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Upavon">RAF Upavon</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199485_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199485-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously Harrow<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199474_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199474-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>: <i>Ferio Ferendo</i><br />("I Strike by Carrying")<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Badge heraldry</th><td class="infobox-data">A golden griffon in front of a globe</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>RAF Transport Command</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Command_(military_formation)" title="Command (military formation)">command</a> that controlled all <a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">transport aircraft</a> of the RAF. It was established on 25 March 1943 by the renaming of the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ferry_Command" title="RAF Ferry Command">RAF Ferry Command</a>, and was subsequently renamed <a href="/wiki/RAF_Air_Support_Command" title="RAF Air Support Command">RAF Air Support Command</a> in 1967. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, it at first ferried <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a> from <a href="/wiki/Factories" class="mw-redirect" title="Factories">factories</a> to operational units and performed air transport. Later it took over the job of dropping <a href="/wiki/Paratroops" class="mw-redirect" title="Paratroops">paratroops</a> from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Army_Cooperation_Command" title="RAF Army Cooperation Command">Army Cooperation Command</a> as well.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Transport Command was the only RAF command in to which aircrew originating in the Caribbean were not posted due to the fact that they might be required to fly to the United States where racial discrimination was legally entrenched at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1944 the Command was made up of <a href="/wiki/No._38_Group_RAF" title="No. 38 Group RAF">No. 38 Group RAF</a>; No. 44 Group RAF; No. 45 Group RAF; <a href="/wiki/No._46_Group_RAF" title="No. 46 Group RAF">No. 46 Group RAF</a>; <a href="/wiki/No._216_Group_RAF" title="No. 216 Group RAF">No. 216 Group RAF</a>; No. 229 Group RAF;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 114 Wing RAF, and No. 116 Wing RAF at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hendon" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Hendon">RAF Hendon</a>. </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/No._44_Group_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 44 Group RAF">No. 44 Group RAF</a></b> - HQ at Gloucester<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199474_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199474-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>"In the early days of the North Atlantic route, there was ..at the eastern end ..the Overseas Air Movements Control Unit (OAMCU) which in August 1941 was up-rated to become No 44 Group, thus becoming the second piece of the Transport Command jigsaw. With its Headquarters at Barnwood (near <a href="/wiki/RAF_Innsworth" title="RAF Innsworth">RAF Innsworth</a>) in Gloucester, [the group] organised the receipt of all aircraft arriving from across the Atlantic, as well as the despatch of those going out to the Mediterranean and the Far East; it also co-ordinated the massive influx of USAAF aircraft and crews under <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bolero" title="Operation Bolero">Operation Bolero</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStephens200032_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStephens200032-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Controlled airfields such as Bramcote (where 105 Operational Training Unit was located), Filton, Hendon, Hurn, Kemble, Llandow, Lyneham, Melton Mowbray, Pershore, Portreath, Prestwick, St Mawgan and Talbenny</li></ul> <p><b>No. 45 Group RAF</b> - HQ at <a href="/wiki/Dorval" title="Dorval">Dorval</a> in Canada,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199474_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199474-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (the former <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ferry_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Ferry Organization">Atlantic Ferry Organization</a>) </p> <ul><li>No. 112 Wing at Dorval</li> <li>No. 113 Wing at Nassau</li> <li>became No. 45 Wing for a short time before disbanding</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/No._46_Group_RAF" title="No. 46 Group RAF">No. 46 Group RAF</a></b> - HQ at Harrow Weald<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199474_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199474-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Controlled airfields such as Blakehill Farm</li> <li>Units included Nos 233, 512 575 Squadrons</li></ul> <p><b>No. 216 Group RAF</b> HQ in Egypt </p><p><b>No. 229 Group RAF</b> HQ at Delhi,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199474_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199474-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India (formed 1943–44);<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> controlled <b>No. 177 Wing</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199474_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199474-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>No. 114 Wing RAF</b> - HQ at <a href="/wiki/Accra" title="Accra">Accra</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)" title="Gold Coast (British colony)">Gold Coast</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199474_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199474-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Controlled airfields such as Heliopolis</li> <li>Units included No. 284 Wing</li></ul> <p><b>No. 116 Wing RAF</b> at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hendon" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Hendon">RAF Hendon</a>, which supervised scheduled services to India.