- RAF Khormaksar (Aden) during the Second World War -
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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 DisbandedIf you can provide any additional information, please add it here.
Those known to have served at
RAF Khormaksar (Aden)
during the Second World War 1939-1945.
- Mugeli Charles Claude. Sgt.
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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).Pamela Driscoll
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