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==History==
==History==
The Command was formed as RAF Reserve Command on 1 February 1939.<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H3A.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - RAF Home Commands formed between 1939 - 1957]</ref> It was absorbed into RAF Flying Training Command on 27 May 1940 but reformed again on 1 May 1946.<ref name=air/> It was then renamed RAF Home Command on 1 August 1950 and absorbed into Flying Training Command again on 1 April 1959.<ref name=air/>
The Command was formed as RAF Reserve Command on 1 February 1939.<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H3A.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - RAF Home Commands formed between 1939 - 1957]</ref> It was absorbed into [[RAF Flying Training Command]] on 27 May 1940 but reformed again on 1 May 1946.<ref name=air/> It was then renamed RAF Home Command on 1 August 1950 and absorbed into Flying Training Command again on 1 April 1959.<ref name=air/>


==Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief==
==Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief==

Revision as of 19:35, 30 January 2011

Home Command
Command Crest
Active1 February 1939–27 May 1940
1 May 1946–1 April 1959
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Air Force
Motto(s)Support

RAF Home Command was the Royal Air Force command which was responsible for the maintenance and training of reserve organisations[1] from formation on 1 February 1939 as RAF Reserve Command with interruptions until it ceased to exist on 1 April 1959.

History

The Command was formed as RAF Reserve Command on 1 February 1939.[2] It was absorbed into RAF Flying Training Command on 27 May 1940 but reformed again on 1 May 1946.[2] It was then renamed RAF Home Command on 1 August 1950 and absorbed into Flying Training Command again on 1 April 1959.[2]

Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief

Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief included:[2]
RAF Reserve Command

  • 1 February 1939 Air Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney
  • 28 August 1939 Air Chief Marshal Sir John Steel
  • 22 April 1940 Air Vice Marshal W L Welsh
  • 1 May 1946 Air Commodore E D H Davies (Temp)
  • 20 May 1946 Air Marshal Sir Alan Lees
  • 1 October 1949 Air Marshal Sir Robert Foster

RAF Home Command

References

  1. ^ John D. Rawlings, 'The History of the Royal Air Force,' Temple Press Aerospace, Feltham, Middlesex, 1984, p.180
  2. ^ a b c d Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - RAF Home Commands formed between 1939 - 1957