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Middle East Command was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) that was active during the Second World War. It had been preceded by RAF Middle East, which was established in 1918 by the redesignation of HQ Royal Flying Corps Middle East that had been activated in 1917 although a small Royal Flying Corps presence had been operational in the region since 1914.

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  • Middle East Command was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) that was active during the Second World War. It had been preceded by RAF Middle East, which was established in 1918 by the redesignation of HQ Royal Flying Corps Middle East that had been activated in 1917 although a small Royal Flying Corps presence had been operational in the region since 1914. RAF Middle East Command was formed on 29 December 1941 following the redesignation of RAF Middle East. During the early part of the Second World War, the Command was one of the three British commands in the Middle East, the others being the British Army's Middle East Command and the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet. On 15 February 1943, RAF Middle East Command became a major sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command (MAC), the Allied formation that also included non-RAF units. (en)
  • Il RAF Middle East Command (in italiano "Comando della RAF in Medio Oriente") fu la struttura di comando superiore organizzata dalla Royal Air Force (RAF) all'inizio della seconda guerra mondiale per dirigere tutte le molteplici ed eterogenee formazioni aeree britanniche e alleate assegnate al teatro bellico del Medio Oriente, del Mediterraneo e del Nordafrica. Precedenti comandi nel Medio Oriente erano stati costituiti dalla RAF anche nel corso della prima guerra mondiale e nel periodo tra le due guerre mondiali. Dopo difficoltà iniziali provocate soprattutto dalla scarsezza di mezzi e dalla vastità del territorio da controllare, il RAF Middle East Command si trasformò dalla fine del 1941 in un potente strumento di guerra che, sotto la guida dal maresciallo dell'aria Arthur Tedder, raggiunse una netta supremazia aerea rispetto alle forze dell'Asse, su tutto il teatro di guerra mediterraneo e mediorientale contribuendo in modo decisivo, soprattutto con la sua , alla vittoria in Nordafrica. Nel febbraio 1943 il RAF Middle East Command entrò a far parte fino alla fine della guerra del nuovo che inglobava anche le grandi . (it)
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  • Control of RAF Forces in the Middle East
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  • Control of RAF Forces in the Middle East (en)
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  • December 1941 - December 1943 (en)
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  • Middle East Command was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) that was active during the Second World War. It had been preceded by RAF Middle East, which was established in 1918 by the redesignation of HQ Royal Flying Corps Middle East that had been activated in 1917 although a small Royal Flying Corps presence had been operational in the region since 1914. (en)
  • Il RAF Middle East Command (in italiano "Comando della RAF in Medio Oriente") fu la struttura di comando superiore organizzata dalla Royal Air Force (RAF) all'inizio della seconda guerra mondiale per dirigere tutte le molteplici ed eterogenee formazioni aeree britanniche e alleate assegnate al teatro bellico del Medio Oriente, del Mediterraneo e del Nordafrica. Precedenti comandi nel Medio Oriente erano stati costituiti dalla RAF anche nel corso della prima guerra mondiale e nel periodo tra le due guerre mondiali. (it)
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