Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Command (RAF)

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military appointment

The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Command (RAF) was the senior Royal Air Force commander responsible for directing air operations and strategy across the Middle East theatre.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Command (acting/related roles)	1
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Mediterranean and Middle East	1
Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East Air Force	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military appointment ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Middle East theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Commonwealth air forces in the Middle East ⓘ
commandStructure	Middle East Command (RAF) NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ North African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War Western Desert Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfAllegiance	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	RAF operational commands in the Middle East theatre ⓘ air defence in the Middle East Command area ⓘ offensive air operations in the Middle East Command area ⓘ
hasDuty	allocation of air resources in the Middle East Command ⓘ coordination with British Army commanders in the Middle East ⓘ coordination with Royal Navy commanders in the Middle East ⓘ planning of air campaigns in the Middle East ⓘ
hasResponsibility	air strategy in the Middle East theatre ⓘ coordination of RAF units in the Middle East Command ⓘ direction of air operations in the Middle East theatre ⓘ
hasRole	senior air commander in the Middle East ⓘ
isComparableTo	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Mediterranean Air Command NERFINISHED ⓘ theatre air commander NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDefinedAs	senior RAF commander responsible for directing air operations and strategy across the Middle East theatre ⓘ
isHeldByRank	Air Chief Marshal NERFINISHED ⓘ Air Marshal ⓘ
isPartOfHistoryOf	British military operations in the Middle East ⓘ Royal Air Force in World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPositionIn	British Armed Forces chain of command ⓘ RAF command structure ⓘ
isSeniorTo	air officers commanding subordinate RAF groups in the Middle East ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Middle East Command (RAF) NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	Air Ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	strategic and operational-level air warfare in the Middle East ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Gulf region NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfCommand	theatre air command ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Command (RAF) ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick Bowhill

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Slessor → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Command (RAF) ⓘ

subject surface form: John Slessor

this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Mediterranean and Middle East

Thomas Pike → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Command (RAF) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East Air Force

Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park → positionHeld → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Command (RAF) ⓘ

subject surface form: Keith Park

this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Command (acting/related roles)