No. 19 Group RAF

No. 19 Group was a group of the Royal Air Force, active from 1918, and then from 1941-1969.

History
It was formed in April 1918 as No. 19 (Equipment) Group in York, but disbanded in June.

Second World War
It was reformed in early 1941 as No. 19 (General Reconnaissance) Group, Coastal Command, at Mount Wise, Plymouth. Among its squadrons during the war was No. 461 Squadron RAAF.

Its units in February 1942 included:
 * No. 19 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore G.R. Bromet, CBE, DSO

Cold War
19 Group assets during October 1946: • 2

The group relocated to RAF Mount Batten in 1947.

In 1953, initial NATO documents instructing Admiral Creasey, newly appointed Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic Area (CINCEASTLANT), wrote that Air Vice Marshal Thomas Traill, CB, OBE, DFC, Royal Air Force, Air Officer Commanding No. 19 Group RAF, had been appointed as Air Commander North-East Atlantic Sub-Area.

19 Group assets during July 1954: • 2

Before it became HQ Southern Maritime Air Region in November 1969, its last commander appears to have been Air Vice-Marshal Cresswell Clementi.