Appendix 9: Royal Air Force Middle East Subordinate Commands, 1940–1941*
Date of Appointment | |
ROYAL AIR FORCE IN PALESTINE AND TRANS-JORDAN† | |
Air Commodore J. H. D’Albiac, D.S.O. | 16th August 1939 |
Air Commodore J. W. B. Grigson, D.S.O., D.F.C. | 1st December 1940 |
BRITISH FORCES IN IRAQ‡ | |
Air Vice-Marshal H. G. Smart, O.B.E., D.F.C. | 23rd November 1939 |
Air Vice-Marshal J. H. D’Albiac, C.B., D.S.O. | 17th May 1941 |
ROYAL AIR FORCE, MEDITERRANEAN | |
Air Commodore R. Leckie, D.S.O., D.S.C., D.F.C. | 17th December 1938 |
Air Vice-Marshal F. H. M. Maynard, C.B., A.F.C. | 26th January 1940 |
Air Vice-Marshal H. P. Lloyd, C.B.E., M.C., D.F.C. | 1st June 1941 |
BRITISH FORCES IN ADEN | |
Air Vice-Marshal G. R. M. Reid, C.B., D.S.O. | 2nd September 1938 |
Air Vice-Marshal F. G. D. Hards, C.B.E., D.S.C. | 10th September 1941 |
HEADQUARTERS, BRITISH FORCES IN GREECE | |
Air Vice-Marshal J. H. D’Albiac, D.S.O. | 15th November 1940 |
AIR HEADQUARTERS, WESTERN DESERT | |
Air Vice-Marshal A. Coningham, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C. | 30th July 1941 |
AIR HEADQUARTERS SUDAN§ | |
Group Captain C. E. V. Porter | 1st May 1940 |
Air Commodore L. H. Slatter, C.B., O.B.E., D.S.C., D.F.C. | 17th August 1940 |
Air Commodore C. B. S. Spackman, D.F.C. | 13th July 1941 |
AIR HEADQUARTERS, EAST AFRICA | |
Air Commodore W. Sowrey, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C. | 19th October 1940 |
* The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East, commanded all Royal Air Force Units stationed or operating in Egypt, Sudan, Palestine and Trans-Jordan, East Africa, Aden and Somaliland, Iraq and adjacent territories, Cyprus, Turkey, Balkans, Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.
† Air Headquarters, Royal Air Force, Levant, 1st December 1941.
‡ Air Headquarters, Royal Air Force in Iraq, 1st May 1941.
§ Headquarters No. 203 Group, 17th August 1940.