No. 15 (Reconnaissance) Group RAF | |
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Active | 1 April 1918 – 1 September 1919 15 March 1939 – 1 August 1945 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Royal Air Force group |
Role | Maritime Reconnaissance (1939-1945) |
Part of | RAF Coastal Command |
Motto(s) | Dion's Buail (Gaelic: "Protect and Attack")[1] |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Air Marshal Sir Leonard Horatio Slatter KBE, CB, DSC & Bar, DFC, DL |
No. 15 Group (15 Gp) was a group of the Royal Air Force, which disbanded in 1945. It was operational in the last year of, and just after, the First World War, a reformation saw it active throughout the Second World War.