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This list does not include Initial Training Wings, which are listed in theMembers Area, as are more detailed histories of each Wing.
| Wing | Formation/Disbandment | Function | Notes |
1
| (a) 29/11/14 - 5/3/19 (b) 15/5/19 - ? (c) 1/1/26 - 12/4/26 (d) 23/9/37 - 15/12/37 (e) 9/5/39 - 9/5/39 (f) 25/8/39 - 22/9/39 (g) 24/1/40 - 24/6/40 (h) ?/10/58 - ?/9/61 | (Corps) (Yatesbury) (Army Co-operation) (General Reconnaissance) (General Reconnaissance) (Bomber) (Balloon Barrage) (Signals) | (c) Controlled 4 & 13 Sqn in 7 Group. (d) Controlled 209 &210 Sqns during Spanish Civil War (f) Controlled 30 & 55 Sqn in Egypt (g) Controlled Balloon units in France |
| 1 (Indian) | 10/7/20 - ?/6/38 | Formed by re-designating No 3 (Indian) Wing Further details of units assigned to this Wing are contained in theMembers Area. | |
| 2 | (a) 29/11/14 - 12/9/19 (b) 15/5/19 - ?/4/20 (c) 25/8/39 - 21/9/39 (d) 3/11/41 - ?/11/41 | (Corps) (Plymouth) (Bomber)
| (b) Controlled No 238 Sqn (c) Served in Egypt (d) Controlled 112 Sqn & 3 Sqn RAAF |
| 2 (Indian) | 10/7/20 - ?/4/40 1/12/41 - ?/6/42 | Further details of units assigned to this Wing are contained in theMembers Area. | |
| 2 (SAAF) | (a) 1/2/41 - 1/7/42 (b) 24/4/44 - 15/12/45 | ||
| 3 | (a) 1/3/15 - 5/1/18 (b) 1/8/18 - 13/6/19 | (Corps) (Training) | |
| 3 (Indian) | (a) 1/4/20 - 10/7/20 (b)?/?/28 - ?/?/35 (c) 6/1/36 - 25/4/38 (d) 1/6/47 - 15/8/47 | (a) Formed by re-designating No 52 (Corps) Wing | |
| 3 (SAAF) | 11/11/41 - ?/?/45 | ||
| 4 | (a) 29/11/14 - 23/8/16 (b) 10/1/17- 15/5/19 (c) 2/10/35 - 24/8/36 | (Training) (Reserve) (Flying Boat) | (c) Controlled 204 & 230 Sqns during Abyssinian crisis |
| 4 (Indian) | 15/7/46 - 1/10/46 | ||
| 5 | (a) 29/11/14 - 1/4/20 (b) 1/4/23 - ?/4/24 (c) 26/10/35 - 14/8/36 (d) 13/12/39 - 6/7/40 (e) 1/4/53 - ?/9/66 | (Corps)
(Signals) (Signals) | (a) (b) Controlled all fighter squadrons north of the Thames (c) Controlled No's 3, 35, 47 & 207 Sqns during Abyssinian crisis (d) Controlled radar unit in France |
| 6 | (a) 20/8/15 - 22/11/19 (b) 31/1/16 - ?/7/18 | (Training)
| (b) Controlled No 26 Sqn in East Africa, existed at same time as (a) |
| 7 | (a) 8/11/15 - 12/9/18 (b) 18/10/19 - 9/7/20 | (Training) (Training) | [Apr 1920 | |
| 7 (SAAF) | 12/8/42 - 11/9/45 | ||
| 8 | (a) 15/11/18 - 30/6/19 (b) 18/10/19 - 27/4/20 | (Training) (Training) | [Apr 1920 | |
| 8 (SAAF) | 24/6/44 - 24/10/45 | ||
| 9 | (a) 6/5/16 - 30/7/19 18/10/19 - ? | (HQ) (Training?) | |
| 10 | (a) 30/1/16 - 5/3/19 (b) 18/10/19 7/2/20 | (Army) (Training?) | |
11 | (a) 10/2/16 - 9/9/19 (b) ?/4/20 - 15/1/23 | (Army) (Irish) | (b) controlled all units in Ireland |
| 12 | (a) 30/1/16 - 20/2/19 (b) 2/6/22 - 7/2/23 | (Army) (Irish?) | (b) took over control of units in Ireland |
| 13 | (a) 10/3/16 - 1/3/19 | (Army | |
| 14 | (a)1/4/16 - 14/3/19 | (Army) | |
| 15 | (a)21/6/16 - 20/3/19 (b) 15 Aug 1943 - 12 Jul 1944 | (Reserve Army) (Fighter) | |
| 16 | (a) 25/6/16 - 29/7/16 (b) 20/9/16 - 14/11/19 (c) 5 Jul 1943 - 20 Apr 1944 (d) 8/3/46 - 3/6/46 | (Home Defence) (Corps) (Mobile)
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| 17 | (a) 9/8/16 - 12/8/18 (b) 28/9/18 - 14/5/19 (c) 4 Jul 1943 - 12 Jul 1944 | (Training)
