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href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter</a>, <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>No. 100 (Bomber Support) Group</b> was a special duties <a href="/wiki/Group_(air_force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (air force)">group</a> within <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a>. The group was formed on 11 November 1943 to consolidate the increasingly complex business of <a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">electronic warfare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasures" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic countermeasures">countermeasures</a> in one organisation. The group was responsible for the development, operational trial and use of electronic warfare and countermeasures equipment. It was based at RAF stations in <a href="/wiki/East_Anglia" title="East Anglia">East Anglia</a>, chiefly <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>. </p><p>The group was a pioneer in countering the formidable force of <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a>-equipped <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> <a href="/wiki/Night_fighter" title="Night fighter">night fighters</a>, using a range of <a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum" title="Electromagnetic spectrum">electronic</a> 'homers' fitted to <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a> fighters which detected night fighter radar and radio emissions and allowed the RAF fighters to home in onto the <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis</a> aircraft and either shoot them down or disrupt their missions against the <a href="/wiki/Bomber_stream" title="Bomber stream">bomber streams</a>. Other Mosquitoes would patrol around Luftwaffe fighter airfields ready to attack night fighters as they landed. </p><p>This constant harassment had a detrimental effect on the morale and confidence of many Luftwaffe crews and indirectly led to a high proportion of aircraft and aircrew wastage from crashes as night fighters hurried in to land to avoid the Mosquito threat (real or imagined).<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. (December 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>From 1944–45, the Mosquitos of 100 Group claimed 258 Luftwaffe aircraft shot down for 70 losses. The gradually increasing threat from the RAF fighters also created what the Luftwaffe crews nicknamed <i>Moskito Panik</i> as the night fighter crews were never sure when or where they may come under attack from the marauding 100 Group fighters. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lancaster_I_NG128_Dropping_Load_-_Duisburg_-_Oct_14_-_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Lancaster_I_NG128_Dropping_Load_-_Duisburg_-_Oct_14_-_1944.jpg/220px-Lancaster_I_NG128_Dropping_Load_-_Duisburg_-_Oct_14_-_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Lancaster_I_NG128_Dropping_Load_-_Duisburg_-_Oct_14_-_1944.jpg/330px-Lancaster_I_NG128_Dropping_Load_-_Duisburg_-_Oct_14_-_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Lancaster_I_NG128_Dropping_Load_-_Duisburg_-_Oct_14_-_1944.jpg/440px-Lancaster_I_NG128_Dropping_Load_-_Duisburg_-_Oct_14_-_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1218" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>A 101 Squadron Avro Lancaster with Airborne Cigar (ABC) radio jamming equipment - the two vertical <a href="/wiki/Antenna_(radio)" title="Antenna (radio)">aerials</a> on the fuselage, Duisberg 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>Top Mosquito ace with 100 Group was <a href="/wiki/Wing_Commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing Commander (rank)">Wing Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Branse_Burbridge" title="Branse Burbridge">Branse Burbridge</a> of <a href="/wiki/No._85_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 85 Squadron RAF">85 Squadron</a>, with 21 claims from 1944–45. </p><p>The bomber squadrons of 100 Group utilised various specialist electronic jamming devices to disrupt German <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio communications</a> and radar. During 100 Group's existence over 32 different devices were evaluated and used. Specially equipped 100 Group aircraft would fly in the bomber stream. Much of this equipment was developed at the <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_Research_Establishment" title="Telecommunications Research Establishment">Telecommunications Research Establishment</a> (TRE). </p><p>Special equipment used included <i><a href="/wiki/Airborne_Cigar" title="Airborne Cigar">Airborne Cigar</a></i> (ABC) jammer, <i>Jostle</i> (jammer), <i>Mandrel</i> (jammer), <i>Airborne Grocer</i> (jammer), <i>Piperack</i> (jammer), <i><a href="/wiki/Perfectos" title="Perfectos">Perfectos</a></i> (homer), <i><a href="/wiki/Serrate_radar_detector" title="Serrate radar detector">Serrate</a></i> (homer), <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Corona" title="Operation Corona">Corona</a></i> (spoofer), <i><a href="/wiki/Carpet_(jammer)" title="Carpet (jammer)">Carpet</a></i> (jammer) and <i>Lucero</i> (homer), used against German equipment such as <a href="/wiki/Lichtenstein_radar" title="Lichtenstein radar"><i>Lichtenstein</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Freya_radar" title="Freya radar"><i>Freya</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg_radar" title="Würzburg radar"><i>Wurzburg</i></a> radars. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The combination of the <a href="/wiki/Pathfinder_(RAF)" title="Pathfinder (RAF)">Pathfinders</a>' operations, the activities of No. 100 Group, the British advantage in radar, jamming and <a href="/wiki/Chaff_(radar_countermeasure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaff (radar countermeasure)">Window</a> techniques, combined with intelligent attacking tactics, as well as the discipline and bravery of the RAF crews, have been remarkable. We had our<i> (sic) </i>severe problems in trying to defend Germany in the air</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><i>General der Jagdflieger</i>, <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Galland" title="Adolf Galland">Adolf Galland</a>., Lancaster - the Biography<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIvesonMilton2009122_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIvesonMilton2009122-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <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=No._100_Group_RAF&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>100 Group was formed in November 1943 under <a href="/wiki/Air_commodore" title="Air commodore">Air Commodore</a> Addison at Radlett. Its first unit was <a href="/wiki/No._192_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 192 Squadron RAF">192 Squadron</a> whose aircraft had been used for monitoring German radio traffic as part of <a href="/wiki/Y_service" title="Y service">Y service</a>. The Squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Foulsham" title="RAF Foulsham">RAF Foulsham</a> in Norfolk on 7 December. The Group HQ was initially at <a href="/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham" title="RAF West Raynham">West Raynham</a>, Norfolk.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then made its permanent headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Bylaugh_Hall" title="Bylaugh Hall">Bylaugh Hall</a> - about five miles from East Dereham - from January 1944, a central location from which to administer the group's airfields in north Norfolk. </p><p>The first operation was in support of Bomber Command raid on Berlin with four intruder aircraft (two Beaufighters and two Mosquitos) of 141 Squadron on 16/17 December. The first success was a <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88" title="Junkers Ju 88">Junkers Ju 88</a> shot down on 23/24 December by a Beaufighter. The squadrons Mosquitos were old aircraft in poor condition and their Beaufighters were being transferred out. With 239 and 169 squadrons still in training, 100 Group could only provide a couple of aircraft, if any, for <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin_(RAF_campaign)" title="Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)">Bomber Command's attacks on Berlin</a>. Problems with the Mosquitos persisted even when all three squadrons were operational in late January.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group disbanded on 17 December 1945. During its existence it had one commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Vice-Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Vice-Marshal">Air Vice-Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Addison" title="Edward Addison">Edward Addison</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_battle">Order of battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._100_Group_RAF&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Order of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_Fortress_Mk.III_(SD)_ECM_aircraft_214_Sqn_RAF_at_Prestwick_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Boeing_Fortress_Mk.III_%28SD%29_ECM_aircraft_214_Sqn_RAF_at_Prestwick_1944.jpg/220px-Boeing_Fortress_Mk.III_%28SD%29_ECM_aircraft_214_Sqn_RAF_at_Prestwick_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Boeing_Fortress_Mk.III_%28SD%29_ECM_aircraft_214_Sqn_RAF_at_Prestwick_1944.jpg/330px-Boeing_Fortress_Mk.III_%28SD%29_ECM_aircraft_214_Sqn_RAF_at_Prestwick_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Boeing_Fortress_Mk.III_%28SD%29_ECM_aircraft_214_Sqn_RAF_at_Prestwick_1944.jpg/440px-Boeing_Fortress_Mk.III_%28SD%29_ECM_aircraft_214_Sqn_RAF_at_Prestwick_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption>An electronic warfare Fortress III of <a href="/wiki/No._214_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 214 Squadron RAF">214 Squadron</a> with nose-mounted <a href="/wiki/H2S_(radar)" title="H2S (radar)">H2S</a> navigation radar</figcaption></figure> <p>No 100 Group operated from eight airfields with approximately 260 aircraft, 140 of which were various marks of Mosquito night fighter intruders with the remainder consisting of <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Halifax" title="Handley Page Halifax">Handley Page Halifaxes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">Short Stirlings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">Vickers Wellingtons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Fortresses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Liberators</a> carrying electronic jamming equipment. The group also operated the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter</a> for a short time. </p><p>Intruder aircraft were fitted with <a href="/wiki/AI_Mark_IV_radar" title="AI Mark IV radar">Mark IV Airborne Interception</a> radar for locating and attacking enemy fighters and <a href="/wiki/Serrate_radar_detector" title="Serrate radar detector">Serrate</a> radar detector to find enemy aircraft using their own <a href="/wiki/Lichtenstein_radar" title="Lichtenstein radar">Lichtenstein radar</a> to look for Allied aircraft. Intruders would loiter near enemy airfields or staging beacons. </p><p>The Short Stirlings were fitted with <i>Mandrel</i> which jammed German <a href="/wiki/Freya_radar" title="Freya radar">Freya</a> (early warning) radars. Later B-17 Flying Fortresses equipped the <i>Carpet</i> to jam <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg_radar" title="Würzburg radar">Würzburg</a> (gun directing) radars.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No 223 Squadron's Liberators were ex-American Eight Air Force B-24 H and J models, already well used but long ranged and each able to carry multiple 'Jostle' radio telephony jamming units. The Jostle transmitter took the place of the ventral ball turret.