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Mesopotamian Wing Personnel, units and locations


[July 1920 | Aug 1920]

July 1920

Location Command Controlled
Baghdad Middle East Area
  • No 6 Squadron

    • HQ - Baghdad

    • 1 Flight - Baghdad

    • 1 Flight - Bushire

    • Detachment - Samawah

  • No 30 Squadron

    • HQ - Baghdad

    • 1 Flight - Baghdad

    • 1 Flight - Mosul

    • 1 Flight - Kasvin

  • Meteorological Station - Baghdad

  • Aircraft Park - Baghdad

  • Aircraft Park Detachment - Basrah

    • No 84 Squadron (forming) - Basrah

  • Meteorological Station - Bushire

  • Meteorological Station - Basrah

  • Meteorological Station - Shaibah

  • Base Record Office - Basheul

  • Central Air Communication Section - Shaibah

 

Rank Name Branch Date Notes
Wg Cdr Charles S Burnett    4 Apr 1920 Officer Commanding, CBE; later ACM
Sqn Ldr Owen T Boyd A 21 Jan 1920 OBE, MC, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr Egerton M Bettington T 27 Mar 1920 OBE
Sqn Ldr Charles W Nutting T 10 Jan 1920 DSC; later AVM
Flt Lt Vincent Buxton SO  2 Oct 1919 OBE
Flt Lt Nicholas W Wadham A  9 Feb 1920  
Flt Lt Arthur Roberts T 25 Mar 1920  
Flt Lt Dudley G Bourn Stores  6 Jan 1920  
Fg Off John Durward T  1 May 1919
Fg Off Richard C Jenkins A  4 Apr 1920 MC
Fg Off Frederick Petch Ad 25 Mar 1920 MBE
Fg Off Ivor M Rodney T xx xxx xxxx  
Fg Off Francis A O'Brien T 13 Feb 1920  
Medical Branch
Sqn Ldr Frederick C Johnson    8 Oct 1919  
Flt Lt Christopher T O'Neill 10 Feb 1920 MB
For Disposal
Sqn Ldr Edward A B Rice A  6 Apr 1920 MC; later AVM
Flt Lt Edward L P Morgan Ad 18 May 1920  
Flt Lt Evelyn C W Fitzherbert T 18 May 1920  
Act Flt Lt (Fg Off) Edward Meynell Ad  4 Apr 1920 DCM
Fg Off Noel L Desoer A 18 May 1920 later AVM
Fg Off Laurence W Allen T 13 Feb 1920 MC
Fg Off Henry F J Taylor Stores 27 Mar 1920  
Fg Off Norman Dainty Stores 18 May 1920  
Fg Off William Fenton T 27 Mar 1920  
Obs Off Walter G Jones O 18 May 1920  
Fg Off John Sewell T 27 Mar 1920  

Source - July 1920 Air Force List

August 1920

Location Command Controlled
Baghdad Middle East Area
  • No 6 Squadron

    • HQ - Baghdad

    • 1 Flight - Baghdad

    • 1 Flight - Bushire

    • 1 Flight - Ana

  • No 30 Squadron

    • HQ - Baghdad

    • 1 Flight - Baghdad

    • 1 Flight - Mosul

    • 1 Flight - Kasvin

    • Detachment - Samawah

  • Meteorological Station - Baghdad

  • Aircraft Park - Baghdad

  • Detachment (Port Depot)- Basrah

  • No 84 Squadron (forming) - Baghdad

  • Meteorological Station - Basrah

  • Meteorological Station - Shaibah

  • Base Record Office - Basheul

  • Central Air Communication Section - Shaibah

 

Rank Name Branch Date Notes
Wg Cdr Charles S Burnett    4 Apr 1920 Officer Commanding, CBE; later ACM
Sqn Ldr Egerton M Bettington T 27 Mar 1920 OBE
Sqn Ldr Charles W Nutting T 10 Jan 1920 DSC; later AVM
Flt Lt Nicholas W Wadham A  9 Feb 1920  
Flt Lt Arthur Roberts T 25 Mar 1920  
Flt Lt Dudley G Bourn Stores  6 Jan 1920  
Fg Off John Durward T  1 May 1919
Fg Off Richard C Jenkins A  4 Apr 1920 MC
Fg Off Frederick Petch Ad 25 Mar 1920 MBE
Fg Off Ivor M Rodney T xx xxx xxxx  
Fg Off Francis A O'Brien T 13 Feb 1920  
Fg Off John Sewell T  7 Jun 1920  
Medical Branch
Sqn Ldr Frederick C Johnson Med  8 Oct 1919  
Flt Lt Christopher T O'Neill Med 10 Feb 1920 MB
Flt Lt Frederick J Murphy Med xx xxx 1920 MB
For Disposal
Act Flt Lt (Fg Off) Edward Meynell Ad  4 Apr 1920 DCM

Source - August 1920 Air Force List

Redesignated Mesopotamian Group on 31 January 1921

Branches: A = Aeroplane, A & S = Aeroplane and Seaplane, Ad = Administrative, S = Seaplane, SO = Staff Officer, T = Technical.

[July 1920 | Aug 1920]

This page was last updated on 08/07/19

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