British Flying Services Order of Battle, December 1915:
5th Wing, Royal Flying Corps
Lieutenant Colonel W.G.L. Salmond
HQ: Heliopolis
Aircraft Depot: Abbassia
14 Squadron: 2 Flights Ismailia
½ Flight Mersa Mutrah
½ Flight Fayoum
17 Squadron: 2 Flights Suez
½ Flight El Hammam
½ Flight Heliopolis
Royal Naval Air Service
East Indies Fleet:
HMS Ben-My-Chree
HMS Empress
Eastern Mediterranean Station:
HMS Ark Royal
Seaplane Carriers (joint command):
HMS Anne
HMS Raven II
Royal Flying Corps, October 1917:
Palestine Brigade
Brigadier General W. G. H. Salmond DSO
HQ: Umm el Kelab. Advanced HQ: Deir el Balah
5th (Corps) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel A. C. Boddam-Whetham
HQ Deir el Balah
No. 14 Squadron (Major C. E. H. Medhurst), Deir el Balah: 16 x BE2e
No. 113 Squadron (Major J. R. McCrindle MC), Weli Sheikh Nuran: 8 x BE2e, 5 x RE8
40th (Army) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel Amyas ‘Biffy’ Borton
HQ Deir el Balah
No. 111 Squadron (Major A. Shekleton), Deir el Balah: 6 x Bristol F2b Fighter, 5 x Vickers Bullet, 3 x DH2, 2 x Bristol Monoplane,
1 x Bristol Scout
No. 1 Squadron AFC (also known as No. 67 Squadron) (Major R. Williams DSO), Weli Sheikh Nuran: 7 x BE2c or BE2e, 5 x RE8, 5 x BE12a,
1 x Martinsydes)
No. 21 Kite Balloon Company
Major V. A. Beaufort
HQ Deir el Bala
No. 49 Section, Sheikh Shabasi
No. 50 Section, Wadi Ghazze
‘X’ Aircraft Park
Major G. H. Padley
Abbassia, Cairo
Advanced Aircraft Park, Kantara
German Flying Services, October 1917:
All equipped with AEG C.VI and Albratros D.III
FA301 and FA300, Er Ramleh
FA302, El Safid
FA303, El Tine
FA304, Menshiye
German Flying Services, February 1918:
Fourth Army:
FA14 (Ottoman)
Seventh Army:
FA301, Jenin
FA302, Waldheim (briefly detached to Amman for part of the month)
Eighth Army:
FA300, Samakh
FA 303, El Afuleh
Yildirim:
FA304, El Afuleh
Jasta 1 (F), Jenin
Royal Flying Corps, December 1917:
5th (Corps) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel A. C. Boddam-Whetham
HQ Junction Station
No. 14 Squadron (Major C. E. H. Medhurst), Junction Station: BE2e
No. 113 Squadron (Major J. R. McCrindle MC), Deiran: BE2e, RE8
40th (Army) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel Amyas ‘Biffy’ Borton
HQ Julis
No. 111 Squadron (Major A. Shekleton), Julis: Bristol F2b Fighter, Vickers Bullet, DH2, Bristol Monoplane, Bristol Scout
No. 1 Squadron AFC (also known as No. 67 Squadron) (Major R. Williams DSO), Julis: BE2c or BE2e, RE8, BE12a, Martinsydes)
No. 21 Kite Balloon Company
Major V. A. Beaufort
HQ Latron
No. 49 Section, Saris
No. 50 Section, Sarona
Royal Air Force, September 1918:
Palestine Brigade:
Brigadier General Amyas ‘Biffy’ Borton DSO
HQ: Bir Salem
5th (Corps) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel C. S. Burnett DSO
HQ Deir el Balah
No. 14 Squadron, Junction Station: 16 x RE8, 3 Nieuport 17
No. 113 Squadron, Sarona: 16 x RE8, 5 x Nieuport 17
No. 142 Squadron, 2 flights Sarona: 7 x FK8, 1 flight Jerusalem: 5 RE8
40th (Army) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel R. Williams DSO
HQ Er Ramle
No. 111 Squadron, Er Ramle: 15 x SE5a
No. 1 Squadron AFC (also known as No. 67 Squadron), Er Ramle: 18 x Bristol F2b Fighter, 1 x Handley Page 0/400
No. 144 Squadron, Junction Station: 13 x DH9
No. 145 Squadron, Er Ramle: 6 x SE5a
No. 21 Kite Balloon Company
HQ Sarona
No. 49 Section, east of Khan Hadra
No. 50 Section, north of Sheikh Muwannis
