No. 15 Group RAF

No. 15 (Reconnaissance) Group RAF
No. 15 (Aegean) Group
No. 15 (Equipment) Group
Active1 April 1918 – 1 September 1919
15 March 1939 – 1 August 1945
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeRoyal Air Force group
RoleMaritime Reconnaissance (1939-1945)
Part ofRAF Coastal Command
Motto(s)Dion's Buail
(Gaelic: "Protect and Attack")[1]
EngagementsWorld 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.

  1. ^ Barrass, M. B. (2011). "A History of RAF Organisation : Groups 10–19". rafweb.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2012.