No. 70 Group RAF

No. 70 Group (Army Co-Operation Training) RAF
Active25 November 1940 to 17 July 1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeRoyal Air Force group
RoleCooperation with the British Army
Part ofRAF Army Cooperation Command (1940-1943)
Air Defence of Great Britain (1943-1944)
RAF Fighter Command (1944-1945)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Air Vice Marshal John Beresford Cole-Hamilton CB, CBE

No. 70 Group (Army Co-Operation Training) RAF was a group of the Royal Air Force existing from November 1940 to July 1945. It was split from No. 22 Group RAF, Fighter Command, on 25 November 1940 to handle the increasing responsibility of training RAF units for army co-operation duties.