List of communications units and formations of the Royal Air Force
This is a list of military communications ('Signals') units and formations of the Royal Air Force.
In the Royal Air Force sense, wings, groups, and commands can be considered formations. A formation is defined by the US Department of Defense as "two or more aircraft, ships, or units proceeding together under a commander".[1] "Formations are those military organisations which are formed from different speciality Arms and Services troop units to create a balanced, combined combat force."[2]
Higher level communications formations in the Royal Air Force included RAF Signals Command, which was later reduced to group status and incorporated into RAF Strike Command. Nos 26 and No. 60 Group RAF were established in the 1940s. No. 26 Group was reformed on 12 February 1940 within RAF Training Command, and transferred to RAF Technical Training Command on 27 May 1940. It was transferred to RAF Bomber Command on 10 February 1942, and then amalgamated with No. 60 (Signals) Group to form No. 90 (Signals) Group RAF on 25 April 1946.
The Radio Warfare Establishment (RWE) was established 21 July 1945 at RAF Swanton Morley, and later became the Central Signals Establishment (CSE). The CSE was formed 1 September 1946 at RAF Watton, equipped with Dominie and Tiger Moth, and disbanded there on 1 July 1965.[3] When the establishment disbanded, the Research Wing and civilian parts of the "..Installation Squadron became the RAF Signals Command Air Radio Laboratories, and the training and service elements of Installation Squadron became the EW Support Wing."[4] Many files regarding the CSE are accessible in the National Archives at Kew [1].
Radio units and formations
editRadio Establishment
editName | Formed | Location | Aircraft | Disbanded at | Disbanded | Unit became |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radio Warfare Establishment | 21 July 1945 | Swanton Morley | Fortress Halifax |
Watton | 1 September 1946 | Central Signals Establishment[5] |
Radio Schools
editName | Formed | Location | Aircraft | Disbanded at | Disbanded | Unit became |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Radio School | 10 March 1941 | Cranwell | Botha Proctor |
[6] Active, at RAF Cosford and RAF Digby. | ||
2 Radio School | 18 January 1940 | Yatesbury | Tiger Moth Botha |
Yatesbury | 31 October 1965 | Disbanded[5] |
3 Radio School | 27 December 1940 | Prestwick | Audax Blenheim |
Compton Basset | 30 November 1964 | Disbanded[5] |
4 Radio School | 1 January 1943 | Madley | Dominie Proctor |
Swanton Morley | 1 May 1951 | No. 1 Air Signallers School RAF[5] |
6 Radio School | 1 January 1943 | Bolton | Blenheim Tiger Moth |
Cranwell | 1 December 1952 | Absorbed by 1 Radio School[5] |
10 Radio School | 1 January 1943 | Carew Cheriton | Anson Oxford |
Carew Cheriton | 24 November 1945 | Disbanded[5] |
11 Radio School | 11 December 1942 | Hooton Park | Botha Anson |
Hooton Park | 31 August 1944 | Disbanded[5] |
12 Radio School | 17 July 1943 | St Athan | Proctor Anson |
St Athan | 7 March 1946 | Empire Radio School[5] |
14 Radio School | 1 June 1944 | St Athan | Proctor Anson |
Debden | 7 March 1946 | Empire Radio School[5] |
3 Radio Direction Finding School | 19 August 1942 | Prestwick | Hart Botha |
Hooton Park | 13 December 1942 | 11 Radio School[6] |
Empire Radio School | 7 March 1946 | Debden | Tiger Moth Proctor |
Debden | 20 October 1949 | Royal Air Force Technical College, Signals Division[7] |
Radio Flights
editName | Formed | Location | Aircraft | Disbanded at | Disbanded | Unit became |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radio Development Flight | December 1942 | Drem | Defiant Beaufighter |
Drem | 1 June 1943 | 1692 (Special Duties) Flight[6] |
1 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight | 1 July 1940 | Wick | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
N/A | 16 October 1940 | 1 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight[6] |
2 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight | 1 July 1940 | Dyce | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
N/A | 16 October 1940 | 2 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight[6] |
3 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight | 1 July 1940 | Usworth | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
