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109 Maintenance Unit, Summit, Sudan; moved to Abu Sueir, Egypt November 1942; moved...
Catalogue reference: AIR 29/1039
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This record is about the 109 Maintenance Unit, Summit, Sudan; moved to Abu Sueir, Egypt November 1942; moved... dating from 1942 Feb 1946 Dec 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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- 1942 Feb 1946 Dec
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109 Maintenance Unit, Summit, Sudan; moved to Abu Sueir, Egypt November 1942; moved to LG237 (later renamed Gebel Hamzi) March 1943; 109 MU formed Boulac, Cairo April 1943 (previously 'B' Echelon, 111 MU); moved to HMS Phoenix (later renamed Fayid South) July 1946. With appendices
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Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units
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