No._54_Group_RAF

No. 54 Group RAF

No. 54 Group RAF

Former Royal Air Force operations group

No. 54 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force training group that operational between August 1939 and July 1953 during the Second World War and the Cold War.

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Structure

November 1939 – HQ at Reading[1]

  • Various Initial Training Wings

May 1941 – Torquay[2]

April 1942 – HQ at Sunningdale[3]

  • RAF Eastbourne = No. 1 Elementary Air Observers School RAF
  • 15 Initial Training Wings

April 1943 – HQ at Sunningdale[4]

  • Various Initial Training Wings
  • Air Crew Despatch Centre[5]

July 1944 – HQ at Sunningdale[6]

  • Various Initial Training Wings
  • Various Reception Wings
  • Various Initial Training Schools

July 1945 – HQ at Sunningdale[7]

  • Various non-flying units

April 1953 – HQ at Benson[8]

  • Initial Training School[9]
  • No. 2 Initial Training School[9]
  • No. 3 Initial Training School[9]
  • No. 4 Initial Training School[9]
  • No. 5 Initial Training School[9]
  • No. 2 Grading School[10]
  • No. 1 Grading Unit (Airwork)[10]
  • No. 2 Grading Unit (Airwork)[10]

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Delve 1994, p. 52.
  2. [2]
    Delve 1994, p. 55.
  3. [3]
    Delve 1994, p. 59.
  4. [4]
    Delve 1994, p. 66.
  5. [5]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 43.
  6. [6]
    Delve 1994, p. 74.
  7. [7]
    Delve 1994, p. 80.
  8. [8]
    Delve 1994, p. 86.
  9. [9]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 167.
  10. [10]
    Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 148.

Bibliography

  • Delve, Ken (1994). The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
  • Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.
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