No. 57 Section, north-north-east of Lydda
5th Wing, Royal Flying Corps
Lieutenant Colonel W.G.L. Salmond
HQ: Heliopolis
Aircraft Depot: Abbassia
14 Squadron: 2 Flights Ismailia
½ Flight Mersa Mutrah
½ Flight Fayoum
17 Squadron: 2 Flights Suez
½ Flight El Hammam
½ Flight Heliopolis
Royal Naval Air Service
East Indies Fleet:
HMS Ben-My-Chree
HMS Empress
Eastern Mediterranean Station:
HMS Ark Royal
Seaplane Carriers (joint command):
HMS Anne
HMS Raven II
Royal Flying Corps, October 1917:
Palestine Brigade
Brigadier General W. G. H. Salmond DSO
HQ: Umm el Kelab. Advanced HQ: Deir el Balah
5th (Corps) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel A. C. Boddam-Whetham
HQ Deir el Balah
No. 14 Squadron (Major C. E. H. Medhurst), Deir el Balah: 16 x BE2e
No. 113 Squadron (Major J. R. McCrindle MC), Weli Sheikh Nuran: 8 x BE2e, 5 x RE8
40th (Army) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel Amyas ‘Biffy’ Borton
HQ Deir el Balah
No. 111 Squadron (Major A. Shekleton), Deir el Balah: 6 x Bristol F2b Fighter, 5 x Vickers Bullet, 3 x DH2, 2 x Bristol Monoplane,
1 x Bristol Scout
No. 1 Squadron AFC (also known as No. 67 Squadron) (Major R. Williams DSO), Weli Sheikh Nuran: 7 x BE2c or BE2e, 5 x RE8, 5 x BE12a,
1 x Martinsydes)
No. 21 Kite Balloon Company
Major V. A. Beaufort
HQ Deir el Bala
No. 49 Section, Sheikh Shabasi
No. 50 Section, Wadi Ghazze
‘X’ Aircraft Park
Major G. H. Padley
Abbassia, Cairo
Advanced Aircraft Park, Kantara
German Flying Services, October 1917:
All equipped with AEG C.VI and Albratros D.III
FA301 and FA300, Er Ramleh
FA302, El Safid
FA303, El Tine
FA304, Menshiye
German Flying Services, February 1918:
Fourth Army:
FA14 (Ottoman)
Seventh Army:
FA301, Jenin
FA302, Waldheim (briefly detached to Amman for part of the month)
Eighth Army:
FA300, Samakh
FA 303, El Afuleh
Yildirim:
FA304, El Afuleh
Jasta 1 (F), Jenin
Royal Flying Corps, December 1917:
5th (Corps) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel A. C. Boddam-Whetham
HQ Junction Station
No. 14 Squadron (Major C. E. H. Medhurst), Junction Station: BE2e
No. 113 Squadron (Major J. R. McCrindle MC), Deiran: BE2e, RE8
40th (Army) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel Amyas ‘Biffy’ Borton
HQ Julis
No. 111 Squadron (Major A. Shekleton), Julis: Bristol F2b Fighter, Vickers Bullet, DH2, Bristol Monoplane, Bristol Scout
No. 1 Squadron AFC (also known as No. 67 Squadron) (Major R. Williams DSO), Julis: BE2c or BE2e, RE8, BE12a, Martinsydes)
No. 21 Kite Balloon Company
Major V. A. Beaufort
HQ Latron
No. 49 Section, Saris
No. 50 Section, Sarona
Royal Air Force, September 1918:
Palestine Brigade:
Brigadier General Amyas ‘Biffy’ Borton DSO
HQ: Bir Salem
5th (Corps) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel C. S. Burnett DSO
HQ Deir el Balah
No. 14 Squadron, Junction Station: 16 x RE8, 3 Nieuport 17
No. 113 Squadron, Sarona: 16 x RE8, 5 x Nieuport 17
No. 142 Squadron, 2 flights Sarona: 7 x FK8, 1 flight Jerusalem: 5 RE8
40th (Army) Wing
Lieutenant Colonel R. Williams DSO
HQ Er Ramle
No. 111 Squadron, Er Ramle: 15 x SE5a
No. 1 Squadron AFC (also known as No. 67 Squadron), Er Ramle: 18 x Bristol F2b Fighter, 1 x Handley Page 0/400
No. 144 Squadron, Junction Station: 13 x DH9
No. 145 Squadron, Er Ramle: 6 x SE5a
No. 21 Kite Balloon Company
HQ Sarona
No. 49 Section, east of Khan Hadra
No. 50 Section, north of Sheikh Muwannis
No. 57 Section, north-north-east of Lydda