RAF Home Command was the

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 ...

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that was responsible for the maintenance and training of reserve organisationsJohn D. Rawlings, 'The History of the Royal Air Force,' Temple Press Aerospace, Feltham, Middlesex, 1984, p.180 from formation on 1 February 1939 as RAF Reserve Command with interruptions until it ceased to exist on 1 April 1959.

History

The Command was formed as RAF Reserve Command on 1 February 1939.Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - RAF Home Commands formed between 1939 - 1957
It was absorbed into

RAF Flying Training Command Flying Training Command was an organization of the Royal Air Force; it controlled flight training units. The command's headquarters were at Shinfield Park, Reading in Berkshire. History Flying Training Command was formed from the elements of ...

on 27 May 1940 but reformed again on 1 May 1946. It was then renamed RAF Home Command on 1 August 1950 and absorbed into RAF Flying Training Command again on 1 April 1959. The command's communications squadron, the Home Command Communication Squadron, was formed on 1 August 1950 at

RAF White Waltham 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 ...

and disestablished on 1 April 1959, still at White Waltham, becoming the Flying Training Command Communication Squadron RAF.

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief included:
RAF Reserve Command *1 February 1939 Air Marshal Sir

Christopher Courtney Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Lloyd Courtney, (27 June 1890 – 22 October 1976) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. RAF career Courtney joined the Royal Navy in May 1905 as a midshipman at Britannia Naval College. By late 1909 he was an ...

*28 August 1939 Air Chief Marshal Sir

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*22 April 1940 Air Vice Marshal Sir William Welsh :''Note: The Command was not in existence from May 1940 to May 1946'' *1 May 1946 Air Commodore E D H Davies (Temporary) *20 May 1946 Air Marshal Sir

Alan Lees Air Marshal Sir Alan Lees, (23 May 1895 – 14 August 1973) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Reserve Command. RAF career Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Lee ...

*1 October 1949 Air Marshal Sir Robert Foster RAF Home Command *1 August 1950 Air Marshal Sir Robert Foster *31 Mar 1952 Air Marshal Sir

Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, (17 January 1899 – 28 April 1978) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the middle of the 20th century and the penultimate RAF commander-in-chief of the Indian Air Force. Early life and ...

*1 October 1952 Air Marshal Sir

Harold Lydford Air Marshal Sir Harold Thomas Lydford, (7 May 1898 – 20 September 1979) was a First World War pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the post-war decade. RAF career Lydford ...

*March 1956 Air Marshal Sir

Douglas Macfadyen Air Marshal Sir Douglas Macfadyen, (8 August 1902 – 26 July 1968) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Home Command from 1956 until his retirement in 1959. RAF career After education at the Royal Gra ...

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History

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