No. 20 Group RAF

No. 20 Group RAF (20 Gp) is a former Royal Air Force group which disbanded on 1 August 1943. It initially existed between 1918 and 1919, and then again between 1939 and 1943.

First World War
No. 20 Group formed on 1 April 1918 within No. 5 Area, in Edinburgh on 1 April 1918. On 8 May 1918, No. 5 Area was redesignated North-Western Area. It absorbed No. 21 Group on 1 July, and was then redesignated as No. 20 (Training) Group on 8 August. On 1 October 1919, No. 20 Group was absorbed into No. 17 Group.

Second World War
On 30 November 1939 No. 20 (Training) Group reformed at Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton, in Shropshire, within RAF Training Command. A number of various Technical Training Schools and Recruits Receiving Centres, were initially within No. 20 (Training) Group. On 27 May 1940, No. 20 Group was transferred into RAF Technical Training Command. On 1 August 1943, the group was absorbed into No. 22 Group RAF.

Schools and Centres
At formation, No. 20 Group was initially responsible for various Technical Training Schools and Recruits Receiving Centres:

Schools of Technical Training
 * No. 3 School of Technical Training RAF
 * No. 6 School of Technical Training RAF
 * No. 8 School of Technical Training RAF
 * No. 9 School of Technical Training RAF
 * No. 10 School of Technical Training RAF

Recruits Receiving Centre
 * No. 3 Recruit Receiving Centre RAF
 * No. 4 Recruit Receiving Centre RAF
 * No. 5 Recruit Receiving Centre RAF
 * No. 6 Recruit Receiving Centre RAF
 * No. 7 Recruit Receiving Centre RAF

Air Officer Commanding

 * Note: The ranks shown are the ranks held at the time of holding the appointment of Air Officer Commanding, No. 20 Group Royal Air Force.