No. 211 Group RAF
No. 211 (Offensive Fighter) Group | |
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Active | 10 December 1941 – 3 February 1942 12 March 1942 - 17 September 1943 |
Disbanded | 3 February 1942 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Royal Air Force group |
Part of | Air Headquarters Western Desert (1941 - 1942) RAF Middle East Command (1942 - 1943) |
Royal Air Force Ensign |
No. 211 Group RAF (211 Gp) is a former Royal Air Force group which disbanded in September 1943. It initially formed in December 1941, then disbanded in February 1942. The group immediately reformed in March 1942 as No. 211 (Offensive Fighter) Group within RAF Middle East Command.[1]
History
No 211 Group or No. 211 (Medium Bomber) Group was a
The group included many units from the South African Air Force (SAAF), as well as several from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), with one each from the Hellenic Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force. Many personnel from other British Commonwealth air forces also served in RAF, SAAF, RAAF and RCAF units, under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and related arrangements.
Throughout the
Order of battle 1942 and 1943
Group assignments for squadrons during the campaigns in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia are for the period from July 1942 to 10 July 1943 when the Allies invaded Sicily (Operation Husky).[4][5]
No. 212 Group July 1942 |
Nos. 211 & 212 Groups 27 October 1942 |
No. 211 Group 10 July 1943 |
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No. 233 Wing RAF/7 Wing SAAF
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No. 233 Wing [211 Group]
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No. 7 Wing SAAF
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7 Wing SAAF
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No. 7 Wing SAAF [No. 212 Group]
No. 80 Squadron SAAF (16 x Hurricane IIc) |
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No. 239 Wing RAF
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No. 239 Wing [211 Group]
- 66th Fighter Squadron (USAAF) (18 x P-40F Warhawks)
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No. 239 Wing RAF
No. 3 Squadron RAAF, Kittyhawk |
No. 244 Wing RAF
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No. 244 Wing RAF [211 Group]
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No. 244 Wing
No. 417 Squadron RCAF , SpitfireNo. 601 Squadron RAF, Spitfire |
No. 243 Wing RAF
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No.243 Wing RAF [No. 212 Group]
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No. 322 Wing RAF Colin Falkland Gray (RNZAF)
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Other
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Other Squadrons:
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No. 324 Wing RAF
No. 43 Squadron RAF, Spitfire |
Other Units:
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No. 212 Group was assigned to: in February 1943. |
Other:
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- Notes
SAAF – South African Air Force, RAAF – Royal Australian Air Force, RCAF – Royal Canadian Air Force; RNZAF -Royal New Zealand Air Force; PRU-
^The 57th Fighter Group USAAF had the 64th, 65th, and 66th; and the 79th Fighter Group USAAF had the 85th, 86th, and 87th Fighter Squadrons. For
Operations
Spitfires of No. 92 Squadron RAF and P-40F Warhawks of the 64th Fighter Squadron USAAF flew top cover for the P-40F Warhawks of the 65th and 66th Fighter Squadron and
Notes
- ^ "Groups 200+_P". Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Groups 200+_P". Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ Army Air Forces Historical Office Headquarters, Participation of the Ninth & Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, Army Air Forces Historical Study No. 37, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1945.
- ISBN 0-912799-03-X).
- ^ Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939–1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953).
- ^ ISBN 0-7110-0382-3.
References
- Craven, Wesley F. and James L. Cate. The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume 2, Chicago, Illinois: Chicago University Press, 1949 (Reprinted 1983, ISBN 0-912799-03-X).
- Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939–1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953).
- Howe, George F., Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West, Center of Military History, Washington, DC., 1991.
- Army Air Forces Historical Office Headquarters, Participation of the Ninth & Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, Army Air Forces Historical Study No. 37, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1945.
- Air of Authority – a history of RAF organization.