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Former command of the Royal Air Force
Middle East Command was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) that was active during the Second World War. It had been preceded by RAF Middle East, which
RAF_Middle_East_Command
British Army command defending the Middle East
Middle East Command, later Middle East Land Forces, was a British Army Command established prior to the Second World War in Egypt. Its primary role was
Middle_East_Command
British Forces stationed in the Aden Protectorate
was renamed Near East Command. On 1 March 1961 British Forces Arabian Peninsula was renamed, again, this time as Middle East Command (Aden). The senior
British_Forces_Aden
Allied tactical air unit during World War II
was an Allied tactical air force created from No. 204 Group RAF under RAF Middle East Command in North Africa in 1941 to provide close air support to the
Desert_Air_Force
Royal Air Force officer (1890-1967)
During World War II, as Air Officer Commanding of the RAF Middle East Command, Tedder directed RAF air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, including
Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder
Arthur_Tedder,_1st_Baron_Tedder
Military unit
in RAF Middle East Command and served in Sicily and Italy. No. 3232 Servicing Commando was formed in April 1942 from men serving in RAF Middle East Command
Royal_Air_Force_Commandos
British Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1893–1969)
Luftwaffe. Douglas went on to be Air Officer Commanding in Chief of RAF Middle East Command in which role he was an advocate of Operation Accolade, a planned
Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside
Sholto_Douglas,_1st_Baron_Douglas_of_Kirtleside
Air Force Communication Wing RAF, was established on 31 March 1945, and disbanded only three and a half months later at RAF Buckeburg on 15 July 1945, by
List of Royal Air Force Communication units
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Communication_units
Former command of the Royal Air Force
Near East Air Force, more simply known as RAF Near East Air Force (RAF NEAF), was the command (military formation) that ran all Royal Air Force (RAF) operations
Near East Air Force (Royal Air Force)
Near_East_Air_Force_(Royal_Air_Force)
Former command of the Royal Air Force
RAF Ferry Command was the secretive Royal Air Force command formed on 20 July 1941 to ferry urgently needed aircraft from their place of manufacture in
RAF_Ferry_Command
Royal Air Force command in charge of British forces in Iraq (1922–1941)
Iraq Command was the Royal Air Force (RAF) commanded inter-service command in charge of British forces in Iraq in the 1920s and early 1930s, during the
RAF_Iraq_Command
Royal Air Force group
February 1943, Air HQ East Africa was a sub-command of RAF Middle East Command, itself a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command. Source: Richards,
No._207_Group_RAF
New Zealand soldier, aviator and former Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1892–1975)
transferred to Cairo as a technical staff officer at the headquarters of RAF Middle East Command. In October 1924 he was switched to air staff duties. He became
Keith_Park
Military unit
sub-command of RAF Middle East Command and its successors. RAF Middle East Command became a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command in February 1943
AHQ_Levant
Military unit
The Mediterranean Air Command (MAC) was a World War II Allied air force command that was active in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War
Mediterranean_Air_Command
Former command of the Royal Air Force
RAF Transport Command was a Royal Air Force command that controlled all transport aircraft of the RAF. It was established on 25 March 1943 by the renaming
RAF_Transport_Command
Military unit
Headquarters East Africa (or AHQ East Africa) was a command of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) formed on 19 October 1940 by expanding AHQ RAF Nairobi. On
Air_Headquarters_East_Africa
Unit of the Royal Australian Air Force that served during World War II
Baltimores. In February, it became part of 201 Group, RAF Middle East Command based at LG.91 RAF El Amiriya in Egypt, and became a maritime patrol squadron
No._454_Squadron_RAAF
Former Royal Air Force operations group
Fighter) Group within RAF Middle East Command. No 211 Group or No. 211 (Medium Bomber) Group was a Group of the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed on 10 December
No._211_Group_RAF
