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2nd Tactical Air Force - December 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)   Satellite, Eindhoven
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 (DD of S (B))
No 291 Signals Unit Scharfoldendorf  
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 Aviation Medical Centre and Medical Equipment Depot RAF Wildenrath Station in No 83 Group
2nd TAF Communication Sqn RAF Wildenrath  
No 205 Signals Unit Winterburg  

No 2 Group

 
Unit Location Notes
No 125 Wing, Ahlhorn RAF Ahlhorn  
No 96 Sqn RAF Ahlhorn Meteor
No 213 Sqn RAF Ahlhorn Canberra
No 256 Sqn RAF Ahlhorn Meteor
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
No 5 Sqn RAF Fassberg Venom
No 11 Sqn RAF Fassberg Venom
No 266 Sqn RAF Fassberg Venom
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 Hunter
No 98 Sqn RAF Jever Hunter
No 118 Sqn RAF Jever Hunter
No 34 Wing, Laarbruch RAF Laarbruch  
No 31 Sqn RAF Laarbruch Canberra
No 69 Sqn RAF Laarbruch Canberra
No 80 Sqn RAF Laarbruch Canberra
HQ, No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment RAF Laarbruch  
No 4/30 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Laarbruch  
No 4/33 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment 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 2 Group Communication Flight RAF Laarbruch Anson
No 5 Mobile Field Photographic Section RAF Laarbruch  
No 2 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit 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    
HQ, No 2 Group RAF 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 79 Sqn RAF Wunstorf Meteor
No 541 Sqn RAF Wunstorf Meteor
No 2 Mobile Field Photographic Section RAF Wunstorf  
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 579 Signals Unit RAF Wunstorf MRCP

 

No 83 Group

 
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 2 Sqn RAF Geilenkirchen Meteor
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 2 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit RAF Geilenkirchen
No 3 Mobile Field Photographic Section RAF Geilenkirchen  
No 618 Signals Unit RAF Geilenkirchen  
No 330 Signals Unit RAF Schleswigland Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command, station in HQ, 2nd TAF
HQ, No 83 Group RAF Wahn  
No 148 Wing, Wahn RAF Wahn  
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
HQ, No 5357 Airfield Construction Wing RAF Wahn  
Field Punishment and Detention Unit 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

Location/Address Unit Notes
Goch HQ, No 10 AFS Regiment
Sundern HQ, No 11 AFS Regiment
Wahn HQ, No 12 AFS Regiment

 

Source - SD161 (183rd Edition) - December 1955

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

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