RAF Second Tactical Air Force

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Royal Air Force formation tactical air force

The RAF Second Tactical Air Force was a British Royal Air Force formation created in World War II to provide close air support and tactical air power for Allied ground forces in Northwest Europe.

Aliases (3)
  • 2nd Tactical Air Force ×1
  • RAF Germany (Second Tactical Air Force) ×1
  • Second Tactical Air Force ×1
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force formation →
tactical air force →
activeDuringConflict Second World War →
aircraftOperated Bristol Beaufighter →
Bristol Typhoon (fighter-bomber role) →
De Havilland Mosquito →
Douglas Boston →
Hawker Tempest →
Hawker Typhoon →
North American Mustang →
Supermarine Spitfire →
alliedWith Royal Canadian Air Force →
United States Army Air Forces →
alsoKnownAs 2nd TAF →
2nd Tactical Air Force →
Second Tactical Air Force →
commandStructure RAF Fighter Command (initially) →
componentUnit No. 2 Group RAF →
No. 83 Group RAF →
No. 84 Group RAF →
No. 85 Group RAF →
country United Kingdom →
disbanded post-Second World War →
formationDate 1943-06-01 →
headquartersLocation Brussels (wartime forward HQ) →
Normandy (forward HQ, 1944) →
United Kingdom →
missionType air superiority →
armed reconnaissance →
fighter-bomber operations →
interdiction →
notableCommander Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham →
Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst →
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory →
participatedIn Battle of Normandy →
Normandy campaign →
Operation Overlord →
advance across Northwest Europe →
operations in Germany (1945) →
partOf Royal Air Force →
primaryRole close air support →
tactical air power →
successor RAF British Air Forces of Occupation →
supportedForce Allied ground forces →
British Army →
Canadian Army →
First Canadian Army →
Second British Army →
theaterOfOperations Northwest Europe →
Western Front (World War II) →
Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
RAF Second Tactical Air Force ("2nd Tactical Air Force") →
RAF Second Tactical Air Force ("Second Tactical Air Force") →
alsoKnownAs
Allied Expeditionary Air Force →
component
RAF Strike Command ("RAF Germany (Second Tactical Air Force)") →
includedUnit
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