AHQ Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean
Air Headquarters Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean was a sub-command of RAF Middle East Command which itself was a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command during World War II. Air H.Q. Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean was established on 4 March 1943, by renaming the RAF command known as AHQ Egypt. Air Vice Marshal Richard Saul was the only commander of Air HQ Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean which was renamed Air HQ Eastern Mediterranean on 1 February 1944.
Order of battle
On 10 July 1943, when the Allied forces invaded Sicily, Air H.Q. Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean consisted of four fighter groups.Air HQ Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean
Air Vice Marshal Richard Saul
Commanders and Squadron Assignments
| No. 209 Group Group Captain R.C.F. Lister | No. 210 Group Group Captain John Grandy | No. 212 Group Air Commodore Archibald Wann | No. 219 Group Group Captain Hon. Max Aitken |
| No. 46 Squadron RAF Det., Beaufighter | No. 3 Squadron SAAF, Hurricane | No. 7 Squadron SAAF, Hurricane | No. 46 Squadron RAF, Beaufighter |
| No. 127 Squadron RAF, Hurricane/Spitfire | No. 33 Squadron RAF, Hurricane | No. 41 Squadron SAAF, Hurricane | No. 74 Squadron RAF, Hurricane |
| No. 89 Squadron RAF, Beaufighter | No. 80 Squadron RAF, Spitfire | No. 238 Squadron RAF, Hurricane | |
| No. 213 Squadron RAF, Hurricane | No. 94 Squadron RAF, Hurricane | No. 335 Squadron RAF, Hurricane | |
| No. 274 Squadron RAF, Hurricane | No. 108 Squadron RAF Det., Beaufighter | No. 336 Squadron RAF, Hurricane | |
| No. 123 Squadron RAF, Hurricane | No. 451 Squadron RAAF, Hurricane | ||
| No. 134 Squadron RAF, Hurricane | |||
| No. 237 Squadron RAF, Hurricane | |||
| No. 1563 Met. Flight, Gladiator | |||
| No. 1654 Met. Flight, Gladiator |
Notes:
SAAF=South African Air Force; RAAF=Royal Australian Air Forces; Det.=Detachment; Met.=Meteorological.