# No. 84 Group RAF

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Former Royal Air Force operations group

No. 84 Group RAF No. 84 (Composite) Group Active 15 July 1943 – 15 December 1947 Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Part of RAF Second Tactical Air Force Last base Brandenburg Barracks, Celle[1] Commanders Last AOC AVM Percy Maitland Aircraft flown Fighter Hawker Typhoon North American Mustang Supermarine Spitfire

Military unit

**No. 84 Group RAF** was a group of the [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) [Second Tactical Air Force](/source/RAF_Second_Tactical_Air_Force) which was operational during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War)

It was formed at [Cowley Barracks](/source/Cowley_Barracks), Oxford on 15 July 1943. By 24 July 1944 a Rear Headquarters had been formed at Cowley.[2]

On 5 June 1944 it consisted of:[3]

- [Hawker Typhoon](/source/Hawker_Typhoon) fighter-bombers - [No. 123 Wing RAF](/source/No._123_Wing_RAF) at [RAF Thorney Island](/source/RAF_Thorney_Island) - [No. 136 Wing RAF](/source/No._136_Wing_RAF) at [RAF Thorney Island](/source/RAF_Thorney_Island) - [No. 146 Wing RAF](/source/No._146_Wing_RAF) at [RAF Needs Oar Point](/source/RAF_Needs_Oar_Point)

- [North American Mustangs](/source/North_American_P-51_Mustang) - [No. 133 (Polish) Wing RAF](/source/No._133_Wing_RAF) at [RAF Coolham](/source/RAF_Coolham)

- [Supermarine Spitfire](/source/Supermarine_Spitfire) fighters - [No. 131 Wing RAF](/source/No._131_Wing_RAF) at [RAF Chailey](/source/RAF_Chailey) - [No. 132 Wing RAF](/source/No._132_Wing_RAF) at [RAF Bognor](/source/RAF_Bognor) - [No. 134 Wing RAF](/source/No._134_Wing_RAF) at [RAF Appledram](/source/RAF_Appledram) - [No. 135 Wing RAF](/source/No._135_Expeditionary_Air_Wing) at [RAF Selsey](/source/RAF_Selsey) - [No. 145 Wing RAF](/source/No._145_Wing_RAF) at [RAF Merston](/source/RAF_Merston)

Its last [Air Officer Commanding](/source/Air_Officer_Commanding) was Air Vice Marshal [Percy Maitland](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Percy_Maitland&action=edit&redlink=1). By January 1948 Maitland was taking over command of [No. 22 Group RAF](/source/No._22_Group_RAF).

## References

### Citations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007152_1-0)** [Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007](#CITEREFSturtivantHamlin2007), p. 152.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Air of Authority – Groups 70–106](https://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/Grp06.htm), accessed May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFalconer2012299_3-0)** [Falconer 2012](#CITEREFFalconer2012), p. 299.

### Bibliography

- Falconer, J (2012). *RAF Airfields of World War 2*. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-85780-349-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85780-349-5).

- Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). *Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912*. [Tonbridge](/source/Tonbridge), UK: Air-Britain (Historians). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0851-3036-59](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0851-3036-59).

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