No. 38 Group RAF

{{short description|Group command element of the Royal Air Force}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox Military Unit | unit_name = No. 38 Group RAF | image = 38 Group crest.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = [[Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force|No. 38 Group badge]] | dates = 6 November 1943 – 31 January 1951 1 January 1960 – 18 November 1983 31 October 1992 – 1 April 2000 1 July 2014 – 31 December 2020 | country = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{air force|United Kingdom}} | command_structure = [[RAF Transport Command]] [[RAF Air Support Command]] [[RAF Strike Command]] [[RAF Air Command]] | type = [[List of Royal Air Force groups|Royal Air Force group]] | garrison = | garrison_label = | colonel_of_the_regiment = | colonel_of_the_regiment_label = | nickname = | motto = {{langnf|la|Par Nobile Fratrum|A noble pair of brothers}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pine|first1=L.G.|title=A dictionary of mottoes|date=1983|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|location=London|isbn=0-7100-9339-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/166 166]|edition=1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/166}}</ref> | colors = | colors_label = | march = | mascot = | equipment = | anniversaries = | notable_commanders = | identification_symbol = An eagle's leg grasping a sword | identification_symbol_label = Group badge heraldry | commander1 = }} '''No. 38 Group RAF''' was a [[Group (military unit)#Commonwealth nations|group]] of the [[Royal Air Force]] which disbanded on 31 December 2020. It was formed on 6 November 1943 from the former 38 Wing with nine squadrons as part of Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF). It was disbanded on 31 January 1951, but re-formed on 1 January 1960, became part of [[RAF Air Support Command]] in 1967 and then, in 1972, the air support group within [[RAF Strike Command]]. It was temporarily disbanded from 18 Nov 1983 to 31 Oct 1992 and from 1 April 2000 to 1 July 2014. It subsequently became part of [[RAF Air Command]], bringing together the Royal Air Force’s Engineering, Logistics, Communications and Medical Operations units.<ref name="38GroupReform">[http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/raf-38-group-reforming-parade-03072014 RAF 38 Group Reforming Parade 2 July 14]</ref> Air Officer Commanding No. 38 Group was also responsible for UK-based United States Visiting Forces (USVF) units and for RAF personnel attached to other global armed forces.<ref>[https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/groups/no-38-group/ About RAF 38 Group]</ref>

==History== The predecessor of 38 Group was '''No. 38 Wing RAF''', initially formed on 15 January 1942 from [[No. 296 Squadron RAF|296]] and [[No. 297 Squadron RAF|297 Squadrons]] and based at [[Netheravon Airfield|RAF Netheravon]] in Wiltshire under Group Captain Sir [[Nigel Norman]]. [[No. 295 Squadron RAF|295 Squadron]] was additionally formed at Netheravon on 3 August 1942. To these were added [[No. 570 Squadron RAF|570]], [[No. 298 Squadron RAF|298]], [[No. 299 Squadron RAF|299]], [[No. 190 Squadron RAF|190]], [[No. 196 Squadron RAF|196]], [[No. 620 Squadron RAF|620]] Squadrons to form No. 38 Group on 11 October 1943. At that time four squadrons were equipped with [[Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle]]s (295, 296, 297, 570), one with [[Handley Page Halifax]]es (298) and four with [[Short Stirling]]s (299, 190, 196, 620). A further Halifax unit, [[No. 644 Squadron RAF|644 Squadron]], was added in February 1944.

During 1943, changes of all aircraft types and operational bases were made. Nevertheless 295, 296 and 297 Squadrons were heavily involved that year in operations [[Operation Turkey Buzzard|Beggar]], [[Operation Ladbroke|Ladbroke]] and [[Operation Fustian|Fustian]], during the invasion of [[Sicily]]. From February 1944 many sorties were made over mainland Europe in support of [[Special Operations Executive]] and detachments of the [[Special Air Service]].

But by 5 June 1944 the group’s updated resources had been fully redeployed between [[RAF Brize Norton]], [[RAF Fairford]], [[RAF Harwell]], [[RAF Keevil]] and [[RAF Tarrant Rushton]] in preparation for [[Operation Overlord]], the invasion of Europe. From then to 16 June the Group was fully involved in operations [[Operation Tonga|Tonga]] (the delivery of paratroop-filled gliders at the onset of Overlord) and [[Operation Mallard|Mallard]] (the delivery of the main airborne forces and their equipment by glider).

