No. 17 Group RAF

No. 17 Group RAF was a group of the Royal Air Force which was operational during both the First and Second World Wars.

No. 17 (Training) Group RAF No. 17 Group RAF
Active	1918–1919 1936–1945
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Part of	RAF Coastal Command
Engagements	First World War Second World War

First World War

No. 17 Group RAF was formed during April 1918 in No. 4 Area, it was transferred to North-Eastern Area on 8 May 1918 with Training being added to the name on 8 August 1918 and was disbanded on 18 October 1919.

Second World War

Reformed 1 Dec 1936 as No. 17 (Training) Group in RAF Coastal Command.

The following units were under its control at some point:

• No. 4 Operational Training Unit RAF.[1]
• No. 5 Operational Training Unit RAF .[1]
• No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAF.[1]
• No. 7 Operational Training Unit RAF.[1]
• No. 9 Operational Training Unit RAF.[1]
• No. 131 Operational Training Unit RAF.[1]
• No. 132 Operational Training Unit RAF.[1]
• No. 7 Group Communication Flight RAF formed August 1938 at Gosport and was disbanded on 18 September 1945 at RAF Turnhouse.[2][3]
• No. 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF.[1]

The group disbanded on 1 September 1945.

References

Citations

1. "No. 17 Group, RAF". Orders of Battle. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
2. Lake 1999, p. 121.
3. Lake 1999, p. 122.

Bibliography

• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

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