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Palestine Group Personnel, units and locations

[Jul 1920 | Aug 1920 | Apr 1921 | Jul 1921]

July 1920

Location Command Controlled
Ismailia, Egypt Middle East Area

  • No 14 Squadron

    • HQ - Ramleh

    • 1 Flight - Damascus

    • 1 Flight - Aleppo

  • No 208 Squadron

    • HQ - Ismailia

    • 2 Flight - Ismailia

    • 1 Flight - Ramleh

  • No 55 Squadron - Suez

  • No 216 Squadron - Kantara

  • Meteorological Station - Damascus

 

Rank Name Branch Date Notes
Wg Cdr Stuart Grant-Dalton   19 Mar 1920 Officer Commanding, DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr Dermott L Allen A  2 Jun 1920 AFC
Sqn Ldr Donald E Stodart A 21 May 1920 DSO, DFC
Flt Lt Saward N Cole T  2 Jun 1920  
Flt Lt John H Norton A 28 Aug 1919 MC, DFC
Fg Off Christopher H Tancred Ad 16 Apr 1919 MBE
Fg Off Leslie M Iles A 13 May 1920 AFC; later AVM
Fg Off Harry Bligh A  1 Jun 1920  
Fg Off Samuel A Turner T 23 Mar 1919 MBE
Fg Off Charles J Poole T xx xxx xxxx  
Fg Off George J R Muschamp A  1 Jun 1920  
Obs Off Harold Stanners O  2 Feb 1920 MM
Fg Off George L G Watson T 15 Dec 1919  
Fg Off Charles C Gissing T 16 Feb 1920  
Fg Off William J Cooke A & S  1 Jun 1920  
Plt Off Arthur C Smith T 27 Sep 1919  
Medical Officer
Act Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt) Patrick C Kempson Med  7 Feb 1919 MB, BA

Source - July 1920 Air Force List

August 1920

Location Command Controlled
Ismailia, Egypt Middle East Area

  • No 14 Squadron - Ramleh

  • No 208 Squadron - Ismailia

  • No 216 Squadron - Abu Sueir

  • Meteorological Station - Damascus

 

Rank Name Branch Date Notes
Wg Cdr Stuart Grant-Dalton   19 Mar 1920 Officer Commanding, DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr Dermott L Allen A  2 Jun 1920 AFC
Sqn Ldr Donald E Stodart A 21 May 1920 DSO, DFC
Flt Lt Charles H Elliott-Smith A 25 Jun 1920 AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Saward N Cole T  2 Jun 1920  
Flt Lt John H Norton A 28 Aug 1919 MC, DFC
Fg Off Christopher H Tancred Ad 16 Apr 1919 MBE
Fg Off Samuel A Turner T 23 Mar 1919 MBE
Fg Off Charles J Poole T xx xxx xxxx  
Fg Off Charles C Gissing T 16 Feb 1920  
Fg Off George L G Watson T 15 Dec 1919  
Obs Off Arthur Neeson O 25 Jun 1920  
Plt Off Arthur C Smith T 27 Sep 1919  
Medical Branch
Act Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt) Patrick C Kempson Med  7 Feb 1919 MB, BA
Flt Lt Thomas R S Thompson Med  4 Jun 1920 MB
Capt Frank K Tomlinson Med   Attached for duty with RAF from RAMC

Source - August 1920 Air Force List

April 1921

Location Command Controlled
Ismailia, Egypt Middle East Area

  • No 14 Squadron - Ramleh

  • No 208 Squadron - Moascar

    • Detachment - Suez

  • No 216 Squadron - Abu Sueir

    • Detachment - Kantara

 

Rank Name Branch Date Notes
Gp Capt Ulrick J D Bourke    5 Nov 1920 Officer Commanding, CMG
Wg Cdr George I Carmichael   27 Aug 1920 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr Peregrine F M Fellowes    6 Dec 1920 DSO; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Ernest V S Wilberforce S  29 Dec 1920 AFC
Flt Lt Charles H Elliott-Smith A 25 Jun 1920 AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Kenneth H Riversdale-Elliott A 20 Dec 1920  
Flt Lt Saward N Cole T  2 Jun 1920  
Flt Lt Victor R Gibbs A 16 Mar 1920 DSC
Fg Off Christopher H Tancred Ad 16 Apr 1919 MBE
Fg Off George L G Watson T 15 Dec 1919  
Obs Off Arthur Neeson O 25 Jun 1920  
Fg Off Gilbert Lambourne T  5 Nov 1920  
Stores Officer
Fg Off

Francis A Skoulding

 Stores 22 Apr 1920 later A/Cdre

Source - April 1921 Air Force List

July 1921

Location Command Controlled
Ismailia, Egypt Middle East Area

  • No 14 Squadron - Ramleh

  • No 208 Squadron - Moascar

  • No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Suier

  • Care and Maintenance Party - Suez

  • Care and Maintenance Party - Kantara

 

Rank Name Branch Date Notes
Gp Capt Ulrick J D Bourke    5 Nov 1920 Officer Commanding, CMG
Wg Cdr George I Carmichael   27 Aug 1920 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr Peregrine F M Fellowes    6 Dec 1920 DSO; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Ernest V S Wilberforce S  29 Dec 1920 AFC
Sqn Ldr Charles H Elliott-Smith A 25 Jun 1920 AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Saward N Cole T  2 Jun 1920  
Flt Lt Kenneth H Riversdale-Elliott A 20 Dec 1920  
Flt Lt Victor R Gibbs A 16 Mar 1920 DSC
Fg Off George L G Watson T 15 Dec 1919  
Obs Off Arthur Neeson O 25 Jun 1920  
Fg Off Gilbert Lambourne T  5 Nov 1920  
Stores Officer
Fg Off Ernest F Elliott Stores  3 Feb 1921  

Source - July 1921 Air Force List

Reduced to Wing status as Palestine Wing on 1 April 1922

Branches: A = Aeroplane, A & S = Aeroplane and Seaplane.

[Jul 1920 | Aug 1920 | Apr 1921 | Jul 1921]

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