RAF Coastal Command order of battle during World War II

This article lists the order of battle of RAF Coastal Command throughout the Second World War in the European Theatre of World War II.

3 September 1939

 * No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.G. Parry, DSO


 * No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.L.G. Marix, DSO


 * No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore T.E.B. Howe, CBE, AFC


 * No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal C.D. Breese, CB, AFC

1 November 1940

 * No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore R.G. Parry, DSO


 * No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal J.H.S. Tyssen, CB, DSO


 * No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore T.E.B. Howe, CBE, AFC


 * No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal C.D. Breese, CB, AFC


 * No. 200 Group RAF (Coastal), under command of Group Captain A.D. Rogers, CBE, AFC

12 February 1942

 * No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal J.M. Robb, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC


 * No. 16 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore I.T. Lloyd, CBE


 * No. 17 Group RAF (T), under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC


 * No. 18 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Vice Marshal A. Durston, CB, AFC


 * No. 19 Group RAF (GR), under command of Air Commodore G.R. Bromet, CBE, DSO


 * AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Commodore S.P. Simpson, CBE, MC


 * AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore W.H. Primrose, CBE, DFC

15 February 1943

 * No. 15 Group RAF under command of Air Vice Marshal T.A. Langford-Sainsbury, OBE, DFC, AFC


 * No. 16 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC


 * No. 17 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC


 * No. 18 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal A.B. Ellwood, CB, DSC


 * No. 19 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal G.R. Bromet, CB, CBE, DSO


 * AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Commodore S.P. Simpson, CBE, MC


 * AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore K.B. Lloyd, AFC

6 June 1944

 * No. 15 Group RAF under command of Air Vice Marshal Sir Leonard Slatter, KBE, CB, DSC, DFC


 * No. 16 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal F.L. Hopps, CB, CBE, AFC


 * No. 17 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore H.G. Smart, CBE, DFC, AFC


 * No. 18 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal S.P. Simpson, CB, CBE, MC


 * No. 19 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal B.E. Baker, CB, DSO, MC, AFC


 * No. 106 Group RAF, under command of Air Commodore J.N. Boothman, CB, DFC, AFC


 * No. 247 Group RAF, under command of Air Vice Marshal G R Bromet


 * AHQ Gibraltar, under command of Air Vice Marshal W. Elliott, CB, CBE, DFC


 * AHQ Iceland, under command of Air Commodore C.G. Wigglesworth, AFC