N/A | 16 October 1940 | 3 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight[6] |
4 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight | 1 July 1940 | Church Fenton | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
N/A | 16 October 1940 | 4 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight[6] |
5 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight | 1 July 1940 | Duxford | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
N/A | 16 October 1940 | 5 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight[6] |
6 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight | 1 July 1940 | Biggin Hill | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
N/A | 16 October 1940 | 6 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight[6] |
7 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight | 15 July 1940 | Filton | Hornet Moth | N/A | 16 October 1940 | 7 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight[6] |
8 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight | 1 July 1940 | Speke | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
N/A | 16 October 1940 | 8 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight[6] |
1 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight | 16 October 1940 | N/A | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
Longman | 16 February 1941 | 70 Wing Calibration Flight[6] |
2 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight | 16 October 1940 | N/A | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
Dyce | 16 February 1941 | 71 Wing Calibration Flight[6] |
3 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight | 16 October 1940 | N/A | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
Usworth | 16 February 1941 | 72 Wing Calibration Flight[6] |
4 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight | 16 October 1940 | N/A | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
Church Fenton | 16 February 1941 | 73 Wing Calibration Flight[6] |
5 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight | 16 October 1940 | N/A | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
Duxford | 16 February 1941 | 74 Wing Calibration Flight[6] |
6 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight | 16 October 1940 | N/A | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
Biggin Hill | 16 February 1941 | 75 Wing Calibration Flight[6] |
7 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight | 16 October 1940 | N/A | Hornet Moth | Filton | 16 February 1941 | 76 Wing Calibration Flight[6] |
8 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight | 16 October 1940 | N/A | Hornet Moth Blenheim |
Speke | 16 February 1941 | 77 Wing Calibration Flight[6] |
Signals units and formations
editWings
editName | Formed | Location | Disbanded at | Disbanded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. 33 Wing RAF | 7 December 1944 | Malines, Belgium | 30 May 1945 | [8] | |
No. 69 Wing RAF | 15 March 1945 | Everberg | 20 October 1945 | [9] | |
No. 70 Wing RAF | 1 July 1940 | Wick | 31 May 1946 | [9] | |
No. 71 Wing RAF | 31 July 1940 | Dyce | July 1943 | [9] | |
No. 72 Wing RAF | 1 July 1940 | Usworth | 31 July 1946 | [9] | |
No. 73 Wing RAF | 1 July 1940 | Church Fenton | 1 November 1946 | [9] | |
No. 74 Wing RAF | 1 July 1940 | Duxford | 1 July 1943 | [9] | |
No. 75 Wing RAF | 1 July 1940 | Biggin Hill | 1 November 1946 | [9] | |
No. 76 Wing RAF | 10 July 1940 | Filton | 1 July 1941 | [9] | |
No. 77 Wing RAF | 17 February 1941 | Liverpool | 15 March 1944 | [9] | |
No. 78 Wing RAF | 25 April 1941 | Henbury | 31 July 1946 | [9] | |
No. 79 Wing RAF | 27 September 1941 | Portadown | July 1943 | [9] | |
No. 80 Wing RAF | 7 September 1940 | Radlett | 24 September 1945 | [9] | |
No. 81 Wing RAF | 2 June 1941 | Worcester | 30 April 1946 | [9] | |
No. 84 Wing RAF | June 1943 | Bartway | September 1944 | [9] | |
No. 164 Wing RAF | 4 May 1942 | Newbold Revel, India | 30 April 1945 | [10] | |
No. 180 Wing RAF | 9 June 1943 | Calcutta, India | 30 December 1945 | [11] | |
No. 181 Wing RAF | 9 June 1943 | Masinpur, India | 10 March 1946 | [11] | |
No. 182 Wing RAF | 1 August 1943 | Chittagong, India | 1 August 1945 | [11] | |
No. 183 Wing RAF | 1 January 1944 | Ridgeway, Ceylon | 30 December 1945 | [11] | |
No. 250 Wing RAF | 25 August 1939 | Ismailia, Egypt | 6 December 1942 | [11] | |
