List of communications units and formations of the Royal Air Force

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This is a list of military communications ('Signals') units and formations of the Royal Air Force.

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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 .

Radio units and formations

Radio Establishment

NameFormedLocationAircraftDisbanded atDisbandedUnit became
Radio Warfare Establishment21 July 1945Swanton MorleyFortress
Halifax		Watton1 September 1946Central Signals Establishment [5]

Radio Schools

NameFormedLocationAircraftDisbanded atDisbandedUnit became
1 Radio School 10 March 1941CranwellBotha
Proctor		N/AN/A [6] Active
2 Radio School18 January 1940YatesburyTiger Moth
Botha		Yatesbury31 October 1965Disbanded [5]
3 Radio School27 December 1940PrestwickAudax
Blenheim		Compton Basset30 November 1964Disbanded [5]
4 Radio School1 January 1943MadleyDominie
Proctor		Swanton Morley1 May 1951 No. 1 Air Signallers School RAF [5]
6 Radio School1 January 1943BoltonBlenheim
Tiger Moth		Cranwell1 December 1952Absorbed by 1 Radio School [5]
10 Radio School1 January 1943Carew CheritonAnson
Oxford		Carew Cheriton24 November 1945Disbanded [5]
11 Radio School11 December 1942Hooton ParkBotha
Anson		Hooton Park31 August 1944Disbanded [5]
12 Radio School17 July 1943St AthanProctor
Anson		St Athan7 March 1946Empire Radio School [5]
14 Radio School1 June 1944St AthanProctor
Anson		Debden7 March 1946Empire Radio School [5]
3 Radio Direction Finding School19 August 1942PrestwickHart
Botha		Hooton Park13 December 194211 Radio School [6]
Empire Radio School7 March 1946DebdenTiger Moth
Proctor		Debden20 October 1949Royal Air Force Technical College, Signals Division [7]

Radio Flights

NameFormedLocationAircraftDisbanded atDisbandedUnit became
Radio Development FlightDecember 1942DremDefiant
Beaufighter		Drem1 June 19431692 (Special Duties) Flight [6]
1 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight1 July 1940WickHornet Moth
Blenheim		N/A16 October 19401 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight [6]
2 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight1 July 1940DyceHornet Moth
Blenheim		N/A16 October 19402 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight [6]
3 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight1 July 1940UsworthHornet Moth
Blenheim		N/A16 October 19403 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight [6]
4 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight1 July 1940Church FentonHornet Moth
Blenheim		N/A16 October 19404 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight [6]
5 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight1 July 1940DuxfordHornet Moth
Blenheim		N/A16 October 19405 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight [6]
6 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight1 July 1940Biggin HillHornet Moth
Blenheim		N/A16 October 19406 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight [6]
7 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight15 July 1940FiltonHornet MothN/A16 October 19407 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight [6]
8 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight1 July 1940SpekeHornet Moth
Blenheim		N/A16 October 19408 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight [6]
1 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight16 October 1940N/AHornet Moth
Blenheim		Longman16 February 194170 Wing Calibration Flight [6]
2 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight16 October 1940N/AHornet Moth
Blenheim		Dyce16 February 194171 Wing Calibration Flight [6]
3 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight16 October 1940N/AHornet Moth
Blenheim		Usworth16 February 194172 Wing Calibration Flight [6]
4 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight16 October 1940N/AHornet Moth
Blenheim		Church Fenton16 February 194173 Wing Calibration Flight [6]
5 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight16 October 1940N/AHornet Moth
Blenheim		Duxford16 February 194174 Wing Calibration Flight [6]
6 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight16 October 1940N/AHornet Moth
Blenheim		Biggin Hill16 February 194175 Wing Calibration Flight [6]
7 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight16 October 1940N/AHornet MothFilton16 February 194176 Wing Calibration Flight [6]
8 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight16 October 1940N/AHornet Moth
Blenheim		Speke16 February 194177 Wing Calibration Flight [6]

