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No. 6 Group RCAF

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Four bases comprising 11 stations made up No. 6 Group. A base consisted of a main station, or headquarters, and a number of sub-stations. Late in 1943, Bomber Command bases were designated with a two-number identifier. The first number represented the group number, and the second number represented
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led No. 6 Group from 1924 to 1926. In 1936, No. 1 (Air Defence) Group RAF, a group of auxiliary bomber squadrons formed in 1926, was renamed No. 6 (Auxiliary) Group. No. 6 (Auxiliary) Group was renamed No. 6 (Bomber) Group on 1 January 1939. No. 6 (Bomber) Group initially was an operational bomber
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bombers on 4 September 1939. In the spring of 1940, it became dedicated to controlling Bomber Command Operational Training Units providing three months training to new bomber crews and occasionally adding bombers to bomber streams. No. 6 (Bomber) Group RAF was renamed
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At the peak of its strength, 6 Group consisted of 14 squadrons. Fifteen squadrons would eventually serve with the group, which was almost every RCAF heavy bomber squadron. Headquarters for 6 Group was at
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the base within that group. The first base within the group was the group's training base. No. 61 Base was therefore the training base for No. 6 Group. Each base was commanded by an
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group. The first bombing attack on the naval base at Wilhelmshaven was by Nos. 107 and 110 Squadrons from No. 6 (Bomber) Group RAF with
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No. 6 Group was a Royal Canadian Air Force formation, differing from the previous No. 6 Group RAF. Air Commodore
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Reap the whirlwind : the untold story of 6 Group, Canada's Bomber Force of World War II
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14 July 45 to 1 September 1945 Air Commodore J L Hurley at Rear Headquarters, Allerton Park
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on 11 May 1942 and the 6 Group designation was transferred to the RCAF on 25 October 1942.
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The RCAF began participating in operations by RAF Bomber Command in 1941, but its
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No prouder place : Canadians and the Bomber Command experience, 1939-1945
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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Bomber Command Bases.
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and night bombing raids on industrial complexes and urban centres in
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Royal Canadian Air Force military unit active during Second World War
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The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988
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Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912
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Significant operations involving 6 Group included raids on
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Air force units and formations of Canada in World War II
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Units and formations of the Royal Canadian Air Force
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(2005). 993:Dunmore & Carter 1991 949:Dunmore & Carter 1991 288:No. 91 (Bomber) Group RAF 39: 1327:Sturtivant, Ray (2007). 1250:. Toronto: CANAV Books. 694:RAF Middleton St. George 541:RAF Middleton St. George 250:Royal Canadian Air Force 147:("Initiative and skill") 84:Royal Canadian Air Force 1300:Otter, Patrick (1998). 1031:, pp. 97, 125–126. 1362:6 Group Bomber Command 628: 589:British Aircraft Eagle 337: 223:British Aircraft Eagle 18:No. 64 (RCAF) Base RAF 1108:Airfield. 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Royal Canadian Air Force
Strategic
tactical bombing
RAF Bomber Command
Allerton Park
Yorkshire
Latin
Air Vice-Marshal
C.M. McEwen
Bomber
Vickers Wellington
Short Stirling
Handley Page Halifax
Avro Lancaster
Trainer
British Aircraft Eagle
Foster Wikner Wicko
Airspeed Oxford
group
Royal Canadian Air Force
heavy bomber
Second World War
Yorkshire
England
Charles Rumney Samson
Bristol Blenheim

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