No. 12 Group RAF

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Royal Air Force group military unit

No. 12 Group RAF was a Royal Air Force fighter group responsible for the air defense of a large sector of the United Kingdom, particularly during the Second World War.

Aliases (2)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force group → military unit →
associatedWith	Big Wing controversy →
branchType	fighter aviation →
commander	Air Vice-Marshal Basil Embry → Air Vice-Marshal R. E. Saul → Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory →
commandStructure	group-level formation →
conflict	Battle of Britain → Second World War →
country	United Kingdom →
disbandmentDate	15 November 1948 →
engagedIn	air defence operations over Britain →
era	Second World War era → interwar period →
formationDate	1 April 1937 →
formedAs	No. 12 (Fighter) Group →
garrison	RAF Watnall →
headquartersLocation	RAF Watnall → near Nottingham →
historicalPeriod	1930s → 1940s →
notableCommander	Basil Embry → Trafford Leigh-Mallory →
notableFor	use of the "Big Wing" tactic →
operatedWithin	United Kingdom air defence system →
oversaw	fighter squadrons based in East Anglia → fighter squadrons based in the Midlands →
partOf	British air defence network → RAF Fighter Command →
primaryMission	defence of airfields in eastern England → defence of industrial areas in the Midlands →
responsibleFor	air defence of East Anglia → air defence of central England → air defence of the Midlands →
role	air defence → fighter group →
serviceBranch	Royal Air Force →
subordinateTo	Air Ministry → Fighter Command Headquarters →
theatreOfOperations	European theatre of World War II →
typeOfAreaOfResponsibility	Group sector →
usedAircraftType	Boulton Paul Defiant → Bristol Blenheim (fighter variants) → Hawker Hurricane → Supermarine Spitfire →
usedCommandAndControlSystem	Dowding system →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command →	associatedWithCommand
Trafford Leigh-Mallory →	commanded
No. 12 Group RAF ("No. 12 (Fighter) Group") →	formedAs
Royal Air Force Fighter Command →	hadComponent
Trafford Leigh-Mallory ("Air Officer Commanding No. 12 Group RAF") →	positionHeld