No. 9 Group RAF

No. 9 (Fighter) Group RAF
No. 9 (Operations) Group RAF
Active1 April 1918 – 15 May 1919
9 August 1940 – 17 September 1944
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeRoyal Air Force group
RoleFighter cover for North West England and Northern Ireland
Part ofRAF Fighter Command
Garrison/HQRAF Barton Hall
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Air Vice Marshal Wilfred Ashton McClaughry CB, DSO, MC, DFC

No. 9 Group RAF (9 Gp) was a group of the Royal Air Force, which existed over two separate periods, initially at the end of the First World War, and latterly during the Second World War when its role was air defence.