text: 815 Naval Air Squadron (FAA), Swordfish
  No. 245 Wing
  No. 15 Squadron SAAF, Blenheims and Baltimores
  No. 38 Squadron RAF, Wellingtons
  No. 1 General Reconnaissance Unit, Wellingtons
  No. 247 Wing
  No. 38 Squadron RAF, Wellingtons
  No. 203 Squadron RAF, Baltimores
  No. 227 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
  No. 252 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
  No Wing assignment: 701 Naval Air Squadron (FAA), Walrus Air-Sea Rescue
  Note:
  RAF=Royal Air Force; RAAF=Royal Australian Air Force; SAAF=South African Air Force; FAA=Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy); Det.= "detachment"
  Air Headquarters Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean
  Air Vice Marshal Richard Saul
  Notes:
  SAAF=South African Air Force; RAAF=Royal Australian Air Forces; Det.=Detached; Met.=Meteorological.
  U.S. 9th Air Force
  Major General Lewis H. Brereton had his headquarters in Cairo, Egypt
  IX Advanced Headquarters in Tripoli, Libya
  IX Fighter Command Headquarters in Tripoli
  IX Bomber Command Headquarters at Benghazi, Libya
  98th Bombardment Group, B-24D Liberator II
  343rd Squadron, Lete Airfield, Libya
  344th Squadron, Lete Airfield
  345th Squadron, Benina Airfield
  415th Squadron, Benina Airfield
  376th Bombardment Group, B-24D Liberator II, Berka, Libya
  512th Squadron
  513th Squadron
  514th Squadron
  515th Squadron
  Axis Forces
  Armed Forces Command Sicily
  The Armed Forces Command Sicily based in Enna under Generale d'Armata Alfredo Guzzoni had command of all axis forces on Sicily.