Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
2nd Tactical Air Force - July 1953
[2nd TAF | No 2 Group | No 83 Group]
HQ, 2nd Tactical Air Force - Bad Eilsen
Unit | Location | Notes |
No 72 Signals Unit | Adenau | Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command |
No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park | Alphen Riel | Holland |
No 431 Equipment Depot | Altona | |
2nd TAF Signals Centre | RAF Bad Eilsen | |
No 3 RAF Regional Band | RAF Bad Eilsen | |
Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Bad Eilsen | |
No 31 Signals Unit | RAF Bad Eilsen | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 64 Signals Unit | RAF Bad Eilsen | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 523 Signals Unit | RAF Bad Eilsen | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 524 Signals Unit | RAF Bad Eilsen | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 716 Signals Unit | RAF Bad Eilsen | Mobile Signals Unit |
General Equipment Park | RAF Bruggen | Station in No 83 Group |
RAF Station Buckeburg | ||
2nd TAF Communication Sqn | RAF Buckeburg | |
HQ, No 2 Wing, RAF Police | RAF Buckeburg | |
2nd TAF Police School | RAF Buckeburg | |
No 107 Flight, RAF Police | RAF Buckeburg | |
2nd TAF Drafting Unit | RAF Buckeburg | |
No 6209 Bomb Disposal Flight | RAF Buckeburg | Functionally controlled by AM (Arm Eng 1 (BD)) |
No 1912 (Light Liaison) Flight | RAF Buckeburg | |
No 52 Repair Unit (Plant) | RAF Butzweilerhof | Station in No 83 Group |
RAF Station Eindhoven | ||
No 401 Air Stores Park | RAF Eindhoven | |
No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit | RAF Fassberg | Station in No 2 Group |
2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School | RAF Fassberg | |
No 550 Signals Unit | Fort Spijkerboor | AMES, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command |
Casualty Air Evacuation Centre | Fuhlsbuttel | |
C & M Party | RAF Gatow | |
Air Safety Centre (RAF Element) | RAF Gatow | |
No 102 Flight, RAF Police | RAF Gatow | |
No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section | RAF Gutersloh | Station in No 2 Group |
No 291 Signals Unit | Hambuhren | |
No 86 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | Hamburg | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
No 398 Maintenance Unit | Hesedorf | |
No 110 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | Hook of Holland | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
RAF Employment Unit | Minden | |
No 646 Signals Unit | Obenkirchen | ASRU |
HQ, No 5352 Airfield Construction Wing | RAF Oldenburg | Station in No 2 Group |
RAF Hospital | Rinteln | |
RAF Hospital | Rostrup | |
2nd TAF Rest Centre | Scharfoldendorf | |
RAF Station Schwechat | Austria | |
RAF Station Klagenfurt | Satellite, Schwechat | |
Moral Leadership Centre (RC) | Seigburg | |
HQ, No 5357 Airfield Construction Wing | RAF Sundern | Station in No 2 Group |
No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit | RAF Sundern | Station in No 2 Group |
Moral Leadership Centre (C of E, PMUB) | Surth | |
RAF Station Uetersen | ||
No 317 Supply and Transport Column | RAF Uetersen | |
No 5 Signals Wing | RAF Uetersen | Functionally controlled by AM (DDS (B)) |
No 755 Signals Unit | RAF Uetersen | |
No 889 Signals Unit | RAF Wahn | GH, station in No 83 Group Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command |
RAF Station Wegberg | ||
2nd TAF Medical Equipment Depot | RAF Wildenrath | Station in No 83 Group |
No 757 Signals Unit | Winterburg | GH, Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command |
HQ - RAF Sundern
Unit | Location | Notes |
RAF Station Ahlhorn | ||
No 125 Wing | RAF Ahlhorn | |
No 96 Sqn | RAF Ahlhorn | Meteor |
No 256 Sqn | RAF Ahlhorn | Meteor |
2nd TAF Tactical Development Unit | RAF Ahlhorn | Canberra |
No 1 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Celle | Station in No 83 Group |
No 652 (AOP) Sqn | RAF Detmold | |
No 1901 (AOP) Flight | RAF Detmold | |
No 1904 (AOP) Flight | RAF Detmold | |
No 1905 (AOP) Flight | RAF Detmold | |
No 1909 (AOP) Flight | RAF Detmold | |
No 3652 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section | RAF Detmold | |
RAF Station, Fassberg | ||
No 121 Wing | RAF Fassberg | |
No 14 Sqn | RAF Fassberg | Vampire |
No 98 Sqn | RAF Fassberg | Vampire |
No 118 Sqn | RAF Fassberg | Vampire |
No 103 Flight, RAF Police | RAF Fassberg | |
HQ, No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment | RAF Fassberg | |
No 22 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Fassberg | |
No 23 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Fassberg | |
No 57 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Fassberg | |
RAF Station Gutersloh | ||
No 34 Wing | RAF Gutersloh | |
No 79 Sqn | RAF Gutersloh | Meteor |
No 541 Sqn | RAF Gutersloh | Meteor |
No 2 Group Communication Flight | RAF Gutersloh | Anson/Mosquito |
HQ, No 16 Wing, RAF Regiment | RAF Gutersloh | |
No 19 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Gutersloh | |
No 20 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Gutersloh | |
No 60 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Gutersloh | |
No 2 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Gutersloh | |
No 11 Mobile GCA Unit | RAF Gutersloh | |
Instrument Training Flight | RAF Gutersloh | |
No 469 Signal Unit | Handorf | Forward Director Post |
RAF Station Jever | ||
No 122 Wing | RAF Jever | |
No 4 Sqn | RAF Jever | Vampire |
No 93 Sqn | RAF Jever | Vampire |
No 112 Sqn | RAF Jever | Vampire |
HQ, No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment | RAF Jever | |
No 3 (Armoured Car) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Jever | |
No 30 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Jever | |
No 33 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Jever | |
No 300 Signals Unit | Moorhousen | |
RAF Station Oldenburg | ||
No 124 Wing | RAF Oldenburg | |
No 20 Sqn | RAF Oldenburg | Vampire |
No 26 Sqn | RAF Oldenburg | Vampire |
No 234 Sqn | RAF Oldenburg | Vampire/Meteor |
No 104 Flight, RAF Police | RAF Oldenburg | |
No 3 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Oldenburg | |
