RAF Home Command
RAF Home Command was the Royal Air Force command which was responsible for controlling all the United Kingdom-based reserve units 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.[1] It was absorbed into RAF Flying Training Command on 27 May 1940 but reformed again on 1 May 1946.[1] It was then renamed RAF Home Command on 1 Aug 1950 and absorbed into Flying Training Command again on 1 April 1959.[1]
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief included:[1]
RAF Reserve Command
- 1 February 1939 Air Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney
- 28 August 1939 Air Chief Marshal Sir John Steel (retd)
- 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
- 1 August 1950 Air Marshal Sir Robert Foster
- 31 Mar 1952 Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman
- 1 October 1952 Air Marshal Sir Harold Lydford
- March 1956 Air Marshal Sir Douglas Macfadyen
References
 | This RAF article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |