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2nd Tactical Air Force - November 1958

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HQ 2nd Tactical Air Force

HQ, 2nd Tactical Air Force - Munchen Gladbach

 

Unit	Location	Notes
C & M Party	RAF Ahlhorn
No 210 Signals Unit (Borgentreich)	Borgentreich
No 757 Signals Unit (Borgentreich)	Borgentreich	GH, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 296 Signals Unit (Breckendorf)	Breckendorf
No 101 Signals Unit (Brockzetel)	Brockzetel
HQ 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
General Equipment Park	RAF Bruggen
No 317 MT Sqn	RAF Bruggen
2nd TAF MT Storage Unit	RAF Bruggen
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 3 RAF Regional Band	RAF Butzweilerhof
HQ, No 1 (Signals) Wing	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
HQ No 5 (Signals) Wing	RAF Butzweilerhof	Functionally controlled by AM (DD of S (B))
No 588 Signals Unit (Butzweilerhof)	RAF Butzweilerhof
Works Area (Germany) (AMWD)	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
2nd TAF Police School	Duren
RAF Station Eindhoven
C & M Party	Alphen Riel (Holland)	Satellite, Eindhoven
C & M Party	RAF Gatow
Air Safety Centre (RAF Element)	RAF Gatow
HQ No 138 Wing (Geilenkirchen)	RAF Geilenkirchen
No 59 Sqn	RAF Geilenkirchen	Canberra
No 96 Sqn	RAF Geilenkirchen	Meteor
No 256 Sqn	RAF Geilenkirchen	Meteor
RAF Station Goch
HQ No 121 Wing (Gutersloh)	RAF Gutersloh
No 14 Sqn	RAF Gutersloh	Hunter
No 20 Sqn	RAF Gutersloh	Hunter
No 26 Sqn	RAF Gutersloh	Hunter
No 79 Sqn	RAF Gutersloh	Swift
No 7 Mobile Field Photographic Section	RAF Gutersloh
C & M Party	RAF Handorf
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 (Ingolstadt)	Ingolstadt	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
HQ 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
No 416 Signals Unit (Kuppendorf)	Kuppendorf
HQ, 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
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
RAF Station Nordhorn
No 615 Signals Unit (Obenkirchen)	Obenkirchen	Functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
No 646 Signals Unit (Scharfoldendorf)	Scharfoldendorf
No 889 Signals Unit (Schleswigland)	RAF Schleswigland	GH, functionally controlled by HQ Bomber Command
RAF Station Sundern
2nd TAF Radio Relay Sqn	RAF Sundern
Armament Practice Station	RAF Sylt	Meteor/Sycamore/Vampire
No 348 Signals Unit (Uedem)	Uedem
No 338 Signals Unit (Uelsen)	Uelsen
C & M Party	RAF Wahn
RAF Hospital	Wegberg
HQ 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
2nd TAF Aviation Medicine Centre and Medical Equipment Depot	RAF Wildenrath
2nd TAF Communication Sqn	RAF Wildenrath
No 402 Air Stores Park	RAF Wildenrath
No 86 Movement Unit	RAF Wildenrath
No 205 Signals Unit (Winterburg)	Winterburg

Air Formation Signals - 2nd TAF

Units and Squadrons on a number plate basis only

Source - SD161 (218th Edition) - November 1958

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