In September 1944 the group was called upon to ferry airborne troops for [[Operation Market Garden]], the abortive attempt to capture the Rhine bridge at [[Arnhem]]. Following that operation there was further reorganisation; the Group Headquarters moved to [[Earls Colne Airfield|Marks Hall]], Essex in October 1944 and the squadrons were redeployed to [[Earls Colne Airfield|RAF Earls Colne]] (296 and 297), [[RAF Rivenhall]] (295 and 570), [[RAF Great Dunmow]] (190 and 620), [[MDP Wethersfield|RAF Wethersfield]] (later to [[RAF Shepherds Grove]]) (196 and 299) and [[RAF Woodbridge]] (298 and 644). 190 Squadron remained temporarily at [[RAF Fairford]]. On 10 March 1945 [[No. 161 Squadron RAF|161 Squadron]] at [[RAF Tempsford]] also came under 38 Group control.

On 24 March 1945 the squadrons were fully employed in delivering airborne troops to the far bank of the Rhine as part of [[Operation Varsity]], an operation which proved costly in terms of aircrew lives lost.

After the war most 38 Group squadrons were either disbanded or relocated to the Far East and the HQ moved to [[RAF Upavon]]. 295 and 297 Squadrons merged and moved to Fairford. 38 Group became part of [[RAF Transport Command]] on 1 June 1945.

In 1972, Headquarters 38 Group moved from [[RAF Odiham]], Hants, where it had been since 1960, to [[RAF Benson]], Oxon.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1972/1972%20-%201006.PDF ''Flight International'' 27 April 1972]</ref> Also that year, on 1 July 1972, it became part of the new [[RAF Strike Command]]. [[No. 46 Group RAF]] was merged into 38 Group on 1 January 1976.<ref name="Gps30-48">{{cite web |url=http://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/Grp04.htm |title=Groups 30–48 |first=M. B. |last=Barrass |work=Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation |year=2015 |access-date=29 April 2015}}</ref> On 17 November 1983, 38 Group was subsumed within Headquarters [[No. 1 Group RAF]] at RAF Upavon in [[Wiltshire]].<ref>{{cite magazine |editor-last=Horseman |editor-first=Martin|title=RAF Groups HQ to Merge |magazine=Armed Forces |date=January 1983|page=7 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |issn=0142-4696}}</ref>

38 Group was again active during the 1990s from 1 November 1992{{sfn|March|1993|p=87}} to 2000.

From 2014, the reformed group had units at [[RAF Wittering]], [[RAF Brize Norton]], [[RAF High Wycombe]] and [[RAF Leeming]]. The reformed group now includes RAF A4 Force Elements (deployable engineering and logistic units), [[Tactical Medical Wing]] at Brize Norton, and [[Tactical Communications Wing RAF]] at RAF Leeming.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} On 1 April 2015 38 Group assumed responsibility for the [[Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service]] (MRS) with its three teams at [[RAF Lossiemouth]], [[RAF Leeming]] and [[RAF Valley]] where it is co-located with the MRS Headquarters.

38 Group was disbanded on 31 December 2020, with the units under its command dispersed to other groups and areas of the RAF, including the newly formed integrated Support Force.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=31 December 2020|title=Royal Air Force Disbands Historical D-Day Group|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2 January 2021|website=Royal Air Force|language=en-gb}}</ref> In 2025 a D-Day memorial sculpture to the 6th Airborne Division, No. 38 Group RAF, and the [[Glider Pilot Regiment]], inspired by the form of the fuselage of the wooden [[Airspeed Horsa|Horsa gliders]] was unveiled on the site of the former [[RAF Harwell]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-06 |title=D-Day tribute sculpture unveiled at former RAF Harwell airbase |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly36yq1yzzo |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=War Memorial |url=https://www.harwellcampus.com/war_memorial/ |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=Harwell Campus |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Orders of battle==

===1944===

{| class="wikitable" |+Order of battle for No. 38 Group RAF, 6 June 1944<ref>[http://webstats.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net/site/ww2/drleo/017_britain/44-06-06_Neptune/Air/z-air_Group-038.htm Operation Neptune Order of Battle]</ref> ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Station ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Squadron ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Aircraft ! style="text-align: right; background: #B0C4DE;"|No Operational |- | [[RAF Brize Norton]] | [[No. 296 Squadron RAF|296]] [[No. 297 Squadron RAF|297]] | [[Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle]] Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle | 37 36 |- | [[RAF Fairford]] | [[No. 190 Squadron RAF|190]] [[No. 620 Squadron RAF|620]] | [[Short Stirling]] Short Stirling | 33 30 |- | [[RAF Harwell]] | [[No. 295 Squadron RAF|295]] [[No. 570 Squadron RAF|570]] | Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle | 34 36 |- | [[RAF Keevil]] | [[No. 196 Squadron RAF|196]] [[No. 299 Squadron RAF|299]] | Short Stirling Short Stirling | 36 35 |- | [[RAF Tarrant Rushton]] | [[No. 298 Squadron RAF|298]] [[No. 644 Squadron RAF|644]] | [[Handley Page Halifax]] Handley Page Halifax | 30 21 |}