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 February 1945 <a href="/w/index.php?title=No._87_Group_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 87 Group RAF (page does not exist)">No. 87 Group RAF</a> was formed in Paris<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994128_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994128-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to control units in Paris and southern France. It was disbanded by being reduced to <a href="/w/index.php?title=No._87_Wing_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 87 Wing RAF (page does not exist)">No. 87 Wing RAF</a> on 15 July 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-HO6_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HO6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Accidents">Accidents</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Accidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Operating as it did under wartime conditions, Transport Command had a relatively high accident rate. Prominent accidents included a <a href="/wiki/1943_Gibraltar_Liberator_AL523_crash" title="1943 Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash">July 1943 crash at Gibraltar</a>, killing the Polish leader <a href="/wiki/General_Sikorski" class="mw-redirect" title="General Sikorski">General Sikorski</a> and several other senior figures in the exile government; a <a href="/wiki/1945_Avro_York_crash" title="1945 Avro York crash">February 1945 crash in the Mediterranean</a>, killing eleven members of the British delegation to the <a href="/wiki/Yalta_Conference" title="Yalta Conference">Yalta Conference</a>; and a <a href="/wiki/Commando_(aircraft)" title="Commando (aircraft)">March 1945 disappearance over the North Atlantic</a> involving the aircraft formerly used as a private transport by Winston Churchill. </p><p>Following these and other losses, in April 1945, concerns were raised in Parliament about the experience of crews and the maintenance of aircraft within Transport Command. One frequent issue reported was that VIP passengers were said to put pressure on crews to fly in difficult conditions; the Air Ministry reported that it had tried to put in place orders to prevent this.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_war">Post war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the Second World War ended, on 7 May 1945, <a href="/wiki/No._4_Group_RAF" title="No. 4 Group RAF">No. 4 Group RAF</a> was transferred into the command, from <a href="/wiki/Bomber_Command" title="Bomber Command">Bomber Command</a>, but disbanded in early 1948; No. 44 Group disbanded by being amalgamated into No 46 Group on 14 August 1946; <a href="/wiki/No._48_Group_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 48 Group RAF">No. 48 Group RAF</a> was established,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but then disbanded on 15 May 1946; and No. 216 Group was transferred to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Mediterranean_and_Middle_East" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Mediterranean and Middle East">RAF Mediterranean and Middle East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 November 1949, <a href="/wiki/No._47_Group_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 47 Group RAF">No. 47 Group RAF</a> disbanded by being renumbered 46 Group.<sup id="cite_ref-HO6_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HO6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Overseas, two groups had been formed in India and Australia towards the end of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994128_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994128-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/No._232_Group_RAF" title="No. 232 Group RAF">No. 232 Group RAF</a> disbanded, now in <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> on 15 August 1946, and 300 Group (24 April 1946 – 7 November 1946) in Sydney.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Command took part in several big operations, including the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Airlift">Berlin Airlift</a> in 1948, which reinforced the need for a large RAF transport fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Hastings" title="Handley Page Hastings">Handley Page Hastings</a>, a four-engined transport, was introduced during the Berlin Airlift<sup id="cite_ref-no99_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-no99-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and continued as a mainstay transport aircraft of the RAF for the next 15 years. In 1956, new aircraft designs became available, including the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet" title="De Havilland Comet">de Havilland Comet</a> (the first operational <a href="/wiki/Jet_aircraft" title="Jet aircraft">jet</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">transport</a>), and the <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Beverley" title="Blackburn Beverley">Blackburn Beverley</a>. In 1959, the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Britannia" title="Bristol Britannia">Bristol Britannia</a> was introduced, with <a href="/wiki/No._99_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 99 Squadron RAF">No. 99 Squadron RAF</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-no99_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-no99-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/No._511_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 511 Squadron RAF">No. 511 Squadron RAF</a> was re-formed again at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Lyneham" title="RAF Lyneham">RAF Lyneham</a> on 15 December 1959, as the second squadron to operate the Britannia on long-range trooping flights. </p><p>During the 1960s the command was divided into three different forces: </p> <ul><li>Strategic Force which operated the Comets, Britannias, VC-10s and Belfasts. Deliveries of the <a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">Vickers VC10</a> to <a href="/wiki/No._10_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 10 Squadron RAF">No. 10 Squadron RAF</a> began in December 1966 and ended in August 1968.</li> <li>Medium Range Force which operated Beverleys, Hastings and Argosys</li> <li>Short Range Force which operated helicopters such as the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Belvedere" title="Bristol Belvedere">Bristol Belvedere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)" title="Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)">Westland Whirlwind</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Westland Wessex</a> and fixed wing aircraft such as <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Aviation_Pioneer" title="Scottish Aviation Pioneer">Scottish Aviation Pioneers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Aviation_Twin_Pioneer" title="Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer">Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Andover" title="Hawker Siddeley Andover">Hawker Siddeley Andovers</a>.