No. 84 Group

2nd Tactical Air Force

No. 84 Group was a composite group of the Second Tactical Air Force, supporting the First Canadian Army in North-West Europe. Flying Spitfires, Typhoons and Mustangs from forward strips, it provided air cover and ground-attack for the coastal flank of the Allied advance, including the clearing of the Channel ports and the Scheldt estuary.

Squadrons (10)

SquadronNameHome station
No. 4 Squadron RAF Odiham
No. 129 Squadron Mysore RAF Leconfield
No. 164 Squadron Argentine-British RAF Thorney Island
No. 183 Squadron Gold Coast RAF Church Fenton
No. 193 Squadron Fellowship of the Bellows RAF Harrowbeer
No. 197 Squadron RAF Hurn
No. 198 Squadron RAF Manston
No. 315 Squadron City of Dęblin RAF Northolt
No. 317 Squadron City of Wilno RAF Acklington
No. 609 Squadron West Riding RAF Middle Wallop

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