No. 91 Group RAF
No. 91 Group RAF No. 91 (Operational Training) Group No. 91 (Bomber OTU) Group | |
---|---|
Active | 11 May 1942 - 1 May 1947 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Royal Air Force group |
Role | Controlled Bomber OTU's |
Part of | RAF Bomber Command |
Last base | Morton Hall, Swinderby |
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, it was previously No. 6 Group RAF. Within a matter of weeks it was called upon to provide over 200 aircraft and crews for Operation Millenium, the first 1,000 bomber raid, launched against Cologne on the night of 30/31 May 1942.[1]
On 14 April 1947, the Group moved to Morton Hall, Swinderby and was amalgamated with and renamed No. 21 Group RAF on 1 May 1947.[2]
Structure
- February 1943 - HQ at Abingdon[3]
- No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Abingdon / RAF Stanton Harcourt with the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
- No. 15 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Harwell / RAF Hampstead Norris with the Vickers Wellington Ic
- No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Kinloss / RAF Forres with the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
- No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Lossiemouth / RAF Elgin with the Vickers Wellington I
- No. 21 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh / RAF Edgehill with the Vickers Wellington I
- No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford / RAF Gaydon with the Vickers Wellington I, III
- No. 23 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Pershore / RAF Stratford with the Vickers Wellington I
- No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Honeybourne / RAF Long Marston with the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
- February 1944 - HQ at Abingdon[4]
- No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Abingdon / RAF Stanton Harcourt with the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V, VII
- No. 15 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Harwell / RAF Hampstead Norris with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Kinloss / RAF Forres with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Lossiemouth / RAF Elgin with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 21 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh / RAF Enstone with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford / RAF Gaydon with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 23 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Pershore / RAF Stratford with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Honeybourne / RAF Long Marston with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- February 1945 - HQ at Abingdon[5]
- No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF 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 at RAF Lossiemouth /RAF Elgin with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 21 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh / RAF Enstone with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford / RAF Gaydon with the Vickers Wellington III, X
- No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Honeybourne / RAF Long Marston with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Lichfield / RAF Church Broughton with the Vickers Wellington X
- No. 30 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Gamston / RAF Hixon with the Vickers Wellington III, X
References
Citations
- ^ "Bomber Command. The Thousand Bomber raids". The National Archives. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 176.
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 312.
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 313.
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 314.