Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Middle East Air Force- September 1950
[Middle East Air Force | Greece | AHQ Malta | AHQ Iraq | AHQ East Africa | HQBF Aden | No 205 Group | Air Formation Signals]
HQ Middle East Air Force- Ismailia/Abu Sueir
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Abu Sueir | HQ MEAF (Admin & Org) | |
Abu Sueir | RAF Station | |
Abu Sueir | No 1 Base Personnel Office | |
Abu Sueir | Base Accounts Office | |
Abu Sueir | RAF Medical Equipment Depot | |
Ismailia | HQ MEAF (Air Staff) | |
Ismailia | RAF Station | |
Ismailia | No 3 Wing, RAF Police | |
Ismailia | No 1 ME Meteorological Unit | |
Ismailia | Telecommunications Centre HQ, MEAF | |
Ismailia | Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone) | |
Ismailia | HQ MEAF Communication Flight | Various |
Ismailia | Air Defence Operation Centre | |
Ismailia | No 1 Flight, RAF Police | |
Ismailia | No 2 Flight, RAF Police | |
Ismailia | No 5 Flight, RAF Police | |
Ismailia | RAF Police School |
RAF Delegation to Greece (MEAF) - Athens (Under Functional and Policy control of Air Ministry)
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Athens | No 12 Flight, RAF Police (Detachment) | |
Ellenikon | RAF Delegation Communication Flight | |
Ellenikon | No 4 District HQ, RAF Police (Detachment) |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Benina (Cyrenaica) | RAF Station | |
Castel Benito (Tripolitania) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Castel Benito (Tripolitania) | No 651 (AOP) Sqn, HQ | |
Castel Benito (Tripolitania) | No 1908 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Castel Benito (Tripolitania) | No 3651 Mobile Servicing Section | |
Dingli | AME Station | |
El Adem | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
El Adem | No 14 Flight, RAF Police (Detachment) | |
Fort Lucien | No 397 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | Repair Depot |
Gozo | AME Station (C & M) | |
Luqa | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Luqa | No 37 Sqn | Lancaster |
Luqa | No 38 Sqn | Lancaster |
Luqa | AHQ Malta Communication Flt | |
Luqa | Area Traffic Control Centre, Malta | |
Marsaxlokk | Rest and Leave Camp | |
Marsaxlokk | Marine Craft Section | |
Safi | RAF Station | |
Safi | No 137 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
Safi | No 397 Maintenance Unit | |
Safi | No 2 Mobile Oxygen Unit | |
St Paul's Bay | St Paul's Bay Rest Camp | |
Siggiewi | RAF Signals Unit, Malta | |
Ta Kali (RNAS) | RAF Unit | |
Ta Kali (RNAS) | No 73 Sqn | Vampire |
Ta Silch | AME Station | |
Valetta | No 52 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Valetta | No 14 Flight, RAF Police | |
Valetta | No 6 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Wardia | AME Station |
Command HQ - Habbaniya
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Amman (Transjordan) | RAF Station | |
Amman (Transjordan) | No 21 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Amman (Transjordan) | No 19 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Amman (Transjordan) | No 4001 Armoured Car Flight, RAF Regiment | |
Baghdad (Iraq) | AHQ Iraq (Detachment) | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | No 5 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Basrah (Iraq) | Base Supply Depot | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 84 Sqn | Brigand (on attachment to FEAF) |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Iraq Communication Flt | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Hospital | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 115 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Area Traffic Control Centre, Habbaniya | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 9 Flight, RAF Police | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 3 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 3 Mobile Oxygen Unit | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Post Office | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Rest and Leave Camp | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 2 Armoured Car Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service | |
Mafraq (Iraq) | RAF Amman Detachment | |
Mauripur (Pakistan) | RAF Staging Post | |
Ser Amadi | No 23 Rest and Leave Camp | |
Shaibah (Iraq) | RAF Station (C & M) | |
Shaibah (Iraq) | No 3 Flight, RAF Police | |
Shaibah (Iraq) | RAF Post Office | |
Sharjah (Trucial Oman) | RAF Station (Staging Post) |
Command HQ - RAF Eastleigh
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Eastleigh | RAF Station | |
Eastleigh | East Africa Communication Flt | |
Eastleigh | Area Traffic Control Centre (East Africa) | |
Eastleigh | No 4 Mobile Oxygen Unit | |
Eastleigh | No 7 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Eastleigh | No 5 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Eastleigh | Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service | |
Mombasa | RAF Station | |
Mombasa | Marine Craft Section | |
Mombasa | No 396 Maintenance Unit |
HQ British Forces in Aden (MEAF)
Command HQ - Steamer Point
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Asmara (Eritrea) | RAF Station Steamer Point (Detachment) | |
Asmara (Eritrea) | No 1910 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
Asmara (Eritrea) | No 7 Flight, RAF Police (Detachment) | |
