No. 14 Group RAF
Appearance
No. 14 (Fighter) Group RAF | |
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Active | 1 April 1918– 19 May 1919 20 January 1940 – 22 June 1940 26/29 June 1940 – 15 July 1943 |
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Type | Royal Air Force group |
Role | Anti-submarine (1918-1919) Fighter cover for Scotland (1940-1943) |
Part of | Midland Area (1918-1919) RAF Fighter Command (1940-1943) |
Garrison/HQ | Drumossie Hotel, Inverness (1940-1941) Raigmore House, Inverness (1941-1943) |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
No. 14 Group RAF (14 Gp) was the title of several
wing in the British Expeditionary Force in 1940; and finally a fighter group covering Scotland from 1940 to 1943.[1]
History
First World War
No. 14 Group RAF was first formed on 1 April 1918 by the re-designation of
Milford Haven Anti-Submarine Group. On 8 May it was transferred to Midland Area, and it was disbanded on 19 May 1919.[1]
Second World War
It was reformed as No. 14 (Fighter) Group on 20 January 1940 as part of the wartime expansion of the
Group Captain Philip Fletcher Fullard
. The Group was disbanded on 22 June.
Only three days later 14 Group was reformed in
Malcolm Henderson from 20 July 1940 and throughout the Battle of Britain, before coming under the command of Air Vice-Marshal John D'Albiac from 10 February 1942. The Group was then under the command of Canadian flying ace Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Collishaw from 21 March 1942 until the Group was finally disbanded on 15 July 1943.[1]
Structure
May 1941
- No. 14 Group RAF[2]
- Group Headquarters: Inverness
- RAF Castletown
- No. 17 Squadron RAF operated with Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter aircraft
- No. 213 Squadron RAF operated with Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter aircraft
- RAF Dyce
- No. 111 Squadron RAF (FIt) operated with Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter aircraft
- RAF Elgin
- No. 232 Squadron RAF operated with Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter aircraft
- RAF Montrose
- No. 111 Squadron RAF (FIt) operated with Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter aircraft
- RAF Skaebrae
- No. 253 Squadron RAF operated with Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter aircraft
- RAF Skitten
- No. 260 Squadron RAF operated with Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter aircraft
- RAF Sumburgh
- No. 213 Squadron RAF (Flt) operated with Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter aircraft
- RAF Castletown
- Group Headquarters: Inverness
Air Officers Commanding
Date | Air Officer Commanding[1] |
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1 April 1918 – 19 May 1919 | Lt.Col. Robert Cholerton Hayes, OBE[3][4][5] |
20 May 1919 – 19 January 1940 | disbanded |
20 Jan 1940 – 22 June 1940 | Group Captain Philip F. Fullard
|
22 June 1940 – 25 June 1940 | disbanded |
26/29 June 1940 - 19 July 1940 | Group Captain Philip F. Fullard |
20 July 1940 – 9 February 1942 | Malcolm Henderson
|
10 February 1942 – 20 March 1942 | Air Vice-Marshal John D'Albiac |
21 March 1942 – 15 July 1943 | Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Collishaw |
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Delve 1994, p. 53.
- ^ AIR76/217/136
- ^ ADM273/1/57
- ^ Supplement to the Edinburgh Gazette, 6 Jan 1919, page 73.
Bibliography
- Delve, Ken (1994). The Source Book of the RAF. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.