The biggest contingent of officers and men of the Royal Air Force ever to be sent overseas in one ship as part of the ordinary trooping program, left Southampton on the troopship Nevassa to be dispersed over various units in Iraq, India, Aden, Khartoum and are Malta. Air force personnel travelling on the Nevassa number approximately 1000, many of the men being accompanied by the families to make a full complement for the troopship. Normally transports are shared by the Army and Navy as well. Photo shows: Royal Air Force men boarding the troopship with their kitbags. 25 October 1938