RAF Iceland is a former

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

command which controlled RAF units within Iceland. The command was operational between July 1941 and July 1945 during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the unit was previously No. 30 Wing RAF. The command controlled the Iceland Ferry Control Unit which was formed at Reykjavik on 11 August 1942. History of No. 30 Wing RAF No. 30 Wing RAF as formed as 29th (Training) Wing RFC on 1 June 1917 at Edinburgh controlling Montrose Aerodrome and Turnhouse Aerodrome. On the formation of the Royal Air Force it was transferred to 21st Group RAF and moved to Montrose on 22 July 1918. The wing was disbanded during October 1918. The wing was reformed on 22 March 1941 as No. 30 (Coastal) Wing RAF at

RAF Reykjavik Royal Air Force Station Reykjavik or more simply RAF Reykjavik is a former Royal Air Force station, at Reykjavík Airport, Iceland. Beginnings The station was built in 1940 by the British Army and used by the Royal Air Force from March 1941 a ...

and became RAF Iceland on 2 July 1941.

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Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

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