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ROYAL AUXILIARY AIR FORCE I 100 th ANNIVERSARY
Contents
Editors Foreword 2
Message from the Commandant General 2 RAuxAForce and Director Reserves
Inspector RAuxAF 3
100 Years of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 3 1924 - 2024 - A Short History
The Beginning 3 - 4 ‘ Auxiliary verses Special Reserve ’ 4 Conditions of Service 4 War Clouds 5 World War 2 7 First Blood to the Auxiliaries 7
Battle of France and Dunkirk 7 ( May - June 1940 )
Battle of Britain 8 1941 - 1945 8
AAF Reconstitution 1946 - 1957 9 Flying Squadrons
Non-Flying Squadrons 1948 - 1961 9
Fighter Control and Radar 9 - 10 Reporting Units ( 1948 - 1961 )
Air Intelligence Unit 10 Maritime Headquarters Units 10
Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment 10 ( 1948 - 1957 ( and beyond ))
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 11 Specialist Reserve Squadrons 11 Amalgamation 11 75 th and 80 th Anniversaries 12 Modern Mobilisations 12 Future Reserve 2020 / Future Reserve 30 13 HQ Reserves Delivery and Policy 13 Reserve Strategic Plans 14 Reserve Support Wings 14 The Royal Auxiliary Air Force Inspectorate 14
RAuxAF Squadrons of Today
502 ( ULSTER ) Squadron RAuxAF 18 602 ( City of Glasgow ) Squadron RAuxAF 19 600 ( CITY OF LONDON ) Squadron RAuxAF 20 601 ( County of London ) Squadron RAuxAF 21 603 ( City of Edinburgh ) Squadron RAuxAF 22 Reserve Logistics Support Wing 23 605 ( County of Warwick ) Squadron RAuxAF 24 504 ( County of Nottingham ) Squadron RAuxAF 24 - 25
501 ( County of Gloucester ) Squadron RAuxAF 25 - 26 607 ( County of Durham ) Squadron RAuxAF 26 609 ( West Riding ) Squadron RAuxAF 27 611 ( West Lancashire ) Squadron RAuxAF 28 612 ( County of Aberdeen ) Squadron RAuxAF 30 614 ( County of Glamorgan ) Squadron RAuxAF 31 - 32 622 Squadron RAuxAF 32 606 ( CHILTERN ) Squadron RAuxAF 33 3 RAF ( Reserves ) Police Squadron RAuxAF 33 - 34
2503 ( County of Lincoln ) Squadron 34 - 35 RAuxAF Regt
2620 ( County of Norfolk ) Squadron 35 RAuxAF Regt
2622 ( Highland ) Squadron 36 RAuxAF Regt
2623 ( East Anglian ) Squadron 37 RAuxAF Regt
2624 Squadron ( County of Oxford ) 38 RAuxAF Regt
4624 ( County of Oxford ) Movements Squadron 38 - 39 RAuxAF
4626 ( County of Wiltshire ) AE Squadron 41 RAuxAF Regt
7006 ( Volunteer Reserve ) Intelligence Squadron 42 RAuxAF
7010 ( Volunteer Reserve ) Intelligence Squadron 42 - 43 RAuxAF
7630 ( Volunteer Reserve ) Intelligence Squadron 43 - 44 RAuxAF
7644 Public Relations Squadron RAuxAF 44 616 Squadron RAuxAF 45 Jimmy McCairns 45 505 ( Wessex ) Squadron RAuxAF 46 - 47 The Band of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 47 Cyber Reserves 48 6 ( Cyber Reserve ) Squadron 90 Signals Unit 48 - 49 Joint Services Signals Unit ( Reserves ) 49 - 50 Covesea Flight , Royal Air Force Lossiemouth 50
Royal Auxiliary Air Force Badge 51 Sovereigns Colour 51 RAuxAF Squadron Standards 53 Honorary Air Commodores 53 RAuxAF Memorial 53 - 54 RAuxAF Trophies 54 - 55 List of Auxiliary Air Force Flying Squadrons 56
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