No. 70 Group (Army Co-Operation Training) RAF was a

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of the Royal Air Force existing from November 1940 to July 1945. It was split from

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, on 25 November 1940 to handle the increasing responsibility of training RAF units for

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duties. The

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was initially placed under the command of HQ No. 70 Group circa 1942. In June 1944 it was made up of 285-290 Squadrons; 291 (Hutton Cranswick, Yorks); 567 (

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), 577 (

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(

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), 595 ( RAF Aberporth),

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(

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), 631, 639, 650, 667, 679, and 691 Squadrons; two separate flights, No. 43 Operational Training Unit, which had been formed in October 1942 at RAF Larkhill to train army co-operation air observers for deployment on the Auster;Sturtivant 2007, pp. 198-206 the Pilotless Aircraft Unit, Nos 3505-3508 Servicing Units; four airfield care & maintenance parties, including at

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and Castle Bromwich; the

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, and No. 13 Armament Practice Camp. It was transferred to the

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on 1 June 1943, which was later retitled back to Fighter Command in October 1944. The group was disbanded, soon after the end of the war in Europe, on 17 July 1945.

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*Sturtivant, Ray and Hamlin, John. 2007. ''RAF Flying Training and Support Units''. Air-Britain 070 Military units and formations established in the 1940s Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 {{mil-unit-stub