17th Wing RFC was formed on 9 August 1916 at Gosport controlling Gosport and Beaulieu units. On 19 August 1916 ARS formed at Gosport, the wing was transferred to Southern Group Command on 10 January 1917. The wing moved to Beaulieu on 2 August 1917 and moved to No. 8 Group RAF on the day the Royal Air Force was born on 1 April 1918. It was transferred to No. 7 Group RAF on 13 May 1918 and disbanded on 12 August 1918.[1]
The wing was reformed on 28 September 1918 as the No. 17 (Malta) Wing RAF at Malta to control local units such as:
Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J.; Halley, J. (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN0-85130-252-1.
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sector, former, royal, force, sector, that, operational, during, both, first, second, world, wars, 17th, wing, rfcno, malta, wing, rafno, fighter, wing, rafactive1916, 181918, 191943, 441944countryunited, kingdombranchroyal, flying, corpsroyal, forcetypesector. No 17 Sector RAF is a former Royal Air Force Sector that was operational during both the First and the Second World Wars No 17 Sector RAF17th Wing RFCNo 17 Malta Wing RAFNo 17 Fighter Wing RAFActive1916 181918 191943 441944CountryUnited KingdomBranchRoyal Flying CorpsRoyal Air ForceTypeSectorPreviously Wing Contents 1 First World War 2 Second World War 3 See also 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 BibliographyFirst World War edit17th Wing RFC was formed on 9 August 1916 at Gosport controlling Gosport and Beaulieu units On 19 August 1916 ARS formed at Gosport the wing was transferred to Southern Group Command on 10 January 1917 The wing moved to Beaulieu on 2 August 1917 and moved to No 8 Group RAF on the day the Royal Air Force was born on 1 April 1918 It was transferred to No 7 Group RAF on 13 May 1918 and disbanded on 12 August 1918 1 The wing was reformed on 28 September 1918 as the No 17 Malta Wing RAF at Malta to control local units such as No 267 Squadron RAF No 268 Squadron RAF No 562 Flight RAF It was disbanded on 14 May 1919 1 Second World War editNo 17 Fighter Wing RAF was formed on 4 July 1943 at RAF Headcorn controlling No 126 Airfield RAF No 127 Airfield RAF No 144 Airfield RCAF from 20 April 1944 Shortly afterwards on 14 October 1943 the wing moved to RAF Kenley The wing was disbanded on 15 May 1944 1 No 17 Fighter Sector was formed on 12 May 1944 at RAF Kenley controlling No 122 Wing RAF No 126 Wing RCAF No 127 Wing RCAF The sector moved to RAF Old Sarum on 6 June 1944 before moving to B 2 Crepon where the sector disbanded on 12 July 1944 2 See also editList of wings of the Royal Air ForceReferences editCitations edit a b c Sturtivant Hamlin amp Halley 1997 p 313 Sturtivant Hamlin amp Halley 1997 p 270 Bibliography edit Sturtivant R Hamlin J Halley J 1997 Royal Air Force flying training and support units UK Air Britain Historians ISBN 0 85130 252 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title No 17 Sector RAF amp oldid 1116470893, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
