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No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations
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in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast-jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe,
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. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF. The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice-Marshal
Ian Duguid Air Vice-Marshal Ian W. Duguid, (born 1 December 1966) is a senior Royal Air Force serving as air office commanding No. 1 Group RAF, headquartered at RAF High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. Duguid was a Harrier pilot and Typhoon Force Commander ...
. He succeeded Air Vice-Marshal Allan Marshall in November 2021.


Subordinate units

The following stations and squadrons are under the command of No. 1 Group: * RAF Coningsby ** No. 3(Fighter) Squadron with
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** No. XI(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 ** No. 12 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 ** No. 29 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU) ** Battle of Britain Memorial Flight * RAF Leeming **
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* RAF Lossiemouth ** No. 1(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 ** No. II(Army Co-operation) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 ** No. 6 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 ** No. IX(Bomber) Squadron with Typhoon Tranche 1/FGR4 ** No. 120 Squadron with
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** No. 201 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1 ** No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) – Moray Flight *
RAF Marham RAF Marham is a Royal Air Force station and military airbase near the village of Marham in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia. It is home to No. 138 Expeditionary Air Wing (138 EAW) and, as such, is one of the RAF's "Main Operating ...
** No. 207 Squadron with F-35B Lightning (OCU) **
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with F-35B Lightning *
RAF Waddington Royal Air Force Waddington otherwise known as RAF Waddington is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located beside the village of Waddington, south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire in England. The station is the RAF's Intelligence Surveillance Target A ...
** No. 8 Squadron formerly with
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(withdrawn from service 2021; to re-equip with
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and reform at RAF Lossiemouth starting in 2024) ** No. 13 Squadron with MQ-9A Reaper ** No. 14 Squadron with
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** No. 39 Squadron with MQ-9A Reaper ** No. 51 Squadron with RC-135W Airseeker ** No. 54 Squadron ISTAR crews Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) on multiple types of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft ** No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing


History


First World War

No. 1 Group was originally formed on Saturday 1 April 1918 in No. 1 Area, which was renamed the
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on 8 May 1918, Southern Area on 20 September 1919 and Inland Area on 1 April 1920. The Group was renumbered as No. 6 Group on 19 May 1924 at RAF Kenley, and was reformed on the same day at
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. Two years later on 12 April 1926 the Group disappeared from the order of battle by being renumbered as No. 21 Group. The next year the Group was reformed on 25 August 1927 by the renaming of
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. This designation lasted until 1936 when it became No. 6 Group again. As in 1924 the Group was reformed the same day, this time as a bomber formation. By this time the Group had shrunk to ten squadrons, all equipped with Fairey Battle aircraft and located in pairs at RAF Abingdon,
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, RAF Benson, RAF Boscombe Down and RAF Bicester.


Second World War

On receipt of orders to move to France in 1939, Headquarters No. 1 Group became Headquarters Advanced Air Striking Force and the station headquarters and associated squadrons became Nos. 71, 72, 74, 75 and 76 Wings respectively. The Group re-emerged a few days later within Bomber Command on 12 September, but only lasted just over three months, being dropped on 22 December 1939. It was reformed at Hucknall in Nottinghamshire on 22 June 1940. On 20 July the Group Headquarters moved to Bawtry Hall (
RAF Bawtry Royal Air Force Bawtry or more simply RAF Bawtry is a former Royal Air Force station located at Bawtry Hall in Bawtry, South Yorkshire, England and was No. 1 Group RAF RAF Bomber Command, Bomber Command headquarters and administration unit duri ...
) near Doncaster, where it was based for 44 years, until 1983. During the Second World War, the Group was primarily based at airfields in north Lincolnshire, like RAF Swinderby. During 1940–45, the group included substantial numbers of
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and
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(RAAF) personnel. By the beginning of March 1943, the aircraft operated by its squadrons were: * Vickers Wellington: 166 & 199 Sqns RAF, and 300 Polish, 301 Polish & 305 Polish Sqns. *
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: 12, 100, 101, 150 & 103 Sqns RAF, and 460 Sqn RAAF. All of the Wellington squadrons subsequently converted to Lancasters. No. 1 Group was later augmented with other units, including 304 Polish Squadron. During Bomber Command's Second World War campaign, No. 1 Group dropped a higher tonnage of bombs per aircraft than any other group, this was mainly due to Air Commodore Edward Rice who was determined to maximise bomb loads, though it was a policy which contributed in no small measure to No. 1 Group having higher than average losses. Rice would later be involved in the development of the
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, sometimes known as the "Rose-Rice turret".