No. 276 Wing RAF | 1 August 1942 | Heliopolis | 31 August 1945 | [12] | |
No. 296 Wing RAF | 17 February 1942 | Freetown, West Africa | 30 April 1943 | [12] | |
No. 329 Wing RAF | July 1943 | Algiers | 23 November 1943 | [12] |
Squadrons
editName | Formed | Location | Aircraft | Disbanded at | Disbanded | Unit became |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Signals Command Development Squadron | N/A | Watton | Lincoln Hastings |
Watton | 1 January 1962 | No. 151 Squadron RAF[13] |
Signals Squadron | 4 January 1942 | Kabrit | Wellington | Kabrit | 1 March 1942 | No. 162 Squadron RAF[13] |
Units
editName | Formed | Location | Disbanded at | Disbanded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. 1 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Bampton Castle? 1994[14] | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Rudloe Manor 1995[15] |
No. 2 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Stanbridge | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Bampton Castle 1995[15] |
No. 6 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Rudloe Manor | 14 October 1994[15] | |
No. 7 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Byron Heights, West Falkland[16] | Unknown | Unknown | With British Forces South Atlantic Islands. Previously Kormakiti, Cyprus, from at least 1956 Sept-1959 Feb.[17] |
No. 9 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Boddington | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Boddington 1995[15] RAF Boddington became No. 9 Signals Unit on 1 October 1978. Now ISS Boddington. |
No. 11 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Rheindahlen | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Rheindahlen, Monchengladbach 1975–1980;[18] still at Rheindahlen 1989[19] |
No. 12 Signals Unit RAF | 1 June 1969[20] | RAF Episkopi? | Unknown | 1 July 2002[20] | RAF Episkopi 1995[15] |
No. 26 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Gatow, 1989[21] | RAF Gatow | 30 November 1994[15] | No. 5 (Signals) Wing RAF, RAF Hambuhren 23 Feb 1953 - 30 Jul 1955[22] and RAF Butzweilerhof 12 August 1958 - September 1966,[23] was redesignated No. 26 Signals Unit at RAF Butzweilerhof some time in the 1961-66 time period.[24] RAF Gatow was closed in 1994. |
No. 33 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Ayios Nikolaos 1995[15] |
No. 50 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 54 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Digby, present | Taunton Barracks, Celle, Bergen-Hohne Garrison, 1989.[25] Reformed at RAF Digby in 2014 as part of No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing RAF in the electronic warfare role. | ||
No. 59 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 71 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Benbecula, 1994[14] | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 75 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Present at RAF Boulmer on 1 October 1994.[14] |
No. 81 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Bampton Castle, 1994[14] | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Bampton Castle 1995[15] |
No. 86 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Neatishead 1995[26] |
No. 90 Signals Unit RAF | 26 April 1946 | RAF Medmenham, 1946
RAF Leeming, present |
No. 90 Signals Unit was reformed on 1 April 2006 at RAF Leeming.[27] | ||
No. 91 Signals Unit RAF | 27 September 1957[28] | RAF Saxa Vord | RAF Saxa Vord | September 1984 | No. 91 Signals Unit officially formed up at Saxa Vord in September 1957, was declared operational on 5 October 1957, and in 1960 was visited by Queen Elizabeth II.[28] |
No. 101 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 112 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1983 | |
No. 117 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Tai-Mo-Shan | Hong Kong | Unknown | |
No. 123 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | HMS Jufair | Bahrain | Unknown | |
No. 129 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Staxton Wold 1995[26] |
No. 140 Signals Unit RAF | April 1961 | RAF Butzweilerhof | Unknown | Unknown | Formed from No. 1 (Signals) Wing RAF to control Gee (navigation) and Decca Navigator System chains |
No. 144 Signals Unit RAF | 1951 | RAF Bawdsey, 1953-1958
