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No. 85 Group was a Group of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. It was responsible for airfield construction and the air defence of the beachhead bases during the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 ( Operation Overlord ) and the subsequent campaign.
No. 85 Squadron was disbanded on 31 July 1991 [8] and the Standard bearing the squadron's battle honours was interred and is in the safekeeping of Ely Cathedral. At the end the flights of No. 85 were based at the following airfields: No. 85 Squadron at RAF West Raynham [9] A Flight at RAF West Raynham; B Flight at RAF North Coates; C Flight at ...
No. 85 Group RAF: 1943–1946 1948–1950: No. 85 Group was formed on 17 December 1943 within Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) from wings of the RAF Airfield Construction Service. It was renamed No. 85 (Base) Group on 14 February 1944, and reduced to the status of 85 Wing on 1 July 1946. It reformed on 1 December 1948, and disbanded on 1 July 1950.
No. 84 Group Communication Squadron RAF: 1 March 1944: Cowley Barracks: 30 November 1947: B.61 St. Denis Westrem: Disbanded [25] No. 85 Group Communication Squadron RAF: 1 May 1944: RAF Castle Camps: 29 May 1946: RAF Heston: Became No. 85 Group Communication Flight RAF [25] No. 88 Group Communication Squadron RAF: 10 May 1945: RAF Turnhouse: 30 ...
No. 2 Group Support Unit RAF (1944-45) became No. 2 Group Disbandment Centre RAF [66] ... Disbanded into 85 Group Operations Room [108] North: April 1968: RAF Neatishead:
RAF Husbands Bosworth came under 92 Group RAF, and was initially a satellite airfield for RAF Market Harborough under the command of the parent Station. [3] The complement of aircraft on the Stations as of 1943 is listed as 61 Vickers Wellingtons, 4 Miles Martinets and an Avro Anson. The Wellingtons were the primary training aircraft by that ...
In a more recent study, Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War: Volume 3, Operational Losses, Aircraft and Crews 1944–1945, the same author states that a report made by No. 85 Group RAF gave 127 operational aircraft destroyed and 133 damaged, while British personnel casualties were said to be 40 killed (11 pilots; six were killed in ...
The Royal Air Force (RAF) and its Second Tactical Air Force—under the command of Air Marshal Arthur Coningham—moved No. 2 Group RAF, No. 83 Group RAF, No. 84 Group RAF and No. 85 Group RAF to continental Europe in order to provide constant close air support. The RAF harassed the German air, sea and ground forces by hitting strong points and ...