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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 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. 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. 148 Wing RAF: June 1944: Night fighter wing in 85 Group, 2nd TAF with 409 (RCAF) Sqn (Mosquito) [5] [6] September 1944 – May 1945: in 85 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 264, 409 (RCAF) (Mosquito) Sqns [7] No. 149 Wing RAF: June 1944: Canadian night fighter wing in 85 Group, 2nd TAF with 410 and 488 RCAF Sqs (Mosquito) [6]
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 ...
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No. 26 Group was reformed on 12 February 1940 within RAF Training Command, and transferred to RAF Technical Training Command on 27 May 1940. It was transferred to RAF Bomber Command on 10 February 1942, and then amalgamated with No. 60 (Signals) Group to form No. 90 (Signals) Group RAF on 25 April 1946.
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 ...