Battle of Normandy

Although No.1 (B) Group wasn't directly involved in the Battle of Normandy, they did participate in the bombing of the shore and area. During this period, the group was organised as: * No. 1 (B) Group HQ,
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, West Yorkshire * RAF Hemswell ** Station HQ ** No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School (training with Lancaster I/III) ** Night Bomber Tactical School **150 Squadron Lancaster Mrk I (C flight from 550 Squadron) *
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(satellite of RAF Hemswell) ** Station HQ **
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equipped with Wellington III and Miles Martinet **
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equipped with
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& Hawker Hurricane * RAF Sturgate (satellite of RAF Hemswell) * No. 11 Base **
RAF Lindholme Royal Air Force Station Lindholme or more simply RAF Lindholme is a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England. It was located south of Thorne and north east of Doncaster and was initially called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse. Ea ...
Station HQ **
No. 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF Conversion units and operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF). History With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling, Avro Lancaster, and Handley Page Halifax, the Roya ...
,
RAF Lindholme Royal Air Force Station Lindholme or more simply RAF Lindholme is a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England. It was located south of Thorne and north east of Doncaster and was initially called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse. Ea ...
equipped with
Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...
I/III **
No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF Conversion units and operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF). History With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling, Avro Lancaster, and Handley Page Halifax, the Roya ...
,
RAF Blyton Royal Air Force Blyton or more simply RAF Blyton is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Lincolnshire, north east of Gainsborough, and south of Scunthorpe, England. It was built in 1942 and was heavily used during the Second W ...
equipped with
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I/III & Handley Page Halifax II/V ** No. 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF,
RAF Sandtoft Royal Air Force Sandtoft or more simply RAF Sandtoft is a former Royal Air Force station in North Lincolnshire between Doncaster, South Yorkshire and Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. History Second World War RAF Sandtoft opened in Feb ...
equipped with Handley Page Halifax V ** No. 1 Group Servicing Section,
RAF Lindholme Royal Air Force Station Lindholme or more simply RAF Lindholme is a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England. It was located south of Thorne and north east of Doncaster and was initially called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse. Ea ...
* No. 12 Base ** RAF Binbrook Station HQ **
No. 100 Squadron RAF Number 100 Squadron is a former Royal Air Force squadron. It last operated the British Aerospace Hawk T1, providing 'aggressor' aircraft for air combat training from RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, UK. History First World War No. 100 was est ...
, RAF Grimsby equipped with
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I/III ***No. 9100 Servicing Echelon **
No. 460 Squadron RAAF No. 460 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force intelligence unit active within the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO). It was first formed as a heavy bomber squadron during World War II on 15 November 1941 and disbanded on 10 O ...
, RAF Binbrook equipped with
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I/III ***No. 9460 Servicing Echelon **
No. 625 Squadron RAF No. 625 Squadron RAF was a heavy bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. History The squadron was formed on 1 October 1943 at RAF Kelstern, Lincolnshire from 'C' flight of 100 Squadron. It was equipped with Avro La ...
,
RAF Kelstern Royal Air Force Kelstern or RAF Kelstern is a former Royal Air Force station south east of Binbrook, Lincolnshire and north west of Louth, Lincolnshire, England. Station history The airfield first opened in 1917 as a night landing ground befo ...
, equipped with
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I/III *** No. 9625 Servicing Echelon ** No. 1 Ground Gunnery School, RAF Binbrook *No. 13 Base ** RAF Elsham Wolds Station HQ **
No. 103 Squadron RAF No. 103 Squadron was a Royal Air Force bomber squadron during World War I, World War II and the Cold War, switching to helicopters in the late 1950s until it was disbanded for the last time in 1975. History Formation in World War I No. 103 S ...
