No. 54 Group RAF

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No. 54 (Training) Group RAF
Royal Air Force Ensign
Active	30 August 1939 – 17 June 1946 1 April 1951 – 10 July 1953
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Royal Air Force group
Part of	RAF Reserve Command

No. 54 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force training group that operational between August 1939 and July 1953 during the Second World War and the Cold War.

Structure

November 1939 – HQ at Reading^[1]

Various Initial Training Wings

May 1941 – Torquay^[2]

April 1942 – HQ at Sunningdale^[3]

RAF Eastbourne = No. 1 Elementary Air Observers School RAF
15 Initial Training Wings

April 1943 – HQ at Sunningdale^[4]

Various Initial Training Wings
Air Crew Despatch Centre^[5]

July 1944 – HQ at Sunningdale^[6]

Various Initial Training Wings
Various Reception Wings
Various Initial Training Schools

July 1945 – HQ at Sunningdale^[7]

Various non-flying units

April 1953 – HQ at Benson^[8]

Initial Training School^[9]
No. 2 Initial Training School^[9]
No. 3 Initial Training School^[9]
No. 4 Initial Training School^[9]
No. 5 Initial Training School^[9]
No. 2 Grading School^[10]
No. 1 Grading Unit (Airwork)^[10]
No. 2 Grading Unit (Airwork)^[10]

References

Citations

Delve 1994, p. 52.
Delve 1994, p. 55.
Delve 1994, p. 59.
Delve 1994, p. 66.
Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 43.
Delve 1994, p. 74.
Delve 1994, p. 80.
Delve 1994, p. 86.
Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 167.
Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 148.

Bibliography

Delve, Ken (1994). The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.