No. 16 Group RAF

No. 16 Group
Active 1 April 1918 – 7 February 1920
1 December 1936 – 8 March 1946
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  Royal Air Force
Type Training (1918-1920)
Reconnaissance (1936-1946)
Part of No 4 Area (1 Apr 1918 - 7 May 1918)
North-Eastern Area (8 May 1918 - 17 Oct 1919)
Northern Area (18 Oct 1919 - 7 Feb 1920)
RAF Coastal Command (1 Dec 1936 - 8 Mar 1946)
Motto(s) We seek to strike
Engagements World War II

No. 16 Group RAF was the title of two Royal Air Force groups; a training group from 1918 to 1920 that had been transferred from the Royal Flying Corps, and a reconnaissance group formed under RAF Coastal Command in 1936.[1]

Air Officers Commanding

Date Air Officer Commanding[1]
1 April 1918 - 18 October 1919 unknown
18 October 1919 - 7 February 1920 Gp Capt H C T Dowding[2]
7 February 1920 - 1 December 1936 disbanded
1 December 1936 - 26 April 1937 unknown
27 Apr 1937 A/Cdre H M Cave-Browne-Cave
17 Aug 1938 Gp Capt I T Lloyd (Temporary)
29 Sep 1938 unknown
xx xxx 1939 Gp Capt-A/Cdre R L G Marix
xx Jan 1940 AVM J H S Tyssen
xx Feb 1942 AVM I T Lloyd
1942 - 43 AVM B E Baker
28 July 1943 - 8 March 1946 AVM F L Hopps

References

  1. 1 2 "Groups 10-19". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Dowding.htm
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