(Fighter) | (b) controlled units in Malta |
| 18 | (a) 25/3/16 - 1/10/19 (b) ?/12/43 - 12/5/44 | (Training)/(Home Defence) (Fighter) | |
| 19 | (a) 1/5/16 - 25/3/19 (b) ?/12/43 - 12/5/44 | (Training) (Fighter) | |
| 20 | (a) 25/7/16 - 22/7/19 (b)?/12/43 - 12/5/44 | (Reserve) (Fighter) | |
| 21 | (a) 9/8/16 - 18/2/19 (b) 1/1/44 - 12/5/44 (c) 1/5/60 - 31/8/63 | (Training) (Base Defence) (Air Defence Missile) | (b)Wing Commanding Officers |
| 22 | (a) 14/9/16 - 20/5/19 (b) 9/1/44 - 12/5/44 | (Army) (RCAF)(Fighter) | |
| 23 | (a) 13/11/16 - 31/5/19 (b) 20/1/44 - 20/4/44 | (Training) (Fighter) | |
| 24 | (a) 25/9/16 - 8/4/19 (b) 16/2/44 - 12/5/44 (c) 1/4/59 - 31/8/63 | (Training) (Base Defence) (Air Defence Missile) | (b)Wing Commanding Officers |
| 25 | (a) 18/9/16 - 1/7/18 (b) 1/3/44 - 12/5/44 | (Training) (Base Defence) | |
| 26 | 1/5/17 - 4/4/19 | (Training) | |
| 27 | (a) 5/5/17 - 1/4/19 (b) 1946 | (Training) (Maritime Strike) | |
| 28 | 15/5/17 - 15/5/19 | (Training) | |
| 29 | 1/6/17 - 9/4/19 | (Training) | |
| 30 | (a) 1/6/17 - ?/10/18 (b) 22/3/41 - 2/7/41 | (Training) (Coastal) | (b) Became RAF Iceland |
| 31 | (a) 5/6/17 - ?/1/20 (b) 15/4/41 - 15/12/41 | (HQ)/(Corps)
| (a) Became Mesopotamia Wing (b) Became RAF Long Kesh |
| 32 | (a) 5/11/17 -22/7/19 (b) 19/8/41 - 1/7/43 | (Training) (Army Co-operation) | |
| 33 | (a) 30/8/17 - 15/5/19 (b) 15/8/41 - 1/7/43 | (Training) (Army Co-operation) |
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| 34 | (a) 8/9/17 - 12/10/18 (b) 22/8/41 - 30/9/45
(c) 1/4/53 - 1/1/60 (d) 1 Apr 2006 - Current | (Training) (Army Co-operation)/(Strategic Reconnaissance) (Reconnaissance) Expeditionary Air Wing - RAF Waddington |
(d) Role - ISTAR |
| 35 | (a) 22/9/17 - 9/4/19 (b) 22/8/41 - 22/6/46 | (Training) (Army Co-operation)/ (Reconnaissance) | |
| 36 | (a) 8/10/17 - 23/6/18 (b) 15/8/41 - 16/7/43 | (Training) (Army Co-operation) | |
| 37 | (a) 15/10/17 - 9/4/19 (b) ?/8/41 - 28/7/43 | (Training) (Army Co-operation) | |
| 38 | (a) 9/11/17 - 15/4/19 (b) 19/1/42 - 11/10/43 (c) 1 Apr 2006 - Current | (Training) (Army Co-operation) Expeditionary Air Wing - RAF Lyneham | (b) Raised to Group status as No 38 Group. (c) Role - AT/ACSSU |
| 39 | (a) 27/10/17 - 4/4/19 (b) 3/12/42 - 7/8/45 | (Training) (RCAF) (Reconnaissance) | |
| 40 | 5/10/17 - 1/4/20 | (Army) | Formed in Palestine |
| 41 | 11/10/17 - 15/2/19 | Became part of Independent Force | |
| 42 | ?/10/17 - ?/?/19 | (Training) | Formed in Canada |
| 43 | ?/10/17 - ?/?/19 | (Training) | Formed in Canada |
| 44 | ?/10/17 - ?/?/19 | (Training) | Formed in Canada |
| 45 | (a) 1917 (b) 15/2/46 - 15.6.46 | (Training) (Transport) | (a) Originally to form in Canada, but not activated (b) Formed from 45 Gp |
| 46 | 29/10/17 - 6/3/19 | (Home defence) | |
| 47 | 29/10/17 -13/6/19 | (Home Defence) | |
| 48 | 1/2/18 - 13/6/19 | (Home Defence) | |
| 49 | 29/10/17 - 13/6/19 | (Home Defence) | |
| 50 | (a) 29/10/17 - 22/5/19 (b) 11/1/37 - 6/8/40 (c) 21/4/41 - 21/11/42 | (Home Defence) (Army Co-operation) (Maintenance) |
This page was last updated on 17/03/25©
RAF History Index Wings 51 - 110 
