Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

2nd Tactical Air Force - March 1958

[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)	Adenau	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 757 Signals Unit (Borgentreich)	Borgentreich	GH, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
General Equipment Park	RAF Bruggen	Station in No 83 Group
No 317 MT Sqn	RAF Bruggen
2nd TAF MT Storage Unit	RAF Bruggen
C & M Party	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
No 4 (2nd TAF) Radio Fitting Party	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by HQ No 90 Group
No 477 Signals Unit (Butzweilerhof)	RAF Butzweilerhof	Mobile Signals Unit
No 588 Signals Unit (Butzweilerhof)	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
No 86 Movements Unit (Embarkation)	Dusseldorf
RAF Station Eindhoven
No 401 Air Stores Park	RAF Eindhoven
Alphen Riel (Holland)		Satellite, Eindhoven
No 550 Signals Unit (Fort Spijkerboor)	Fort Spijkerboor	AMES, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
C & M Party	RAF Gatow
Air Safety Centre (RAF Element)	RAF Gatow
No 615 Signals Unit (Gutersloh)	RAF Gutersloh	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
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)	Iburg
No 330 Signals Unit (Kalmit)	Kalmit	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 416 Signals Unit (Kuppendorf)	Kuppendorf
No 266 Signals Unit (Luneburg)	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)	Munchen Gladbach
No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section	Munchen Gladbach
No 646 Signals Unit (Obenkirchen)	Obenkirchen	ASRU
RAF Hospital	Rostrup
No 5 (Signals) Wing	Scharfoldendorf	Functionally controlled by AM (DD of S (B))
No 291 Signals Unit (Scharfoldendorf)	Scharfoldendorf
RAF Station Schleswigland
No 889 Signals Unit (Schleswigland)	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 338 Signals Unit (Uelsen)	Uelsen
2nd TAF Police School	RAF Wahn	Station in No 83 Group
Works Area (Germany) (AMWD)	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)	Winterburg

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 296 Signals Unit (Breckendorf)	Breckendorf
No 101 Signals Unit (Brockzetel)	Brockzetel
C & M Party	RAF Celle
RAF Station 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
HQ, No 1 (Signals) Wing	RAF Handorf	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 579 Signals Unit (Handorf)	RAF Handorf
No 122 Wing, Jever	RAF Jever
No 2 Sqn	RAF Jever	Swift
No 4 Sqn	RAF Jever	Hunter
No 93 Sqn	RAF Jever	Hunter
No 2 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Jever
RAF Station Sundern
HQ, No 2 Group	RAF Sundern
No 13 Signals Unit (Sundern)	RAF Sundern	Mobile Signals Unit
RAF Station Wunstorf	RAF Wunstorf

No 83 Group

 

Unit	Location	Notes
No 210 Signals Unit (Borgentreich)	Borgentreich	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
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
No 138 Wing, Geilenkirchen	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 59 Sqn	RAF Geilenkirchen	Canberra
No 96 Sqn	RAF Geilenkirchen	Meteor
No 256 Sqn	RAF Geilenkirchen	Meteor
No 618 Signals Unit (Geilenkirchen)	RAF Geilenkirchen
RAF Station Goch
No 34 Wing, Laarbruch	RAF Laarbruch
No 16 Sqn	RAF Laarbruch	Canberra
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
2nd TAF Modification Unit	RAF Laarbruch
No 348 Signals Unit (Uedem)	Uedem
RAF Station Wahn
HQ, No 83 Group	RAF Wahn
No 83 Group Communication Flight	RAF Wahn	Anson
No 11 Signals Unit (Wahn)	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

Air Formation Signals - 2nd TAF

Units and Squadrons on a number plate basis only

Source - SD161 (210th Edition) - March 1958

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