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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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This list does not include Initial Training Wings, which are listed in the Members Area, as are more detailed histories of each Wing.
| Wing | Formation/Disbandment | Function | Notes |
| 215 | ?/8/56 - 15/1/57 | Technical Training Command | |
| 231 | (a) 27/12/41 - 31/3/46
(b) 2/9/46 - 31/7/47 |
(Bomber)
(Transport) |
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| 232 | 10/12/41 -12/12/46 | (Light Bomber) | |
| 233 | (a) 10/12/41 - 5/1/43
(b) 1/3/43 - 1/8/43 (c) 5/10/43 - 25/1/44 |
(Fighter)
(Administration)
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| 234 | 5/12/41 - 6/12/42 | (Mobile Defensive Fighter) | |
| 235 | 20/1/42 - 29/2/44 | (GR)/ (Naval Co-op) | 20 Jan 1942 - Gp Capt A T Cole 5 Apr 1942 - Gp Capt A P Revington 30 Sep 1942 - Gp Capt Collins |
| 236 | 1/2/42 - 20/12/46 | (Mobile Medium Bomber)/ (Heavy Bomber) | |
| 237 | (a) 1/4/42 - 28/2/43
(b) 9/8/43 - 29/2/44 |
(Fighter)
(General Reconnaissance) |
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| 238 | (a) 30/1/42 - 20/9/43
(b) 11/9/45 - 15/11/46 |
(Medium Bomber)
(Airborne Forces) |
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| 239 | 1/3/42 - 8/1/47 | (Offensive Fighter) | 3 Aug 1943 - Wg Cdr B Eaton RAAF |
| 240 | 7/3/42 - 15/9/46 | (Mobile Light Bomber)/ (Reconnaissance) | |
| 241 | 12/4/42 - 1/8/43 | (Offensive Fighter)/ (Administrative) | |
| 242 | (a) 10/2/42 - 1/7/43
(b) 30/6/45 - ? |
(Bomber)
(Maintenance) |
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt F
M V May 15 May 1942 Gp Capt G H Russell (b) to have been part of 'Tiger Force' |
| 243 | (a) 1/3/42 - 28/2/43
(b) 18/9/43 - 20/10/43 (c) 26/10/43 - 1/12/44 |
(Offensive Fighter)
(Fighter) (Standard Offensive Fighter) |
15 Jan 1943 - Wg Cdr G D Garvin 16 Feb 1943 - Gp Capt J Grandy xx xxx 1943 - Wg Cdr E R Bitmead 5 Jun 1944 - Wg Cdr T P A Bradley 1 Dec 1944 - Redesignated No 907 Wing |
| 244 | 4/6/42 - 27/1/47 | (Offensive Fighter) | |
| 245 | (a) 23/7/42 - 17/12/42
(b) 20/2/43 - 29/2/44 |
(Heavy Bomber)
(General Reconnaissance) |
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| 246 | 1/6/42 - 10/6/45 | (Defensive Fighter) | |
| 247 | 7/3/42 - 29/2/44 | (Twin-engined Day Fighter)/ (Naval Co-op) | |
| 248 | 7/3/42 - 6/10/44 | (GR/Torpedo Bomber) | |
| 249 | (a) 11/4/42 -23/7/42
(b) 20/1/43 - 15/9/43 (c) 7/11/43 - 15/8/46 |
(Heavy Air Transport)/ (Heavy Bomber)
(Transport) (Transport) |
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| 250 | 21/9/439 - 6/12/42 | (Bomber)/ (Signals) | |
| 251 | (a) 21/9/39 - ?/3/40
(b) 29/4/42 - 1/10/42 (c) 13/3/44 - 7/11/44 |
(Bomber)
(Defensive Fighter) (Fighter) |
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| 252 | (a) 21/9/39 -6/12/42
(b) 15/1/44 - 19/2/44 |
(Fighter)
(Fighter) |
xx Oct 1941 Gp Capt G V Howard xx Jan 1942 Gp Capt G L Carter |
| 253 | (a) 21/9/39 - 10/6/40
(b) 1/5/41 - 17/11/41 (c) 29/7/44 - 31/8/45 |
(Bomber)
(Army Co-operation) (Light Bomber) |
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| 254 | (a) 2/9/39 - 24/5/41
(b) 8/7/44 - 25/7/45 |
(Bomber)
(Light Bomber) |
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| 256 | (a) 23/4/40 - ?/1/41
(b) ?/4/41 - 6/12/42 |
(Air Information Signals)
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| 257 | 20/12/40 - 23/10/41 | (Heavy Bomber) | |
| 258 | 1/1/41 - 1/3/42 | (Semi-mobile Advanced Fighter)/ (Fighter) | |
| 259 | (a) ?/4/41 - ?