, RAF Elsham Wolds equipped with
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I/III ***No. 9103 Servicing Echelon **
No. 166 Squadron RAF No. 166 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron that formed just after the end of World War I. It was the first and one of only three to be equipped with the Handley Page V/1500 heavy bomber. History The squadron was formed on 13 June 1918 ...
,
RAF Kirmington Royal Air Force Kirmington or more simply RAF Kirmington was a Royal Air Force station located north east of Brigg, Lincolnshire and south west of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. History Second World War It took its name from the village of ...
equipped with
Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...
I/III ***No. 9166 Servicing Echelon **
No. 550 Squadron RAF No. 550 Squadron RAF was a heavy bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. Formed at RAF Waltham on 25 November 1943, 550 Squadron flew Avro Lancaster bombers as part of No. 1 Group RAF. In early 1944, the squadron was moved to ...
,
RAF North Killingholme Royal Air Force North Killingholme or more simply RAF North Killingholme is a former Royal Air Force station located immediately west of the village of North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire, England. The airfield was extensively used during ...
equipped with
Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...
I/III ***No. 9550 Servicing Echelon **
No. 576 Squadron RAF No. 576 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Second World War heavy bomber squadron. History 576 Squadron was formed on 25 November 1943 at RAF Elsham Wolds in Lincolnshire under the command of Wing Commander G.T.B Clayton DFC. "A" Flight was form ...
, RAF Elsham Wolds equipped with
Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...
I/III ***No. 9576 Servicing Echelon *No.14 Base **
RAF Ludford Magna Royal Air Force Ludford Magna or more simply RAF Ludford Magna is a former Royal Air Force station located on agricultural farmland immediately south of the village of Ludford, Lincolnshire and was sited 21. 4miles (34.4 km) north east of ...
Station HQ **
No. 12 Squadron RAF Number 12 Squadron, also known as No. 12 (Bomber) Squadron and occasionally as No. XII Squadron, is a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The squadron reformed in July 2018 as a joint RAF/Qatar Emiri Air Force squadron. It is currently ...
,
RAF Wickenby Royal Air Force Wickenby or RAF Wickenby was a purpose-built Royal Air Force station constructed late 1942 and early 1943. It lies halfway between Wickenby and Holton cum Beckering, to the south-east of Wickenby close to the B1399 in West Lindse ...
equipped with
Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...
I/III ***No. 9012 Servicing Echelon **
No. 101 Squadron RAF No. 101 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Airbus Voyager in the air-to-air refuelling and transport roles from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. History Formation and early years 101 Squadron RFC was formed at Farnborough on 12 July 1 ...
,
RAF Ludford Magna Royal Air Force Ludford Magna or more simply RAF Ludford Magna is a former Royal Air Force station located on agricultural farmland immediately south of the village of Ludford, Lincolnshire and was sited 21. 4miles (34.4 km) north east of ...
equipped with
Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...
I/III ***No. 9101 Servicing Echelon **
No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron No. 300 (Polish) "Land of Masovia" Bomber Squadron ( pl, 300 Dywizjon Bombowy "Ziemi Mazowieckiej")also "No 300 (Masovian) Squadron" was one of Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain, several Polish squadrons in the Royal Air Force (RAF) ...
,
RAF Faldingworth Royal Air Force Faldingworth or more simply RAF Faldingworth is a former Royal Air Force station used during and after the Second World War. It was located close to the village of Faldingworth in Lincolnshire, England. Development By 1936 the ...
with
Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...
I/III ***No. 9300 Servicing Echelon **
No. 626 Squadron RAF No. 626 Squadron RAF was a heavy bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1945. History The squadron was formed on 7 November 1943 at RAF Wickenby from ''C'' Flight of No. 12 Squadron. It operated in the strategic bombing role with ...
,
RAF Wickenby Royal Air Force Wickenby or RAF Wickenby was a purpose-built Royal Air Force station constructed late 1942 and early 1943. It lies halfway between Wickenby and Holton cum Beckering, to the south-east of Wickenby close to the B1399 in West Lindse ...
equipped with
Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...
I/III ***No. 9626 Servicing Echelon