</li></ul> <p>During the 1950s and 1960s Transport Command evacuated military personnel from the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal Zone</a> prior and after the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a> of October–November 1956;<sup id="cite_ref-no99_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-no99-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> evacuated casualties from <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> and from the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Malaya</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a>; moved essential supplies to <a href="/wiki/Woomera,_South_Australia" title="Woomera, South Australia">Woomera, South Australia</a>, and ferried personnel and supplies out to <a href="/wiki/Kiritimati" title="Kiritimati">Christmas Island</a> for the UK's <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Atomic bomb">atomic bomb</a> tests. In addition, Transport Command ran scheduled routes to military staging posts and bases in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> region, <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a>, to maintain contact between the UK and military bases of strategic importance. It also carried out special flights worldwide covering all the continents bar Antarctica. Many varied tasks were undertaken during the 1950s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The 1960s saw a reduction of the RAF and a loss of independence of the former functional commands. Transport Command was renamed <a href="/wiki/RAF_Air_Support_Command" title="RAF Air Support Command">Air Support Command</a> in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_tasks_in_the_1950s">Other tasks in the 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other tasks in the 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Operation Becher's Brook was a major operation of Transport Command – the ferrying of 400 <a href="/wiki/Canadair_Sabre" title="Canadair Sabre">Canadair Sabre</a> fighters from North America to the UK, circa 1952. This required pilots and ground crew to be transported to Canada. The Sabres were flown via <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Keflavik" title="Naval Air Station Keflavik">Keflavik</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>) on to <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a> and from there to mainland Scotland.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Transport Command also supported the <a href="/wiki/British_North_Greenland_expedition" title="British North Greenland expedition">British North Greenland expedition</a> a research expedition from 1952–54 on the Greenland ice.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Groups">Groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No. 44 (Ferry) Group RAF was formed on 15 August 1941 at Eastern Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucester within <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ferry_Command" title="RAF Ferry Command">RAF Ferry Command</a>. It moved to Transport Command on 25 March 1943 and controlled non-operational aircraft moving to and from the UK to the south or west. It was disbanded on 14 August 1946 and absorbed into No. 46 Group.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>April 1942 - HQ at Gloucester<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199460_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199460-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Prestwick" title="RAF Prestwick">RAF Prestwick</a> = <a href="/wiki/No._1527_(Beam_Approach_Training)_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1527 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF">No. 1527 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kemble" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Kemble">RAF Kemble</a> = <a href="/wiki/No._1_Overseas_Aircraft_Preparation_Unit_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF">No. 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF</a> & <a href="/wiki/No._2_Overseas_Aircraft_Preparation_Unit_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF">No. 2 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Filton" title="RAF Filton">RAF Filton</a> = <a href="/wiki/No._3_Overseas_Aircraft_Preparation_Unit_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 3 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF">No. 3 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF</a> & <a href="/wiki/No._4_Overseas_Aircraft_Preparation_Unit_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 4 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF">No. 4 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Honeybourne" title="RAF Honeybourne">RAF Honeybourne</a> = <a href="/wiki/Ferry_Training_Unit_RAF" title="Ferry Training Unit RAF">Ferry Training Unit RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hurn" title="RAF Hurn">RAF Hurn</a> = <a href="/wiki/No._1425_(Communication)_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1425 (Communication) Flight RAF">No. 1425 (Communication) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lyneham" title="RAF Lyneham">RAF Lyneham</a> = <a href="/wiki/No._1445_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1445 Flight RAF">No. 1445 Flight RAF</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>No. 47 (Transport) Group RAF was formed on 1 January 1945 at The Hall, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire within Transport Command. It reabsorbed No. 48 (Transport) Group on 1 April 1946, No. 47 moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Abingdon" title="RAF Abingdon">RAF Abingdon</a> on 15 April 1948 and was redesignated No. 46 Group on 1 November 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No. 48 (Transport) Group was formed on 29 October 1945 out of No. 47 Group at The Hall, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire within Transport Command. It was disbanded into No. 47 Group on 15 May 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wings">Wings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Wings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During its existence the command supervised a number of wings: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>No. 87 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994134_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994134-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 107 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 108 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 109 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 110 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 111 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 115 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 116 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 117 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 118 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 177 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994136_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994136-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 282 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 283 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 284 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 341 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 342 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 900 Wing