| No. 50 (Training) Group RAF | |
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| Active | 1 February 1939 – 31 May 1947 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Air Force |
| Type | Royal Air Force group |
| Part of | RAF Reserve Command RAF Flying Training Command |
No. 50 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force Training group that was operational from 1 February 1939, throughout the Second World War until 31 May 1947 within RAF Reserve Command. [1]
November 1939 – HQ at Bristol [2]
No. 51 (Training) Group RAF was formed on 11 May 1939 in Reserve Command at RAF Hendon controlling Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools. On 27 May 1940 it was moved to RAF Flying Training Command. It was disbanded on 14 July 1945 and absorbed into No. 50 Group RAF. [1]
November 1939 – HQ at Leeds [2]
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No. 12 Group RAF of the Royal Air Force was a group, a military formation, that existed over two separate periods, namely the end of the First World War when it had a training function and from just prior to the Second World War until the early 1960s when it was tasked with an air defence role.
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Royal Air Force Turnhouse, or more simply RAF Turnhouse, is a former Royal Air Force Sector Station located in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is now Edinburgh Airport.
Royal Air Force Swinderby or more simply RAF Swinderby is a former Royal Air Force station airfield opened in 1940, one of the last of the stations completed under the RAF's expansion plans started in the 1930s. It was built near the village of Swinderby, Lincolnshire just off the south east side of the A46 between Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
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No. 54 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force training group that operational between August 1939 and July 1953 during the Second World War and the Cold War.
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