was active from 1961 to as late as 1977. In 1959 Middle East Command was divided into two commands split by the Suez Canal. The two parts were British
Near_East_Command
Former Royal Air Force operations group
Group RAF was formed on 18 September 1939 from General Reconnaissance Group, Middle East of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The group was initially commanded by
No._201_Group_RAF
British Royal Air Force officer (1885-1970)
rank in the Royal Air Force. He was Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Middle East Command from 1940 to 1941. Born in Manly, New South Wales, the son of
Arthur_Longmore
Air Force Service Command which Dunton had overseen since 30 September 1942, and similar units from the British RAF Middle East Command. In June 1943, prior
Northwest African Air Service Command
Northwest_African_Air_Service_Command
US Air Force numbered air force
and air communications in the Mediterranean. In September 1942, RAF Middle East Command's Senior Air Staff Officer, Air Commodore Philip. Wigglesworth was
Ninth_Air_Force
Former command of the Royal Air Force
RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was founded in 1936, when the RAF was restructured into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal
RAF_Coastal_Command
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1895–1948)
1941 he was called to Egypt by Air Marshal Arthur Tedder, head of RAF Middle East Command, to take over 204 Group from Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Collishaw
Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)
Arthur_Coningham_(RAF_officer)
as a merger of Strike Command, and Personnel and Training Command to administer the majority of operational units within the RAF. Its last commander stepped
Structure of the Royal Air Force
Structure_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
RAF Command from World War II
Mediterranean) was a sub-command of RAF Middle East Command which itself was a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command during World War II. Air H
AHQ Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean
AHQ_Air_Defences_Eastern_Mediterranean
RAF Battle of Britain order of battle
the RAF Fighter Command order of battle at 15 September 1940, during the Battle of Britain. RAF Fighter Command Headquarters was located at RAF Bentley
RAF Fighter Command order of battle 1940
RAF_Fighter_Command_order_of_battle_1940
and escort missions as a sub-command of RAF Middle East Command, which itself was a sub-command of Mediterranean Air Command following a major reorganization
H.Q._British_Forces,_Aden
People's War: RAF Tura Station". BBC. Retrieved 25 October 2024. "RAF Stations - H". RAF Web. Retrieved 27 October 2024. "RAF Middle East – March 1943
RAF_Tura
Former command of the Royal Air Force
Bomber Command, Royal Air Force controlled the Royal Air Force's (RAF) bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it
RAF_Bomber_Command
Royal Air Force operations group
the Second World War, when it was the part of RAF Fighter Command that defended London and the south-east of the United Kingdom from attacks by the German
No._11_Group_RAF
Royal Air Force station on Cyprus
Middle East, it was used for the reception of American casualties after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. Between April 1983 and September 1984, RAF Boeing
RAF_Akrotiri
British Army organization in World War II
Pile, who remained in command until the end of the war. AA Command was under the operational direction of RAF Fighter Command as part of Air Defence
Anti-Aircraft_Command
Family of transport and patrol bomber aircraft
Operational Training Unit RAAF Article XV squadrons serving with RAF Middle East Command: No. 459 Squadron RAAF Brazil Brazilian Air Force 2nd Medium Bomber
Lockheed_Hudson
Middle East, has its headquarters at Al Udeid in Qatar. Command (military formation) Royal Air Force British Armed Forces "Groups – Royal Air Force". RAF.MoD
List of Royal Air Force groups
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_groups
Former Royal Air Force station in the Maldives
Force. The loss of RAF Negombo meant that a replacement staging post was needed between its bases in the Middle East and Far East, and the location was
RAF_Gan
one raid in a Short Stirling. In March 1942 he transferred to RAF Middle East Command. From there, he was subsequently posted to Egypt. During the Burma
Shivdev_Singh
to the countryside in preparation for major bombing. The Italians struck RAF Nicosia in May 1941. Later that month, in support of the French defence of
Bombing raids on Cyprus during World War II
Bombing_raids_on_Cyprus_during_World_War_II
Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron
taking delivery of Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk fighters. On 19 December, RAF Middle East Command issued an administrative instruction declaring that although manned
No._450_Squadron_RAAF
RAF officer
commander at RAF Brize Norton in 2016, and, after attending the Royal College of Defence Studies, Component Commander in the Middle East in 2018 and head
Tim_Jones_(RAF_officer)
Italian Marshal of the Air Force and minister (1896–1940)
Upon hearing of the death of Balbo, the Commander-in-Chief of the RAF Middle East Command ordered an aircraft dispatched to fly over the Italian airfield
Italo_Balbo
Air Vice Marshal, Royal Air Force
served as a staff officer (operations) in the Headquarters of RAF Middle East Command, then as Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer in the Desert Air Force
Arthur_Lee_(RAF_officer)
Former Royal Air Force station in Yorkshire, England
more simply RAF Catfoss, is a former Royal Air Force station during the Second World War. It was located 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Hornsea, East Riding of
RAF_Catfoss
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1891–1965)
March 1945 Garrod was appointed RAF Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean and Middle East. After the war he was made Permanent RAF Representative on the Military
Guy_Garrod
Military unit
of RAF Mediterranean and Middle East (previously AHQ Malta, a major sub-command of the disbanded MAC), had been the commander of RAF Coastal Command which
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
Mediterranean_Allied_Air_Forces
Retired Royal Air Force air chief marshal (born 1941)
Wilson was made Station Commander of RAF Lossiemouth. In 1990 Wilson was appointed the Commander British Forces Middle East, making him the in-theatre commander
Sandy_Wilson_(RAF_officer)
Military unit
the Army Council and thereafter it became the responsibility of Middle East Command. It was disbanded on 11 December 1963, the day before Kenya became
East_Africa_Command
Military unit
during the Second World War as part of No. 229 Group RAF, South East Asia Command. No. 668 Squadron RAF was formed on 16 November 1944 at Calcutta, (then)
No._668_Squadron_AAC
Squadron RAF No. 15 Squadron RAF No. 16 Squadron RAF No. 17 Squadron RAF No. 20 Squadron RAF No. 27 Squadron RAF No. 31 Squadron RAF No. 617 Squadron RAF Panavia
Operation Granby order of battle
Operation_Granby_order_of_battle
Former RAF station 1917–1963
the East Coast, but 302 Heavy AA Battery also had a detachment stationed at Martlesham. The Luftwaffe began its offensive against RAF Fighter Command airfields
RAF_Martlesham_Heath
British Royal Air Force officer (born 1973)
Commanding of No. 92 Squadron RAF and No. 55 Squadron RAF. She was Director of Coalition Air Operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan during 2019.
Suraya_Marshall
Royal Air Force bomber aircraft of WWII
1939, and entered service with the RAF on 13 November 1940. It quickly became a major component of Bomber Command, performing strategic bombing missions
Handley_Page_Halifax
in purely RAF-context in 1936 when Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command and Training Command were formed. Since that time the RAF has made
List of Royal Air Force commands
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_commands
British flying ace and author
to the Middle East. He initially served at the Air Headquarters Western Desert but in February 1942 was moved to the RAF's Middle East Command. By this
Brian_Lane_(RAF_officer)
Former flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force air search and rescue (ASR) squadron active under RAF Middle East Command. During World War II the unit operated rescue missions for Allied
No._294_Squadron_RAF
Royal Air Force station in Gibraltar
the 1980s RAF Gibraltar was increasingly being used as a Forward Operating Base for middle east operations. On 4 February 2011, the new RAF headquarters
RAF_Gibraltar
Expeditionary group of the Royal Air Force
Component Commander in the Middle East. They were responsible to the Permanent Joint Headquarters for the command and control of all RAF units engaged in Operations
No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group
No._83_Expeditionary_Air_Group
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1913-2010)
Commander at RAF Tangmere before joining the Air Staff at Headquarters Middle East Air Force in 1951 and then becoming Station Commander at RAF Jever in Germany
Thomas_Prickett