RAF<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Units">Units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Units included: </p> <ul><li>The <b>Airborne Forces Tactical Development Unit</b> was formed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tarrant_Rushton" title="RAF Tarrant Rushton">RAF Tarrant Rushton</a> on 1 December 1943 and was disbanded on 14 January 1944 to become the <b>Air Transport Tactical Development Unit</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake199925_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELake199925-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This new unit was then disbanded on 31 August 1945 at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Netheravon" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Netheravon">RAF Netheravon</a> to become the <b>Transport Command Development Unit</b>. This unit was disbanded at RAF Abingdon on 28 February 1950 to become the <b>Air Transport Development Flight</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake1999288_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELake1999288-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this new unit was disbanded on 14 October 1951 still at Abingdon to become the <b>Transport Command Development Flight</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake199925_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELake199925-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This unit was disbanded on 8 February 1957 at RAF Benson.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake1999288_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELake1999288-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b>Transport Command Aircrew Examining Unit</b> was previously the <b>Aircrew Testing and Grading Unit</b> and was formed on 1 November 1945 at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Melbourne" title="RAF Melbourne">RAF Melbourne</a>. It used a variety of transport aircraft until it was disbanded on 7 August 1946 at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bramcote" title="RAF Bramcote">RAF Bramcote</a> to become the <b>Transport Command Examining Unit</b>. This unit continued the work of the previous unit until it was disbanded on 23 June 1964 at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Benson" title="RAF Benson">RAF Benson</a>, the unit then became the <b>Transport Command Examining Staff</b> until 1 August 1967 while still at RAF Benson became the <b>Air Support Examining Unit</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake1999288_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELake1999288-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Transport Command Air Support Flight</b> was formed on 1 February 1953 at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Abingdon" title="RAF Abingdon">RAF Abingdon</a> but was shortly disbanded on 14 September 1954 to become <b><a href="/wiki/No._1312_Flight_RAF" title="No. 1312 Flight RAF">No. 1312 (Transport Support) Flight</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake1999288_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELake1999288-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Transport Command Communication Flight</b> was initially 'C' Flight of the <b><a href="/wiki/No._32_Squadron_RAF#VIP_transport" title="No. 32 Squadron RAF">Metropolitan Communication Squadron RAF</a></b> and was separated doing May 1946 when it moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Upavon" title="RAF Upavon">RAF Upavon</a>. At some point it became the <b>Transport Command Communication Squadron</b> and was disbanded on 1 April 1964 and was absorbed by the <b><a href="/wiki/Western_Communication_Squadron_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Communication Squadron RAF">Western Communication Squadron RAF</a></b> at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Upavon" title="RAF Upavon">RAF Upavon</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake1999288_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELake1999288-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_operated">Aircraft operated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aircraft operated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_AW.660_Argosy" title="Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy">Armstrong Whitworth Argosy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_York" title="Avro York">Avro York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Beverley" title="Blackburn Beverley">Blackburn Beverley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Belvedere" title="Bristol Belvedere">Bristol Belvedere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Britannia" title="Bristol Britannia">Bristol Britannia</a> (Nos 99 and <a href="/wiki/No._511_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 511 Squadron RAF">No. 511 Squadron RAF</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Sycamore" title="Bristol Sycamore">Bristol Sycamore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Liberator_I" title="Consolidated Liberator I">Consolidated Liberator I</a> (referred to solely as "Liberator" without the B-24 designation)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet" title="De Havilland Comet">de Havilland Comet</a> (with <a href="/wiki/No._216_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 216 Squadron RAF">No. 216 Squadron RAF</a> 1956–1967; Comet C2 and C4)<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_p._68_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_p._68-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Devon" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland Devon">de Havilland Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Hastings" title="Handley Page Hastings">Handley Page Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Andover" title="Hawker Siddeley Andover">Hawker Siddeley Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">Lockheed C-130 Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Pembroke" title="Percival Pembroke">Percival Pembroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Aviation_Pioneer" title="Scottish Aviation Pioneer">Scottish Aviation Pioneer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Aviation_Twin_Pioneer" title="Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer">Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Belfast" title="Short Belfast">Short Belfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">Vickers Valetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_VC10" title="Vickers VC10">Vickers VC10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Varsity" title="Vickers Varsity">Vickers Varsity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Dragonfly" class="mw-redirect" title="Westland Dragonfly">Westland Dragonfly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)" title="Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)">Westland