No. 11 Group is a group in the Royal Air Force first formed in 1918. It had been formed and disbanded for various periods during the 20th century before disbanding in 1996 and reforming again in 2018. Its most famous service was in 1940 in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War, when it defended London and the south-east of the United Kingdom from attacks by the German Luftwaffe. It was reformed in late 2018 as a "multi-domain operations group" to ensure the service thinks and acts in a networked way.
The11 Group Operations Room in the "Battle of Britain Bunker" at RAF Uxbridge.
A memorial to the No. 11 Group underground operations room alongside the RAF ensign at RAF Uxbridge.
A No. 11 Squadron English Electric F6 based at RAF Binbrook, part of No. 11 Group.
Air Marshal Stuart Atha presenting 11 Group's badge to AVM Ian Duguid in 2018
RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft. It served throughout the Second World War. It earned near-immortal fame during the Battle of Britain in 1940, when the Few held off the Luftwaffe attack on Britain. The Command continued until 17 November 1943, when it was disbanded and the RAF fighter force was split into two categories; defence and attack. The defensive force became Air Defence of Great Britain (ADGB) and the offensive force became the RAF Second Tactical Air Force. Air Defence of Great Britain was renamed back to Fighter Command in October 1944 and continued to provide defensive patrols around Great Britain. It was disbanded for the second time in 1968, when it was subsumed into the new Strike Command.
RAF Fighter Command badge
Shot of the fighter pilots of the Polish 303 Squadron, 1940. Foreign fighter squadrons began forming in July 1940.
A Spitfire tipping the wing of a V-1, which disrupted the missile's automatic pilot during Operation Crossbow, 1944.
The supersonic fighter English Electric Lightning, a mainstay of Fighter Command during the Cold War years.