===1945=== {| class="wikitable" |+Order of battle for No. 38 Group RAF, July 1945{{sfn|Delve|1994|p=81}} ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Station ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Squadron ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Aircraft |- | [[Earls Colne Airfield|RAF Earls Colne]] | [[No. 296 Squadron RAF|296]] [[No. 297 Squadron RAF|297]] | [[Handley Page Halifax]] Handley Page Halifax |- | [[RAF Great Dunmow]] | [[No. 190 Squadron RAF|190]] [[No. 620 Squadron RAF|620]] | Handley Page Halifax Handley Page Halifax |- | [[RAF Rivenhall]] | [[No. 295 Squadron RAF|295]] [[No. 570 Squadron RAF|570]] | [[Short Stirling]] Short Stirling |- | [[RAF Shepherds Grove]] | [[No. 196 Squadron RAF|196]] [[No. 299 Squadron RAF|299]] | Short Stirling Short Stirling |- | [[RAF Tarrant Rushton]] | [[No. 298 Squadron RAF|298]] [[No. 644 Squadron RAF|644]] | Handley Page Halifax Handley Page Halifax |}

===1962=== {| class="wikitable" |+Order of battle for No. 38 Group RAF, April 1962{{sfn|Delve|1994|p=88-89}} ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Station ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Squadron ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Aircraft |- | [[RAF Abingdon]] | [[No. 47 Squadron RAF|47]] [[No. 53 Squadron RAF|53]] | [[Blackburn Beverley]] Blackburn Beverley |- | [[JHC FS Aldergrove|RAF Aldergrove]] | [[No. 118 Squadron RAF|118]] | [[Bristol Sycamore]] |- | [[RAF Colerne]] | [[No. 24 Squadron RAF|24]] [[No. 36 Squadron RAF|36]] | [[Handley Page Hastings]] Handley Page Hastings |- | [[RAF Odiham]] | [[No. 66 Squadron RAF|66]] [[No. 72 Squadron RAF|72]] [[No. 225 Squadron RAF|225]] [[No. 230 Squadron RAF|230]] | [[Bristol Belvedere]] Bristol Belvedere Bristol Sycamore/[[Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)|Westland Whirlwind]] [[Scottish Aviation Pioneer]] |- | [[RAF Waterbeach]] | [[No. 1 Squadron RAF|1]] [[No. 54 Squadron RAF|54]] [[No. 64 Squadron RAF|64]] | [[Hawker Hunter]] Hawker Hunter [[Gloster Javelin]] |}

===1982=== {| class="wikitable" |+Order of battle for No. 38 Group RAF, January 1982{{sfn|Delve|1994|p=91}} ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Station ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Squadron ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Aircraft |- | [[JHC FS Aldergrove|RAF Aldergrove]] | [[No. 72 Squadron RAF|72]] | [[Westland Wessex]] |- | [[Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport|Ladyville]], [[Belize]] | [[No. 1417 Flight RAF|1417 Flt.]] | [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier]] |- | [[RAF Brize Norton]] | [[No. 10 Squadron RAF|10]] [[No. 115 Squadron RAF|115]] | [[Vickers VC10]] [[Hawker Siddeley Andover]] |- | [[RAF Coltishall]] | [[No. 6 Squadron RAF|6]] [[No. 41 Squadron RAF|41]] [[No. 54 Squadron RAF|54]] | [[SEPECAT Jaguar]] SEPECAT Jaguar SEPECAT Jaguar |- | [[RAF Lyneham]] | [[No. 24 Squadron RAF|24]] [[No. 30 Squadron RAF|30]] [[No. 47 Squadron RAF|47]] [[No. 70 Squadron RAF|70]] | [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]] Lockheed C-130 Hercules Lockheed C-130 Hercules Lockheed C-130 Hercules |- | [[RAF Northolt]] | [[No. 32 Squadron RAF|32]] [[No. 207 Squadron RAF|207]] | [[Hawker Siddeley Andover]]/[[Aérospatiale Gazelle|Westland Gazelle]]/[[British Aerospace 125]]/[[Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)|Westland Whirlwind]] [[de Havilland Dove|de Havilland Devon]] |- | [[RAF Odiham]] | [[No. 18 Squadron RAF|18]] [[No. 33 Squadron RAF|33]] | [[Boeing Chinook (UK variants)|Boeing Chinook]] [[Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma|Westland Puma]] |- | [[RAF Wittering]] | [[No. 1 Squadron RAF|1]] | Hawker Siddeley Harrier |}