Asmara (Eritrea) | RAF Component, No 182 Leave and Transit Camp | |
Hargeisa (British Somaliland) | RAF Station Khormaksar (Detachment) | |
Isthmus (Aden) | RAF 'X' Group | |
Khormaksar | RAF Station | |
Khormaksar | No 8 Sqn | Brigand |
Khormaksar | HQ BF Aden Communication Flt | |
Khormaksar | Marine Craft Unit, Aden | |
Khormaksar | Area Traffic Control Centre | |
Khormaksar | No 20 RAF Regiment Wing | |
Khormaksar | No 58 Rifle Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Maala | RAF Supply Depot | |
Masira (Muscat) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Riyan | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Salalah (Muscat) | RAF Unit (C & M basis) | |
Sheikh Othman | RAF Station Khormaksar (Detachment) | |
Steamer Point | RAF Station | |
Steamer Point | No 50 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Steamer Point | RAF Hospital | |
Steamer Point | Military Diary Farm | |
Steamer Point | No 114 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Steamer Point | No 2 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Steamer Point | No 7 Flight, RAF Police | |
Steamer Point | Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service | |
Singapore Lines | No 66 Rifle Sqn RAF Regiment |
HQ - Fayid
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Abu Sueir | No 107 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | |
Abu Sultan | No 128 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
Abyad | No 109 Maintenance Unit | |
Abyad | MEAF Radio Fitting Unit | |
Cairo | Air Movements Liaison Section ABC | |
Cairo | No 2 Flight, RAF Police (Detachment) | |
Deversoir | RAF Station | |
Deversoir | No 324 Wing | |
Deversoir | No 6 Sqn | Tempest |
Deversoir | No 6006 Servicing Echelon | |
Deversoir | No 213 Sqn | Tempest |
Deversoir | No 6213 Servicing Echelon | |
Deversoir | No 249 Sqn | Tempest |
Deversoir | No 6249 Servicing Echelon | |
Deversoir | Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Centre (ME) | |
Deversoir | No 2 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Deversoir | No 2 School of Hygiene | |
El Firdan | No 9 MT Base Depot | |
El Hamra | RAF Station | |
El Hamra | No 56 Rifle Sqn RAF Regiment | |
El Hamra | No 62 Rifle Sqn RAF Regiment | |
El Hamra | No 6 Flight, RAF Police | |
El Hamra | No 1 District HQ, RAF Police | |
El Hamra | No 51 MT Company | |
El Hamra | RAF Regiment Instructors' School | |
El Hamra | Air Publications and Forms Centre | Under the control of HQ MEAF |
Fanara | RAF Station | |
Fanara | MEAF Marine Craft Repair Unit | |
Fayid | RAF Station | |
Fayid | No 13 Sqn | Mosquito |
Fayid | No 39 Sqn | Mosquito |
Fayid | No 208 Sqn | Spitfire |
Fayid | No 683 Sqn | Lancaster |
Fayid | No 1 Flight, RAF Police (Detachment) | |
Fayid | RAF Hospital | |
Fayid | Command Medical Board (MEAF) | |
Fayid | RAF Regional Education Centre | |
Fayid | MEAF Mobile Catering Instructional Team | |
Fayid | Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service | |
Fayid | Civil Cantonment | |
Ismailia | No 107 Maintenance Unit (Detachment) | |
Kabrit | RAF Station | |
Kabrit | Special Communication Sqn | |
Kabrit | No 78 Sqn | Valetta |
Kabrit | No 216 Sqn | Valetta |
Kabrit | No 70 Sqn | Valetta |
Kabrit | No 114 Sqn | Valetta |
Kabrit | No 204 Sqn | Valetta |
Kabrit | 15307 AMES | |
Kabrit | 21078 AMES | |
Kasfareet | No 107 Maintenance Unit (EHD & RD) | |
Kasfareet | RAF Police Dog School | |
Kasfareet | No 1 Aeronautical Inspection Services Test Centre | |
Kasfareet | No 1 Mobile Oxygen Unit | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | Area Traffic Control Centre | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | No 7 Flight, RAF Police (Detachment) | |
Khartoum (Sudan) | Tropical Experimental Unit | Functionally controlled by MoS |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | RAF Station | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 32 Sqn | Vampire |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 26 Armament Practice Camp | Beaufighter/Meteor |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 4 District HQ, RAF Police | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 12 Flight, RAF Police | |
Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 826 AMES (C & M) | |
Port Said | No 20 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Port Said | No 10 Flight, RAF Police | |
Port Said | No 51 MT Company (Detachment) | |
Port Tewfik | No 20 Movements Unit (Embarkation) (Detachment) | |
Shallufa | RAF Station | |
Shallufa | MEAF Target Towing Unit | |
Tineh Bay | MEAF Instrument Training Flight | Harvard |
Tineh Bay | Air Weapons Range |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Abyad | 4th Independent AF Signal Sqn | |
Fayid | HQ, No 4 AF Signal Regiment | |
Fayid | No 39 Wing Signal Troop | |
Fayid | No 50 Wing Signal Troop | |
Fayid | No 4 Technical Maintenance Troop | |
Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 64 Wing Signal Troop | |
Ismailia | No 36 Wing Signal Troop | |
Kasfareet | No 71 Construction Troop | |
Steamer Point (Aden) | No 65 Wing Signal Troop |
Source - SD161 (120th Edition) - September 1950
[Middle East Air Force | Greece | AHQ Malta | AHQ Iraq | AHQ East Africa | HQBF Aden | No 205 Group | Air Formation Signals]
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