RAF Boulmer, present |
144 SU was formed in 1951 at RAF Bawdsey (1953-1958), 144 SU has also been stationed at RAF Wattisham and finally at RAF Ty Croes between 1991 and 1995.[29]
Reformed November 2023 at RAF Boulmer.[29] | ||
No. 146 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Staxton Wold 1995[26] |
No. 170 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Buchan 1995[26] |
No. 235 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 244 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 259 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Amalgamated with No. 330 SU and No. 953 SU as No. 330 SU May 1958-September 1961 as part of Gee (navigation) chain. |
No. 264 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 266 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Butzweilerhof | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 271 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 276 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Habbaniya, Iraq | Unknown | Unknown | Ran large SIGINT monitoring station for GCHQ.[30] |
No. 280 Signals Unit RAF | 25 June 1956 | Akrotiri | Troodos | 31 March 1994 | Subsumed into Joint Services Signals Unit[31] |
No. 284 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Butzweilerhof | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 291 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Hambuhren | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Hambuhren 23 Feb 1953-30 Jul 1955.[22] |
No. 303 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Mount Kent 1995[26] |
No. 330 Signals Unit RAF | May 1958 - Sep 1961 | Ingolstadt | Unknown | Unknown | Amalgamation of No. 259 SU, No. 330 SU, and No. 953 SU in Ingolstadt May 1958 as part of Gee (navigation) chain. |
No. 336 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 367 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Little Sai Wan | 367 and 368 Signals Units merged in 1946, and all personnel were at Little Sai Wan by 1953.[32] Little Sai Wan was a signals intelligence station in the Siu Sai Wan area of Hong Kong. It was established by the RAF as base for 367 Signals Unit in the early 1950s.[33] In 1964, following a review by Sir Gerald Templer, control of the site passed to Government Communications Headquarters.[34] |
No. 388 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 399 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Digby | 1 September 1998 | No. 399 Signals Unit arrived at RAF Digby in January 1955 and declared itself fully operational on 15 February, located in No. 2 hangar (now the station gymnasium). Active in 1983.[35] On 1 September 1998 the Unit merged with the newly arrived Special Signals Support Unit from Loughborough to form the Joint Service Signal Unit (Digby).[36] |
No. 405 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Portreath 1995[26] |
No. 409 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 425 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 432 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Neatishead 1995[26] |
No. 444 Signals Unit RAF | 16 August 1971 | Stanley Fort | Hong Kong | 31 December 1977 | 444 Signals Unit (SU) formed within 90 Group, Strike Command, with effect from 16 August 1971, and was established as a lodger unit at Stanley Fort, Hong Kong. The primary role of 444 SU was to act as a ground station for the Skynet (satellite) communications system. Disbanded and closed 31 December 1977. |
No. 469 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 477 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Butzweilerhof | Unknown | Unknown | Active at RAF Butzweilerhof, West Germany, for at least the period January 1956 - July 1958.[37] Formed 31 January 1954-12 August 1958 from elements of HQ No. 5 (Signals) Wing RAF, absorbing most of No. 755 SU RAF Hambuhren 15 November 1957.[22] No. 5 (Signals) Wing RAF was the commanding unit for HF/direction finding units in Germany from August 1958 to September 1966[38][39] |
No. 487 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Buchan 1995[26] |
No. 500 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Boulmer 1995[26] |
No. 585 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 588 Signals Unit RAF | November 1956 | RAF Butzweilerhof | Unknown | Unknown | Security monitoring of VHF. |