(b) 14/7/41 - 30/11/44 |
(Medium Bomber)
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| 260 | 13/7/41 -15/1/45 | (Balloon) | |
| 261 | 5/10/41 - 13/11/41 | (Medium Bomber) | Became No 3 Wing SAAF |
| 262 | 11/10/41 - 1/3/42 | (Fighter) | |
| 263 | (a) 6/10/41 - 1/5/43
(b) 15/1/44 - 15/3/44 |
(Fighter)
(Light Bomber) |
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| 264 | 24/10/41 - 31/10/41 | (Fighter) | |
| 265 | 24/10/41 - 3/12/41 | (Medium Bomber) | |
| 266 | ?/?/41 - 28/3/42 (Nom) | (Fighter) | Presumed lost in Far East |
| 267 | (a) 18/12/41 - ?/?/41
(b) 22/3/42 - 28/3/42 |
(Fighter)
(Fighter) |
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| 268 | 1/12/41 - 3/12/41 | (Fighter) | |
| 269 | 31/10/41 - 5/12/41 | (Fighter) | |
| 270 | ?/11/41 - 20/1/42 | (Light Bomber) | |
| 272 | 3/12/41 - 10/12/41 | (Light Bomber) | |
| 273 | (a) 3/12/41 - 10/12/41
(b) 10/7/45 - ? |
(Fighter)
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| 274 | 4/2/42 - 23/3/43 | (Balloon | |
| 275 | 23/4/42 - 1/12/43 | (Balloon) | |
| 276 | No 276 (Signals) Wing was formed in 1 Aug 1942 at Heliopolis to control Special Signals Units in Middle East Command. It moved to Aleppo on 15 Nov 1942 and ten days later was transferred to North-West African Air Forces. On 1 Dec 1943 it reverted to the control of RAF Middle East but on 24 Dec it came under No 214 Group of NWAAF, with a forward HQ at Conversano and a rear HQ still at Heliopolis. Both 276 Wing and No 214 Group were transferred to Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces on 1 Feb 1945 and the Wing disbanded on 31 Aug 1945. | ||
| 280 | ?/?/? - 9/6/43 | (Signals | |
| 281 | 16/6/44 - 30/9/45 | (Fighter) | |
| 282 | 1/2/44 - 1/6/46 | (Transport) | |
| 283 | (a) 5/6/42 - 1/1/43
(b) 10/5/43 - 31/5/44 (c) 16/6/44 - 1/5/45 (d) 1/2/46 - 14/8/47 |
(Air Transport)
(Fighter) (Airborne Forces) |
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| 284 | 15/8/43 - 1/6/46 | (Transport) | |
| 285 | (a) 1/8/42 - 30/9/45
(b) 1/2/47 - 10/6/47 |
(Reconnaissance)
(Mobile Fighter) |
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| 286 | 14/8/43 - 26/5/45 | (Fighter) | |
| 287 | 11/9/43 - 14/7/45 | (Fighter) | |
| 292 | 26/1/42 - 16/7/42 | (Fighter) | |
| 293 | (a) 6/1/42 - 16/7/42
(b) 1/10/42 - 30/9/44 |
(Fighter)
(Defensive Fighter) |
1 Oct 1942 - Wg Cdr J A O'Neill xx Nov 1942 - Gp Capt A D Farquhar xx Feb 1943 - Gp Capt D N Roberts xx xxx 1943 - Wg Cdr H S Darley xx xxx 1943 - Gp Capt J L F Fuller-Good 1 Apr 1944 - Gp Capt R F Boyd |
| 294 | 6/1/42 - 19/1/42 | (Army Co-operation) | |
| 295 | 1/3/42 -1/8/45 | (General Reconnaissance) | |
| 296 | 17/2/42 - 30/4/43 | (Signals | |
| 297 | 7/10/42 - 15/2/43 | (General Reconnaissance) | |
| 298 | 19/9/42 -1/6/45 | ||
This page was last updated on 17/03/25©
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