3 September 1939
- No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.G. Parry, DSO[1]
- No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.L.G. Marix, DSO[1]
- No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore T.E.B. Howe, CBE, AFC[1][3]
- No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal C.D. Breese, CB, AFC[1]
1 November 1940
- No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.G. Parry, DSO[10]
- No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal J.H.S. Tyssen, CB, DSO[10]
- No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore T.E.B. Howe, CBE, AFC[10]
- No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal C.D. Breese, CB, AFC[10]
- No. 200 Group RAF (Coastal), under command of Group Captain A.D. Rogers, CBE, AFC[10]
12 February 1942
- No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal J.M. Robb, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC[13]
- No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore I.T. Lloyd, CBE[13]
- No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC[13]
Squadron | Type of Aircraft | Station |
Numerous Training Units | N/A | |
- No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal A. Durston, CB, AFC[13]
- No. 19 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore G.R. Bromet, CBE, DSO[13]
- AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Commodore S.P. Simpson, CBE, MC[13]
- AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore W.H. Primrose, CBE, DFC[13]
15 February 1943
- No. 15 Group RAF under command of Air Vice Marshal T.A. Langford-Sainsbury, OBE, DFC, AFC[20]
- No. 16 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC[20]
- No. 17 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC[20]
Squadron | Type of Aircraft | Station |
Numerous Training Units | N/A | |
- No. 18 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal A.B. Ellwood, CB, DSC[20]
- No. 19 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal G.R. Bromet, CB, CBE, DSO[20]
- AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Commodore S.P. Simpson, CBE, MC[20]
- AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore K.B. Lloyd, AFC[20]
6 June 1944
- No. 15 Group RAF under command of Air Vice Marshal Sir Leonard Slatter, KBE, CB, DSC, DFC[20]
- No. 16 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal F.L. Hopps, CB, CBE, AFC[20]
- No. 17 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC[20][29]
- No. 18 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal S.P. Simpson, CB, CBE, MC[20]
- No. 19 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC[20]
- No. 106 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore J.N. Boothman, CB, DFC, AFC[20]
- No. 247 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal G.R. Bromet, CB, CBE, DSO[20]
- AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Vice Marshal W. Elliott, CB, CBE, DFC[20]
- AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore C.G. Wigglesworth, AFC[20]
References
- Footnotes
- ↑ This unit was formed from No. 1401 (Meteorological) Flight in August 1942. One flight was equipped with Spitfire PR.IVs, one of Mosquito PR.IVs and one of Hudsons.[23]
- ↑ 541, 542 and 543 Sqns were all formed from 1 PRU on 19 October 1942; each was equipped with the Spitfire PR.Mk.IV.[23]
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- 1 2 3 4 Ashworth 1992, Appendix II
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lake 1999, p. 264.
- ↑ Delve 1994, p. 51.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, p. 282.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, pp. 29-30.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, p. 182.
- ↑ Lake 1999, p. 183.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, p. 270.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lake 1999, pp. 270-271.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ashworth 1992, Appendix III
- 1 2 3 4 Lake 1999, p. 256.
- ↑ Lake 1999, p. 48.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ashworth 1992, Appendix IV
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Lake 1999, p. 87.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lake 1999, p. 259.
- 1 2 3 Lake 1999, p. 260.
- ↑ Lake 1999, pp. 87-88.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, p. 257.
- 1 2 http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_PBY_catalina_US_service.html
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ashworth 1992, Appendix V
- ↑ name="RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Kostenuk, Griffin"
- 1 2 name=RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Kostenuk, Griffin
- 1 2 Matusiak 2007, p. 21.
- 1 2 3 Lake 1999, p. 262.
- ↑ Lake 1999, p. 90.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, p. 255.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, pp. 255-256.
- ↑ Lake 1999, p. 146.
- ↑ See also Order of battle 6 June 1944, including Nos 4,5,6,7,9, 131, 132 OTUs and . .
- ↑ Lake 1999, p. 99.
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