No. 591 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Arrived at RAF Digby in July 1955 and set up in Hangar No. 1 (North).[40] |
No. 615 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 646 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 719 Signals Unit RAF | 1 April 1953 | RAF Habbaniya, Iraq | Unknown | Unknown | [2], see also Lee, Flight from the Middle East. |
No. 721 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 724 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 751 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Mount Alice (Falkland Islands)[16] | Unknown | Unknown | Located at Cape Greco, Cyprus, January 1956 - December 1959, as a mobile radar unit.[41] Moved from RAF Ayios Nikolaos after March 1956. |
No. 755 Signals Unit RAF | 30 Jul 1955 - 15 Nov 1957[22] | RAF Hambuhren | Unknown | Unknown | Mostly absorbed by No. 477 SU RAF Butzweilerhof 15 November 1957.[22] |
No. 815 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 840 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Siggiewi, Malta | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Siggiewi, Malta, 1976-70[42] RAF Lindholme 1994 (March 1994) seemingly closed 1996. |
No. 889 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 926 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 953 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | RAF Butzweilerhof | Unknown | Unknown | No. 5 (Signals) Wing RAF, RAF Second Tactical Air Force. Amalgamated with No. 330 SU and No. 259 SU as No. 330 SU May 1958-September 1961 in Ingolstadt as part of Gee (navigation) chain. |
No. 962 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 966 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 993 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
No. 1001 Signals Unit RAF | Unknown | Unknown | RAF Oakhanger | Unknown | [43] |
Signals Development Unit RAF | 15 April 1943 | Hinton-in-the-Hedges | Henlow | 1 January 1950 | Equipped with Whitley, Wellington. Became Radio Engineering Unit RAF[13] |
Signals Flying Unit RAF | 20 July 1944 | Honiley | Honiley | 1 September 1946 | Equipped with Oxford and Vickers Wellington. Became part of Central Signals Establishment[13] |
Schools
editName | Formed | Location | Aircraft | Disbanded at | Disbanded | Unit became |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Signals School | 26 August 1940 | Cranwell | Valentia Wallace |
Cranwell | 1 January 1943 | 1 Radio School[13] |
2 Signals School | 26 August 1940 | Yatesbury | Dragon Rapide Dominie |
Yatesbury | 1 January 1943 | 2 Radio School[13] |
3 Signals School | 26 August 1940 | Compton Bassett | N/A | Compton Bassett | 1 January 1943 | 3 Radio School[13] |
3 Signals School (India) | 19 August 1943 | Hakimpet | Blenheim | Hakimpet | 14 May 1944 | Absorbed by 10 School of Air Force Technical Training, Hakimpet[13] |
4 Signals School | 27 August 1941 | Madley | Dominie Proctor |
Madley | 1 January 1943 | 4 Radio School[13] |
Calibration units and formations
editName | Formed | Location | Aircraft | Disbanded at | Disbanded | Unit became |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. 1 Calibration Flight RAF | 6 November 1942 | Speke | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Speke | May 1943 | Disbanded[44] |
No. 1 Calibration Flight, India RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Dum-Dum | 29 September 1942 | No. 224 Group Calibration Flight RAF[45] |
No. 2 Calibration Flight, India RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Ratmalana, Ceylon | 29 September 1942 | No. 222 Group Calibration Flight RAF[45] |
No. 3 Calibration Flight, India RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Juhu | 29 September 1942 | No. 225 Group Calibration Flight RAF[45] |
No. 4 Calibration Flight, India RAF | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Jakkur | 29 September 1942 | No. 225 Group Calibration Flight RAF[45] |
No. 222 Group Calibration Flight RAF | 29 September 1942 | Ratmalana, Ceylon | Vengeance I | Ratmalana, Ceylon | July 1943 | No. 1579 (Calibration) Flight RAF[45] |
No. 224 Group Calibration Flight RAF | 29 September 1942 | Dum-Dum | Sentinel I | Armada Road, India | 15 March 1943 | Bengal Calibration Flight RAF[45] |
No. 225 Group Calibration Flight RAF | 29 September 1942 | Juhu & Jakkur | Unknown | Jakkur | 13 September 1943 | No. 1580 (Calibration) Flight RAF[45] |
