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No. 29 Group RAF

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No. 29 (Flying Training) Group RAF
No. 29 (Operations) Group RAF
No. 29 (Training) Group RAF
ActiveOctober 1918 until November 1918
27 November 1918 until 31 March 1922
1 July 1942 until 7 January 1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeRoyal Air Force group
RoleMilitary aviation training
Part ofRAF Flying Training Command
Last HQCargen House, Dumfries

No. 29 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force group that was formed as No. 29 (Training) Group RAF during October 1918 within the First World War at RAF Heliopolis controlling various units until November 1918. It was reformed on 27 November 1918 at No. 12 Great Stuart Street, Princes Street, Edinburgh controlling naval units as No. 29 (Operations) Group RAF until 31 March 1922 when it was disbanded into RAF Coastal Area. It was reformed as No. 29 (Flying Training) Group within RAF Flying Training Command on 1 July 1942 at Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton controlling Air Gunners Schools and (Observers) Advanced Flying Units based in Northern England. It was disbanded on 7 January 1945.[1]

Structure

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April 1943 – HQ at Dumfries[2]

July 1944 – HQ at Dumfries[3]

July 1945 – HQ at Dumfries[4]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 151.
  2. ^ Delve 1994, p. 65.
  3. ^ Delve 1994, p. 73.
  4. ^ Delve 1994, p. 80.

Bibliography

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  • 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.