Whirlwind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Westland Wessex</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders-in-Chief">Commanders-in-Chief</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Commanders-in-Chief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Commanders-in-Chief included:<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>25 March 1943 – <a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Bowhill" title="Frederick Bowhill">Frederick Bowhill</a></li> <li>15 February 1945 – <a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal">Air Marshal</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Cochrane" title="Ralph Cochrane">Ralph Cochrane</a></li> <li>24 September 1947 – Air Marshal Sir <a href="/wiki/Brian_Edmund_Baker" title="Brian Edmund Baker">Brian Baker</a></li> <li>31 March 1950 – Air Marshal Sir <a href="/wiki/Aubrey_Ellwood_(RAF_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aubrey Ellwood (RAF officer)">Aubrey Ellwood</a></li> <li>1 January 1952 – Air Vice Marshal <a href="/wiki/Robert_Blucke" title="Robert Blucke">Robert Blucke</a></li> <li>3 June 1952 – <a href="/wiki/Air_Vice_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Vice Marshal">Air Vice Marshal</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Charles_Guest" title="Charles Guest">Charles Guest</a></li> <li>15 March 1954 – Air Vice Marshal Sir <a href="/wiki/George_Beamish" title="George Beamish">George Beamish</a></li> <li>15 October 1955 – Air Marshal Sir <a href="/wiki/Andrew_McKee_(RAF_officer)" title="Andrew McKee (RAF officer)">Andrew McKee</a></li> <li>16 May 1959 – Air Marshal Sir <a href="/wiki/Denis_Barnett" title="Denis Barnett">Denis Barnett</a></li> <li>30 April 1962 – Air Marshal Sir <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Hudleston" title="Edmund Hudleston">Edmund Hudleston</a></li> <li>1 December 1963 – Air Marshal Sir <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Cross" title="Kenneth Cross">Kenneth Cross</a></li> <li>27 January 1967 – Air Marshal Sir <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Prickett" title="Thomas Prickett">Thomas Prickett</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force">List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force</a></li> <li><a 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.id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPine1983" 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(1983). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/74"><i>A dictionary of mottoes</i></a></span> (1 ed.). 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2017, Page 310</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2459097">"Catalogue description India: Formation of 229 Group"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Catalogue+description+India%3A+Formation+of+229+Group&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fdetails%2Fr%2FC2459097&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStephens200032-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStephens200032_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStephens2000">Stephens 2000</a>, p. 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2459097">"Catalogue description India: Formation of 229 Group"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Catalogue+description+India%3A+Formation+of+229+Group&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fdetails%2Fr%2FC2459097&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Leo Niehorster, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://niehorster.org/017_britain/44-06-06_Neptune/Air/z-air_Transport.htm">Transport Command, 6 June 1944</a>, accessed June 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994128-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994128_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994128_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDelve1994">Delve 1994</a>, p. 128.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HO6-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HO6_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HO6_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/Grp06.htm">"Groups 70-106_P"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Groups+70-106_P&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rafweb.org%2FOrgansation%2FGrp06.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1945-04-10/debates/57cdc224-9a0e-4375-b82a-a03c66ca479e/TransportCommand(SafetyOfPassengers)">"Transport Command (Safety Of Passengers)"</a>, <i>Hansard</i>, 10 April 1945</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2459084">"Catalogue description H.Q., 48 Group: Formation"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Catalogue+description+H.Q.%2C+48+Group%3A+Formation&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fdetails%2Fr%2FC2459084&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C749062">"Catalogue description No.216 Group: Transfer of control from Transport Command to Mediterranean and Middle East"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Catalogue+description+No.216+Group%3A+Transfer+of+control+from+Transport+Command+to+Mediterranean+and+Middle+East&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fdetails%2Fr%2FC749062&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/Grp07.htm">"Groups 200+_P"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Groups+200%2B_P&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rafweb.org%2FOrgansation%2FGrp07.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Cold-war/Berlin-Airlift.htm">Berlin Airlift</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040404143246/http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Cold-war/Berlin-Airlift.htm">Archived</a> 4 April 2004 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-no99-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-no99_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-no99_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-no99_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/99squadron.cfm">No. 99 Squadron</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/milestones-of-flight/british_military/1967.cfm">British Military Aviation in 1967</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081010182126/http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/milestones-of-flight/british_military/1967.cfm">Archived</a> 10 October 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> RAF Museum</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSturtivantHamlin2007">Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007</a>, p. 151.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199460-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199460_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDelve1994">Delve 1994</a>, p. 60.