88 Group

This Group was formed on 10 April 1945 at Kinnellan House, Murrayfield Road, Edinburgh to control units during Operations Apostle and Doomsday in Norway. The Group began work on 6 May 1945 and an element began moving to Norway on 12 May, arriving at Gardermoen on 1 June 1945, leaving a rear element at Turnhouse.

Location	Command	Controlled
Kinnellan House, Murrayfield Road, Edinburgh	Fighter Command	No 128 Wing - Turnhouse No 129 Wing - Turnhouse No 130 Wing - Turnhouse No 132 (Norge) Wing - North Weald No 1318 RAF Regiment Wing - Dyce No 120 Squadron - Bentwaters No 130 Squadron - North Weald No 165 Squadron - Bentwaters No 276 Squadron - Portreath No 331 Squadron - Dyce No 332 Squadron - Dyce No 33 ASR Marine Craft Unit - Felixstowe No 88 Group Communication Flight - Turnhouse

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	John A Boret	7 May 1945	Air Officer Commanding, CBE, MC, AFC
Air Staff
Gp Capt	R W G Lywood
Gp Capt	E H Stevens
Wg Cdr	M E Blackstone
Wg Cdr	P H Gibbings
Sqn Ldr	H D W Flowers
Sqn Ldr	R S Day
Sqn Ldr	K Schadtler-Law
Administrative Staff
Sqn Ldr	W H Forbes-Mitchell
Sqn Ldr	S E A Brown
Sqn Ldr	P Hancock
Sqn Ldr	N W F Codd
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
Sqn Ldr	E J Praill		MBE
Signals
Wg Cdr	P F Overton
Sqn Ldr	L H Mansell
Armament
Sqn Ldr	C E Fookes
Equipment
Wg Cdr	N J Fagan
Sqn Ldr	A B Rivlin
Accountant
Sqn Ldr	P Goldsmith

The rear element moved to Oslo on 8 June 1945 with the Norwegian element disbanding on 20 November followed by the UK elements at Dunsfold between 30 November and 31 December 1945.