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2nd Tactical Air Force - September 1955

[2nd TAF | No 2 Group | No 83 Group | Air Formation Signals]

HQ 2nd Tactical Air Force

HQ, 2nd Tactical Air Force - Munchen Gladbach

 

Unit	Location	Notes
No 86 Movements Unit (Embarkation)	Antwerp
General Equipment Park	RAF Bruggen	Station in No 83 Group
RAF Station Buckeburg
No 6209 Bomb Disposal Flight	RAF Buckeburg	Functionally controlled by AM (Arm Eng 1 (BD))
HQ, No 41 RAF Police District (2nd TAF)	RAF Buckeburg
No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit	RAF Buckeburg
No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)	RAF Butzweilerhof	Station in No 83 Group
2nd TAF Forward Repair Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof
No 757 Signals Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof	GH, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 3 RAF Regional Band	RAF Butzweilerhof
No 398 Maintenance Unit	Duren
RAF Station Eindhoven
Alphen Riel (Holland)
C & M Party	RAF Gatow
Air Safety Centre (RAF Element)	RAF Gatow
RAF Station Goch
2nd TAF Base Personnel Office	RAF Goch
HQ, No 42 RAF Police District (2nd TAF)	RAF Goch
No 889 Signals Unit	RAF Goch	GH, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 755 Signals Unit	Hambuhren
Air Traffic Control Centre	Hanover	Lagenhagen Airfield
No 110 Movements Unit (Embarkation)	Hook of Holland	Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
No 140 Signals Unit	Iburg
No 416 Signals Unit	Kuppendorf
No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit	RAF Laarbruch	Station in No 2 Group
No 615 Signals Unit	Luneburg (Army)	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
HQ Provost and Security Services (2nd TAF)	Munchen Gladbach
HQ (Unit) 2nd TAF	Munchen Gladbach
2nd TAF Signals Centre	Munchen Gladbach
No 31 Signals Unit	Munchen Gladbach	Mobile Signals Unit
No 64 Signals Unit	Munchen Gladbach	Mobile Signals Unit
No 523 Signals Unit	Munchen Gladbach	Mobile Signals Unit
No 524 Signals Unit	Munchen Gladbach	Mobile Signals Unit
No 716 Signals Unit	Munchen Gladbach	Mobile Signals Unit
No 957 Signals Unit	Munchen Gladbach	Mobile Signals Unit
No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section	Munchen Gladbach
No 646 Signals Unit	Obenkirchen	ASRU
RAF Hospital	Rostrup
No 5 (Signals) Wing	Scharfoldendorf	Functionally controlled by AM (DDS (B))
No 291 Signals Unit	Scharfoldendorf
RAF Station Schwechat	Austria
RAF Station Klagenfurt		Satellite, Schwechat
Moral Leadership Centre (RC)	Seigburg
HQ, No 5352 Airfield Construction Wing	RAF Sundern	Station in No 2 Group
Moral Leadership Centre (C of E, PMUB)	Surth
RAF Station Sylt
Armament Practice Station	RAF Sylt	Meteor/Mosquito
RAF Station Schleswigland		Satellite, Sylt
No 338 Signals Unit	Uelsen
C & M Party	RAF Uetersen
2nd TAF Police School	RAF Wahn	Station in No 83 Group
RAF Hospital	Wegberg
2nd TAF Medical Equipment Depot	RAF Wildenrath	Station in No 83 Group
2nd TAF Communication Sqn	RAF Wildenrath
No 205 Signals Unit	Winterburg

No 2 Group

HQ - RAF Sundern

 

