RAF Home Command

Home Command

Command Crest
Active 1 February 1939–27 May 1940
1 May 1946–1 April 1959
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Garrison/HQ Wantage Hall, University of Reading
Motto(s) Support[1]

RAF Home Command was the Royal Air Force command that was responsible for the maintenance and training of reserve organisations[2] from formation on 1 February 1939 as RAF Reserve Command with interruptions until it ceased to exist on 1 April 1959.

History

The Command was formed as RAF Reserve Command on 1 February 1939.[3] It was absorbed into RAF Flying Training Command on 27 May 1940 but reformed again on 1 May 1946.[3] It was then renamed RAF Home Command on 1 August 1950 and absorbed into RAF Flying Training Command again on 1 April 1959.[3]

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief included:[3]
RAF Reserve Command

Note: The Command was not in existence from May 1940 to May 1946

RAF Home Command

References

  1. ↑ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 226. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ↑ John D. Rawlings, 'The History of the Royal Air Force,' Temple Press Aerospace, Feltham, Middlesex, 1984, p.180
  3. 1 2 3 4 Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - RAF Home Commands formed between 1939 - 1957
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.