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Formed Aug 1918 in Salonika as No 30 (Operational) Group. Reduced to No 16 Wing, 7 Apr 1919.
Reformed 17 Mar 1937 as No 30 (Balloon Barrage) Group in Fighter Command. Transferred to Balloon Command 1 Nov 1938. Disbanded, 7 Jan 1945
xx Aug 1918 ?
7 Apr 1919 - 17 Mar 1937 Disbanded
1 May 1937 A/Cdre J G Hearson (Ret’d)
1 Nov 1939 Gp Capt W J Y Guilfoyle
1 Jul 1941 A/Cdre W C C Gell
1 Feb 1944: A/Cdre P L Lincoln
Listings of units controlled by No 30 Group: -
Formed Aug 1918 in Mesopotamia as No 31 (Operational) Group. Disbanded, Apr 1919.
Reformed 1 Apr 1939 as No 31 (Balloon Barrage) Group in Balloon Command. Disbanded, 13 Nov 1941.
xx Aug 1918 ?
Apr 1919 - 1 Apr 1939 Disbanded
xx xxx 1939 A/Cdre R F S Morton RAFO
xx Jan 1940 A/Cdre J C Quinnell
Listings of units controlled by No 31 Group: -
Formed 1 Mar 1939 in Balloon Command. Disbanded, 15 Nov 1944.
1939 - 40 A/Cdre B C H Drew (Ret’d)
23 Jan 1940 A/Cdre A A Walser
15 Dec 1941 A/Cdre C J R Turner
Listings of units controlled by No 32 Group: -
Formed 1 Mar 1939 in Balloon Command. Disbanded, 4 Sep 1944.
1939 A/Cdre H R Busteed RAFO (Ret’d)
19 Feb 1940 A/Cdre S W Smith
15 Aug 1941 A/Cdre J G Murray
Listings of units controlled by No 33 Group: -
Formed 7 Apr 1940 in Balloon Command. Disbanded, 19 Jul 1943.
1 Mar 1940 A/Cdre H R Busteed (Ret'd)
1 Aug 1941 A/Cdre P L Lincoln
Listings of units controlled by No 34 Group: -
[ July1942 |
Formed 11Oct 1943 as No 38 (Airborne Force) Group
within Fighter Command, from No 38 Wing. Transferred to HQ AEAF, 15 Nov
1943. Transferred to ADGB, 10 Nov 1944. Transferred to Transport
Command, 1 Jun 1945. Disbanded, 1 Feb 1951. (AOC's - No 38 Wing shown for clarity)
Reformed 1 Jan 1960 as No 38 (Air Support) Group within Transport Command. Transferred to Strike Command 1 Jul 1972. Disbanded 17 Nov 1983
Reformed 1 Nov 1992. Post of AOC twinned with that of
SASO, Strike Command, 21 Apr 1995. Disbanded, 1 Apr 2000?.
15 Jan 1942 A/Cdre Sir Nigel Norman
xx May 1943 A/Cdre W H Primrose
6 Oct 1943 AVM L N Hollinghurst
18 Oct 1944 AVM J R Scarlett-Streatfield
xx May 1945 ?
31 Jul 1945: AVM R Ivelaw-Chapman
1946 - 48 AVM A L Fiddment
17 Jan 1948 AVM A C H Sharp
25 Jan 1950 AVM E J Kingston-McClaughry
1 Feb 1951 - 1 Jan 1960 Disbanded
1 Jan 1960 AVM P G Wykeham
27Jul 1962 AVM T W Piper
1 Jan 1965 AVM L D Mavor
1 Mar 1966 AVM P C Fletcher
1 Aug 1967 AVM H B Martin
24 Jun 1970 AVM D Crowley-Milling
21 Feb 1972 AVM F S Hazlewood
2 Nov 1974
AVM P G K Williamson
10 Dec 1977
AVM J A Gilbert
27 Feb 1980
AVM D P Hall
1984 - 85
AVM D Parry-Evans
17 Nov 1983 - 1 Nov 1992 Disbanded
1 Nov 1992
No appointment
15 Jan 1993
AVM J A G May
xx xxx 1994
AVM D Cousins
21 Apr 1995
AVM D A Hurrell
30 Jan 1998
AVM P O Sturley
Listings of units controlled by No 38 Group: -
[Jun 1944 |
Formed 3 Jan 1939 in Maintenance Command.
Responsible for all equipment except bombs and explosives. Disbanded 28
Jul 1961.
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Motto: Et Subsidium et Praesidium
27 Mar 1939 Gp Capt T G Skeats (SOA)
1 May 1939 A/Cdre R W Thomas
9 May 1940 A/Cdre - AVM W B Cushion
25 Aug 1941 AVM E W Havers
1 Dec 1945 AVM W J B Curtis
18 May 1949 AVM L J V Bates
10 Jun 1952 AVM H D Jackman
17 Aug 1955 AVM G L Worthington
17 Feb 1958 AVM E N Lowe
Listings of units controlled by No 40 Group: -
Formed 1 Jan 1939 in Maintenance Command.
