Appendix 10: Order of Battle, Middle East Command, 11th November, 1941
Headquarters, Royal Air Force, Middle East
No. 26. Squadron—Lodestar, Audax, Proctor
No. 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit—Hurricane, Beaufighter
Air Headquarters, Aden
No. 8 Squadron—Various
Air Headquarters, East Africa
Squadrons
No. 3 (SAAF)—Mohawk
No. 15 (SAAF)—Battle
No. 16 (SAAF)—Junkers 86, Maryland
No. 41 (SAAF)—Hartebeeste
Flights
No. 34 (SAAF)—Anson
No. 35 (SAAF)—Junker. 86
No. 51 (SAAF)—Junker. 52
Air Headquarters, Iraq
Squadrons
No. 52—Audax
No. 244—Vincent
No. 261—Hurricane
Headquarters, Royal Air Force, Palestine and Trans-Jordan
No. 256 Wing
Squadrons
No. 213—Hurricane
No. 815 (FAA)—Albacore, Swordfish
No. 263 Wing
No. 335 Squadron—Hurricane
Free French (Fighter) Squadron—Morane
Free French Flight—Blenheim
Headquarters, Royal Air Force, Malta
Squadrons
Nos. 18, 104, 107—Blenheim
No. 40 (Det.)—Wellington
No. 69—Maryland
Nos. 126, 185, 249—Hurricane
Nos. 828 (FAA), 830 (FAA)—Albacore, Swordfish
No. 20. Group
Squadrons—
No. 2 (Yugo-Slav)—Dornier 22, Sim 14
No. 13 (Hellenic)—Anson
Flights—
Sea Rescue Flight—Wellington
R.N. Fulmar Flight—Fulmar
No. 234 Wing—
Squadrons—
No. 39—Boston, Maryland
No. 203—Blenheim, Beaufort
No. 230—Sunderland
No. 202 Group—
Squadrons—
No. 117—Various
No. 216—Bombay
No. 223 (Acting as Operational Training Unit)—Maryland
No. 250 Wing—
No. 73 Squadron—Hurricane
No. 1 General Reconnaissance Unit—Wellington
No. 252 Wing—
Squadrons—
Nos. 73 (Det.), 213 (Det.)—Hurricane
No. 203 Group—
Squadrons—
No. 6—Hurricane, Lysander
No. 47—Wellesley
No. 20. Group—
Squadrons—
Nos. 37, 38, 70, 108, 148—Wellington
Air Headquarters, Western Desert
Squadrons
Nos. 31 (Det.) 117, (Det.)—DC2
No. 33—Hurricane
No. 33 (Det.), 60 (S.A.A.F)—Maryland
No. 113—Blenheim (fighter)
No. 203 (Det.)—Beaufort
No. 216 (Det.)—Bombay
No. 272 (Det.)—Beaufighter
No. 826 (FAA)—Albacore, Swordfish
Flights, Other Units
Strategic Reconnaissance Flight—Maryland
No. 1 RAAF Ambulance Unit—DH 86
No. 253 Wing
Squadrons
Nos. 208, 237, 451 (RAAF).—Hurricane
No. 258 Wing
Squadrons
Nos. 1 (SAAF), 94, 238, 274—Hurricane
Nos. 2 (SAAF), 3 (RAAF)—Tomahawk
No. 262 Wing
Squadrons
Nos. 3 (SAAF), 112, 250.—Tomahawk
No. 80—Hurricane (bomber)
Nos. 229, 260—Hurricane
No. 269 Wing
Squadrons
No. 30, R.N. (Fighter) Squadron—Hurricane
No. 270 Wing
Squadrons
Nos. 8 (Det.), 14, 45, 55, 84, Lorraine—Blenheim
Squadron
No. 3 (SAAF) Wing
Squadrons
No. 11—Blenheim
Nos. 12 (SAAF), 21 (SAAF)—Maryland
Abbreviations
AHQ—Air Headquarters
Det.—Detachment
RAAF—Royal Australian Air Force
R.N.—Royal Navy
SAAF—South African Air Force