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RAF Levies: 2 Armoured Car Company, Ramleh, Palestine; including detachments at Amman,...
Catalogue reference: AIR 29/55
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This record is about the RAF Levies: 2 Armoured Car Company, Ramleh, Palestine; including detachments at Amman,... dating from 1940 Jan-1946 Sept in the series Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- AIR 29/55
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 Jan-1946 Sept
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RAF Levies: 2 Armoured Car Company, Ramleh, Palestine; including detachments at Amman, Trans-Jordan; Ma'an; Detachment to Abbassia, Egypt 20 September 1940 attached to 7 Armoured Division; later locations include Sanyet-Izain; Alum-el-Samm; Hatshi; Umm Halif; Marsa Buiga; El Agheila; return to Amman 21 March 1941; moved to Sidi Barani, Egypt 13 Match 1941; locations include Sidi Haneish; Maaten Bagush; Fuka; return to Amman 7 May 1941; Detachment sent to Rutbah, Iraq 10 May 1941; later moved to Habbaniya; moved to Syrian border 21 June 1941; returned to Amman 12 July 1941; Moved to Maaten Bagush 12 October 1941; later moved to Sidi Barrani; Giarabub; LG125, Libya; Zawait Msus; Gazala; Martuba; Gambut; return to Ramleh 29 March 1942; moved to Gasi-el-Arid 17 May 1942; later locations include Gambut; LG 75; LG 39 Burg-el-Arab; LG 90; LG 105 El Daba; LG 125; Gazala; Mertuba; Mechili; Antelat; Nofilia; Hamriat; Palastrino; Seddada; Bir Dufan; Castel Benito; Medenino, Tunisia; Nefatia; Hasbub; El Hamma; La Skirra; El Mou; Sfax; La Goubrine; Hergla; Tunis; El Aouina; Hammamat; Nebeuil; Zavia, Tripolitania; return to Amman 17 June 1943; New detachment to Benina, Cyrenaica 9 July 1943 - October 1943; moved to Helwan, Egypt 21 August 1943; moved to Cairo West 9 October 1943; moved to Amman 13 December 1943; moved to Ramleh 8 February 1944; includes detachments at Al Bassa; Amrya; moved to Bab-el-Haoua, Syria 2 June 1944; return to Ramleh 8 July 1944; includes detachments at Al Bassa; Amman; St Jean; Ramat David; Dier-el-Zor, Syria; Kolundia; moved to Aqir 5 April 1946; includes detachment at Lydda; Moved to Ein Shemer 6 June 1946; includes detachments at Ras-el-Ain; Amman; Ramat David; moved to Ramleh 16 September 1946; includes detachments at Ramat David; Amman; Ein Shemer
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- Open in 1972
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- IIM/FD34/1
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Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units
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