RAF Sheikh Othman
Royal Air Force RAF Sheikh Othman or more simply RAF Sheikh Othman is a former Royal Air Force station located within Sheikh Othman District, Aden, Aden Governorate, Yemen.
The following units were here at some point:
- Detachment from No. 8 Squadron RAF between April 1939 and July 1940 with the Bristol Blenheim I
- No. 11 Squadron RAF between 16 June and 1 December 1940 with the Blenheim I
- No. 39 Squadron RAF between 13 May and 1 December 1940 with the Blenheim I
- No. 41 Squadron RAF between 18 March and 11 August 1936 with the Hawker Demon
- No. 94 Squadron RAF between 2 May 1939 and 19 April 1941 with the Gloster Gladiator I & II
- No. 203 Squadron RAF between 15 February and 18 May 1940 with the Short Singapore III and the Blenheim I & IV
- No. 73 Operational Training Unit RAF between 20 November 1941 and 30 November 1942 with the Curtiss Mohawk and Hawker Hurricane I
- No. 3 (Middle East) Ferry Control RAF between 20 May 1942 and 1 February 1944
- No. 30 Staging Post between 9 June 1942 and 1 June 1946
- Fighter Defence Flight, Aden between 1 October 1942 and 31 January 1943 with the Hurricane I
See also
References
- ^ "RAF Sheikh Othman". RAF WEB. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 26.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 27.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 38.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 52.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 68.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 205.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 109.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 256.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 113.
- Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
- Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.