Unit Dates Aircraft Variant Notes No. 8 Squadron RAF 1927–1945; 1946–1967 with some interruptions Frequent changes of aircraft type (see below) See below No. 12 Squadron RAF 1935–1936 Hawker Hart [8] No. 21 Squadron RAF 1965–1967 Douglas Dakota Hawker Siddeley Andover CC.2 No. 26 Squadron RAF 1963–1965 Bristol Belvedere HC.1 No. 37 Squadron RAF 1957–1967 Avro Shackleton MR.2 No. 41 Squadron RAF Oct 1935 – Mar 1936 Hawker Demon Mk I To Sheikh Othman Mar-Aug 1936 No. 43 Squadron RAF 1963–1967 Hawker Hunter FGA.9 No. 73 Squadron RAF 1956 de Havilland Venom FB.1 No. 78 Squadron RAF 1956–1967 Scottish Aviation Pioneer Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer Percival Pembroke Westland Wessex CC.1 C.1 CC.1 HC.2 No. 84 Squadron RAF 1956–1967 Various No. 94 Squadron RAF 1939 Gloster Gladiator I and II No. 105 Squadron RAF 1962–1967 Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1 No. 114 Squadron RAF 1945 de Havilland Mosquito VI Originally used the Douglas Boston No. 203 Squadron RAF 1940 Bristol Blenheim IV No. 208 Squadron RAF 1961–1964 Hawker Hunter FGA.9 also 1956 detached from RAF Akrotiri No. 216 Squadron RAF 1942 Lockheed Hudson VI detached from Cairo West No. 233 Squadron RAF 1960–1964 Vickers Valetta C.1 No. 244 Squadron RAF 1944 Vickers Wellington XIII detached from Masirah No. 259 Squadron RAF 1943 Consolidated Catalina IB detached from Dar es Salaam No. 265 Squadron RAF 1943 Consolidated Catalina IB detached from Dar es Salaam No. 413 Squadron RCAF 1942–1945 Consolidated Catalina IV detached from Koggala No. 459 Squadron RAAF 1942 Lockheed Hudson III detached from LG227 and LG143 No. 621 Squadron RAF 1943–1945 Vickers Wellington XIII No. 683 Squadron RAF 1951 Vickers Valetta C.1 No. 1417 Flight RAF 1958–1960 Gloster Meteor FR.9 No. 1417 Flight RAF 1963–1967 Hawker Hunter FR.10 / T.7 Aden Communication Squadron RAF 1 December 1951 – 31 August 1955[9] Aden Protectorate Communication and Support Squadron RAF 1955–1956[10] Headquarters British Forces Aden Communication Squadron RAF 1943–1951, became Aden Communication Squadron [11] No. 131 Maintenance Unit March 1942[12] until 1966 Servicing Blackburn Beverley, Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, Scottish Aviation & Bristol Belvedere aircraft in 1965