=== 2016 === Order '''of Battle for No. 38 Group RAF, December 2016''' {| class="wikitable" !Formation !Unit !Sub-unit !Role !Location |- | rowspan="2" |[[RAF Wittering]] | colspan="2" |Operations Wing |Aerodrome Management | rowspan="2" |[[Cambridgeshire]] and [[Northamptonshire]] |- | colspan="2" |Support Wing |Service Support |- | rowspan="16" |RAF A4 Force Elements<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwittering/aboutus/a4force.cfm|title=RAF - A4 Force|last=here|first=RAF Details|website=www.raf.mod.uk|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> | rowspan="3" |No 1 Air Mobility Wing |Operations Squadron | rowspan="3" |Movements | rowspan="3" |[[RAF Brize Norton]] |- |Air Movements Squadron |- |UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron |- | rowspan="4" |[[No. 42 (Expeditionary Support) Wing RAF|No 42 (Expeditionary Support) Wing]] |No 71 (Inspection and Repair) Squadron |Aircraft engineering |[[RAF Wittering]] |- |No 93 (Expeditionary Armaments) Squadron |Weapons engineering |[[RAF Marham]] |- |No 5001 Squadron |Ground engineering |RAF Wittering |- |[[No. 5131 (BD) Squadron RAF|No. 5131 (Bomb Disposal) Squadron]] |Explosive Ordnance Disposal |RAF Wittering |- | rowspan="8" |[[No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing RAF|No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing]] |No 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron |Supply |RAF Wittering |- |No 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron |Transport |RAF Wittering |- |No 3 Mobile Catering Squadron |Catering and accommodation management |RAF Wittering |- |[[No. 501 Squadron RAF|No 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] | rowspan="3" |Logistics |[[RAF Brize Norton]] |- |[[No. 504 Squadron RAF|No 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] |RAF Wittering |- |[[No. 605 Squadron RAF|No 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] |[[RAF Cosford]] |- | colspan="2" |[[Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service|RAF Mountain Rescue Service]] |[[RAF Valley]]; [[RAF Leeming]]; [[RAF Lossiemouth]] |- | colspan="2" |[[Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron]] |[[MOD Boscombe Down]] |- | colspan="2" |No 4624 (County of Oxford) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force |Movements |[[RAF Brize Norton]] |- | rowspan="5" |[[Royal Air Force Music Services|RAF Music Services]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmusic/aboutus/|title=RAF - About us|last=here|first=RAF Details|website=www.raf.mod.uk|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> | colspan="2" |The Central Band of the Royal Air Force | rowspan="5" |Ceremonial | rowspan="3" |[[RAF Northolt]] |- | colspan="2" |The Band of the RAF Regiment |- | colspan="2" |The RAF Salon Orchestra |- | colspan="2" |The Band of the Royal Air Force College | rowspan="2" |[[RAF Cranwell|RAF College Cranwell]] |- | colspan="2" |The Band of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force |- | colspan="3" |[[RAF High Wycombe]] |Support to collocated headquarters |[[Buckinghamshire]] |- | rowspan="6" |[[No. 90 Signals Unit RAF|No. 90 Signals Unit]] | rowspan="3" |[[Tactical Communications Wing RAF|Tactical Communications Wing]] |No 2 Field Communications Squadron | rowspan="6" |Communications | rowspan="6" |[[RAF Leeming]] |- |No 3 Field Communications Squadron |- |No 4 Field Communications Squadron |- | rowspan="3" |Operational Information Services Wing |No 1 (Engineering Support) Squadron  |- |No 5 (Information Services) Squadron |- |Capability and Innovation Squadron |- | rowspan="7" |RAF Medical Operations | colspan="2" |[[RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cms.raf.mod.uk/rafhenlow/rafcms/mediafiles/FBBA5A93_5056_A318_A8FB42B27F48F99F.jpg|title=Centre for Aviation Medicine|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> |Medical Support |[[RAF Henlow]] |- | rowspan="4" |Tactical Medical Wing<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafbrizenorton/organisation/tmwhome.cfm|title=RAF - Tactical Medical Wing|last=here|first=RAF Details|website=www.raf.mod.uk|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> |Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron | rowspan="4" |Medical Support | rowspan="4" |[[RAF Brize Norton]] |- |Operations Squadron |- |Capability and Sustainment Squadron |- |Training Squadron |- | colspan="2" |[[No. 612 Squadron RAF|No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] |Air Transportable Surgical |[[Leuchars Station]] |- | colspan="2" |[[No. 4626 Squadron RAuxAF|No 4626 (County of Wiltshire) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] |Aeromedical Evacuation |[[RAF Brize Norton]] |}

