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    No. 14 Group RAF was a Royal Air Force group formed in 1918 for anti-submarine activity and reformed in 1940 as a fighter group covering Scotland. It was first formed in 1918 and transferred to the RAF in 1919 before being reformed in 1940 under Fighter Command. The group was finally disbanded in 1943.

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    No. 14 Group RAF was a Royal Air Force group formed in 1918 for anti-submarine activity and reformed in 1940 as a fighter group covering Scotland. It was first formed in 1918 and transferred to the RAF in 1919 before being reformed in 1940 under Fighter Command. The group was finally disbanded in 1943.

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    No. 14 Group RAF was a Royal Air Force group formed in 1918 for anti-submarine activity and reformed in 1940 as a fighter group covering Scotland. It was first formed in 1918 and transferred to the RAF in 1919 before being reformed in 1940 under Fighter Command. The group was finally disbanded in 1943.

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    14 Group RAF
    No. 14 Group RAF was the title of several Royal Air Force groups, including a
    No. 14 Group
    group responsible for anti-submarine activity from 1918 to 1919 after being
    transferred from the Royal Naval Air Service; a fighter group formed from a wing in Active 1 April 1918– 19
    the British Expeditionary Force in 1940; and finally a fighter group covering May 1919
    Scotland from 1940 to 1943.[1] 20 January 1940 –
    22 June 1940
    26/29 June 1940 –
    History 15 July 1943
    No. 14 Group RAF was first formed on 1 April 1918 by the re-designation of Country United
    Milford Haven Anti-Submarine Group. On 8 May it was transferred to Midland Kingdom
    Area, and it was disbanded on 19 May 1919.[1]
    Branch Royal Air
    It was reformed as No. 14 (Fighter) Group on 20 January 1940 as part of the Force
    wartime expansion of the Royal Air Force when No. 60 Wing in the British Type Anti-submarine
    Expeditionary Force was raised to group level under the command of World War I (1918-1919)
    flying ace Group Captain Philip Fletcher Fullard. The Group was disbanded on 22 Fighter (1940-
    June. 1943)
    Part of Midland Area
    Only three days later 14 Group was reformed in Fighter Command to provide cover
    (1918-1919)
    for Scotland, and was then under the command of Air Vice-Marshal Malcolm
    RAF Fighter
    Henderson from 20 July 1940 and throughout the Battle of Britain, before coming
    Command (1940-
    under the command of Air Vice-Marshal John D'Albiac from 10 February 1942. The
    1943)
    Group was then under the command of Canadian flying ace Air Vice-Marshal
    Raymond Collishaw from 21 March 1942 until the Group was finally disbanded on Garrison/HQ Drumossie Hotel,
    15 July 1943.[1] Inverness (1940-
    1941)
    Raigmore House,
    Air Officers Commanding Inverness (1941-
    1943)
    Date Air Officer Commanding[1]
    Engagements World War II
    Lt.Col. Robert Cholerton Hayes,
    1 April 1918 – 19 May 1919
    OBE[2][3][4]
    20 May 1919 – 19 January
    disbanded
    1940
    20 Jan 1940 – 22 June 1940 Group Captain Philip F. Fullard
    22 June 1940 – 25 June 1940 disbanded
    26/29 June 1940 - 19 July
    Group Captain Philip F. Fullard
    1940
    20 July 1940 – 9 February
    Air Vice-Marshal Malcolm Henderson
    1942
    10 February 1942 – 20 March
    Air Vice-Marshal John D'Albiac
    1942
    21 March 1942 – 15 July 1943 Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Collishaw

    References
    1. "Groups 10-19" (http://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/Grp02.htm). Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
    .
    Retrieved 8 May 2013.
    2. AIR76/217/136
    3. ADM273/1/57
    4. Supplement to the Edinburgh Gazette, 6 Jan 1919, page 73.

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