, No 8 AFS | |
| Udine | 1 Company, No 8 AFS | |
| Udine | 3 Company, No 8 AFS | |
| Udine | 2 Company, No 8 AFS |
Source - SD161 (76th Edition) - January 1947
[RAF Mediterranean and Middle East | AHQ Greece | AHQ Malta | RAF Italy | AHQ Levant | AHQ Iraq | AHQ East Africa | HQBF Aden | No 205 Group | Air Formation Signals]
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