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The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001).
RAF group Dates active Description No. 1 Group RAF [1]: 1918–1926 1927–1939 1940–present: Originally formed on 1 April 1918 (same day as the Royal Air Force creation) in London, it was renumbered 21 Group on 12 April 1926.
At the outbreak of war in September 1939 operational Royal Air Force bomber squadrons in Europe were equipped with two main categories of bombers, single-engined Fairey Battle and twin-engined Bristol Blenheim light bombers and Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, Vickers Wellington and Handley Page Hampden medium bombers. [28]
There was a need for long-range machines to cover the South-Western Approaches and in December 1939 to August 1940 No. 10 Squadron RAAF received Sunderlands, No. 235 Squadron RAF, No. 236 Squadron RAF, No. 248 Squadron RAF and No. 254 Squadron RAF were equipped with Bristol Blenheims from RAF Fighter Command in February 1940; in June 1940 No ...
The Royal Air Force ... was founded in 1924 but handed over to Admiralty control on 24 May 1939. [23] The RAF adopted ... The first RAF squadron to operate the F ...
Pages in category "Aircraft squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II" The following 173 pages are in this category, out of 173 total.
On 24 August 1939, the British government gave orders for the armed forces partially to mobilise and on 2 September No. 1 Group RAF (Air Vice-Marshal Patrick Playfair) sent its ten Fairey Battle day-bomber squadrons to France according to plans made by the British and French earlier in the year.
This is a list of personnel numbers in the Royal Air Force, from its inception in 1918, up until the modern day. Royal Air Force staffing numbers have fluctuated with periodic demand, however, since the end of the Second World War , numbers have decreased steadily and the RAF itself has shrunk in terms of operating bases.