Unit	Location	Notes
No 125 Wing, Ahlhorn	RAF Ahlhorn
No 96 Sqn	RAF Ahlhorn	Meteor
No 256 Sqn	RAF Ahlhorn	Meteor
No 15 GCA Unit	RAF Ahlhorn
No 124 Signals Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command, station in No 83 Group
No 60 Signals Unit	Cuxhaven
No 652 (AOP) Sqn	RAF Detmold	Auster
No 1901 (AOP) Flight	RAF Detmold	Auster
No 1904 (AOP) Flight	RAF Detmold	Auster
No 1905 (AOP) Flight	RAF Detmold	Auster
No 1909 (AOP) Flight	RAF Detmold	Auster
No 3652 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section	RAF Detmold
No 401 Air Stores Park	RAF Eindhoven	Station controlled by HQ 2nd TAF
No 121 Wing, Fassberg	RAF Fassberg
HQ, No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Fassberg
No 1/22 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Fassberg
No 1/23 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Fassberg
No 57 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Fassberg
No 551 Wing, Gutersloh	RAF Gutersloh
No 102 Sqn	RAF Gutersloh	Canberra
No 103 Sqn	RAF Gutersloh	Canberra
No 104 Sqn	RAF Gutersloh	Canberra
No 149 Sqn	RAF Gutersloh	Canberra
No 469 Signal Unit	Handorf	Forward Director Post
No 122 Wing, Jever	RAF Jever
No 4 Sqn	RAF Jever	Hunter
No 93 Sqn	RAF Jever	Sabre
No 98 Sqn	RAF Jever	Hunter
No 118 Sqn	RAF Jever	Hunter
HQ, No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Jever
No 4/30 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Jever
No 4/33 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Jever
No 3 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Jever
No 34 Wing, Laarbruch	RAF Laarbruch
No 31 Sqn	RAF Laarbruch	Canberra
No 69 Sqn	RAF Laarbruch	Canberra
No 79 Sqn	RAF Laarbruch	Meteor
No 214 Sqn	RAF Laarbruch	Canberra
No 541 Sqn	RAF Laarbruch	Meteor
No 2 Group Communication Flight	RAF Laarbruch	Anson
No 2 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Laarbruch
No 5 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Laarbruch
No 2 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit	RAF Laarbruch
HQ, No 16 Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Laarbruch
No 16/19 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Laarbruch
No 16/20 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Laarbruch
No 60 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Laarbruch
No 114 Signals Unit	Luneburg (Army)	Mobile Signals Unit
No 124 Wing, Oldenburg	RAF Oldenburg
No 14 Sqn	RAF Oldenburg	Hunter
No 20 Sqn	RAF Oldenburg	Sabre
No 26 Sqn	RAF Oldenburg	Hunter
HQ, No 51 Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Oldenburg
No 51/168 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Oldenburg
No 51/199 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Oldenburg
No 3 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit	RAF Oldenburg
No 300 Signals Unit	RAF Oldenburg
RAF Station Sundern
No 2 Group Mobile Operations Room	RAF Sundern
No 13 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 26 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 29 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 63 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 77 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 89 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 105 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 108 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 369 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 395 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 404 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 417 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 419 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 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 553 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 717 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 727 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 781 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 788 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 956 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 973 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 492 Signals Unit	Waggum	Mobile Signals Unit
No 123 Wing, Wunstorf	RAF Wunstorf
No 5 Sqn	RAF Wunstorf	Venom
No 11 Sqn	RAF Wunstorf	Venom
No 266 Sqn	RAF Wunstorf	Venom
HQ, No 7 Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Wunstorf
No 7/31 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wunstorf
No 7/32 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wunstorf
No 1 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wunstorf
No 4 Mobile GCA Unit	RAF Wunstorf
No 579 Signals Unit	RAF Wunstorf	MRCP
No 618 Signals Unit	RAF Wunstorf

No 83 Group

HQ - RAF Wahn

 

Unit	Location	Notes
No 72 Signals Unit	Adenau	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 901 Signals Unit	Bad Lipperspringe
No 537 Signals Unit	Borgentreich	Mobile Signals Unit
No 135 Wing, Bruggen	RAF Bruggen
No 67 Sqn	RAF Bruggen	Sabre
No 71 Sqn	RAF Bruggen	Sabre
No 112 Sqn	RAF Bruggen	Sabre
No 130 Sqn	RAF Bruggen	Sabre
HQ, No 55 Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Bruggen
No 55/85 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Bruggen
No 55/89 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Bruggen
No 5004 Airfield Construction (Light) Sqn	RAF Bruggen	Functionally controlled by HQ, 2nd TAF
No 317 MT Sqn	RAF Bruggen
2nd TAF MT Storage Unit	RAF Bruggen	Functionally controlled by HQ, 2nd TAF
RAF Station Butzweilerhof
No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof
No 4 (2nd TAF) Radio Fitting Party	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by HQ No 90 Group
No 266 Signals Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 284 Signals Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 953 Signals Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 477 Signals Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof	Mobile Signals Unit
No 139 Wing, Celle	RAF Celle
No 16 Sqn	RAF Celle	Venom
No 94 Sqn	RAF Celle	Venom
No 145 Sqn	RAF Celle	Venom
HQ, No 6 Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Celle
No 6/17 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Celle
No 6/18 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Celle
No 51 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Celle
No 1 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit	RAF Celle
No 550 Signals Unit	Fort Spijkerboor	AMES, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 138 Wing, Geilenkirchen	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 3 Sqn	RAF Geilenkirchen	Sabre
No 234 Sqn	RAF Geilenkirchen	Sabre
HQ, No 25 Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 25/75 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 25/80 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 11 Mobile GCA Unit	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 2 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 330 Signals Unit	RAF Schleswigland	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command, station in HQ, 2nd TAF
No 148 Wing, Wahn	RAF Wahn
No 2 Sqn	RAF Wahn	Meteor
No 68 Sqn	RAF Wahn	Meteor
No 87 Sqn	RAF Wahn	Meteor
HQ, No 38 Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Wahn
No 38/100 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wahn
No 38/104 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wahn
No 83 Group Communication Flight	RAF Wahn	Anson
No 5 GCA Unit	RAF Wahn
HQ, No 5357 Airfield Construction Wing	RAF Wahn
Field Punishment and Detention Unit	RAF Wahn
No 3 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Wahn
No 11 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 18 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 55 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 66 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 70 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 95 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 102 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 116 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 119 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 125 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 132 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 135 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 138 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 155 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 157 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 193 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 202 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 261 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 302 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 333 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 342 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 376 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 449 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 517 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 622 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 650 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 684 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 686 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 688 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 691 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 775 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 817 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 137 Wing, Wildenrath	RAF Wildenrath
HQ, No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Wildenrath
No 2/24 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wildenrath
No 2/25 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wildenrath
No 54 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wildenrath
No 1912 (Light Liaison) Flight	RAF Wildenrath
No 1 Signals HQ	RAF Wildenrath	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 724 Signals Unit	RAF Wildenrath	Forward Director Post
No 4 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit	RAF Wildenrath
No 402 Air Stores Park	RAF Wildenrath

Air Formation Signals - 2nd TAF

Source - SD161 (180th Edition) - September 1955

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