Royal Air Force RAF Sheikh Othman or more simply RAF Sheikh Othman is a former

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...

station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...

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Sheikh Othman Sheikh Othman () is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 105,248 inhabitants. History Sheikh Othman derives its name from a religious shrine for Sheikh Othman Al-Zubairi Al-Wahki. The shrine is ...

District,

Aden Aden () is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea. It is situated approximately 170 km (110 mi) east of ...

Aden Governorate Aden ( ) is a governorate of Yemen, including the city of Aden. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 589,419. The ancient capital, the port city of Crater, was located here. Aden was under British rule in the period from 1839 to 1967. In ...

, Yemen. The following units were here at some point: * Detachment from No. 8 Squadron RAF between April 1939 and July 1940 with the

Bristol Blenheim The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, which was used extensively in the first two years of the Second World War, with examples still being used as trainers until the end of the war. ...

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No. 11 Squadron RAF No. 11 or XI Squadron (sometimes featuring an 'F' to represent its historic fighter role (No. 11(F) or XI(F) Squadron)), is "the world's oldest, dedicated fighter unit" and continues the traditions established by the similarly numbered Royal Fly ...

between 16 June and 1 December 1940 with the Blenheim I * No. 39 Squadron RAF between 13 May and 1 December 1940 with the Blenheim I * No. 41 Squadron RAF between 18 March and 11 August 1936 with the Hawker Demon * No. 94 Squadron RAF between 2 May 1939 and 19 April 1941 with the

Gloster Gladiator The Gloster Gladiator is a British biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) (as the Sea Gladiator variant) and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. Developed privat ...

I & II * No. 203 Squadron RAF between 15 February and 18 May 1940 with the Short Singapore III and the Blenheim I & IV * No. 73 Operational Training Unit RAF between 20 November 1941 and 30 November 1942 with the Curtiss Mohawk and

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I * No. 3 (Middle East) Ferry Control RAF between 20 May 1942 and 1 February 1944 * No. 30 Staging Post between 9 June 1942 and 1 June 1946 * Fighter Defence Flight, Aden between 1 October 1942 and 31 January 1943 with the Hurricane I

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External links

Royal Navy Research Archive - map showing general location of this airfield
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheikh Othman Royal Air Force stations in the Middle East World War II airfields in the Middle East World War II sites in Aden

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