Responsible for supply and allocation of aircraft. Disbanded 21 Jul
1961.
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Motto: Provida Futuri
1 Apr 1939 Gp Capt R J Mounsey (SOA)
10 Jul 1939 Gp Capt E J D Townesend (reverted to SOA)
28 Jul 1939 A/Cdre-AVM G Laing
1 Jan 1945: AVM G D Daly
1946 - 48 AVM C W Weedon
1 Nov 1948 AVM H J Roach
6 Nov 1950 AVM H G White
5 Feb 1953 AVM G Combe
12 Apr 1955 AVM R G Hart
10 Sep 1956 AVM W A Opie
4 May 1959 AVM J D Baker-Carr
Listings of units controlled by No 41 Group: -
Formed 1 Jan 1939 in Maintenance Command.
Assuming responsibility on 17 Apr 1939 for Ammunition and Fuel depots.
Disbanded 2 Jan 1956.
Motto: Fulmen Alatum Tenemus
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20 Apr 1939 Gp Capt T Fawdrey
29 Aug 1939: A/Cdre A W Bigsworth
22 Apr 1940 A/Cdre - AVM J A Stone
24 Nov 1945 A/Cdre T G Bowler
1947 - 49 AVM E C Farman
7 Mar 1949 A/Cdre C W Gore
1 Jan 1951 A/Cdre J Marson
5 Feb 1953 A/Cdre G L Worthington
1955 A/Cdre R C Storrar
Listings of units controlled by No 42 Group: -
Formed 1 Jan 1939 in Maintenance Command.
Assuming responsibility on 21 Sep 1939 for salvage of aircraft and equipment.
Disbanded 2 Jan 1956.
Motto: Servimus et Servamus
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20 Nov 1940 A/Cdre - AVM K M St C G Leask
1 Feb 1944 AVM E J Cuckney
xx xxx 1945 Vacant
18 Feb 1946 AVM T A Wawne-Browne
1947 - 48 AVM H J Roach
1 Nov 1948 AVM H G White
30 Jun 1950 A/Cdre H H Chapman
10 Jan 1952 A/Cdre A F Hutton
1 Dec 1952 A/Cdre F G S Mitchell
17 Feb 1955 A/Cdre L P Moore
Listings of units controlled by No 43 Group: -
[Jun 1944 |
Formed 15 Aug 1941 from Overseas Air Movements Control Unit within Ferry Command. Transferred to Transport Command, 25 Mar 1943. Disbanded, 14 Aug 1946.
15 Aug 1941 AVM E J Kingston-McClaughry
23 Dec 1944 AVM G R Beamish
1945 - 46 AVM L T Pankhurst
8 Feb 1946 A/Cdre H L Patch
Listings of units controlled by No 44 Group: -
Formed 1 Apr 1943 as No 45 (Atlantic Ferry) Group from RAF Ferry Command. Renamed No 45 (Transport) Group, Jun 1944. Transferred to Coastal Command, 1 Jan 1946. Reduced to Wing status as No 45 Wing, 15 Feb 1946.
1 Apr 1943 AVM R L G Marix
xx xxx 1944 AVM G R Beamish
Listings of units controlled by No 45 Group: -
[Jun 1944 |
Formed 17 Jan 1944. Administered by both BAFO and Transport
Command. Disbanded, 15 Oct 1949.
Reformed 1 Nov 1949 by renaming No 47 (Transport) Group. Disbanded 31 Mar 1950.
Reformed 1 Sep 1972 as No 46 (Strategic Support) Group within Strike Command to take over the transport role of Air Support Command. Merged with No 38 Group, 1 Jan 1976.
Motto: Alios Alis Alo
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1 Feb 1944 A/Cdre - AVM A L Fiddament
16 Sep 1944 A/Cdre L Darvall
xx xxx 1945 A/Cdre W W Straight
1 Nov 1945 A/Cdre W E Staton
1 Oct 1947 AVM J W F Merer
15 Oct 1949 - 1 Nov 1949 Disbanded
1 Nov 1949 ?
31 Mar 1950 - 1 Sep 1972 Disbanded
1 Sep 1972
AM Sir Harry Burton
3 Jan 1973
AM Sir Denis Crowley-Milling
7 Dec 1973
AM Sir Neil Cameron
3 Oct 1974
AVM N E Hoad
Listings of units controlled by No 46 Group: -
[Jun 1944 |
Formed 1 Jan 1945 from No 116 Wing. Renamed No No 46 Group 1 Nov 1949.
1 Jan 1945 A/Cdre F J Fressanges
xx Aug 1945 AVM A C Stevens
15 May 1946 AVM D F W Atcherley
xx Oct 1946
15 Jan 1948 A/Cdre A P Revington
Formed 29 Oct 1945. Disbanded, 15 May 1946.
xx Dec 1945 A/Cdre D F W Atcherley
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