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Signals Command - May 1959


[Central Signals Area | Inactive Stations]

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 2 Communications Trials Unit Alness Station in Coastal Command
No 635 Signals Unit (Barkway) Barkway  
RAF Station Cheadle   Functionally controlled by AM (DD of S (EW))
RAF Element, Government Communications HQ Cheltenham Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (S))
No 219 Signals Unit (Kinnaber) Kinnaber Satellite, Chelteham
No 4 Ground Radio Servicing Sqn RAF Chigwell  
RAF Station Digby    
No 399 Signals Unit RAF Digby Functionally controlled by AM (DD of S (EW))
No 591 Signals Unit RAF Digby  
No 7907 Reserve Flight RAF Digby  
No 7913 Reserve Flight RAF Digby  
Satellite, RAF Digby Mere Branston  
Meteorological Communications Centre Dunstable  
Northern Ireland (Dundonald) Communication Centre RAF Edenmore Station in Fighter Command
No 7906 Reserve Flight RAF Gloucester  
South West Communication Centre Hawthorn  
No 7904 Reserve Flight Hawthorn  
North-West Communication Centre Haydock  
No 7902 Reserve Flight Haydock  
Civilian Aerial Erectors' Unit RAF Hendon Station in Maintenance Command
Radio Engineering Unit RAF Henlow Station in TTC
No 10 (Aden) Radio Fitting Party RAF Henlow  
Special Signals Unit RAF Kidbrooke Station in Maintenance Command
No 1 Ground Radio Servicing Sqn RAF Kinloss Station in Coastal Command
London Communication Centre London (Whitehall Gardens)  
No 7905 Reserve Flight London (Whitehall Gardens)  
RAF Station Medmenham    
Radio Introduction Unit RAF Medmenham Functionally controlled by AM (D Rad Eng)
AM Book Production and Distribution Centre RAF Medmenham  
No 7911 Reserve Flight RAF Medmenham  
Eastern Communication Centre Newmarket  
No 7909 Reserve Flight Newmarket  
RAF Station Norton    
No 3 Ground Radio Servicing Sqn RAF Norton  
No 585 Signals Unit (Oxenhope Moor) Oxenhope Moor  
RAF Station Pucklechurch    
No 323 Signals Unit (St Twynnells) St Twynnells  
No 428 Signals Unit (Sennen) Sennen GEE Slave
No 899 Signals Unit (Sharpitor) Sharpitor GEE Master
No 313 Signals Unit (Sparsholt Firs) Sparsholt Firs  
No 4 Signals Unit (Stenigot) Stenigot GEE Slave
No 345 Signals Unit (Swingate) Swingate GEE
RAF Station Tangmere    
No 115 Sqn RAF Tangmere Varsity/Hastings
No 245 Sqn RAF Tangmere Canberra/Varsity
No 2 Ground Radio Servicing Sqn RAF Tangmere  
No 1 Communications Trials Unit (Trelanvean) Trelanvean  
South East Communication Centre RAF Uxbridge Station in TTC
Central Signals Establishment RAF Watton Lincoln
No 51 Sqn RAF Watton Canberra/Comet
No 407 Signals Unit (Worth Matravers) Worth Matravers GEE Slave & Monitor
RAF Station Wythall    

 

Central Signals Area

HQ - Stanbridge

Unit Location/Address Notes
No 81 Signals Unit (Chicksands) RAF Chicksands  
No 810 Signals Unit (Edlesborough) Edlesborough  
No 962 Signals Unit (Greatworth)    
Central Communication Centre RAF Stanbridge Section of Technical Wing, RAF Stanbridge
No 7901 Reserve Flight RAF Stanbridge  
RAF Bletchley   Satellite, Stanbridge
No 593 Signals Unit (Stoke Hammond) Stoke Hammond  
No 285 Signals Unit (Weyhill) Weyhill  

 

Reserve Flights

 Flight

Location/Address Notes
No 7921 Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip Station in TTC
No 7922 Reserve Flight RAF Brampton Station in TTC
No 7923 Reserve Flight RAF Wittering Station in Bomber Command
No 7924 Reserve Flight RAF Swinderby Station in FTC
No 7925 Reserve Flight RAF Watnall Station in Fighter Command
No 7926 Reserve Flight RAF Bawtry Station in Bomber Command
No 7927 Reserve Flight RAF North Weald Station in Fighter Command
No 7928 Reserve Flight RAF Wattisham Station in Fighter Command
No 7929 Reserve Flight RAF Horsham St Faith Station in Fighter Command
No 7930 Reserve Flight RAF Mildenhall Station in Bomber Command
No 7931 Reserve Flight RAF Kenley Station in TTC
No 7932 Reserve Flight RAF West Malling Station in Fighter Command
No 7933 Reserve Flight RAF Tangmere  
No 7934 Reserve Flight RAF Andover Station in Maintenance Command
No 7935 Reserve Flight RAF Sopley Station in Fighter Command
No 7936 Reserve Flight RAF Mount Batten Station in Coastal Command
No 7937 Reserve Flight RAF St Mawgan Station in Coastal Command
No 7938 Reserve Flight RAF Abingdon Station in Transport Command
No 7939 Reserve Flight RAF Lyneham Station in Transport Command
No 7940 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth Station in TTC
No 7941 Reserve Flight RAF St Athan Station in TTC
No 7942 Reserve Flight RAF Hartlebury Station in Maintenance Command
No 7943 Reserve Flight RAF Leighton Buzzard Station in FTC
No 7944 Reserve Flight RAF Wellesbourne Mountford Station in Maintenance Command
No 7945 Reserve Flight RAF Market Drayton Station in TTC
No 7946 Reserve Flight RAF Wilmslow Station in TTC
No 7947 Reserve Flight RAF Jurby Station in TTC
No 7948 Reserve Flight RAF Aldergrove Station in Coastal Command
No 7949 Reserve Flight RAF Leconfield Station in Fighter Command
No 7950 Reserve Flight RAF Rufforth Station in Maintenance Command
No 7951 Reserve Flight RAF Catterick Station in TTC
No 7952 Reserve Flight RAF Ouston Station in Fighter Command
No 7953 Reserve Flight RAF Carlisle Station in Maintenance Command
No 7954 Reserve Flight RAF Pitreavie Castle Station in Coastal Command
No 7955 Reserve Flight RAF Buchan Station in Fighter Command
No 7956 Reserve Flight RAF Kinloss Station in Coastal Command

 

Signals Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Filton Pucklechurch  
Marston Montgomery Cheadle  
Mere Branston (MF/DF) Digby  
Poling Tangmere  
Shipdham Watton  

Source - SD161 (224th Edition) - May 1959

[Central Signals Area | Inactive Stations | Reserve Flights]

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