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RARE WW2 1945 Royal Air Force Xmas Greetings 216 Group Transport RAF Unit Letter
RARE WW2 1945 Royal Air Force Xmas Greetings 216 Group Transport RAF Unit Letter
RARE WW2 1945 Royal Air Force Xmas Greetings 216 Group Transport RAF Unit Letter

RARE WW2 1945 Royal Air Force Xmas Greetings 216 Group Transport RAF Unit Letter

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    RARE WW2 1945 Royal Air Force Xmas Greetings 216 Group Transport RAF Unit Letter
    No. 216 (Ferry) Group was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II established on 21 May 1942. The group was renamed No. 216 (Air Transport and Ferry) Group on 9 September 1942 and placed under the command of Air Commodore Whitney Straight the following day.[1]
    No. 216 Group became a major sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command that was created at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943.[2][3] On 25 March 1943, No. 216 Group also became a sub-command of the newly created Transport Command, an umbrella organization of all British transport units worldwide under the command of Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill. The group was sometimes aided by British Overseas Airways Corporation in the receiving, preparing, and dispatching of aircraft reinforcements into the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
    20 x 17 cm folded
    for condition watch photos