Former Royal Air Force station in Pembrokeshire, Wales
satellite for RAF Haverfordwest, was given for an area of fields, with the River Solva and the village of Middle Mill to its east, and east of the city
RAF_St_Davids
Indian air force officer
flying Hurricanes with No. 32 Squadron RAF after the Battle of Britain. He served in North Africa and the Middle-East in the latter part of that year before
Ranjan_Dutt
command of Lt. General Lewis H. Brereton, and units of the British Royal Air Force (RAF). Also supporting the NAAF were the RAF Middle East Command,
Operation Husky order of battle
Operation_Husky_order_of_battle
Intelligence center of US forces in Europe
military intelligence analysis centre for the United States European Command located at RAF Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom and managed by the Defense
Joint_Analysis_Center
Attack) RAF Lossiemouth – 140 EAW No. 901 EAW – Deployed to Middle East No. 902 EAW – Deployed to Middle East No. 903 EAW – RAF Akrotiri No. 905 EAW – RAF Mount
List of wings of the Royal Air Force
List_of_wings_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1892–1944)
replaced Dowding as head of RAF Fighter Command. In 1942, Leigh-Mallory became Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Fighter Command before being selected in 1943
Trafford_Leigh-Mallory
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1908–1994)
attending the RAF Staff College, Andover in 1938. During World War II he served in various senior staff officer positions at RAF Middle East Command and Desert
Edmund_Hudleston
Former Royal Air Force Officer
In 1971, Cooper was in command at RAF Patrington, a radar site in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Cooper retired from the RAF in 1978 as an Air Commodore
Geoffrey_Cooper_(RAF_officer)
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1878–1953)
Force (RAF) after the war, Brooke-Popham was the first commandant of its Staff College at Andover and later held high command in the Middle East. He was
Robert_Brooke-Popham
Royal Australian Air Force squadron
Wellington Mk.IV bombers, No. 458 Squadron formed part of No. 1 Group RAF of Bomber Command. It participated in its first operational sortie on 20/21 October
No._458_Squadron_RAAF
Part of World War II in 1943
sub-command of RAF Middle East Command under Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas. Middle East Command, like NAAF and Air H.Q. Malta were sub-commands of
Allied_invasion_of_Sicily
Australian flying ace of the Second World War
as commander of various RAF stations around the United Kingdom. He was a staff officer at RAF headquarters in the Middle East when the war ended. He returned
Desmond_Sheen
Royal Air Force senior commander
Commanding-in-Chief RAF Middle East from 1941 to 1943. Drummond was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1941 for his services in the Middle East, and knighted
Peter_Drummond_(RAF_officer)
1940 WWII air battle
air superiority over the RAF, with the aim of incapacitating RAF Fighter Command; 12 days later, it shifted the attacks to RAF airfields and infrastructure
Battle_of_Britain
British flying ace of WWII
stops at RAF bases in Cyprus, the Middle East and India. Owen was awarded the Air Force Cross in the 1964 New Year Honours. Ceding command of No. 23
Alan_Owen_(RAF_officer)
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1894-1981)
campaign. Lloyd was assigned to RAF headquarters in the Middle East as Senior Air Staff Officer in 1942 and commanded the Northwest African Coastal Air
Hugh_Pughe_Lloyd
Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) would be based in the UK. Bases had already been established in East Anglia, at RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath, but they
RAF_Fairford
American World War II RAF pilot
in World War II. He was one of 11 American pilots who flew with RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940, thereby qualifying for the Battle
Vernon_Keough
Air and space warfare force of the United Kingdom
of RAF Organisation – Overseas Commands – Iraq, India and the Far East". Archived from the original on 6 August 2008. "Seletar's Sunderlands". RAF Seletar
Royal_Air_Force
British Army general and Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1877–1967)
the command known as "Air Defence of Great Britain" to create RAF Fighter Command, RAF Bomber Command, RAF Coastal Command and RAF Training Command. He
Edward_Ellington
Military facility southwest of Doha, Qatar
Force (RAF), and other foreign forces. It is host to a forward headquarters of U.S. Central Command, headquarters of the USAF Central Command, No. 83
