No. 9 Group RAF

No. 9 (Fighter) Group RAF No. 9 (Operations) Group RAF
Royal Air Force Ensign
Active	1 April 1918 – 15 May 1919 9 August 1940 – 17 September 1944
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Royal Air Force group
Role	Fighter cover for North West England and Northern Ireland
Part of	RAF Fighter Command
Garrison/HQ	RAF Barton Hall
Engagements	World War II European theatre of World War II Battle of Britain
Commanders
Notable commanders	Air Vice Marshal Wilfred Ashton McClaughry CB, DSO, MC, DFC

No. 9 Group RAF (9 Gp) was a group of the Royal Air Force, which existed over two separate periods, initially at the end of the First World War, and latterly during the Second World War when its role was air defence.