No. 11 Group RAF

No. 11 Group RAF
No. 11 Group RAF
	No. 11 Group badge
Active	1 Apr – 17 May 1918; 22 Aug 1918 – May 1920; 1 May 1936 – 31 Dec 1960; 1 Jan 1961 – 1 Apr 1963; 1 Apr 1968 – 1 Apr 1996; 1 Nov 2018 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Group headquarters
Role	Air and Space Command
Part of	RAF Air Command
Headquarters	Hillingdon House, Uxbridge (World War II); RAF High Wycombe
Motto(s)	Tutela cordis; (Latin for 'Guardians of the heart')
Commanders
Air Officer Commanding	Air Vice-Marshal Tom Burke
Notable; commanders	Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park
Insignia
Group badge	Depicts the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster surrounded by an astral crown. The tower indicates London, the heart of the Empire, with whose safety the Group was charged during the Second World War. The hands of the clock are at 11 o'clock to represent the time of the Armistice of the First World War and the number of the Group. Awarded in 1940.

No. 11 Group is a group in the Royal Air Force first formed in 1918. It had been formed and disbanded for various periods during the 20th century before disbanding in 1996 and reforming again in 2018. Its most famous service was in 1940 in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War, when it defended London and the south-east of the United Kingdom from attacks by the German Luftwaffe. It was reformed in late 2018 as a "multi-domain operations group" to ensure the service thinks and acts in a networked way.^[2]

^ Pine, L G (1983). A Dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & K. Paul. p. 238. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ "Key Battle of Britain Fighter Command group to be reformed". Press Association. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[1] Pine, L G (1983). A Dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & K. Paul. p. 238. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[:0-2] "Key Battle of Britain Fighter Command group to be reformed". Press Association. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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No. 11 Group RAF
No. 11 Group badge
Active	1 Apr – 17 May 1918 22 Aug 1918 – May 1920 1 May 1936 – 31 Dec 1960 1 Jan 1961 – 1 Apr 1963 1 Apr 1968 – 1 Apr 1996 1 Nov 2018 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Group headquarters
Role	Air and Space Command
Part of	RAF Air Command
Headquarters	Hillingdon House, Uxbridge (World War II) RAF High Wycombe
Motto(s)	Tutela cordis (Latin for 'Guardians of the heart')^[1]
Commanders
Air Officer Commanding	Air Vice-Marshal Tom Burke
Notable commanders	Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park
Insignia
Group badge	Depicts the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster surrounded by an astral crown. The tower indicates London, the heart of the Empire, with whose safety the Group was charged during the Second World War. The hands of the clock are at 11 o'clock to represent the time of the Armistice of the First World War and the number of the Group. Awarded in 1940.