Latitude 12°49′46″N Longitude 45°01′44"W


ACQUISITION	Lodger facility for disembarked squadrons on RAF station.
OPENED/FIRST USED	First squadron use recorded is January 1942.
CLOSED/WITHDRAWN	Last squadron use recorded is June 1965.

FUNCTION	RAF 131 Maintenance Unit
ADDRESS	R.A.F. Station Khormaksar Aden Yemen.
LOCALITY
LANDMARKS
ROAD AND RAIL ACCESS


CONTROL	Control Building
ELEVATION	' above M.S.L.
RUNWAYS	--/-- QDM. ---° ----° .... --- x -- yds.
TRACKS
OBSTRUCTIONS	Navigation	None.
	Circuit
	Approach	None.
APPROACH	No special approach recommended.
WIND INDICATOR

HOMING - VISUAL

By day:

By night:

Not known

HOMING--RADIO

D/F: Beacon:

Not known

APPROACH - VISUAL

By day:

By night:

Not known
Not known

APPROACH - RADIO

Not known

COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

W/T and R/T:

VH/F:

Not known

GROUND RADAR

Not known

ACCOMMODATION

Living quarters

Capacity:

Officers:	Unknown.
Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings:	Unknown.
W.R.N.S. Officers:	None.
W.R.N.S. Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings;	None.

ARMOURIES

COMPASS BASE

DISPERSAL

HANGARS

Hangars

Number /Type	Size	Door Height	Door Width

MEDICAL

METEOROLOGICAL

FUEL AND OIL

Aviation:	Not known.
M/T:	Not known.
Oil :	Not known.

TEST BASE

TEST BUTT

WORKSHOPS

VISITORS

EXPLOSIVES

BOMBING AND FIRING RANGES

Air to air

Air to ground and R. p. Firing

Live and practice bombing

Practice bombing

Assault training

Information taken from BR 1807. Admiralty Handbook of Naval Air Stations Mar. 48

List of first and second line squadrons, station flight and other flying units based at this location

800	Fleet Fighter Squadron Disembarked from HMS INDOMITABLE 11.01.42 to 16.03.42. Equipped with 12 Fulmar IIs.
801	Single Seat Fighter Squadron Detachment (6) disembarked from HMS CENTAUR 03-09.07.59 Equipped with Seahawk FGA.6
810	Anti-Submarine Squadron Detachment (6) disembarked from HMS CENTAUR 03-09.07.59 Equipped with Gannet AS,4s
814	Anti-Submarine Squadron Disembarked from HMS HERMES 15.08.60. Embarked in HMS VICTORIOUS 26.08.60. Equipped with 8 Whirlwind HAS.7s
815	Anti-Submarine Squadron Disembarked from HMS ARK ROYAL 19.12.63. Embarked in HMS CENTAUR 15.01.64. Equipped with 8 Wessex HAS 1.
827	Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance Squadron Disembarked from HMS INDOMITABLE 11.01.42 to 23.02.42. Equipped with 12 Albacore Is.
831	Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance Squadron Disembarked from HMS INDOMITABLE 23.02.42 to 16.03.42 Equipped with 12 Albacore Is.
8848	Commando Helicopter Squadron 'A' Flight Disembarked from HMS ALBION to conduct hot weather trials t05.04.65 embarked in RFA Sir Lancelot 09.06.65. Equipped with (4?) Wessex HU.5s
849A	Airborne Early Warning Squadron Disembarked from HMS CENTAUR 05-18.03.63. Equipped with Gannet AEW.3s
849D	Airborne Early Warning Squadron Detachment (2) disembarked from HMS BULWARK 11.08.58 to 09.08.58. Equipped with Skyraider AEW.I
880	Fleet Fighter Squadron Disembarked from HMS INDOMITABLE 11-12.01.42. Detachment (2) from HMS INDOMITABLE 22-23.02.42. Equipped with 9 Sea Hurricane IB.
891	All Weather Fighter Squadron Disembarked from HMS BULWARK 31.07.58 to 04.08.58. Disembarked from HMS BULWARK 10-20.08.58. Detachment (?) disembarked from HMS BULWARK 28.08.58. to 08.09.58. Detachment (2) disembarked from HMS CENTAUR 03-09.09.59. Equipped with 8 Sea Venom FAW.2I
8893	All Weather Fighter Squadron Disembarked from HMS CENTAUR 12-20.07.61 Detachment (4) disembarked from HMS CENTAUR 23-31.03.62 Equipped with 8 Sea Vixen FAW.I