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>100 (Special Duties) Group order of battle<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Squadron </th> <th>Aircraft </th> <th>First 100 Group operation </th> <th>Base </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._192_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 192 Squadron RAF">192</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a> NF.II, B.IV, B.XVI, <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">Vickers Wellington</a> B.III, <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Halifax" title="Handley Page Halifax">Handley Page Halifax</a> IV</td> <td>December 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Foulsham" title="RAF Foulsham">RAF Foulsham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._141_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 141 Squadron RAF">141</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter</a> VI, Mosquito II, VI, XXX</td> <td>December 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham" title="RAF West Raynham">RAF West Raynham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._239_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 239 Squadron RAF">239</a> </td> <td>Mosquito II, VI, XXX</td> <td>20 January 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham" title="RAF West Raynham">RAF West Raynham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._515_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 515 Squadron RAF">515</a> </td> <td>Mosquito II, VI </td> <td>3 March 1944 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Snoring" title="RAF Little Snoring">RAF Little Snoring</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Massingham" title="RAF Great Massingham">RAF Great Massingham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._169_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 169 Squadron RAF">169</a> </td> <td>Mosquito II, VI, XIX </td> <td>20 January 1944 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Snoring" title="RAF Little Snoring">RAF Little Snoring</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._214_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 214 Squadron RAF">214</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing Fortress</a> II, III </td> <td>20/21 April 1944 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Sculthorpe" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Sculthorpe">RAF Sculthorpe</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Oulton" title="RAF Oulton">RAF Oulton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._199_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 199 Squadron RAF">199</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">Short Stirling</a> B.III, Halifax B.III</td> <td>1 May 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Creake" title="RAF North Creake">RAF North Creake</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._157_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 157 Squadron RAF">157</a> </td> <td>Mosquito XIX, XXX </td> <td>May 1944 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Swannington" title="RAF Swannington">RAF Swannington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._85_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 85 Squadron RAF">85</a> </td> <td>Mosquito XII, XVII </td> <td>5/6 June 1944 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Swannington" title="RAF Swannington">RAF Swannington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._23_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 23 Squadron RAF">23</a> </td> <td>Mosquito VI </td> <td>5/6 July 1944 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Snoring" title="RAF Little Snoring">RAF Little Snoring</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._223_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 223 Squadron RAF">223</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated Liberator</a> VI, Fortress II, III </td> <td>September 1944 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Oulton" title="RAF Oulton">RAF Oulton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._171_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 171 Squadron RAF">171</a> </td> <td>Stirling II, Halifax III</td> <td>15 September 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Creake" title="RAF North Creake">RAF North Creake</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._462_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 462 Squadron RAAF">462 (RAAF)</a> </td> <td>Halifax III</td> <td>13 March 1945</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Foulsham" title="RAF Foulsham">RAF Foulsham</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Other units and stations: </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1692_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1692 Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 1692 Flight RAF</a> based at RAF Little Snoring</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1699_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1699 Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 1699 Flight RAF</a> based at RAF Oulton to train Fortress crews for 214 Squadron</li> <li>No. 100 Group Communications Flight at RAF West Raynham and then <a href="/wiki/RAF_Swanton_Morley" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Swanton Morley">RAF Swanton Morley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._80_Wing_RAF" title="No. 80 Wing RAF">No. 80 (Signals) Wing RAF</a> from November 1943 based at <a href="/wiki/Radlett_Aerodrome" title="Radlett Aerodrome">Radlett Aerodrome</a>, controlled <a href="/wiki/Meaconing" title="Meaconing">Meacon</a> beacons and other radio countermeasures and intelligence work.