Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
RAF Base and Stores Depot - Iraq
It was probably formed on 1 May 1927 by redesignating Stores Depot, Iraq.
| Location | Command/Group |
| Basrah, Iraq | Iraq Command |
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| Wg Cdr | Eric R C Nanson |
1 May 1927 |
Officer Commanding, DSC, AFC |
| General Duties Branch | |||
| Flt Lt | Lynden C Wynne-Tyson | 1 May 1927 | |
| Hon Flt Lt | William F Humphrey | 1 May 1927 | |
| Fg Off | Hammon J Paine | 1 May 1927 | |
| Fg Off | Richard J E Haynes | 1 May 1927 | |
| Fg Off | Maurice H Ely | 1 May 1927 | |
| Fg Off | Alfred W Rowbotham | 1 May 1927 | |
| Stores Branch | |||
| Sqn Ldr | William C Clark | 1 May 1927 | |
| Flt Lt | Thomas E Drowley | 1 May 1927 | later AVM |
| Flt Lt | Charles E Norris | 1 May 1927 | OBE |
| Fg Off | Frank W Taylor | 1 May 1927 | |
| Fg Off | Albert J Cox | 1 May 1927 | MBE |
| Fg Off | Alfred J Walker | 1 May 1927 | |
| Fg Off | George H Doveton | 1 May 1927 | |
| Fg Off | Edward J Fishenden | 1 May 1927 | |
| Accountant Branch | |||
| Flt Lt | 1 May 1927 | later A/Cdre | |
| Fg Off | Bernard L Blofeld | 1 May 1927 | later A/Cdre |
| Medical Branch | |||
| Fg Off | Frederick W Goodread | 1 May 1927 | |
| Chaplains Branch | |||
| Rev | Ralph M Bankes-Jones | 1 May 1927 | MA |
Source - Air Force List July 1927
| Location | Command/Group |
| Basrah, Iraq | Iraq Command |
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| General Duties Branch | |||
| Wg Cdr | Eric R C Nanson |
1 May 1927 |
Officer Commanding, DSC, AFC |
| Flt Lt | Lynden C Wynne-Tyson | 1 May 1927 | |
| Flt Lt | Maurice H Ely | 1 May 1927 | |
| Fg Off | Hammon J Paine | 1 May 1927 | |
| Fg Off | Richard J E Haynes | 1 May 1927 | |
| Stores Branch | |||
| Sqn Ldr | William C Clark | 1 May 1927 | |
| Flt Lt | Charles E Norris | 1 May 1927 | OBE |
| Fg Off | George H Doveton | 1 May 1927 | |
| Accountant Branch | |||
| Fg Off | Harold J Titherington | 13 Oct 1927 | |
| Chaplains Branch | |||
| Rev | John A Jagoe | 3 Dec 1927 | MA |
Source - Air Force List July 1928
It appears to have closed before July 1929.
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