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The following month on 20 September 1919, No. 7 Group was reformed when South-Western Area was downgraded to group status. On 1 April 1920, the Group was transferred to Inland Area's control. The Group was disbanded for the second time on 12 April 1926.
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No. 7 Group was created on the day that the RAF officially came into being. On 1 April 1918 it was created by renaming the
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The Group's final incarnation was from 1 November 1944 to 21 December 1945. Its function was the control of
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