No. 91 Group RAF is a former
Royal Air Force group.
The group was formed on 11 May 1942 at Abingdon as No. 91 (Operational Training) Group RAF in
RAF Bomber Command
RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central role in the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II. From 1942 onward, the British bo ...
, it was previously
No. 6 Group RAF
No. 6 Group RCAF was a group of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) heavy bomber squadrons in Europe during the Second World War, between 1942 and 1945. The group operated out of airfields in Yorkshire, England.
History
No. 6 Group was a Royal Cana ...
. On 14 April 1947 it moved to Morton Hall, Swinderby and was amalgamated with and renamed
No. 21 Group RAF
No. 21 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force group that existed from April-July 1918; 1926-1934, a redesignation of No. 1 Group RAF; after which it was merged into Inland Area; and from 1938 to 1955.Air of AuthorityGroup nos 21 -29 accessed June 2 ...
on 1 May 1947.
Structure
* February 1943 - HQ at Abingdon
**
No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF
No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF or more simply No. 10 OTU was a training unit operated by the Royal Air Force.
History
The unit was formed at RAF Abingdon on 8 April 1940 with No. 97 Squadron RAF (97 Sqn) and No. 166 Squadron RAF (166 Sqn) f ...
at
RAF Abingdon with the
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
**
No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF
No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF or more simply No. 10 OTU was a training unit operated by the Royal Air Force.
History
The unit was formed at RAF Abingdon on 8 April 1940 with No. 97 Squadron RAF (97 Sqn) and No. 166 Squadron RAF (166 Sqn) f ...
at
RAF Stanton Harcourt
Royal Air Force Stanton Harcourt or more simply RAF Stanton Harcourt is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located southeast of Witney, Oxfordshire and west of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
Units
The following units were here at some point: ...
with the
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
**
No. 15 Operational Training Unit RAF
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at
RAF Harwell
Royal Air Force Harwell or more simply RAF Harwell is a former Royal Air Force station, near the village of Harwell, located south east of Wantage, Oxfordshire and north west of Reading, Berkshire, England.
The site is now the Harwell Sc ...
with the
Vickers Wellington Ic
**
No. 15 Operational Training Unit RAF
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at
RAF Hampstead Norris
Royal Air Force Hampstead Norris or more simply RAF Hampstead Norris is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located north east of Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire, England and north west of Reading, Berkshire.
Station history
The constru ...
with the
Vickers Wellington Ic
**
No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Kinloss with the
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
**
No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Forres
Royal Air Force Forres or more simply RAF Forres is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Forres, Moray, Scotland. The station was controlled by RAF Lossiemouth.
The following units were here at some point:
* Satellite airfield ...
with the
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
**
No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Lossiemouth with the
Vickers Wellington I
**
No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Elgin
Royal Air Force Elgin or RAF Elgin, also known as Bogs of Mayne, is a former airfield operated by the Royal Air Force and located approximately south west of Elgin in Moray, Scotland. It opened in 1940 as a satellite airfield of RAF Lossiem ...
with the
Vickers Wellington I
**
No. 21 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Moreton-in-Marsh with the
Vickers Wellington I
**
No. 21 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Edgehill
Shenington Gliding Club is a British gliding club near the village of Shenington in the Cotswolds, seven miles north west of Banbury. The club changed its name to Edgehill Gliding Centre in 2022, but still operates from Shenington Airfield.
The ...
with the
Vickers Wellington I
**
No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford with the
Vickers Wellington I, III
**
No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Gaydon
Royal Air Force Gaydon or more simply RAF Gaydon is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Wellesbourne, Warwickshire and north west of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.
RAF Gaydon opened in 1942 and is known for its role during the ...
with the
Vickers Wellington I, III
**
No. 23 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Pershore
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's Air force, air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal ...
with the
Vickers Wellington I
**
No. 23 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Stratford
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 ...
with the
Vickers Wellington I
**
No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Honeybourne
Royal Air Force Honeybourne or RAF Honeybourne was a Royal Air Force station located south of Honeybourne, Worcestershire, England and east of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
The station was operational from 1940 or 1941 to 1946 or 15 Nove ...
with the
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
**
No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Long Marston
Royal Air Force Long Marston or more simply RAF Long Marston is a former Royal Air Force station, that was opened in 1941 in the county of Warwickshire.
History
The airfield was constructed in 1940 upon privately owned arable farmland requisit ...
with the
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
* February 1944 - HQ at Abingdon
**
No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF
No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF or more simply No. 10 OTU was a training unit operated by the Royal Air Force.
History
The unit was formed at RAF Abingdon on 8 April 1940 with No. 97 Squadron RAF (97 Sqn) and No. 166 Squadron RAF (166 Sqn) f ...
at
RAF Abingdon with the
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V, VII
**
No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF
No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF or more simply No. 10 OTU was a training unit operated by the Royal Air Force.