No 124 Signals Unit | Osnabruck (Roberts Barracks) | Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command |
RAF Station Schleswigland | ||
RAF Station Sundern | ||
No 3 Area (South), RAF Police | RAF Sundern | |
No 110 Flight, RAF Police | RAF Sundern | |
No 2 Group Mobile Operations Room | RAF Sundern | |
No 13 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 60 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 114 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 292 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 324 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 341 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 350 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 395 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 417 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 443 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 479 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 492 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 506 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 510 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 521 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 526 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 527 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 529 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 530 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 540 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 547 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 555 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 610 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 630 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 668 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 700 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 752 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 764 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 767 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 775 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 797 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 804 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 808 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 833 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 901 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 956 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 957 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
No 973 Signals Unit | RAF Sundern | Mobile Signals Unit |
RAF Station Sylt | ||
Armament Practice Station | RAF Sylt | |
RAF Station Wunstorf | ||
No 123 Wing | RAF Wunstorf | |
No 5 Sqn | RAF Wunstorf | Venom/Meteor |
No 11 Sqn | RAF Wunstorf | Vampire |
No 266 Sqn | RAF Wunstorf | Venom/Meteor |
HQ, No 7 Wing, RAF Regiment | RAF Wunstorf | |
No 31 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Wunstorf | |
No 32 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Wunstorf | |
No 1 (Armoured Car) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Wunstorf | |
No 4 Mobile GCA Unit | RAF Wunstorf |
HQ - RAF Wahn
Unit | Location | Notes |
No 901 Signals Unit | Bad Lipperspringe | |
RAF Station Bruggen | ||
No 135 Wing | RAF Bruggen | |
RAF Station Butzweilerhof | ||
No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit | RAF Butzweilerhof | |
2nd TAF Forward Repair Unit | RAF Butzweilerhof | |
RAF Station Celle | ||
No 139 Wing | RAF Celle | |
No 16 Sqn | RAF Celle | Vampire/Meteor |
No 94 Sqn | RAF Celle | Vampire/Meteor |
No 145 Sqn | RAF Celle | Vampire/Meteor |
HQ, No 6 Wing, RAF Regiment | RAF Celle | |
No 17 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Celle | |
No 18 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Celle | |
No 51 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Celle | |
No 2 Area (Central), RAF Police | RAF Celle | |
No 106 Flight, RAF Police | RAF Celle | |
No 5352 Airfield Construction Wing (Detachment) | RAF Celle | |
RAF Station Geilenkirchen | ||
No 138 Wing | RAF Geilenkirchen | |
RAF Station Luneburg | ||
Field Punishment and Detention Unit | RAF Luneburg | |
No 105 Flight, RAF Police | RAF Luneburg | |
HQ, No 25 Wing, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
HQ, No 38 Wing, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
HQ, No 51 Wing, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
HQ, No 55 Wing, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
No 75 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
No 80 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
No 85 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
No 89 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
No 100 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
No 104 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
No 168 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
No 199 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Luneburg | |
RAF Station Wahn | ||
No 148 Wing | RAF Wahn | |
No 2 Sqn | RAF Wahn | Meteor |
No 68 Sqn | RAF Wahn | Meteor |
No 87 Sqn | RAF Wahn | Meteor |
No 83 Group Communication Flight | RAF Wahn | |
High Commissioner's Flight | RAF Wahn | |
No 5 GCA Unit | RAF Wahn | |
No 1 Area (North), RAF Police | RAF Wahn | |
No 101 Flight, RAF Police | RAF Wahn | |
2nd TAF MT Storage Unit | RAF Wahn | |
RAF Station Wildenrath | ||
No 137 Wing | RAF Wildenrath | |
No 3 Sqn | RAF Wildenrath | Sabre |
No 67 Sqn | RAF Wildenrath | Sabre |
No 71 Sqn | RAF Wildenrath | Vampire |
2nd TAF Sabre Conversion Flight | RAF Wildenrath | Sabre |
No 1 Signals HQ | RAF Wildenrath | Operationally controlled by HQ Bomber Command |
HQ, No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment | RAF Wildenrath | |
No 24 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Wildenrath | |
No 25 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Wildenrath | |
No 54 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Wildenrath | |
No 724 Signals Unit | RAF Wildenrath | Forward Director Post |
No 108 Flight, RAF Police | RAF Wildenrath | |
No 4 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit | RAF Wildenrath | |
No 402 Air Stores Park | RAF Wildenrath |
Source - SD161 (154th Edition) - July 1953
[2nd TAF | No 2 Group | No 83 Group]
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