No. 11 Group

Fighter Command

No. 11 Group held the front line of Fighter Command, defending London and south-east England. Under Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park it bore the brunt of the Battle of Britain in 1940, its sector stations — Biggin Hill, Kenley, Hornchurch, North Weald, Tangmere — meeting the main weight of the Luftwaffe’s attacks day after day. It remained the RAF’s principal fighter group through the offensive sweeps over France that followed.

Squadrons (48)

Squadron	Name	Home station
No. 1 Squadron	—	RAF Tangmere
No. 3 Squadron	—	RAF Biggin Hill
No. 25 Squadron	—	RAF Wittering/Collyweston
No. 32 Squadron	—	RAF Biggin Hill
No. 43 Squadron	Fighting Cocks	RAF Tangmere
No. 46 Squadron	Uganda	RAF Stapleford Tawney
No. 54 Squadron	—	RAF Hornchurch
No. 56 Squadron	Punjab	RAF North Weald
No. 64 Squadron	—	RAF Hornchurch
No. 71 Squadron	Eagle	RAF North Weald
No. 72 Squadron	Basutoland	RAF Biggin Hill
No. 74 Squadron	Tiger	RAF Hornchurch
No. 79 Squadron	Madras Presidency	RAF Biggin Hill
No. 81 Squadron	—	RAF Leconfield
No. 91 Squadron	Nigeria	RAF Hawkinge
No. 111 Squadron	Treble One	RAF Croydon
No. 121 Squadron	Eagle	RAF North Weald
No. 124 Squadron	Baroda	RAF Biggin Hill
No. 125 Squadron	Newfoundland	RAF Colerne
No. 127 Squadron	—	RAF North Weald
No. 133 Squadron	Eagle	RAF Biggin Hill
No. 137 Squadron	—	RAF Manston
No. 154 Squadron	Motor Industries	RAF Fowlmere
No. 222 Squadron	Natal	RAF Hornchurch
No. 229 Squadron	—	RAF Northolt
No. 249 Squadron	Gold Coast	RAF North Weald
No. 253 Squadron	Hyderabad State	RAF Kenley
No. 255 Squadron	—	RAF Colerne
No. 257 Squadron	Burma	RAF Northolt
No. 303 Squadron	Polish (Kościuszko)	RAF Northolt
No. 306 Squadron	City of Toruń	RAF Northolt
No. 308 Squadron	City of Kraków	RAF Northolt
No. 313 Squadron	Czechoslovak	RAF Hornchurch
No. 316 Squadron	Polish (City of Warsaw)	RAF Northolt
No. 331 Squadron	Norwegian	RAF North Weald
No. 350 Squadron	Belgian	RAF Hornchurch
No. 401 Squadron	RCAF	RAF Biggin Hill
No. 403 Squadron	RCAF	RAF Kenley
No. 452 Squadron	RAAF	RAF Kenley
No. 485 Squadron	RNZAF	RAF Kenley
No. 486 Squadron	—	RAF Tangmere
No. 501 Squadron	County of Gloucester	RAF Gravesend
No. 600 Squadron	City of London	RAF Hendon
No. 601 Squadron	County of London	RAF Tangmere
No. 602 Squadron	City of Glasgow	RAF Westhampnett
No. 605 Squadron	County of Warwick	RAF Ford
No. 610 Squadron	County of Chester	RAF Biggin Hill
No. 615 Squadron	County of Surrey	RAF Kenley