No. 80 Wing RAF

No. 80 Wing RAF
Active1 July 1918–1 March 1919
7 October 1940–24 September 1945
1 August 1953–15 March 1957
Country United Kingdom
BranchRoyal Air Force
RoleAir superiority (WWI)
Electronic Countermeasures (WWII)
SizeWing
Part ofNo. 100 Group RAF (1943–45)
Garrison/HQSerny (WWI)
RAF Radlett (WWII)
Commanders
Current
commander
Wing Commander Edward Addison (1940–43)

No. 80 Wing RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during both World Wars and briefly in the 1950s. In the last months of World War I it controlled RAF and Australian Flying Corps (AFC) fighter squadrons. It was reformed in 1940 to operate electronic countermeasures in the Battle of the Beams.


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