Operation Granby order of battle

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This is the order of battle for Operation Granby , the name given to the British Armed Forces deployment to the Middle East after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 and subsequent operations during the 1991 Gulf War.

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British Forces Middle East (BFME) – Lieutenant-General Sir Peter de la Billière [1]

British Army

Supporting units

Royal Air Force

18 Panavia Tornado F.3s [2] [4]
Panavia Tornado GR.1 [2]
Panavia Tornado GR.1a [2]
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 JaguarGR1 41Sqn Gulf1991.jpeg
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1
12 SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1s [2] [4]
Blackburn Buccaneer [2]
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod [2]
Lockheed C-130 Hercules [2]
Handley Page Victor [2]
Lockheed TriStar K.1 [2]
Boeing Chinook [2]
Westland Puma HC.1 [5]

RAF Regiment

[2]

Members of 4001 Flt RAF Regiment became NBC team attached to the 4th Armoured Division during Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Desert Sabre.

1 Squadron RAF Regiment were flown into Al Qaysumah to reinforce the base from RAF Germany. Equipped with Scorpion and Spartan armoured vehicles, they reinforced Muharraq and crossed into Iraq with 1 (BR) Armoured Division as the reconnaissance screen for the Division, ending the war astride the Kuwait-Basra highway.

20 Squadron RAF Regiment deployed to Cyprus August 1990. One flight deployed to Muharraq late August 1990, second flight joined first in the middle of October 1990, relieved by 66 Squadron in November 1990, and returned to UK after setting up airbase defence of Muharraq.

26 Squadron RAF Regiment, RAF Laarbruch Commander Sqn Ldr Dipper. Deployed 28 November 1990 to 14 February 1991. Used to defend the airfield before Patriot was even conceived. In the aftermath of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the squadron deployed to Saudi Arabia and detachments saw service at Dharan, Muharraq, and Tabuk during the war. Successfully deployed all equipment within 10 days of arrival

34 Squadron RAF Regiment deployed to Bahrain and Dahrhan in August 1990.

In aftermath of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the squadron deployed to Saudi Arabia, and detachments saw service at Dharan, Muharraq, and Tabuk during the war.

58 Squadron RAF Regiment deployed from RAF Catterick in January 1991 to Bahrain to allow 1 Squadron RAF Regiment to deploy to the front. With only three days notice, those three days included all kitting and ANTHRAX jabs.

Other RAF Units

Royal Navy

Aircraft carrier
Frigates
Destroyers
Command ships
Mine countermeasure vessels
Submarines
Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Fleet Air Arm

Deployed to land bases

Fleet Diving Group

Embarked on RFA Sir Galahad
Embarked on RFA Argus

See also

Notes

  1. Johann Price, British Ground Force in the Gulf War, 1990–91
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 "British Forces involved in Operation Granby". RAF.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "1st Armoured Division". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . House of Commons. 4 March 1991.
  4. 1 2 Dr Sebastian Ritchie (2014). "The Royal Air Force and the First Gulf War, 1990-91: A Case Study in the Identification and Implementation of Air Power Lessons". www.raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. James 2001, p. 509.
  6. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 413.
  7. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 419.
  8. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 415.
  9. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 416.
  10. 1 2 3 James 2001, p. 508.
  11. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 421.

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