Originally Posted by
RAFEngO74to09
No - Coastal Command was absorbed into Strike Command in November 1969.
Strike Command had been formed in April 1968 by the merger of Fighter Command and Bomber Command which became 1 Gp and 11 Gp respectively.
Signals Command followed in January 1969 - then Coastal Command in November 1969 - then by Air Support Command in September 1972.
You missed out 18 Gp - which was the maritime group that replaced Coastal Command in 1969. With Shacks, Rods, Buccs, Canberras and the Maritime HQ at Northwood. It merged with 11 Gp around 96/97. It was part of the reason we ended up with Brian Burridge as CinC STC.
And we ended up with the b0ll0x 11/18 Gp...
