No. 40 Group RAF

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No. 40 (Maintenance) Group RAF
Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Active1 January 1939 – 28 July 1961
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
BranchEnsign of the Royal Air Force.svg  Royal Air Force
Type Royal Air Force group
Part of RAF Maintenance Command

No. 40 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force Maintenance group that was operational from 1 January 1939, throughout the Second World War and into the Cold War until 28 July 1961 within RAF Maintenance Command that dealt with equipment, barracks stores and motor transport storage. [1]

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No. 40 Group Communication Flight was operational until 1 May 1944 with duties taken over by the Maintenance Command Communication Squadron RAF. [2]

Structure

November 1939 – HQ at Abingdon [3]

May 1941 – HQ at Andover [4]

April 1942 – HQ at Andover [5]

April 1943 – HQ at Andover [6]

July 1944 – HQ at Andover [7]

July 1945 – HQ at Andover [8]

April 1953 – HQ at Bicester [9]

No. 42 (Maintenance) Group RAF

No. 42 (Maintenance) Group RAF was formed on 1 January 1939 as an ammunition and fuel group. It headquarters was located at "Highwoods," Burghfield Common, near Reading, from September 1939 to 1945. It moved to Kidlington on 18 March 1946. It was disbanded into No. 40 Group RAF on 2 January 1956 while its headquarters was at RAF Kidlington. [2]

November 1939 - HQ at Burghfield Common, Reading [3]

May 1941 - HQ at Burghfield Common, Reading [4]

April 1942 - Burghfield Common, Reading [5]

April 1943 - HQ at Burghfield Common, Reading [6]

July 1944 - HQ at Burghfield Common, Reading [7]

July 1945 - HQ at Burghfield Common, Reading [8]

April 1953 - HQ at RAF Kidlington [9]

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