</li></ul> <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=No._100_Group_RAF&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Light_Night_Strike_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Night Strike Force">Light Night Strike Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_electronic_warfare_equipment" title="List of World War II electronic warfare equipment">List of World War II electronic warfare equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_groups" title="List of Royal Air Force groups">List of Royal Air Force groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="36th Bombardment Squadron">36th Bombardment Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Renaut" title="Michael Renaut">Michael Renaut</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._100_Group_RAF&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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.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" class="citation book cs1">Pine, L.G. (1983). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/37"><i>A dictionary of mottoes</i></a></span> (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/37">37</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7100-9339-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7100-9339-X"><bdi>0-7100-9339-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+dictionary+of+mottoes&rft.place=London&rft.pages=37&rft.edition=1&rft.pub=Routledge+%26+Kegan+Paul&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-7100-9339-X&rft.aulast=Pine&rft.aufirst=L.G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdictionaryofmott00tion%2Fpage%2F37&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+100+Group+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDelve2005" class="citation book cs1">Delve, Ken (2005). <i>Bomber Command 1939-1945 : a reference to the men - aircraft & operational history</i>. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation. p. 174. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84415-183-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-84415-183-2"><bdi>1-84415-183-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bomber+Command+1939-1945+%3A+a+reference+to+the+men+-+aircraft+%26+operational+history&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.pages=174&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword+Aviation&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-84415-183-2&rft.aulast=Delve&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+100+Group+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEIvesonMilton2009122-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIvesonMilton2009122_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFIvesonMilton2009">Iveson & Milton 2009</a>, p. 122.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBowmanCushing2004_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBowmanCushing2004">Bowman & Cushing 2004</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMoyes1976">Moyes 1976</a>, p. 307.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._100_Group_RAF&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBondForder2011" class="citation book cs1">Bond, Steve; Forder, Richard (2011). <i>Special Ops Liberators: 223 (Bomber Support) Squadron, 100 Group and the Electronic War</i>. Grub Street. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-908-11714-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-908-11714-4"><bdi>978-1-908-11714-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Special+Ops+Liberators%3A+223+%28Bomber+Support%29+Squadron%2C+100+Group+and+the+Electronic+War&rft.pub=Grub+Street&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-908-11714-4&rft.aulast=Bond&rft.aufirst=Steve&rft.au=Forder%2C+Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+100+Group+RAF" class="Z3988"></span>.</li> <li>Bowman, Martin W. <i>100 Group (Bomber Support): RAF Bomber Command in World War II</i>. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword/Leo Cooper, 2006. <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/1-84415-418-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-84415-418-1">1-84415-418-1</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBowmanCushing2004" class="citation book cs1">Bowman, Martin W.; Cushing, Tom (2004). <i>Confounding the Reich</i>. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen and Sword Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84415-124-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-84415-124-7"><bdi>1-84415-124-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Confounding+the+Reich&rft.place=Barnsley%2C+South+Yorkshire%2C+UK&rft.pub=Pen+and+Sword+Books&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=1-84415-124-7&rft.aulast=Bowman&rft.aufirst=Martin+W.&rft.au=Cushing%2C+Tom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+100+Group+RAF" class="Z3988"></span>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIvesonMilton2009" class="citation book cs1">Iveson, Tony, DFC; Milton, Brian (2009). <i>Lancaster - the Biography</i>. London: Andre Deutsch. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-233-00270-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-233-00270-5"><bdi>978-0-233-00270-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lancaster+-+the+Biography&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Andre+Deutsch&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-233-00270-5&rft.aulast=Iveson&rft.aufirst=Tony%2C+DFC&rft.au=Milton%2C+Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+100+Group+RAF" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoyes1976" class="citation book cs1">Moyes, Philip J. R. (1976) [1964]. <i>Bomber Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft</i> (rev. ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-354-01027-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-354-01027-1"><bdi>0-354-01027-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bomber+Squadrons+of+the+RAF+and+their+Aircraft&rft.place=London&rft.edition=rev.&rft.pub=Macdonald+and+Jane%27s&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-354-01027-1&rft.aulast=Moyes&rft.aufirst=Philip+J.+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+100+Group+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Peden, Murray. <i>A Thousand Shall Fall: the True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two</i>. