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Air Headquarters Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean (Air H.Q. Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean or AHQ 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.〔Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953).〕〔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, ISBN 0-912799-03-X).〕 Air H.Q. Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean was established on March 4, 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 February 1, 1944.〔http://www.rafweb.org/Grp07.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation〕 ==Order of battle== On July 10, 1943, when the Allied forces invaded Sicily (Operation Husky), Air H.Q. Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean consisted of four fighter groups. Air HQ Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean ''Air Vice Marshal Richard Saul'' ''Commanders〔http://www.rafweb.org/Grp07.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation〕 and Squadron Assignments''〔Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953).〕 Notes: SAAF=South African Air Force; RAAF=Royal Australian Air Forces; Det.=Detachment; Met.=Meteorological. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AHQ Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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