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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

RAF Khormaksar (Aden)



12th December 1939 Blenheim training

8th March 1940 Ferry flights

28th April 1940 Training

May 1940 Move to Middle East

5th May 1940 New aircraft delivered

10th June 1940 War with Italy

12th June 1940 Raids

13th June 1940 Airfield bombed

13th June 1940 Fighter attack

23rd June 1940 Destroyer and submarine destroyed

24th June 1940 Italian aircraft examined

5th July 1940 Convoy escort

13th July 1940 Offensive fighter patrol.

21st July 1940 Attachment

26th July 1940 Air combat

27th July 1940 Airfield bombed

28th July 1940 Bombed in reprisal

5th August 1940 Italian invasion

7th August 1940 Combat over Aden

12th August 1940 Free French join 8 Squadron

12th August 1940 Airmen wounded

13th August 1940 Shot down by rifle

14th August 1940 Airfield evacuated

16th August 1940 Fighter patrols

18th August 1940 Berbera evacuated

26th August 1940 Belheim missing

5th September 1940 Increased enemy activity

6th September 1940 Bomber ops

15th October 1940 Italian bomber shot down

20th October 1940 Convoy escort

19th November 1940 Air accident

January 1941 French flight moves on

16th January 1941 Aircraft lost in Somalia

4th February 1941 Crash landing

11th February 1941 Bomber and convoy escort duties

18th February 1941 Bomber shot down

21st February 1941 Bomber sortie

24th February 1941 Bomber, recce and escort sorties

17th March 1941 Fishing on the airfield

28th March 1941 Blenheim missing

August 1941 Red Sea patrols

July 1942 Re-equipped

February 1943 New aircraft arrive

14th July 1943 Submarine sunk

December 1943 Long range patrols

3rd May 1944 U-Boat destroyed

1st May 1945 Disbanded


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Those known to have served at

RAF Khormaksar (Aden)

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

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Want to know more about RAF Khormaksar (Aden)?


There are:47 items tagged RAF Khormaksar (Aden) available in our Library

  These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.


Sgt. Charles Claude "Chris" Mugeli 6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment

Charles Mugeli is my father. I have 2 of his diaries which log the progress of the convoy he was in charge of. South Africa, Aden, Egypt, El Alamein, Alam Halfa to name but a few (1942).

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