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Signals Command - December 1960


[Central Signals Area | Inactive Stations]

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 2 Communications Trials Unit Alness Station in Coastal Command
No 635 Signals Unit Barkway  
RAF Station Cheadle   Functionally controlled by AM (DD of S (EW))
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 7913 Reserve Flight RAF Digby  
Satellite, RAF Digby Mere Branston  
Northern Ireland Communication Centre Dundonald  
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  
No 11 (Singapore) 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
No 219 Signals Unit Kinnaber  
RAF London Communication Centre London (Whitehall Gardens)  
No 7905 Reserve Flight London (Whitehall Gardens)  
RAF Station Medmenham    
HQ Signals Command RAF 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  
No 323 Signals Unit St Twynnells  
No 428 Signals Unit Sennen
No 899 Signals Unit Sharpitor  
No 313 Signals Unit Sparsholt Firs  
Central Communication Centre RAF Stanbridge Section of Technical Wing, RAF Stanbridge
Satellite, Central Communication Centre Chicksands  
Satellite, Central Communication Centre Edlesborough  
Satellite, Central Communication Centre Greatworth  
Satellite, Central Communication Centre Stoke Hammond  
Satellite, Central Communication Centre Weyhill  
No 4 Signals Unit Stenigot  
No 345 Signals Unit Swingate
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  
Joint Services Language School RAF Tangmere Functionally controlled by AM (DES/Sigs 13)
No 1 Communications Trials Unit Trelanvean  
South East Communication Centre RAF Uxbridge Station in TTC
Central Signals Establishment RAF Watton Lincoln
No 51 Sqn RAF Watton Canberra/Comet
Air Defence Missile Operations Training School RAF Watton Functionally controlled by HQ, Fighter Command
No 407 Signals Unit Worth Matravers  

 

Reserve Flights

 Flight

Location/Address Notes
No 7921 Reserve Flight RAF Uxbridge 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 Stanbridge  
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 Haydock  
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 Church Fenton Station in FTC
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
Fazakerly Haydock  
Leighton Buzzard Stanbridge  
Mere Branston (MF/DF) Digby  
Shipdham Watton  
Truleigh Hill (Radar) Tangmere  

Source - SD161 (243rd Edition) - December 1960

[Central Signals Area | Inactive Stations | Reserve Flights]

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