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3 September 1939

Air Ministry

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Independent Units

 * The King's Flight, at RAF Hendon
 * No. 24 Squadron, at RAF Hendon
 * 'C' Meteorological Flight, at RAF Aldergrove
 * Special Duties Flight, at RAF Boscombe Down
 * RAF Central Band, at RAF Uxbridge
 * Royal Aircraft Establishment, at Farnborough Airfield
 * Central Medical Establishment, at Clement's Inn
 * RAF Officer's Hospital, at RAF Uxbridge
 * RAF Hospital, Cranwell, at RAF Cranwell
 * Princess Mary's RAF Hospital, Halton, at RAF Halton
 * Medical Training Depot, Halton, at RAF Halton
 * RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine, at RAF Halton
 * No. 1 RAF Depot, at RAF Uxbridge
 * No. 2 RAF Receiving Centre, at RAF Cardington
 * No. 3 RAF Receiving Centre, at RAF Padgate
 * RAF Reception Depot, at RAF West Drayton
 * RAF Record office, at RAF Blenheim Crescent
 * RAF Recruiting Depots

RAF Middle East

 * Headquarters, RAF Middle East, at Cairo (ACM Sir William G. S. Mitchell)
 * Headquarters, Fighter Wing Egypt, at RAF Heliopolis
 * No. 80 (Fighter) Squadron, at RAF El Amiriya (14x Gladiator I & II + 3 reserve)
 * 112 Squadron (less 'K' Flight), at RAF Helwan (10x Gladiator I & II + 8 reserve)
 * 802 Fleet Fighter Squadron, FAA, at Dekheila (9x Sea Gladiator)
 * Attached:
 * No. 2 Squadron REAF, at Dekheila (18x Gladiator II)
 * No. 5 Squadron REAF, at Dekheila (18x Gladiator II)
 * No. (Bomber) 254 Wing, at Khartoum
 * No. 47 Squadron, at Khartoum
 * 'K' Flight, 112 Squadron, at Port Sudan (6x Gladiator I)
 * Communication Flight, Heliopolis, at RAF Heliopolis
 * No. 1 Towed Target Flight, at RAF Ismailia (6x Gordon)
 * 'B' Flight, No. 3 Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit, at RAF Alexandria
 * No. 1 Middle East Air Stores Park, at Fuka Aerodrome
 * No. 3 Air Stores Park, at Mersa Matruh
 * No. 101 Maintenance Unit, at RAF Tura
 * No. 102 Maintenance Unit, at RAF Abu Sueir
 * RAF Depot Middle East, at RAF Aboukir
 * No. 1 Advanced Repair Section, at Fuka Aerodrome
 * Attached:
 * No. 3 Transport Squadron REAF
 * No. 4 Transport Squadron REAF

British Forces in Iraq

 * Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, at RAF Habbaniya (AVM John H. S. Tyssen)
 * No. 84 Squadron, at RAF Shaibah (?x Blenheim Mk. 1)
 * No. 1 Armoured Car Company, at RAF Habbaniya
 * No. 5 (Arab) Company, Iraq Levies, at RAF Habbaniya
 * RAF General Hospital, Habbaniya
 * Habbaniya Station
 * 'S' Flight (Communications) (?x Valentia)
 * No. 4 Service Flying Training School
 * Air Depot, Iraq
 * No. 10 Air Stores Park
 * Supplies Depot (Iraq)

British Forces in Aden

 * Headquarters, British Forces in Aden, at RAF Steamer Point (AVM George R. M. Reid)
 * No. 8 (Bomber) Squadron, at RAF Khormaksar (?x Vildebeest, ?x Blenheim Mk. 1)
 * No. 94 Squadron, at RAF Sheikh Othman (6x Gladiator I (+2 in reserve), 6x Gladiator II (+2 in reserve))
 * No. 203 Squadron, at Kamaran (?x Singapore III)
 * No. 223 Squadron, at RAF Eastleigh (?x Wellesley)
 * Southern Rhodesia Air Unit, at RAF Eastleigh (4x Hawker Audax, 2x Hawker Hart, 3x Hawker Rapides)
 * RAF Hospital, Aden, at RAF Khormaksar

RAF Palestine and Transjordan

 * Headquarters, RAF Palestine and Transjordan, at King David Hotel, Jerusalem (Air Com John H. D'Albiac)
 * No. 6 (Bomber) Squadron, at RAF Ramleh (?x Hawker Hardy, ?x Lysander, 6x Gauntlet (+4 in reserve))
 * No. 2 Armoured Car Company, at Jenin
 * Ramleh Communication Flight, at RAF Ramleh (?x Gordon I, ?x Vincent)
 * RAF General Hospital, Palestine and Transjordan, at Sarafand al-Amar

RAF Mediterranean

 * Headquarters, RAF Mediterranean, at Valletta (Air Com Robert Leckie)
 * No. 202 (GR) Squadron, at RAF Kalafrana (6x London I)
 * No. 3 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, at RAF Kalafrana (Various aircraft)

RAF India

 * Headquarters, RAF India, at Secretariat Building, New Delhi (AM Philip Joubert de la Ferté)
 * No. 1 (Indian) Group, at RAF Peshawar
 * No. 1 (Indian) Wing Station, at RAF Kohat
 * No. 5 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, at RAF Risalpur (?x Wapiti II)
 * No. 20 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, at RAF Miramshah (?x Haweker Audax)
 * No. 27 (Bomber) Squadron, at RAF Kohat (?x Wapati II)
 * No. 60 (Bomber) Squadron, at RAF Ambala (?x Blenheim I)
 * H Flight, at RAF Ambala
 * Q Flight, at RAF Drigh Road
 * V Flight, at RAF Juhu
 * Y Flight, at RAF St Thomas Mount
 * Z Flight, at RAF Dum Dum
 * No. 1 Squadron IAF, at RAF Ambala (?x Wapiti IIA, ?x Hawker Hart)
 * A Flight, at RAF Drigh Road
 * B Flight, at RAF Ambala
 * C Flight, at RAF AMbala
 * No. 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, at RAF Kohat (?x Audax)
 * No. 31 Squadron, at RAF Lahore (?x Valentia)
 * Air Headquarters India Communication Flight, at RAF Lahore
 * Towed Target Flight, Trincomalee, at RAF China Bay
 * India Aircraft Depot, at RAF Drigh Road

RAF Far East

 * Headquarters, RAF Far East, at Singapore (AVM John T. Babington)
 * RAF Seletar (Grp Cpt C. R. Cox)
 * No. 36 Squadron (?x Vildebeest III)
 * No. 100 (TB) Squadron (?x Vildebeest III)
 * No. 205 Squadron (6x Singapore III)
 * No. 230 Squadron (?x Sunderland I)
 * No. 2 (Indian) Wing Station, at RAF Tengah (Wng Cdr)
 * No. 11 Squadron (?x Blenheim I)
 * No. 39 Squadron (?x Blenheim I)
 * No. 34 Squadron (in transit from UK)
 * No. 62 Squadron (in transit from UK)
 * No. 273 Squadron, at RAF China Bay (6x Vildebeest II, 4x Seal)
 * No. 4 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, at
 * Straights Settlements Volunteer Air Force, at RAF Seletar (?x Audax, ?x Hart, ?x Tutor)
 * Aircraft Depot Far East, at RAF Seletar

Bomber Command

 * Headquarters, Bomber Command, at Hillingdon House, RAF Uxbridge