Military unit
Air Headquarters Levant (AHQ Levant) was a command of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) established on 1 December 1941, by renaming the command known as H.Q. RAF Palestine and Transjordan . It controlled RAF units in the Mandate of Palestine and in the Emirate of Transjordan . Prior to being disbanded on 27 July 1948, Air H.Q. Levant was a sub-command of RAF Middle East Command and its successors.[ 1] Mediterranean Air Command in February 1943.
An AHQ Levant was reformed on 1 May 1955 when AHQ Iraq was renamed AHQ Levant as an interim measure following a new agreement with the Iraq Government for the defence of Iraq and use by the RAF of bases in Iraq . On 1 December 1955 AHQ Levant started to transfer from RAF Habbaniya to Cyprus (probably RAF Nicosia ) and on 15 January 1956, when the move was complete, AHQ Cyprus and AHQ Levant were amalgamated as AHQ Levant.[ 2]
[ 1] [ 3]
H.Q RAF Palestine and Transjordan 11 November 1941 Air Commodore Leslie Brown
Air H.Q. Levant 27 October 1942 Group Capt Herbert Mermagen
Air H.Q. Levant 10 July 1943 A/Cdre Bernard McEntegart
Air H.Q. Levant June, 1944 Air Commodore John Coleman
Air H.Q. Levant January, 1945 Air Commodore Hector McGregor (RNZAF )
Reformation of Air H.Q. Levant 1 May 1955 Met.= Meteorological
Det.=Detachment;RAAF=Royal Australian Air Force.
References
Citations
^ a b "CMD O2" . Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014 .^ David Lee, Flight from the Middle East , pg. 105
^ Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volumes 2-3, HMSO, 1953)
^ "H H Brookes_P" .
Bibliography
David Lee , Flight from the Middle East: A history of the Royal Air Force in the Arabian Peninsula and adjacent territories 1945-1972, HMSO 1980
