No. 16 Group RAF

No. 16 Group
Active	1 April 1918 – 7 February 1920 1 December 1936 – 8 March 1946
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Training (1918-1920) Reconnaissance (1936-1946)
Part of	No 4 Area (1 Apr 1918 - 7 May 1918) North-Eastern Area (8 May 1918 - 17 Oct 1919) Northern Area (18 Oct 1919 - 7 Feb 1920) RAF Coastal Command (1 Dec 1936 - 8 Mar 1946)
Motto	We seek to strike
Engagements	World War II

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No. 16 Group RAF was the title of two Royal Air Force groups; a training group from 1918 to 1920 that had been transferred from the Royal Flying Corps, and a reconnaissance group formed under RAF Coastal Command in 1936.^[1]

Air Officers Commanding

Date	Air Officer Commanding^[1]
1 April 1918 - 7 February 1920	unknown
7 February 1920 - 1 December 1936	disbanded
1 December 1936 - 26 April 1937	unknown
27 Apr 1937	A/Cdre H M Cave-Browne-Cave
17 Aug 1938	Gp Capt I T Lloyd (Temporary)
29 Sep 1938	unknown
xx xxx 1939	Gp Capt-A/Cdre R L G Marix
xx Jan 1940	AVM J H S Tyssen
xx Feb 1942	AVM I T Lloyd
1942 - 43	AVM B E Baker
28 July 1943 - 8 March 1946	AVM F L Hopps

References

1 2 "Groups 10-19". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 8 May 2013.

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