No. 41 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force Maintenance group that was operational from 1 January 1939, throughout the Second World War and into the Cold War until 21 July 1961 within RAF Maintenance Command that dealt with aircraft.

Structure

November 1939 – HQ at Andover 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27 & No. 36 Maintenance Unit RAF April 1942 – HQ at Andover 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 22, 23, 24, 19, 20, 27, 29, 33, 37, 38, 39, 45, 46, 44, 48, No. 51 Maintenance Unit RAF RAF Dumfries = No. 11 (Service) Ferry Pilots Pool RAF RAF Hamble = No. 15 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Hatfield = No. 5 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Hawarden = No. 3 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Hullavington = No. 8 (Service) Ferry Pilots Pool RAF RAF Kington Langley = No. 10 (Polish) Ferry Flight RAF RAF Prestwick = No. 4 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Ratcliffe = No. 6 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Ringway = No. 14 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Thruxton = No. 1427 (Ferry Training) Flight RAF Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport = No. 2 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF White Waltham = No. 1 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA April 1943 – HQ at Andover 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 33, 38, 39, 44, 45, 46, 48 & No. 51 Maintenance Unit RAF RAF Dumfries = No. 11 (Service) Ferry Pilots Pool RAF RAF Hamble = No. 15 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Hatfield = No. 5 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Hawarden = No. 3 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Hullavington = No. 8 (Service) Ferry Pilots Pool RAF RAF Kington Langley = No. 10 (Polish) Ferry Flight RAF RAF Luton = No. 5 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Marham = No. 1427 (Ferry Training) Flight RAF RAF Marston Moor = No. 1475 (Training) Flight RAF RAF Prestwick = No. 4 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Ratcliffe = No. 6 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Ringway = No. 14 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport = No. 2 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF White Waltham = No. 1 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA July 1944 – HQ at Andover 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 33, 38, 39, 44, 45, 48, 51 & No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF RAF Hamble = No. 15 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Hawarden = No. 3 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Prestwick = No. 4 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Ratcliffe = No. 6 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Ringway = No. 14 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Sydenham = No. 8 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Thame = No. 5 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport = No. 2 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF White Waltham = No. 1 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA July 1945 – HQ at Andover 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 33, 38, 39, 44, 45, 46, 48, 51 & No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF RAF Hamble = No. 15 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Hawarden = No. 3 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Prestwick = No. 4 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Ratcliffe = No. 6 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Ringway = No. 14 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Sydenham = No. 8 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF Thame = No. 5 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport = No. 2 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA RAF White Waltham = No. 1 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA

No. 43 (Maintenance) Group RAF

No. 43 (Maintenance) Group RAF was formed on 1 January 1939 at No. 81 Weyhill Road, Andover as a Repair and Salvage group. It was disbanded on 2 January 1956 while at RAF Hucknall and merged into No. 41 Group.

November 1939 - HQ at Andover 13, 26, 30, 32, 49, 50, 54, 58, 60 & No. 63 Maintenance Unit RAF May 1941 - HQ at Oxford 1, 4, 13, 26, 30, 32, 34, 49, 50, 54, 56, 60, 63, 65, 67, 71, 75, 83, 86 & No. 90 Maintenance Unit RAF April 1942 - HQ at Oxford 1, 4, 13, 26, 30, 32, 34, 49, 50, 56, 58, 54, 60, 65, 67, 71, 75, 78, 83, 84, 85, 86, 90 & No. 218 Maintenance Unit RAF April 1943 - HQ at Oxford 1, 4, 13, 24, 26, 30, 32, 34, 49, 50, 54, 56, 58, 60, 63, 65, 67, 71, 75, 78, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 97, 213, 218, 226 & No. 235 Maintenance Unit RAF July 1944 - HQ at OxfordJuly 1945 - HQ at Stanmore No. 43 Group Coummnication Flight RAF at RAF Abingdon 1, 4, 13, 24, 26, 30, 32, 34, 49, 50, 54, 56, 58, 60, 63, 65, 67, 71, 75, 78, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 97, 213, 218 & No. 226 Maintenance Unit RAF April 1953 - HQ at Hucknall 4, 30, 32, 34, 49, 54, 58, 60, 63, 238 & 278

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