The Central Fighter Establishment was a Royal Air Force formation that dealt with the development of fighter aircraft tactics which was formed on 4 September 1944 at RAF Wittering. It also tested new fighter aircraft and equipment, and with the training of squadron and flight commanders.[1] It was formed on 1 October 1944 as part of No. 12 Group RAF, and was disbanded on 1 February 1966 while at RAF Binbrook.[2]
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Units
- Air Fighting Development Squadron (1944-66) became Fighter Command Trials Unit
- All-Weather Development Squadron (1956-59)
- All-Weather Fighter Leaders School (1950-58) became All-Weather Fighter Combat School
- All-Weather Wing (1950-56) became All-Weather Development Squadron
- Day Fighter Development Wing (1944-??)
- Day Fighter Leaders School (1944-58) became Day Fighter Combat Squadron
- Enemy Aircraft Flight (1945)
- Fighter Combat School (1958-??)
- Day Fighter Combat Squadron (1958-65)
- All-Weather Fighter Combat School (1958-62) became Javelin Operational Conversion Squadron
- Fighter Command Instrument Rating Flight (1956-60) became Fighter Command Instrument Rating Squadron
- Fighter Command Instrument Rating Squadron (1960-63) became No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
- Fighter Command Instrument Training Flight (1948-51) became Fighter Command Instrument Training Squadron
- Fighter Command Instrument Training Squadron (1951-56) became Fighter Command Instrument Rating Flight
- Fighter Command Target Facilities Squadron (1961-63) became No. 85 Squadron RAF
- Fighter Experimental Flight (1944-46)
- Fighter Interception Development Squadron (1944-50) became Radar Interception Development Squadron
- Fighter Leaders School (1944-?)[3]
- Fighter Support Development Squadron (1951-??)
- Fighter Support Development Unit (1951) became Fighter Support Development Squadron
- Fighter Weapons School (1955-1958 as part of the Central Gunnery School) (1958-)
- Javelin Operational Conversion Squadron (1962)
- Lightning Conversion Squadron (1960-63) became No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
- Naval Air Fighting Development Squadron (1945-56)
- Night All-Weather Wing (1957-??)
- Night Fighter Development Wing (1944-49) became Night Fighter Wing
- Night Fighter Leaders School (1945-50) became All-Weather Fighter Leaders School
- Night Fighter Training Squadron (1945) became Night Fighter Leaders School
- Night Fighter Wing (1949-50) became All-Weather Wing
- Radar Interception Development Squadron (1950-53)
Commandant
| Year(s) | Name |
|---|---|
| 1945 | Air Commodore Richard Atcherley |
| 1945–1948 | Unknown |
| 1948–1950 | Air Commodore David Atcherley |
| 1950–1953 | Air Commodore W J Crisham |
| 1953–1954 | Air Commodore Geoffrey D Stephenson |
| 1954–1957 | Air Commodore John Grandy |
| 1957–1958 | Air Commodore E L Colbeck-Welch |
| 1958–1962 | Air Commodore Hughie Edwards |
| 1962–1964 | Air Commodore Geoffrey Millington |
| 1964–1966 | Air Commodore E W Tacon |
References
Citations
- ^ "ESTABLISHMENTS AND INSTITUTES". Flight magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Other Establishments – Experimental and Administrative". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b Lake 1999, p. 43.
- ^ Lake 1999, p. 44.
Bibliography
- Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
This page was last edited on 23 September 2022, at 13:03