History
The unit was formed at RAF Abingdon on 8 April 1940 with No. 97 Squadron RAF (97 Sqn) and No. 166 Squadron RAF (166 Sqn) f ...
at
RAF Stanton Harcourt
Royal Air Force Stanton Harcourt or more simply RAF Stanton Harcourt is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located southeast of Witney, Oxfordshire and west of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
Units
The following units were here at some point: ...
with the
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V, VII
**
No. 15 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a Typography, typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal number, ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For exampl ...
at
RAF Harwell
Royal Air Force Harwell or more simply RAF Harwell is a former Royal Air Force station, near the village of Harwell, located south east of Wantage, Oxfordshire and north west of Reading, Berkshire, England.
The site is now the Harwell Sc ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 15 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a Typography, typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal number, ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For exampl ...
at
RAF Hampstead Norris
Royal Air Force Hampstead Norris or more simply RAF Hampstead Norris is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located north east of Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire, England and north west of Reading, Berkshire.
Station history
The constru ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Kinloss with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Forres
Royal Air Force Forres or more simply RAF Forres is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Forres, Moray, Scotland. The station was controlled by RAF Lossiemouth.
The following units were here at some point:
* Satellite airfield ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Lossiemouth with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Elgin
Royal Air Force Elgin or RAF Elgin, also known as Bogs of Mayne, is a former airfield operated by the Royal Air Force and located approximately south west of Elgin in Moray, Scotland. It opened in 1940 as a satellite airfield of RAF Lossiem ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 21 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Moreton-in-Marsh with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 21 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Enstone with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Gaydon
Royal Air Force Gaydon or more simply RAF Gaydon is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Wellesbourne, Warwickshire and north west of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.
RAF Gaydon opened in 1942 and is known for its role during the ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 23 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Pershore
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's Air force, air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 23 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Stratford
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 ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Honeybourne
Royal Air Force Honeybourne or RAF Honeybourne was a Royal Air Force station located south of Honeybourne, Worcestershire, England and east of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
The station was operational from 1940 or 1941 to 1946 or 15 Nove ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Long Marston
Royal Air Force Long Marston or more simply RAF Long Marston is a former Royal Air Force station, that was opened in 1941 in the county of Warwickshire.
History
The airfield was constructed in 1940 upon privately owned arable farmland requisit ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
* February 1945 - HQ at Abingdon
**
No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF
No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF or more simply No. 10 OTU was a training unit operated by the Royal Air Force.
History
The unit was formed at RAF Abingdon on 8 April 1940 with No. 97 Squadron RAF (97 Sqn) and No. 166 Squadron RAF (166 Sqn) f ...
at
RAF Abingdon with the
Vickers Wellington X
**
No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Kinloss with the
Vickers Wellington X
**
No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Lossiemouth with the
Vickers Wellington X
**
No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Elgin
Royal Air Force Elgin or RAF Elgin, also known as Bogs of Mayne, is a former airfield operated by the Royal Air Force and located approximately south west of Elgin in Moray, Scotland. It opened in 1940 as a satellite airfield of RAF Lossiem ...
with the
Vickers Wellington X
**
No. 21 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Moreton-in-Marsh with the
Vickers Wellington X
**
No. 21 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Enstone with the
Vickers Wellington X
**
No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Gaydon
Royal Air Force Gaydon or more simply RAF Gaydon is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Wellesbourne, Warwickshire and north west of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.
RAF Gaydon opened in 1942 and is known for its role during the ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Honeybourne
Royal Air Force Honeybourne or RAF Honeybourne was a Royal Air Force station located south of Honeybourne, Worcestershire, England and east of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
The station was operational from 1940 or 1941 to 1946 or 15 Nove ...
with the
Vickers Wellington X
**
No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF at
RAF Long Marston
Royal Air Force Long Marston or more simply RAF Long Marston is a former Royal Air Force station, that was opened in 1941 in the county of Warwickshire.
History
The airfield was constructed in 1940 upon privately owned arable farmland requisit ...
with the
Vickers Wellington X
**
No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Lichfield with the
Vickers Wellington X
**
No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Church Broughton
Royal Air Force Church Broughton or more simply RAF Church Broughton is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield located near Church Broughton, Derbyshire, England.
History
The following units were here at some point:
* Satellite of No. 27 ...
with the
Vickers Wellington X
**
No. 30 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Gamston
Retford Gamston Airport is a small England, English airport, located south of Retford and close to Gamston, Bassetlaw, Gamston, Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire. It is used mainly for small private aircraft as well as a base fo ...
with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
**
No. 30 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
at
RAF Hixon with the
Vickers Wellington III, X
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