RAF Coastal Area
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RAF Coastal Area was a formation within the Royal Air Force
(RAF). Founded in 1919, it was to act as the RAFs premier maritime arm. It was replaced by RAF Coastal Command
on 14 July 1936.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
(RAF). Founded in 1919, it was to act as the RAFs premier maritime arm. It was replaced by RAF Coastal Command
RAF Coastal Command
RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force . Founded in 1936, it was the RAF's premier maritime arm, after the Royal Navy's secondment of the Fleet Air Arm in 1937. Naval aviation was neglected in the inter-war period, 1919–1939, and as a consequence the service did not receive...
on 14 July 1936.
See also
- RAF stationRAF stationA Royal Air Force station is a permanent Royal Air Force operations location. Many RAF stations are aerodromes, or airbases, being the home to one or more flying squadrons. Other RAF stations are training units, administrative units, headquarters , or carry out ground-based operational tasks...
- List of Royal Air Force commands
- List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
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