No. 91 Group RAF

No. 91 Group RAF
No. 91 (Operational Training) Group
No. 91 (Bomber OTU) Group
Active11 May 1942 - 1 May 1947
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeRoyal Air Force group
RoleControlled Bomber OTU's
Part ofRAF Bomber Command
Last baseMorton Hall, Swinderby

No. 91 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force group.

The group was formed on 11 May 1942 at Abingdon as No. 91 (Operational Training) Group RAF in RAF Bomber Command, it was previously No. 6 Group RAF. Within a matter of weeks it was called upon to provide over 200 aircraft and crews for Operation Millenium, the first 1,000 bomber raid, launched against Cologne on the night of 30/31 May 1942.[1]

On 14 April 1947 the Group moved to Morton Hall, Swinderby and was amalgamated with and renamed No. 21 Group RAF on 1 May 1947.[2]

  1. ^ "Bomber Command. The Thousand Bomber raids". The National Archives. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  2. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 176.