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RAF Levies: J Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, formed Farnborough 1 December...
Catalogue reference: AIR 29/41
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This record is about the RAF Levies: J Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, formed Farnborough 1 December... dating from 1939 Dec-1942 Oct in the series Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AIR 29/41
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939 Dec-1942 Oct
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Description (What the record is about)
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RAF Levies: J Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, formed Farnborough 1 December 1939; moved to Penrhos, North Wales 13 February 1940; moved to Aberffraw 1 January 1941; Aberffraw renamed Badorgan 15 May 1941. K Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, Farnborough; moved to Cleave, Cornwall 19 August 1940; moved to Bircham Newton 6 September 1940; includes M Flight November 1940-February 1941 [January 1941 ORB see M Flight] L Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, formed Farnborough 26 March 1940; moved to Carew Cheriton 6 April 1940; moved to Aberporth 29 October 1940. M Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, Bircham Newton; separate from K Flight from 1 February 1941; moved to Langham 6 December 1941. N Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, Thornaby; moved to West Hartlepool 4 May 1942. O Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, formed Cleave, Cornwall 5 November 1940. Q Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, formed Aberporth 1 July 1941. R Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, formed Squires Gate 1 September 1941; moved to Millom 13 September 1941; moved to Cark-in-Cartmel 7 January 1942. S Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, formed Farnborough 14 January 1942; moved to Newtownards, Northern Ireland 27 January 1942
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Open in 1972
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- IIM/FD6/3
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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AIR 29
Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units
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