Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

2nd Tactical Air Force - October 1957

[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 953 Signals Unit	Adenau	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 86 Movements Unit (Embarkation)	Antwerp
General Equipment Park	RAF Bruggen	Station in No 83 Group
No 317 MT Sqn	RAF Bruggen
2nd TAF MT Storage Unit	RAF Bruggen
RAF Station Buckeburg
2nd TAF Modification Unit	RAF Buckeburg
RAF Station Butzweilerhof
No 6209 Bomb Disposal Flight	RAF Butzweilerhof
2nd TAF Forward Repair Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof
No 420 Repair and Salvage Sqn	RAF Butzweilerhof
HQ, No 1 (Signals) Wing	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 284 Signals Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 757 Signals Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof	GH, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 4 (2nd TAF) Radio Fitting Party	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by HQ No 90 Group
No 477 Signals Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof	Mobile Signals Unit
No 588 Signals Unit	RAF Butzweilerhof
No 3 RAF Regional Band	RAF Butzweilerhof
Moral Leadership Centre (C of E, PMUB)	Cologne (Trinity House)
Moral Leadership Centre (RC)	Dominikaner Kloster
No 398 Maintenance Unit	Duren
Mobile Compressed Gasses Production Unit	Duren
RAF Station Eindhoven
No 401 Air Stores Park	RAF Eindhoven
Alphen Riel (Holland)		Satellite, Eindhoven
No 550 Signals Unit	Fort Spijkerboor	AMES, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
C & M Party	RAF Gatow
Air Safety Centre (RAF Element)	RAF Gatow
No 2 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit	RAF Geilenkirchen	Station in No 83 Group
No 615 Signals Unit	RAF Gutersloh	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 330 Signals Unit	Kalmit	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 416 Signals Unit	Kuppendorf
No 266 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
No 450 Signals Unit	Munchen Gladbach
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
RAF Station Schleswigland
No 889 Signals Unit	RAF Schleswigland	GH, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
HQ, No 5352 Airfield Construction Wing	RAF Sundern	Station in No 2 Group
Armament Practice Station	RAF Sylt	Meteor/Sycamore/Vampire
No 72 Signals Unit	Trois Epis Ligne (France)
No 338 Signals Unit	Uelsen
2nd TAF Police School	RAF Wahn	Station in No 83 Group
HQ, No 5357 Airfield Construction Wing	RAF Wahn
RAF Hospital	Wegberg
2nd TAF Aviation Medicine Centre and Medical Equipment Depot	RAF Wildenrath	Station in No 83 Group
2nd TAF Communication Sqn	RAF Wildenrath
No 402 Air Stores Park	RAF Wildenrath
No 205 Signals Unit	Winterburg
No 124 Signals Unit	Xanten	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command

No 2 Group

 

Unit	Location	Notes
No 125 Wing, Ahlhorn	RAF Ahlhorn
No 14 Sqn	RAF Ahlhorn	Hunter
No 20 Sqn	RAF Ahlhorn	Hunter
No 96 Sqn	RAF Ahlhorn	Meteor
No 256 Sqn	RAF Ahlhorn	Meteor
No 296 Signals Unit	Breckendorf
No 101 Signals Unit	Brockzetel
No 139 Wing, Celle	RAF Celle
HQ, No 6 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Celle
No 17 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Celle
No 18 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Celle
No 51 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Celle
No 121 Wing, Gutersloh	RAF Gutersloh
No 79 Sqn	RAF Gutersloh	Swift
No 7 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Gutersloh
No 2 Group Communication Flight	RAF Gutersloh	Anson
RAF Station Handorf
No 579 Signals Unit (Handorf)	RAF Handorf
No 122 Wing, Jever	RAF Jever
No 4 Sqn	RAF Jever	Hunter
No 93 Sqn	RAF Jever	Hunter
No 124 Wing, Oldenburg	RAF Oldenburg
HQ, No 4 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Oldenburg
No 3 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Oldenburg
No 33 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Oldenburg
No 60 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Oldenburg
RAF Station Sundern
HQ, No 2 Group	RAF Sundern
No 13 Signals Unit	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
No 123 Wing, Wunstorf	RAF Wunstorf
No 11 Sqn	RAF Wunstorf	Venom
No 266 Sqn	RAF Wunstorf	Venom
HQ, No 7 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Wunstorf
No 1 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wunstorf
No 31 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wunstorf
No 32 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wunstorf

No 83 Group

 

Unit	Location	Notes
No 210 Signals Unit	Borgentreich
No 135 Wing, Bruggen	RAF Bruggen
No 80 Sqn	RAF Bruggen	Canberra
No 87 Sqn	RAF Bruggen	Javelin
No 213 Sqn	RAF Bruggen	Canberra
No 8 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Bruggen
HQ, No 55 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Bruggen
No 85 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Bruggen
No 89 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Bruggen
No 138 Wing, Geilenkirchen	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 2 Sqn	RAF Geilenkirchen	Swift
No 59 Sqn	RAF Geilenkirchen	Canberra
No 2 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Geilenkirchen
HQ, No 25 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 75 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 80 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 618 Signals Unit	RAF Geilenkirchen
RAF Station Goch
2nd TAF Base Personnel Office	RAF Goch
No 34 Wing, Laarbruch	RAF Laarbruch
No 31 Sqn	RAF Laarbruch	Canberra
No 68 Sqn	RAF Laarbruch	Meteor
No 69 Sqn	RAF Laarbruch	Canberra
No 3 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Laarbruch
No 6 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Laarbruch
HQ, No 16 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Laarbruch
No 19 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Laarbruch
No 20 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Laarbruch
No 30 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Laarbruch
No 348 Signals Unit	Uedem
HQ, No 83 Group	RAF Wahn
No 148 Wing, Wahn	RAF Wahn
No 83 Group Communication Flight	RAF Wahn	Anson
No 11 Signals Unit	RAF Wahn	Mobile Signals Unit
No 137 Wing, Wildenrath	RAF Wildenrath
No 17 Sqn	RAF Wildenrath	Canberra
No 88 Sqn	RAF Wildenrath	Canberra
No 1 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Wildenrath
HQ, No 2 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment	RAF Wildenrath
No 24 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wildenrath
No 25 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wildenrath
No 54 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Wildenrath

Air Formation Signals - 2nd TAF

Units and Squadrons on a number plate basis only

Source - SD161 (205th Edition) - October 1957

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