No. 1447 (Radar Calibration) Flight RAF | 19 March 1942 | Hooton Park | Battle Lysander III |
Carew Cheriton | 15 December 1942 | Absorbed by No. 4 Radio Direction Finding School RAF[46] |
No. 1448 (Radar Calibration) Flight RAF | 17 February 1942 | Duxford | Hornet Moth Rota II |
Halton | 15 June 1943 | No. 529 Squadron RAF[46] |
No. 1578 (Calibration) Flight RAF | 25 September 1943 | Blida, Algeria | Blenheim V Baltimore IIIA |
Reghaia | 15 June 1944 | Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces Communication Flight RAF[47] |
No. 1579 (Calibration) Flight RAF | July 1943 | Ratmalana, Ceylon | Blenheim V Vengeance I |
Ratmalana | 10 October 1945 | [47] |
No. 1580 (Calibration) Flight RAF | 13 September 1943 | Yelahanka, India | Blenheim V Vengeance I |
Cholavaram, India | 10 October 1945 | [47] |
No. 1581 (Calibration) Flight RAF | 25 August 1943 | Alipore, India | Blenheim V Vengeance II |
Dalbhumgarh, India | 15 November 1945 | [47] |
No. 1582 (Calibration) Flight RAF | 25 August 1943 | Kumbhirgram, India | Blenheim V Vengeance I |
Dalbhumgarh, India | 15 November 1945 | [47] |
No. 1583 (Calibration) Flight RAF | 28 August 1943 | Chittagong, India | Blenheim V Vengeance I |
Trichinopoly, India | 15 November 1945 | [47] |
No. 70 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | 16 February 1941 | Longman | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Longman | 15 June 1943 | No. 526 Squadron RAF[48] |
No. 71 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | 16 February 1941 | Dyce | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Dyce | 15 June 1943 | No. 526 Squadron RAF[49] |
No. 72 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | 16 February 1941 | Usworth | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Usworth | 15 June 1943 | No. 526 Squadron RAF[49] |
No. 73 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | 16 February 1941 | Church Fenton | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Unknown | 30 October 1942 | No. 77 Wing Calibration Flight[49] |
No. 74 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | 16 February 1941 | Duxford | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Duxford | 15 June 1943 | No. 527 Squadron RAF[49] |
No. 75 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | 16 February 1941 | Biggin Hill | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Biggin Hill | 15 June 1943 | No. 527 Squadron RAF[49] |
No. 76 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | 16 February 1941 | Filton | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Filton | 15 June 1943 | Disbanded[49] |
No. 77 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | 16 February 1941 | Speke | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Speke | 6 November 1942 | No. 1 Calibration Flight RAF[49] |
No. 78 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | 25 May 1941 | Filton | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Harrowbeer | 15 June 1943 | No. 528 Squadron RAF[49] |
No. 79 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | October 1941 | Long Kesh | Blenheim IV Hornet Moth |
Speke | 30 October 1942 | No. 77 Wing Calibration Flight RAF[49] |
No. 110 Wing Calibration Flight RAF | 1 March 1940 | Ringway | Battle Leopard Moth |
Filton | 5 May 1941 | Disbanded[49] |
Bangalore Calibration Flight RAF | October 1942 | Bangalore, India | Nil | Yelahanka, India | 13 September 1943 | No. 1580 (Calibration) Flight RAF[50] |
Bengal Calibration Flight RAF | 15 March 1943 | Amarda Road, India | Blenheim V Vengeance I |
Alipore, India | 25 August 1943 | No. 1583 (Calibration) Flight RAF[51] |
Calibration Flight RAF, Seletar | 30 June 1941 | Seletar, Malaya | Vildebeest | Seletar | February 1942 | Destroyed[44] |
RDF Calibration Flight RAF, Sebala II | June 1942 | Sebala II, Tunisia | Sebala II | 7 August 1943 | RDF Calibration Flight RAF, Blida[52] | |
RDF Calibration Flight RAF, Blida | 7 August 1943 | Blida, Algeria | Blenheim V; Beaufighter II | Blida | 25 September 1943 | No. 1578 (Calibration) Flight RAF[52] |
No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Calibration Flight RAF | 27 December 1940 | Gatwick | Wallace II Lysander I |
Hatfield | 17 February 1941 | No. 116 Squadron RAF[53] |
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