Cold War

By June 1948, 1 Group consisted of: *
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, RAF Binbrook,
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B.2 * 12 Sqn, RAF Binbrook, Lincoln B.2 * 101 Sqn, RAF Binbrook, Lincoln B.2 * 617 Sqn, RAF Binbrook, Lincoln B.2 * 83 Sqn, RAF Hemswell, Lincoln B.2 * 97 Sqn, RAF Hemswell, Lincoln B.2 * 100 Sqn, RAF Hemswell, Lincoln B.2 * 50 Sqn,
RAF Waddington Royal Air Force Waddington otherwise known as RAF Waddington is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located beside the village of Waddington, south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire in England. The station is the RAF's Intelligence Surveillance Target A ...
, Lincoln B.2 * 57 Sqn, RAF Waddington, Lincoln B.2 * 61 Sqn, RAF Waddington, Lincoln B.2 * 109 Sqn, RAF Coningsby,
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B.35 * 139 Sqn, RAF Coningsby, Mosquito B.35 During the Cold War, No. 1 Group also operated the Thor ballistic missile between 1958 and August 1963 (" Project Emily"), with ten squadrons each with three missiles being equipped with the weapon. 1 Group had two sets of five stations, centred respectively on Hemswell and RAF Driffield. When Bomber Command was subsumed into the new Strike Command on 1 April 1968, No. 1 Group took on the old role of the command, directing the bomber and strike aircraft of Strike Command. On 17 November 1983,
No. 38 Group RAF No. 38 Group RAF was a 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 Transport Command. It was disbanded on 31 January 1951, but re-forme ...
was subsumed within Headquarters No. 1 Group. In around 1984, Headquarters No. 1 Group moved from
RAF Bawtry Royal Air Force Bawtry or more simply RAF Bawtry is a former Royal Air Force station located at Bawtry Hall in Bawtry, South Yorkshire, England and was No. 1 Group RAF RAF Bomber Command, Bomber Command headquarters and administration unit duri ...
in South Yorkshire to RAF Upavon in Wiltshire.
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, part of 1 Group flying Devons from RAF Northolt alongside No. 32 Squadron RAF, was disbanded on retirement of the remaining Devons on 30 June 1984. After the end of the Cold War, RAF Germany was reduced in status to become No. 2 Group RAF. 2 Group was then disbanded by being absorbed into No. 1 Group on 1 April 1996. 2 Group was then reformed on 7 January 2000, splitting out of 1 Group. 1 Group transferred over the RAF's air transport, air-to-air refuelling and airborne early warning functions.


Post 2000

In January 2000 the RAF was restructured and the Group took on its present role. The Group is responsible for UK air defence operations through QRA North at RAF Lossiemouth and QRA South at RAF Coningsby. However, since the disestablishment of
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9 at RAF High Wycombe, actual control of the fighters is now carried out from a NATO Combined Air Operations Centre in Denmark, CAOC 1 at Finderup. However, High Wycombe retains an air defence direction capability, and the UK Representative there could take back control over QRA South if it was necessary to respond to a terrorist threat from the air.Andrew Brooks, UK AIR DEFENC
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/ref> No. 1 Group also has responsibility for the UK's Carrier Strike capability, with the joint RN/RAF
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, eventually planned to consist of two squadrons from the RAF and two from the Fleet Air Arm, which will be based at RAF Marham when not operating from the UK's .


Air Officer Commanding

Air Officers Commanding have included:


See also

* List of Royal Air Force groups * List of Army Air Corps aircraft units


References


Citations


Bibliography

* * Wing Commander C. G. Jefford,
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, ''RAF Squadrons; A Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912''.1994: Airlife Publishing Ltd.,
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External links


No 1 Group at Royal Air Force Website




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