==Commanding officers==

===38 Wing=== {|class="wikitable" |+Commanding officers no. 38 Wing RAF<ref name="raf38Group.org">{{Cite web |url=https://raf38group.org/air-officers-commanding-no-38-wing-no-38-group/ |title=Air Officers Commanding No.38 Wing & No.38 Group|access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Date ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Name |- | 19 January 1942 || [[Air Commodore]] Sir [[Nigel Norman]] (Killed on duty 19 May 1943) |- | 29 April 1943 || Air Commodore William H Primrose |- |}

===38 Group=== {|class="wikitable" |+Commanding officers no. 38 Group RAF<ref>https://raf38group.org/air-officers-commanding-no-38-wing-no-38-group/ Officers Commanding RAF 38 Group until 1950.</ref> ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Date ! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Name |- | 6 November 1943 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Leslie Hollinghurst|Leslie Norman Hollinghurst]] |- | 18 October 1944 || Air Vice-Marshal [[James Scarlett-Streatfeild|James Rowland Scarlett-Streatfield]] |- | 1 June 1945 || Air Commodore Noel Christie Singer |- | 1 August 1945 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman]] |- | 5 November 1946 || Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Leonard Fiddament |- | 17 January 1949 || Air Vice-Marshal Alfred Charles Henry Sharp |- | 25 January 1950 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Edgar McCloughry|Edgar James Kingston-McClaughry]] |- | 1 January 1960 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Peter Wykeham]] |- | 27 July 1962 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Tim Piper (RAF officer)|T W Piper]] |- | 1 January 1965 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Leslie Mavor]] |- | 1 March 1966 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Peter Fletcher (RAF officer)|Peter C Fletcher]] |- | 1 August 1967 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Harold Martin (RAF officer)|Harold Brownlow Martin]] |- | 24 June 1970 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Denis Crowley-Milling]] |- | 21 February 1972 || Air Vice-Marshal Frederick S Hazlewood |- | 2 November 1974 || Air Vice-Marshal Peter G K Williamson |- | 10 December 1977 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Joseph Gilbert (RAF officer)|Joseph A Gilbert]] |- | 27 February 1980 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Donald Hall (RAF officer)|Donald P Hall]] |- | 1984–1985 || Air Vice-Marshal [[David Parry-Evans]] |- | 15 January 1993 || Air Vice-Marshal J A G May |- | 1994 || Air Vice-Marshal [[David Cousins]] |- | 21 April 1995 || Air Vice-Marshal David A Hurrell |- | 30 January 1998 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Philip Sturley]] |- | 2 July 2014 || Air Vice-Marshal Tim Bishop <ref name="38GroupReform"/> |- | 16 June 2016 || Air Vice-Marshal [[Sue Gray (RAF officer)|Susan C Gray]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140929024307/http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm| archive-date = 2014-09-29| title = RAF - Senior Appointments}} </ref> |- |December 2018 || Air Vice-Marshal Simon D Ellard <ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/senior-appointments/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180422062704/https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/senior-appointments/| archive-date = 2018-04-22| title = Senior Appointments {{!}} Royal Air Force}} </ref> |}

==See also== * [[List of Royal Air Force groups]] * [[List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons]]

==References==

===Notes=== {{reflist|2}}

===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |last1=Delve|first1=K.|title=The Source Book of the RAF|year=1994|publisher= Airlife Publishing|location= [[Shrewsbury]], UK |isbn= 1-85310-451-5 }} *{{cite book |last1=March|first1=P.|title=Royal Air Force Yearbook 1993|year=1993|publisher= Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund|location=[[Fairford]], UK}} {{refend}}

==External links== * [https://raf38group.org/no-38-wing-no-38-group-history-with-maps/ Group history on RAF 38 Group website] * [https://raf.mod.uk/news/articles/royal-air-force-disbands-historical-d-day-group1/ No 38 Group] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100328153100/http://www.rafweb.org/Grp04.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation] * [http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/order_raf.htm Arnhem forces]

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