Al_Udeid_Air_Base
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1921–1977)
instructor at No. 5 Middle East Training School at RAF Shallufa in Egypt in January 1944 before being posted to the staff at RAF Nicosia in Cyprus in
Andrew_Humphrey
Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England
100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW). During the Second World War, RAF Bomber Command used the station for operational combat missions until 1945. Placed
RAF_Mildenhall
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Strike Command from 1994 to 1997. Educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate, Wratten entered RAF Cranwell and was commissioned
Bill_Wratten
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1904–1987)
Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command in January 1956 and Commander-in-Chief of the RAF Middle East Air Force in September 1956. Patch's final
Hubert_Patch
Military unit
command was placed under the command of the British Far East Command and later, on 7 January 1942, under the short-lived South West Pacific Command or
Malaya_Command
with RAF units. * = RAAF/RCAF unit that was not under RAF operational control. Transport Command RAF applied the following three letter call-signs to its
List_of_RAF_squadron_codes
Military unit
p. 23. Warwick, Nigel W. M. (2014). IN EVERY PLACE: The RAF Armoured Cars in the Middle East 1921-1953. Rushden, Northamptonshire, England: Forces & Corporate
No. 1 Armoured Car Company RAF
No._1_Armoured_Car_Company_RAF
Former Royal Air Force operations group
Training Unit RAF at RAF Hawarden equipped with Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire Middle Wallop Sector Sector Headquarters at RAF Middle Wallop No
No._10_Group_RAF
WWII commanding body of Allied forces in Southeast Asia
South East Asia Command (SEAC) was the body set up to be in overall charge of Allied operations in the South-East Asian Theatre during the Second World
South_East_Asia_Command
World War II combined command (1942)
American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command, or ABDACOM, was the short-lived supreme command for all Allied forces in South East Asia in early 1942, during the
American-British-Dutch-Australian Command
American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command
RAF posts, namely the AOC-in-C, Strike Command and the Chief of the Air Staff. In 2007 with the reduction to a single command (Air Command) the RAF initially
List of Royal Air Force air chief marshals
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_air_chief_marshals
Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England
of Thorne and 6.9 miles (11.1 km) north east of Doncaster and was initially called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse. RAF Lindholme started life as an expansion scheme
RAF_Lindholme
WW2 British Army organization
rebellion in Iraq the command of land forces in the country was passed from the Commander-in-Chief, India (GHQ India) to Middle East Command, as the latter was
Persia_and_Iraq_Command
Senior Royal Air Force Officer
In 2014 he assumed command of the No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group and the position of UK Air Component Commander. He commanded all RAF operations over Iraq
Martin_Sampson
British Royal Air Force during the Second World War
Europe and the Far East. The RAF regiment was initially organized into squadrons and field squadrons: The regiment was commanded by a staff attached
Royal Air Force in World War II
Royal_Air_Force_in_World_War_II
Military unit type and size designation
planes used to bomb targets). RAF Bomber Command was formed in 1936 to be responsible for all bombing activities of the RAF. It found especial fame during
Bomber_Command
Squadron RAF (Middle East, Far East) No. 160 Squadron RAF (Middle East, Far East) No. 178 Squadron RAF (Middle East) No. 200 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command out
List of Consolidated B-24 Liberator operators
List_of_Consolidated_B-24_Liberator_operators
Military unit
The Far East Command was a British military command which had 2 distinct periods. These were firstly, 18 November 1940 – 7 January 1942 succeeded by the
British_Far_East_Command
Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, England
Royal Air Force Feltwell or more simply RAF Feltwell is a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, East Anglia that is used by the United States Air Forces
RAF_Feltwell
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