No. 92 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force group.
No. 92 Group RAF No. 92 (Operational Training) Group No. 92 (Bomber OTU) Group | |
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Active | 11 May 1942 - 15 July 1945 |
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Type | Royal Air Force group |
Role | Controlled Bomber OTU's |
Part of | RAF Bomber Command |
Last base | Winslow Hall, Winslow, Buckinghamshire |
The group was formed on 11 May 1942 at Winslow Hall, Winslow, Buckinghamshire within RAF Bomber Command as No. 92 (Operational Training) Group RAF, it was previously No. 7 Group RAF. It was disbanded on 15 July 1945.[1]
Structure
edit- February 1943 at Winslow[2]
- No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Westcott with the Vickers Wellington I
- No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Oakley with the Vickers Wellington I
- No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Chipping Warden with the Vickers Wellington I
- No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Turweston with the Vickers Wellington I
- No. 13 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Bicester with the Bristol Blenheim I, IV
- No. 13 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Finmere with the Bristol Blenheim I, IV
- No. 14 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Cottesmore with the Vickers Wellington I
- No. 14 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Saltby with the Vickers Wellington I
- No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Upper Heyford with the Vickers Wellington I, III
- No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Hinton-in-the-Hedges with the Vickers Wellington I, III
- No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Upwood with the Bristol Blenheim I, IV
- No. 26 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Wing with the Vickers Wellington I, III
- No. 26 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Little Horwood with the Vickers Wellington I, III
- No. 29 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF North Luffenham with the Vickers Wellington I, III
- No. 81 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Tilstock with the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
- February 1944 at Winslow[3]
- No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Westcott with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Oakley with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Chipping Warden with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Edgehill with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 14 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Market Harborough with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 14 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Husbands Bosworth with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Upper Heyford with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Barford St John with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Silverstone with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Turweston with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 26 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Wing with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 26 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Little Horwood with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 28 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Wymeswold with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 28 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Castle Donington with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 29 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Bruntingthorpe with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 29 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Bitteswell with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 84 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Desborough with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- February 1945 at Winslow[4]
- No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Westcott with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Oakley with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Chipping Warden with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Edgehill with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 14 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Market Harborough with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Upper Heyford with the Vickers Wellington X & the de Havilland Mosquito III, IV, VI
- No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Barford St John with the Vickers Wellington X & the de Havilland Mosquito III, IV, VI
- No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Silverstone with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Turweston with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 26 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Wing with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 26 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Little Horwood with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 29 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Bruntingthorpe with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 84 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Desborough with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 85 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Husbands Bosworth with the Vickers Wellington X
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 176.
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 312.
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 313.
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 314.
Bibliography
edit- Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
- Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.