RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central... 62 KB (6,971 words) - 15:34, 29 March 2024 |
The Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial is a memorial in Green Park, London, commemorating the crews of RAF Bomber Command who embarked on missions... 13 KB (1,362 words) - 19:32, 6 March 2024 |
RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft. It served... 22 KB (2,580 words) - 20:39, 15 February 2024 |
composed of bombers (i.e. planes used to bomb targets). RAF Bomber Command was formed in 1936 to be responsible for all bombing activities of the RAF. It found... 9 KB (1,346 words) - 11:20, 9 December 2022 |
The aircrews of RAF Bomber Command during World War II operated a fleet of bomber aircraft carried strategic bombing operations from September 1939 to... 94 KB (12,351 words) - 05:37, 14 March 2023 |
Operations research (redirect from RAF Bomber Command's Operational Research Section) change of tactics". Bomber Command's Operational Research Section (BC-ORS), analyzed a report of a survey carried out by RAF Bomber Command.[citation needed]... 52 KB (5,706 words) - 20:58, 13 April 2024 |
Harris reached the number of bombers by including not only bombers that were currently operational as part of RAF Bomber Command, but also aircrews from Operational... 3 KB (388 words) - 00:27, 10 February 2024 |
target-marking squadrons in RAF Bomber Command during World War II. They located and marked targets with flares, at which a main bomber force could aim, increasing... 36 KB (5,110 words) - 13:39, 29 December 2023 |
The bomber stream was a saturation attack tactic developed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command to overwhelm the nighttime German aerial defences... 5 KB (554 words) - 15:55, 21 February 2024 |
List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units (redirect from No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF) Operational Training Unit RAF (10 OTU) 10 OTU was formed in 1940 as part of No. 8 Group RAF Bomber Command at RAF Abingdon to train night bomber aircrew, it was... 27 KB (3,615 words) - 20:47, 1 April 2024 |
Arthur Harris (redirect from Arthur "Bomber" Harris) known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butch" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command during... 58 KB (6,693 words) - 22:26, 25 April 2024 |
Bomber Harris is a 1989 BBC television drama biography based on the life of Arthur Harris, who was Commander-in-chief of RAF Bomber Command during the... 3 KB (184 words) - 02:49, 23 April 2024 |
Group RAF (3 Gp) of the Royal Air Force was an RAF group first active in 1918, again between 1923 and 1926, then as part of RAF Bomber Command from 1936... 20 KB (1,961 words) - 01:29, 11 March 2024 |
married quarters and RAF-built primary school that are now in non-military ownership. The airfield was used by RAF Bomber Command for 20 years between... 26 KB (2,696 words) - 12:16, 3 February 2024 |
No. 6 Group RCAF (redirect from No. 6 (Canadian) Bomber Group) 6 (Bomber) Group RAF with Bristol Blenheim bombers on 4 September 1939. In the spring of 1940, it became dedicated to controlling Bomber Command Operational... 13 KB (1,063 words) - 07:18, 18 April 2024 |
RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was founded in 1936, when the RAF was restructured into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal... 38 KB (4,733 words) - 11:49, 10 October 2023 |
Big Week (section RAF bomber sorties) the United States Army Air Forces and RAF Bomber Command from 20 to 25 February 1944, as part of the Combined Bomber Offensive against Nazi Germany. The... 48 KB (3,846 words) - 02:03, 29 April 2024 |
100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW). During the Second World War, RAF Bomber Command used the station for operational combat missions until 1945. Placed... 35 KB (3,392 words) - 20:00, 12 March 2024 |
List of RAF squadrons also "No 300 (Masovian) Squadron" Wikimedia Commons has media related to No. 300 (Polish) Squadron RAF. Bomber Command No. 300 (Polish)... 7 KB (580 words) - 13:54, 8 June 2023 |
Operation Hydra was an attack by RAF Bomber Command on a German scientific research centre at Peenemünde on the night of 17/18 August 1943. Group Captain... 27 KB (3,397 words) - 09:11, 29 March 2024 |