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| Active | April 1918 - June 1918 5 February 1941 - 28 November 1969 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Air Force |
| Type | Royal Air Force group |
| Role | Maritime Reconnaissance (1941-1969) |
| Part of | RAF Coastal Command |
| Engagements | First World War Second World War |
No. 19 Group was a group of the Royal Air Force, active during 1918, and then from 1941-1969.
During the First World War, No. 19 (Equipment) Group was formed in York, at the start of April 1918, in No. 4 Area, it was transferred to North-Eastern Area on 8 May 1918, but disbanded in June.[1]
It was reformed in February 1941 as No. 19 (General Reconnaissance) Group, within Coastal Command, at Mount Wise, Plymouth. By May 1941 the group was operating out of three Royal Air Force stations, with seven units.
Its units in February 1942 included:
Among its squadrons during the war was No. 461 Squadron RAAF.
No. 19 Group assets during October 1946:[7]
The group relocated to RAF Mount Batten in 1947.
In 1953, initial NATO documents instructing Admiral Creasey, newly appointed Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic Area (CINCEASTLANT), wrote that Air Vice Marshal Thomas Traill, CB, OBE, DFC, Royal Air Force, Air Officer Commanding No. 19 Group RAF, had been appointed as Air Commander North-East Atlantic Sub-Area.[9]
No. 19 Group assets during July 1954:[10]
19 Group assets during April 1962:
Before it became HQ Southern Maritime Air Region in November 1969,[1] its last commander appears to have been Air Vice-Marshal Cresswell Clementi.
Air Officers Commanding of No. 19 Group:[1]
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