RAF yakanga ine mauto matatu makuru ehondo anogara muUnited Kingdom: RAF Fighter Command inotarisira kudzivirira UK, RAF Bomber Command (yakagadzirwa muna 1936) iyo yaishandisa mabhomba ayo aizoita zvechisimba kumuvengi, uye RAF Coastal Command iyo yaifanira kudzivirira kutakura kweAllied uye kurwisa kutakura kwevavengi. The Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm akavhiyiwa panyika-kwakavakirwa varwi kudzivirira zvikepe zvehondo uye anotakura-kwakavakirwa ndege. Gare gare muhondo RAF's fighter force yakakamurwa kuita maviri Air Defence of Great Britain (ADGB) yekudzivirira UK uye Second Tactical Air Force yekutsigira pasi kurwisa muNorth West Europe mushandirapamwe
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