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd., 1988 (reprinted in 2000). <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/0-7737-5967-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7737-5967-0">0-7737-5967-0</a>.</li> <li>Streetly, Martin. <i>Confound & Destroy</i>. London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishing) Company Ltd., 1978. <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/0-354-01180-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-354-01180-4">0-354-01180-4</a>.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._100_Group_RAF&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><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="CITEREFYoxall1944" class="citation magazine cs1">Yoxall, John (16 November 1944). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121102022735/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1944/1944%20-%202360.html">"Bomber Support Interceptors Intercepted: Reasons for Big Drop in Bomber Command Casualties"</a>. <i>Flight</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1944/1944%20-%202360.html">the original</a> on 2 November 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight&rft.atitle=Bomber+Support+Interceptors+Intercepted%3A+Reasons+for+Big+Drop+in+Bomber+Command+Casualties&rft.date=1944-11-16&rft.aulast=Yoxall&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1944%2F1944%2520-%25202360.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+100+Group+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153301/www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1945/1945%20-%202407.html">"The Illusionists"</a>. <i>Flight</i>. 6 December 1945. p. 610. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1945/1945%20-%202407.html">the original</a> on 5 March 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight&rft.atitle=The+Illusionists&rft.pages=610&rft.date=1945-12-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1945%2F1945%2520-%25202407.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+100+Group+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._100_Group_RAF&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.raf100groupassociation.org">Website RAF 100 Group 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href="/wiki/Area_bombing_directive" title="Area bombing directive">Area Bombing Directive (1942)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dehousing" title="Dehousing">Dehousing paper (1942)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casablanca_directive" title="Casablanca directive">Casablanca directive (1943)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Harris" title="Arthur Harris">Arthur "Bomber" Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lindemann,_1st_Viscount_Cherwell" title="Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell">Frederick "Prof" Lindemann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Portal,_1st_Viscount_Portal_of_Hungerford" title="Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford">Sir Charles Portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso" title="Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso">Sir Archibald Sinclair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Tedder,_1st_Baron_Tedder" title="Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder">Arthur Tedder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Campaigns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oil_campaign_of_World_War_II" title="Oil campaign of World War II">Oil targets (1940-45)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Area_bombing_directive" title="Area bombing directive">Area bombing of cities (1942–43)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_pen#The_Allied_bombing_offensive" title="Submarine pen">U-boat pens (1943–44)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ruhr" title="Battle of the Ruhr">Battle of the Ruhr (1943)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Bomber_Offensive" title="Combined Bomber Offensive">Combined Bomber Offensive (1943–44)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin_(RAF_campaign)" title="Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)">Battle of Berlin (1943–44)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_Plan" title="Transport Plan">Transport (1944)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Hamburg in World War II">Hamburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombings_of_Heilbronn_in_World_War_II" title="Bombings of Heilbronn in World War II">Heilbronn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Kassel_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Kassel in World War II">Kassel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Pforzheim_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II">Pforzheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombing of Dresden in World War II">Dresden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Bezuidenhout" title="Bombing of the Bezuidenhout">The Hague</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bellicose" title="Operation Bellicose"><i>Bellicose</i> (Friedrichshafen)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chastise" title="Operation Chastise"><i>Chastise</i> ("Dambusters" raid)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hurricane_(1944)" title="Operation Hurricane (1944)"><i>Hurricane</i> (1944)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Peenem%C3%BCnde_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Peenemünde in World War II"><i>Hydra</i> (Peenemünde)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Blenheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">Boston (Douglas DB-7)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Halifax" title="Handley Page Halifax">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Hampden" title="Handley Page Hampden">Hampden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" title="Avro