RAF Middle East Command

RAF Middle East Command
FoundedDecember 1941 - December 1943
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeCommand
RoleControl of RAF Forces in the Middle East
Air Commander-in-Chief of Middle East Command Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder at Air House, his official residence in Cairo, Egypt in March 1942.

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 was established in 1918 by the redesignation of HQ Royal Flying Corps Middle East that had been activated in 1917[1] although a small Royal Flying Corps presence had been operational in the region since 1914.

RAF Middle East Command was formed on 29 December 1941 following the redesignation of RAF Middle East.[1] During the early part of the Second World War, the Command was one of the three British commands in the Middle East, the others being the British Army's Middle East Command and the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet. On 15 February 1943, RAF Middle East Command became a major sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command (MAC), the Allied formation that also included non-RAF units.

  1. ^ a b Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Overseas Commands - Middle East & Mediterranean Archived 10 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine