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RAF Coastal Command order of battle during World War II

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This article lists the order of battle of RAF Coastal Command throughout the Second World War in the European Theatre of World War II.

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3 September 1939

No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.G. Parry, DSO
No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.L.G. Marix, DSO
No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore T.E.B. Howe, CBE, AFC
No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal C.D. Breese, CB, AFC

1 November 1940

No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.G. Parry, DSO
No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal J.H.S. Tyssen, CB, DSO
No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore T.E.B. Howe, CBE, AFC
No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal C.D. Breese, CB, AFC
No. 200 Group RAF (Coastal), under command of Group Captain A.D. Rogers, CBE, AFC

12 February 1942

No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal J.M. Robb, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC
No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore I.T. Lloyd, CBE
No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC
No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal A. Durston, CB, AFC
No. 19 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore G.R. Bromet, CBE, DSO
AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Commodore S.P. Simpson, CBE, MC
AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore W.H. Primrose, CBE, DFC

15 February 1943

No. 15 Group RAF under command of Air Vice Marshal T.A. Langford-Sainsbury, OBE, DFC, AFC
No. 16 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC
No. 17 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC
No. 18 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal A.B. Ellwood, CB, DSC
No. 19 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal G.R. Bromet, CB, CBE, DSO
AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Commodore S.P. Simpson, CBE, MC
AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore K.B. Lloyd, AFC

6 June 1944

No. 15 Group RAF under command of Air Vice Marshal Sir Leonard Slatter, KBE, CB, DSC, DFC
No. 16 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal F.L. Hopps, CB, CBE, AFC
No. 17 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC
No. 18 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal S.P. Simpson, CB, CBE, MC
No. 19 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC
No. 106 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore J.N. Boothman, CB, DFC, AFC
No. 247 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal G.R. Bromet, CB, CBE, DSO
AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Vice Marshal W. Elliott, CB, CBE, DFC
AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore C.G. Wigglesworth, AFC

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RAF Coastal Command order of battle during World War II Wikipedia
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