Throughout the Second World War, the Royal Air Force operated on the Home Front as a first wave of defence but also in the training of service personnel.
615 Squadron
RAF 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron was a unit of the Auxiliary Air Force, later to become the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, between 1st June 1937 and 1957.
No. 11 (P)AFU
No. 12 FTS
Royal Air Force No. 12 FTS (Flying Training School) operated between 1938 and 1955, based at RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire during the Second World War.
No. 22 OTU
Royal Air Force No. 22 OTU (Operational Training Unit) flew out of RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire as part of No. 6 Group RAF Bomber Command.