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No. 65 (London Reserve) Group was operational between 2 May 1946 and 1 February 1951. It was renamed to No. 65 (London) Group on 1 August 1950 and was disbanded into No. 61 Group on 1 February 1951.
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on 1 August 1946. It was renamed to No. 61 (Eastern) Group on 1 August 1950, on 1 January 1957 it was renamed to No. 61 (Southern Reserve) Group and was disbanded on 31 March 1959.
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No. 61 Group RAF was formed on 1 July 1940 at Aldergrove before moving on 7 July 1940 to Dunlambert Hotel, Fort William Park, Belfast. It was redesignated to
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No. 62 (Southern Reserve) Group RAF was operational between 15 May 1946 and 31 and 1 February 1957. It was initially based within Exeter but moved to
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61 Group had three other groups amalgamated into it, these were: No. 62 Group RAF on 1 February 1957 and No. 65 Group RAF on 1 February 1951.
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on 1 August 1940. It was reformed on 2 May 1946 as No. 61 (Eastern Reserve) Group within Rickmansworth, moving to
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which was operational initially between July and August 1940 then between May 1946 and March 1959.
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on 26 January 1948. Tt was renamed to No. 62 (Southern) Group RAF on 1 August 1950 then moved to
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on 16 June 1952 and was disbanded into No. 61 Group on 1 February 1957.
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RAF Kenley
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RAF NI
RAF Kenley
RAF Booker
University of London Air Squadron
Cambridge City Airport
Cambridge University Air Squadron
No. 22 Reserve Flying School RAF
RAF Fairoaks
No. 18 Reserve Flying School RAF
RAF Farnborough
Meteorological Research Flight RAF
RAF Hendon
No. 1958 Air Observation Post Flight RAF
RAF Henlow
No. 1959 Air Observation Post Flight RAF
No. 1961 Air Observation Post Flight RAF
RAF Hornchurch
No. 17 Reserve Flying School RAF
No. 1 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF
RAF Kenley
No. 661 Squadron RAF
No. 1957 Air Observation Post Flight RAF

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