H.Q. British Forces, Aden

Air Vice Marshal F. H. McNamara VC (RAAF) is standing on the right (November, 1941).

H.Q. British Forces, Aden was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) established on April 14, 1942 by renaming the Aden Command.^[1] The components of H.Q. British Forces, Aden are indicated below for two dates during World War II.^[2]

October 27, 1942 Air Vice Marshal Frederick Hards	July 10, 1943 Air Vice Marshal F. H. McNamara VC (RAAF)
No. 8 Squadron, Blenheim	No. 8 Squadron, Blenheim
No. 459 Squadron (RAAF), Hudson	No. 1566 Flight (Meteorological), Gladiator
Defence Flight, Hurricane	Catalina Flight, Catalina

H.Q. British Forces Aden primarily conducted antisubmarine warfare operations 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 of the Allied air forces in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) in February 1943.^[3]

On October 6, 1956, H.Q. British Forces, Aden was renamed H.Q. British Forces, Arabian Peninsula.

References

1. RAF Web - Mediterranean Commands Archived September 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
2. Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953)
3. Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953)