No. 41 Group RAF

No. 41 (Maintenance) Group RAF
No. 41 (Maintenance) Group RAF
	Royal Air Force Ensign
Active	1 January 1939 – 21 July 1961
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Royal Air Force group
Part of	RAF Maintenance Command

No. 41 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 21 July 1961 within RAF Maintenance Command that dealt with aircraft.^[1]

Structure[edit]

November 1939 – HQ at Andover^[2]

5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27 & No. 36 Maintenance Unit RAF

April 1942 – HQ at Andover^[3]

5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 22, 23, 24, 19, 20, 27, 29, 33, 37, 38, 39, 45, 46, 44, 48, No. 51 Maintenance Unit RAF
RAF Dumfries = No. 11 (Service) Ferry Pilots Pool RAF
RAF Hamble = No. 15 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Hatfield = No. 5 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Hawarden = No. 3 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Hullavington = No. 8 (Service) Ferry Pilots Pool RAF
RAF Kington Langley = No. 10 (Polish) Ferry Flight RAF
RAF Prestwick = No. 4 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Ratcliffe = No. 6 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Ringway = No. 14 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Thruxton = No. 1427 (Ferry Training) Flight RAF
Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport = No. 2 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF White Waltham = No. 1 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA

April 1943 – HQ at Andover^[4]

6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 33, 38, 39, 44, 45, 46, 48 & No. 51 Maintenance Unit RAF
RAF Dumfries = No. 11 (Service) Ferry Pilots Pool RAF
RAF Hamble = No. 15 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Hatfield = No. 5 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Hawarden = No. 3 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Hullavington = No. 8 (Service) Ferry Pilots Pool RAF
RAF Kington Langley = No. 10 (Polish) Ferry Flight RAF
RAF Luton = No. 5 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Marham = No. 1427 (Ferry Training) Flight RAF
RAF Marston Moor = No. 1475 (Training) Flight RAF
RAF Prestwick = No. 4 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Ratcliffe = No. 6 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Ringway = No. 14 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport = No. 2 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF White Waltham = No. 1 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA

July 1944 – HQ at Andover^[5]

5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 33, 38, 39, 44, 45, 48, 51 & No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF
RAF Hamble = No. 15 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Hawarden = No. 3 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Prestwick = No. 4 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Ratcliffe = No. 6 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Ringway = No. 14 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Sydenham = No. 8 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Thame = No. 5 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport = No. 2 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF White Waltham = No. 1 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA

July 1945 – HQ at Andover^[6]

5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 33, 38, 39, 44, 45, 46, 48, 51 & No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF
RAF Hamble = No. 15 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Hawarden = No. 3 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Prestwick = No. 4 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Ratcliffe = No. 6 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Ringway = No. 14 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Sydenham = No. 8 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF Thame = No. 5 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport = No. 2 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA
RAF White Waltham = No. 1 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA

No. 43 (Maintenance) Group RAF[edit]

No. 43 (Maintenance) Group RAF was formed on 1 January 1939 at No. 81 Weyhill Road, Andover as a Repair and Salvage group. It was disbanded on 2 January 1956 while at RAF Hucknall and merged into No. 41 Group.^[1]

November 1939 - HQ at Andover^[2]

13, 26, 30, 32, 49, 50, 54, 58, 60 & No. 63 Maintenance Unit RAF

May 1941 - HQ at Oxford^[7]

1, 4, 13, 26, 30, 32, 34, 49, 50, 54, 56, 60, 63, 65, 67, 71, 75, 83, 86 & No. 90 Maintenance Unit RAF

April 1942 - HQ at Oxford^[3]

1, 4, 13, 26, 30, 32, 34, 49, 50, 56, 58, 54, 60, 65, 67, 71, 75, 78, 83, 84, 85, 86, 90 & No. 218 Maintenance Unit RAF

April 1943 - HQ at Oxford^[4]

1, 4, 13, 24, 26, 30, 32, 34, 49, 50, 54, 56, 58, 60, 63, 65, 67, 71, 75, 78, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 97, 213, 218, 226 & No. 235 Maintenance Unit RAF

July 1944 - HQ at Oxford^[5]
July 1945 - HQ at Stanmore^[6]

No. 43 Group Coummnication Flight RAF at RAF Abingdon
1, 4, 13, 24, 26, 30, 32, 34, 49, 50, 54, 56, 58, 60, 63, 65, 67, 71, 75, 78, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 97, 213, 218 & No. 226 Maintenance Unit RAF

April 1953 - HQ at Hucknall^[8]

4, 30, 32, 34, 49, 54, 58, 60, 63, 238 & 278

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

^ ^a ^b Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 151.
^ ^a ^b Delve 1994, p. 51.
^ ^a ^b Delve 1994, p. 60.
^ ^a ^b Delve 1994, p. 66.
^ ^a ^b Delve 1994, p. 74.
^ ^a ^b Delve 1994, p. 81.
^ Delve 1994, p. 55.
^ Delve 1994, p. 86.

Bibliography[edit]

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

[FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007151-1] Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 151.

[FOOTNOTEDelve199451-2] Delve 1994, p. 51.

[FOOTNOTEDelve199460-3] Delve 1994, p. 60.

[FOOTNOTEDelve199466-4] Delve 1994, p. 66.

[FOOTNOTEDelve199474-5] Delve 1994, p. 74.

[FOOTNOTEDelve199481-6] Delve 1994, p. 81.

[FOOTNOTEDelve199455-7] Delve 1994, p. 55.

[FOOTNOTEDelve199486-8] Delve 1994, p. 86.

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