RAF Iceland

RAF Iceland is a former Royal Air Force command which controlled RAF units within Iceland.

RAF Iceland
29th (Training) Wing RFC
No. 30 (Coastal) Wing RAF
ActiveJuly 1941 - July 1945
Country United Kingdom
BranchRoyal Air Force

The command was operational between July 1941 and July 1945 during the Second World War, the unit was previously No. 30 Wing RAF.[1]

The command controlled the Iceland Ferry Control Unit which was formed at Reykjavik on 11 August 1942.[1]

History of No. 30 Wing RAF

No. 30 Wing RAF as formed as 29th (Training) Wing RFC on 1 June 1917 at Edinburgh controlling Montrose Aerodrome and Turnhouse Aerodrome. On the formation of the Royal Air Force it was transferred to 21st Group RAF and moved to Montrose on 22 July 1918. The wing was disbanded during October 1918.[2]

The wing was reformed on 22 March 1941 as No. 30 (Coastal) Wing RAF at RAF Reykjavik and became RAF Iceland on 2 July 1941.[2]

References

Citations
  1. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 193.
  2. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 314.

Bibliography
  • Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J.; Halley, J. (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.
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