No. 54 Group RAF

No. 54 (Training) Group RAF
Royal Air Force Ensign
Active30 August 1939 – 17 June 1946
1 April 1951 – 10 July 1953
CountryUnited Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeRoyal Air Force group
Part ofRAF Reserve Command

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.

Structure

November 1939 – HQ at Reading[1]

  • Various Initial Training Wings

May 1941 – Torquay[2]

April 1942 – HQ at Sunningdale[3]

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. ^ Delve 1994, p. 52.
  2. ^ Delve 1994, p. 55.
  3. ^ Delve 1994, p. 59.
  4. ^ Delve 1994, p. 66.
  5. ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 43.
  6. ^ Delve 1994, p. 74.
  7. ^ Delve 1994, p. 80.
  8. ^ Delve 1994, p. 86.
  9. ^ a b c d e Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 167.
  10. ^ a b c 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.