text: 815 Naval Air Squadron Det. (Fleet Air Arm), Fairey Albacores
  No. 216 (Transport and Ferry) Group
  Air Commodore Whitney Straight, Headquarters at Heliopolis, Egypt
  No. 17 Squadron SAAF, Junkers Ju 52
  No. 28 Squadron SAAF, Anson
  No. 117 Squadron RAF, Hudson
  No. 173 Squadron RAF, Lodestar, Proctor, Hurricane
  No. 216 Squadron RAF, Douglas Dakota
  No. 230 Squadron RAF, Short Sunderland
  No. 267 Squadron RAF, Hudson
  RAF Gibraltar
  Air Vice Marshal Sturley Simpson had his headquarters in Gibraltar
  No. 48 Squadron RAF, Hudsons
  No. 179 Squadron RAF, Wellingtons
  No. 202 Squadron RAF, Catalinas
  No. 210 Squadron RAF, Catalinas
  No. 233 Squadron RAF, Hudsons
  No. 248 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
  No. 544 Squadron RAF, Spitfires
  813 Naval Air Squadron (Fleet Air Arm), Swordfish torpedo planes
  No. 1403 (Meteorological) Flight Hampden, Gloster Gladiators
  Middle East Command
  Air Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas
  Headquarters at Cairo, Egypt
  No. 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group
  Air Vice Marshal Thomas Langsford-Sainsbury, Headquarters at Alexandria, Egypt
  No. 235 Wing
  No. 13 Squadron (Royal Hellenic Air Force), Blenheim bombers
  No. 227 Squadron RAF Det., Beaufighters
  No. 454 Squadron RAAF, Baltimores
  No. 459 Squadron RAAF, Hudsons
  815 Naval Air Squadron (FAA), Swordfish
  No. 238 Wing
  No. 16 Squadron SAAF, Beauforts
  No. 227 Squadron RAF Beaufighters
  No. 603 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters