{{EngvarB|date=December 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{infobox military unit |unit_name= No. 127 Wing RAF<br />No. 127 (RCAF) (Fighter) Wing RAF<br />No. 127 Airfield Headquarters RAF<br />[[File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg|90px]] |image= |caption= |dates= |country= [[United Kingdom]] |allegiance= |branch= [[Royal Air Force]] |type= |role= Air supremacy |size= [[Wing (military unit)|wing]] |command_structure=[[No. 11 Group RAF]]<br>[[RAF Second Tactical Air Force]] (2 TAF) |garrison=[[RAF Kenley]]<BR>[[RAF Tangmere]] |garrison_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles= |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |battle_honours_label= |disbanded= |flying_hours= |website= <!-- Commanders --> |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |commander4= |commander4_label= |notable_commanders=[[Hugh Constant Godefroy]]<br>[[Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer)|J.E. Johnson]]<br>[[Lloyd Chadburn]] <!-- Insignia --> |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label= |identification_symbol_4= |identification_symbol_4_label= <!-- Aircraft --> |aircraft_attack=[[Hawker Typhoon]] |aircraft_bomber= |aircraft_electronic= |aircraft_fighter=[[Supermarine Spitfire]] Mk.IX |aircraft_helicopter= |aircraft_helicopter_attack= |aircraft_helicopter_cargo= |aircraft_helicopter_multirole= |aircraft_helicopter_observation= |aircraft_helicopter_transport= |aircraft_helicopter_trainer= |aircraft_helicopter_utility= |aircraft_interceptor= |aircraft_patrol= |aircraft_recon= |aircraft_trainer= |aircraft_transport= }} '''No. 127 Wing RAF''' was a formation of the [[Royal Air Force]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. It comprised [[403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron|No. 403 Squadron RCAF]], [[416 Tactical Fighter Squadron|No. 416 Squadron RCAF]] and [[443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron|No. 443 Squadron RCAF]].

==History==

127 Wing, or the 'Kenley Wing', based at [[RAF Kenley]], was led by Wing Commander [[Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer)|'Johnnie' Johnson]] from Spring to September 1943, and he returned to command it during the [[Operation Overlord|Normandy Campaign]].<ref>Johnnie Johnson, ''Wing Leader'', London: Chatto & Windus, 1956/Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1959.</ref>

On 5 June 1944 the wing was based at [[RAF Tangmere]] and consisted of 403, 416, and [[No. 421 Squadron RCAF|421 Squadron's]]{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=299}}

==See also== * [[List of wings of the Royal Air Force]]

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===Bibliography=== *{{cite book |last1=Falconer|first1=Jonathan|title=RAF Airfields of World War 2 |year=2012 |publisher= Ian Allan Publishing|location= UK|isbn=978-1-85780-349-5}}

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