No. 16 Group RAF was a group of the Royal Air Force. It existed over two periods in two different roles. No. 16 Group was initially a training group, from 1918 to 1920, that had been transferred from
An East Coast convoy, 1940, with an Anson aircraft of Coastal Command in the foreground
Bristol Beaufort Mk Is of No. 22 Squadron RAF at North Coates in Lincolnshire, 19 July 1940. Beaufort Mark Is, L4449 'OA-H', L9891 'OA-F' and L4461 'OA-J', of No. 22 Squadron RAF, lined up at North Coates, Lincolnshire
Instrument workers line up aerial cameras at Benson, Oxfordshire, before installing them in a De Havilland Mosquito PR Mark IX: (left to right) two Type F.24 (14-inch lens) vertical cameras, one F.24 (14-inch lens) oblique camera, two Type F.52 (36-inch lens) 'split pair' vertical cameras
Flight-Lieutenant L S M Bailey preparing to write his report on his return from his 849th meteorological flight in a Gloster Gladiator Mark II of No 1401 (Meteorological) Flight, at Bircham Newton
Royal Air Force North Coates or more simply RAF North Coates is a former Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, 6 miles south-east of Cleethorpes, and close to the mouth of the Humber estua
No. 16 Group RAF
…Flight, which used various aircraft, was stationed at Rochester, in Kent, and the group controlled one Bristol Beaufort unit, with No. 22 Squadron at RAF North Coates, in Lincolnshire. By April 1942 the Group Communications Flight had relocated to RAF Detling and Air Vice-Marshall John Tyssen had been replaced as AOC…
Aircrew and Bristol Beaufort Mk Is of No. 22 Squadron at North Coates
A Beaufighter TF Mark X of No. 236 Squadron RAF based at North Coates, showing the rocket rails. The aircraft is painted with invasion stripes.