No. 16 Group RAF was a

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) an ...

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. It has existed over two periods in to different roles. First, No. 16 Group was a

training Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge or fitness that relate to specific useful competencies. Training has specific goals of improving one's capability, capacity, productivity and performance. I ...

group from 1918 to 1920 that had been transferred from the

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. Secondly, it was a

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group formed under

RAF Coastal Command RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was founded in 1936, when the RAF was restructured into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Commands and played an important role during the Second World War. Maritime Aviation ...

in 1936. With the creation of the RAF as a new service, No. 16 Group was established at

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in York on 1 April 1918. This was done by re-designating the

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's Northern Training Brigade as No. 16 Group. The training role was continued.

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was assigned to the group upon the station's opening in 1939.

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