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994134-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994134_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDelve1994">Delve 1994</a>, p. 134.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994135_21-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDelve1994">Delve 1994</a>, p. 135.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994136-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994136_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDelve1994">Delve 1994</a>, p. 136.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1994137_23-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDelve1994">Delve 1994</a>, p. 137.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELake199925-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake199925_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake199925_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLake1999">Lake 1999</a>, p. 25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELake1999288-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake1999288_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake1999288_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake1999288_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110111221936/http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H3A.htm">Archived</a> 11 January 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Transport_Command&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDelve1994" class="citation book cs1">Delve, K (1994). <i>The Source Book of the RAF</i>. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85310-451-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-85310-451-5"><bdi>1-85310-451-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Source+Book+of+the+RAF&rft.place=Shrewsbury%2C+UK&rft.pub=Airlife+Publishing+Ltd&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=1-85310-451-5&rft.aulast=Delve&rft.aufirst=K&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJefford1988" class="citation book cs1">Jefford, C.G. (1988). <i>RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912</i>. <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a>: Airlife. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85310-053-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-85310-053-6"><bdi>1-85310-053-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=RAF+Squadrons.+A+comprehensive+record+of+the+movement+and+equipment+of+all+RAF+squadrons+and+their+antecedents+since+1912&rft.place=Shrewsbury&rft.pub=Airlife&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=1-85310-053-6&rft.aulast=Jefford&rft.aufirst=C.G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Kenneth Cross, "Transport Command Today," <a href="/wiki/RUSI_Journal" title="RUSI Journal">RUSI Journal</a>, 1965 - aircraft types included Hastings, Beverleys, Argosys, <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Westland Wessex</a>, Andovers, <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hunter" title="Hawker Hunter">Hawker Hunter</a> ground attack aircraft (under 38 Group), Britannias, Comets (under HQ Transport Command).</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLake1999" class="citation book cs1">Lake, A (1999). <i>Flying units of the RAF</i>. <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a>: Airlife. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84037-086-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-84037-086-6"><bdi>1-84037-086-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Flying+units+of+the+RAF&rft.place=Shrewsbury&rft.pub=Airlife&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=1-84037-086-6&rft.aulast=Lake&rft.aufirst=A&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>M Milner, Review of Carl A. Christie, "Ocean Bridge: The History of RAF Ferry Command", The <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Historical_Review" title="Canadian Historical Review">Canadian Historical Review</a>, 1997</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal-22-Seminar-Air-Transport.pdf">Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal No 22</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStephens2000" class="citation web cs1">Stephens, Tony (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal-22-Seminar-Air-Transport.pdf">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Ferio Ferendo - The Arrival of Transport Command," in RAF Historical Society Journal 22"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%22Ferio+Ferendo+-+The+Arrival+of+Transport+Command%2C%22+in+RAF+Historical+Society+Journal+22&rft.date=2000&rft.aulast=Stephens&rft.aufirst=Tony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rafmuseum.org.uk%2Fdocuments%2FResearch%2FRAF-Historical-Society-Journals%2FJournal-22-Seminar-Air-Transport.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSturtivantHamlin2007" class="citation book cs1">Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). <i>Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912</i>. <a href="/wiki/Tonbridge" title="Tonbridge">Tonbridge</a>, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0851-3036-59" title="Special:BookSources/978-0851-3036-59"><bdi>978-0851-3036-59</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Royal+Air+Force+flying+training+and+support+units+since+1912&rft.place=Tonbridge%2C+UK&rft.pub=Air-Britain+%28Historians%29&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0851-3036-59&rft.aulast=Sturtivant&rft.aufirst=Ray&rft.au=Hamlin%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Transport+Command" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Wilson, Keith. <i>RAF Transport Command: A Pictorial History</i>. Amberley Publishing Limited, 15/06/2017 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1445665999" title="Special:BookSources/1445665999">1445665999</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tDMqDwAAQBAJ&q=OTU&pg=PT5">[1]</a></li> <li>Wynn, Humphrey. <i>Forged in War: A History of Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943–1967</i>. 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Royal Air Force groups">Groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the Royal Air Force">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_independent_flights" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights">Flights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conversion_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force">Conversion units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Operational_Training_Units" title="List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units">Operational Training units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_schools" title="List of Royal Air Force schools">Schools / Training units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ferry_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of ferry units of the Royal Air 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