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2nd Tactical Air Force - April 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 72 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 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 3 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

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

Units and Squadrons on a number plate basis only

Unit/Squadron
No 3 Sqn
No 5 Sqn
No 11 Sqn
No 26 Sqn
No 67 Sqn
No 71 Sqn
No 94 Sqn
No 98 Sqn
No 112 Sqn
No 118 Sqn
No 130 Sqn
No 145 Sqn
No 234 Sqn
No 266 Sqn
No 541 Sqn
HQ, No 1 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment
No 22 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment
No 23 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment
No 57 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment
HQ, No 38 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment
No 100 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment
No 104 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment

 

Source - SD161 (211th Edition) - April 1958

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

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