Signals Command - May 1959

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