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Air Commodore Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, a staff officer at No. 1 Group RAF, was the highest-ranking officer of RAF Bomber Command to be taken prisoner in World War II while flying operationally; he was flying as second pilot aboard an Avro Lancaster of No. 576 Squadron RAF on the night 6–7 May 1944.
No. 41 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force Maintenance group that was operational from 1 January 1939, throughout the Second World War and into the Cold War until 21 July 1961 within RAF Maintenance Command that dealt with aircraft.
The Casualty Branch of the Royal Air Force was established upon the outbreak of war in September 1939. [2] Within the Casualty Branch, a separate office called the Missing Research Section (MRS) was established in January 1942, which had to operate from within offices in the United Kingdom until D-Day, when the MRES became an official entity. [3]
No. 5 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–40, 1940) became No. 45 Air School, SAAF [5] ... (1939–44) became No. 17 Service Flying Training School RAF [67]
RAF St Athan between 1 July 1939 and 1 November 1968. [25] Service Repair Depot (1939–63) General Engineering Depot (1963–68) Miles Magisters. [1] In the 1960s it major serviced Blackburn Beverley and the V bomber fleet. Became Aircraft Engineering Wing. No. 33 MU RAF Lyneham between 6 March 1940 and 31 December 1966. [47] No. 45 SLG No. 2 ...
The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp [1] to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.
Bomber Wing [13] In September 1939, Nos. 18 and 57 Sqns at RAF Upper Heyford as part of No. 2 Group RAF; Bomber-Reconnaissance wing with BEF Air Component in France 1939–45, Nos 18 and 57 Sqns [12] 17 February 1941: 31 May 1946: Signals Wing [13] 22 August 1951: 1 August 1953: Signals Wing [13] No. 71 Wing RAF: 20 August 1918: 1 May 1919 ...
On 26 August 1939 the squadron was mobilised for active service as part of RAF Fighter Command and the Squadron was transferred to RAF Digby. In 1940 Squadron Leader ”Johnnie” Hill took command whilst the squadron was at Lille, France. When the airfield was overrun Hill had taken 12 Hurricanes into the air.