two principal subordinates were Air Commodore AT/AAR & C3I (directing air transport, AAR, and C3I) and Air Commodore Royal Air Force Regiment & Survive to Operate. On 1 April 2006 it took over the responsibilities of No. 3 Group RAF, which was disbanded. Commanders 1918 to 1920 1 April 1918 Lieutenant Colonel W R Freeman 1936 to 1947 1936 Air Commodore B E Sutton 1 September 1936 Air Commodore S J Goble (RAAF) 2 December 1937 Air Commodore C H B Blount 16 May 1938 Air Vice-Marshal C T Maclean 17 April 1940 Air Vice-Marshal J M Robb 12 February 1941 Air Vice-Marshal D F Stevenson 17 December 1941 Air Vice-Marshal A Lees 29 December 1942 Air Vice-Marshal J H D'Albiac 1 June 1943 Air Vice-Marshal B E Embry 8 August 1945 Air Vice-Marshal P E Maitland 18 March 1946 Air Commodore L W Cannon 3 June 1946 Air Vice-Marshal A L Paxton 1948 to 1958 1 December 1948 Air Commodore L F Sinclair 16 January 1950 Air Commodore The Earl of Bandon 18 June 1951 Air Commodore H D McGregor 9 November 1953 Air Vice-Marshal J R Hallings-Pott 1 July 1955 Air Vice-Marshal S R Ubee 1993 to 1996 1 April 1993 Air Vice-Marshal G A Robertson 17 January 1994 Air Vice-Marshal R H Goodall 2000 to present 1 April 2000 Air Vice-Marshal K D Filbey 2 August 2002 Air Vice-Marshal N D A Maddox January 2005 Air Vice-Marshal I W McNicoll 9 February 2007 Air Vice-Marshal A D Pulford 16 September 2008 Air Vice-Marshal S J Hillier October 2010 Air Vice-Marshal P C Osborn 18 January 2013 Air Vice-Marshal S K P Reynolds July 2015 Air Vice-Marshal G D A Parker June 2017 Air Vice Marshal D J E Cooper September 2019 Air Vice-Marshal A K Gillespie October 2021 Air Vice-Marshal S A Marshall See also List of Royal Air Force groups References Citations Bibliography Bowyer, Michael J.F. 2 Group RAF: A Complete History, 1936–1945. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1974. . Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1994. . Hastings, Max Bomber Command Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press, (2013). Hunt, Leslie. From Hind to Hunter: A Short History of N°. 2 (B) Group RAF. Chelmsford, UK: Leslie Hunt, ca.1958. Moyes, Philip J.R. Bomber Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 1964 (New revised edition