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Army Air Forces Historical Office Headquarters, Participation of the Ninth & Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, Army Air Forces Historical Study No. 37, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1945.
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Craven, Wesley F. and James L. Cate. The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume 2, Chicago, Illinois: Chicago University Press, 1949 (Reprinted 1983,
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Craven, Wesley F. and James L. Cate. The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume 2, Chicago, Illinois: Chicago University Press, 1949 (Reprinted 1983,
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was the only commander of Air HQ Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean which was renamed Air HQ Eastern Mediterranean on 1 February 1944.
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SAAF=South African Air Force; RAAF=Royal Australian Air Forces; Det.=Detachment; Met.=Meteorological.
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Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953).
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Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953).
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Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953).
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Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force in World War II
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Air Headquarters Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean
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Air H.Q. Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean
United Kingdom

Royal Air Force
RAF Middle East Command
Mediterranean Air Command
World War II
AHQ Egypt
Richard Saul
Allied
Operation Husky
No. 209 (Fighter) Group
No. 210 (Fighter) Group
John Grandy
No. 212 (Fighter) Group
No. 219 (Fighter) Group
Group Captain Hon. Max Aitken
No. 46 Squadron RAF
No. 3 Squadron SAAF
No. 7 Squadron SAAF
No. 46 Squadron RAF
No. 127 Squadron RAF
No. 33 Squadron RAF
No. 41 Squadron SAAF
No. 74 Squadron RAF
No. 89 Squadron RAF
No. 80 Squadron RAF
No. 238 Squadron RAF
No. 213 Squadron RAF
No. 94 Squadron RAF

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