Lancaster">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Manchester" title="Avro Manchester">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">Mosquito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">Stirling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Ventura" title="Lockheed Ventura">Ventura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Whitley" title="Armstrong Whitworth Whitley">Whitley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Technology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure)" title="Chaff (countermeasure)">Chaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H2S_(radar)" title="H2S (radar)">H2S radar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gee_(navigation)" title="Gee (navigation)">Gee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oboe_(navigation)" title="Oboe (navigation)">"Oboe"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gee-H_(navigation)" title="Gee-H (navigation)">Gee-H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_(radar)" title="Monica (radar)">"Monica" radar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_bomb" title="Blockbuster bomb">Blockbuster bomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earthquake_bomb" title="Earthquake bomb">Earthquake bomb</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tallboy_(bomb)" title="Tallboy 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RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathfinder_(RAF)" title="Pathfinder (RAF)">Light Night Strike Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:WW2AirDefenceUK" title="Template:WW2AirDefenceUK">Aerial defence of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_air_operations_during_the_Battle_of_Europe" title="List of air operations during the Battle of Europe">Air operations during the Battle of Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_of_the_Reich" title="Defence of the Reich">Defence of the Reich</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_by_Moonlight:_Bomber_Command" title="Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command">Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Storm_(2009_film)" title="Into the Storm (2009 film)">Into the Storm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Target_for_Tonight" title="Target for Tonight">Target for Tonight</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Royal_Air_Force" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">formations<br />and units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_commands" title="List of Royal Air Force commands">Commands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_groups" title="List of 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 Force">Ferry units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Glider_units" title="List of Royal Air Force Glider units">Glider units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_units_%26_establishments" title="List of Royal Air Force units & establishments">Misc units</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">Active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">Former</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Satellite Landing Grounds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Regiment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Flights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">branches and<br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Board" title="Air Force Board">Air Force Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Chaplains_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch">RAF Chaplains Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Intelligence" title="RAF Intelligence">RAF Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Legal_Branch" title="RAF Legal Branch">RAF Legal Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Medical_Services" title="RAF Medical Services">RAF Medical Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Mary%27s_Royal_Air_Force_Nursing_Service" title="Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service">Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Police" title="Royal Air Force Police">RAF Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_ground_trades" title="List of Royal Air Force ground trades">RAF ground trades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Music_Services" title="Royal Air Force Music Services">RAF Music Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force" title="RAF Search and Rescue Force">RAF Search and Rescue Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Mountain_Rescue_Service" title="Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service">RAF Mountain Rescue Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Marine_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Marine Branch">RAF Marine Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Air_Cadets" title="Royal Air Force Air Cadets">RAF Air Cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_operations" title="List of Royal Air Force operations">Operations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">reserve forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Auxiliary_Air_Force" title="Royal Auxiliary Air Force">Royal Auxiliary Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve">RAF Volunteer Reserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force">List of RAF aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_Kingdom_military_aircraft" title="List of active United Kingdom military aircraft">current</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Future of the Royal Air Force">future</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missiles_of_the_RAF" title="List of missiles of the RAF">List of RAF missiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_RAF_Regiment" title="List of equipment of the RAF Regiment">List of equipment of the RAF Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">personnel</th><td 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