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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}{{Further|British Forces Aden}}H.Q. British Forces, Aden was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) established on 14 April 1942 by renaming the Aden Command.^[1] The components of H.Q. British Forces, Aden are indicated below for two dates during World War II.^[2]

27 October 1942 Air Vice Marshal Frederick Hards	10 July 1943 Air Vice Marshal F. H. McNamara VC (RAAF)
No. 8 Squadron, Blenheim	No. 8 Squadron, Blenheim
No. 459 Squadron (RAAF), Hudson	No. 1566 Flight (Meteorological), Gladiator
Defence Flight, Hurricane	Catalina Flight, Catalina

H.Q. British Forces Aden primarily conducted antisubmarine warfare operations and escort missions as a sub-command of RAF Middle East Command, which itself was a sub-command of Mediterranean Air Command following a major reorganization of the Allied air forces in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) in February 1943.^[3]

On 6 October 1956, H.Q. British Forces, Aden was renamed H.Q. British Forces, Arabian Peninsula.

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1. ^RAF Web - Mediterranean Commands {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910204110/http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_O2.htm |date=10 September 2014 }}
2. ^Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953)
3. ^Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953)

4 : Military history of Aden during World War II|Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force in World War II|Military units and formations in Aden in World War II|Military units and formations established in 1942

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