No. 16 Group RAF

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]

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(s)	We seek to strike
Engagements	World War II

Air Officers Commanding

Date	Air Officer Commanding[1]
1 April 1918 – 18 October 1919	unknown
18 October 1919 – 7 February 1920	Group Captain H. C. T. Dowding[2]
7 February 1920 – 1 December 1936	disbanded
1 December 1936 – 26 April 1937	unknown
27 April 1937	Air Commodore H. M. Cave-Browne-Cave
17 August 1938	Group Captain I. T. Lloyd (Temporary)
20 September 1938	Air Vice-Marshal Christopher L. Courtney[3][4]
14 March 1939	Group Captain (later Air Commodore) R. L. G. Marix
xx January 1940	Air Vice-Marshal J. H. S. Tyssen
xx February 1942	Air Vice-Marshal I. T. Lloyd
1942 – 1943	Air Vice-Marshal B. E. Baker
28 July 1943 – 8 March 1946	Air Vice-Marshal F. L. Hopps

References

1. Barrass, M. B. "Group No's 10–19". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
2. Barrass, M. B. (2016). "Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
3. "Higher Appointments". Flight. XXXIV (1552): 257. 22 September 1938. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
4. "Formation of Reserve Command". Flight. XXXV (1577): 269. 16 March 1939. Retrieved 20 March 2017.