Signals units and formations

Wings

NameFormedLocationDisbanded atDisbandedNotes
No. 33 Wing RAF7 December 1944Malines, Belgium30 May 1945 [8]
No. 69 Wing RAF15 March 1945Everberg20 October 1945 [9]
No. 70 Wing RAF1 July 1940Wick31 May 1946 [9]
No. 71 Wing RAF31 July 1940DyceJuly 1943 [9]
No. 72 Wing RAF1 July 1940Usworth31 July 1946 [9]
No. 73 Wing RAF1 July 1940Church Fenton1 November 1946 [9]
No. 74 Wing RAF1 July 1940Duxford1 July 1943 [9]
No. 75 Wing RAF1 July 1940Biggin Hill1 November 1946 [9]
No. 76 Wing RAF10 July 1940Filton1 July 1941 [9]
No. 77 Wing RAF 17 February 1941Liverpool15 March 1944 [9]
No. 78 Wing RAF 25 April 1941Henbury31 July 1946 [9]
No. 79 Wing RAF 27 September 1941PortadownJuly 1943 [9]
No. 80 Wing RAF 7 September 1940 Radlett 24 September 1945 [9]
No. 81 Wing RAF 2 June 1941Worcester30 April 1946 [9]
No. 84 Wing RAF June 1943BartwaySeptember 1944 [9]
No. 164 Wing RAF 4 May 1942Newbold Revel, India30 April 1945 [10]
No. 180 Wing RAF9 June 1943Calcutta, India30 December 1945 [11]
No. 181 Wing RAF9 June 1943Masinpur, India10 March 1946 [11]
No. 182 Wing RAF1 August 1943Chittagong, India1 August 1945 [11]
No. 183 Wing RAF1 January 1944Ridgeway, Ceylon30 December 1945 [11]
No. 250 Wing RAF25 August 1939Ismailia, Egypt6 December 1942 [11]
No. 276 Wing RAF1 August 1942Heliopolis31 August 1945 [12]
No. 296 Wing RAF17 February 1942Freetown, West Africa30 April 1943 [12]
No. 329 Wing RAFJuly 1943Algiers23 November 1943 [12]

Squadrons

NameFormedLocationAircraftDisbanded atDisbandedUnit became
Signals Command Development SquadronN/AWattonLincoln
Hastings		Watton1 January 1962 No. 151 Squadron RAF [13]
Signals Squadron4 January 1942KabritWellingtonKabrit1 March 1942 No. 162 Squadron RAF [13]

Units

NameFormedLocationDisbanded atDisbandedNotes
No. 1 Signals Unit RAF RAF Bampton Castle? 1994 [14] RAF Rudloe Manor 1995 [15]
No. 2 Signals Unit RAF RAF Bampton Castle 1995 [15]
No. 6 Signals Unit RAF RAF Rudloe Manor 14 October 1994 [15]
No. 7 Signals Unit RAF Byron Heights, West Falkland [16] With British Forces South Atlantic Islands. Previously Kormakiti, Cyprus, from at least 1956 Sept-1959 Feb. [17]
No. 9 Signals Unit RAF RAF Boddington RAF Boddington 1995 [15] RAF Boddington became No. 9 Signals Unit on 1 October 1978. Now ISS Boddington.
No. 11 Signals Unit RAF RAF Rheindahlen RAF Rheindahlen, Monchengladbach 1975–1980; [18] still at Rheindahlen 1989 [19]
No. 12 Signals Unit RAF1 June 1969 [20] RAF Episkopi?1 July 2002 [20] RAF Episkopi 1995 [15]
No. 26 Signals Unit RAF 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 RAF Ayios Nikolaos 1995 [15]
No. 50 Signals Unit RAF
No. 54 Signals Unit RAFTaunton 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
No. 71 Signals Unit RAF RAF Benbecula, 1994 [14]
No. 75 Signals Unit RAFPresent at RAF Boulmer on 1 October 1994. [14]
No. 81 Signals Unit RAF RAF Bampton Castle, 1994 [14] RAF Bampton Castle 1995 [15]
No. 86 Signals Unit RAF RAF Neatishead 1995 [26]
No. 90 Signals Unit RAF
No. 91 Signals Unit RAF27 September 1957 [27] RAF Saxa Vord 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. [27]
No. 101 Signals Unit RAF
No. 112 Signals Unit RAF 1983
No. 117 Signals Unit RAF
No. 129 Signals Unit RAF RAF Staxton Wold 1995 [26]
No. 140 Signals Unit RAFApril 1961 RAF Butzweilerhof Formed from No. 1 (Signals) Wing RAF to control Gee (navigation) and Decca Navigator System chains
No. 144 Signals Unit RAFSouth East AngleseyFebruary 1996 [28] Present at RAF Boulmer on 1 October 1994. [14] RAF Ty Croes, Isle of Anglesey, Wales 1995 [26]
No. 146 Signals Unit RAF RAF Staxton Wold 1995 [26]
No. 170 Signals Unit RAF RAF Buchan 1995 [26]
No. 235 Signals Unit RAF
No. 244 Signals Unit RAF
No. 259 Signals Unit RAFAmalgamated 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
No. 266 Signals Unit RAF RAF Butzweilerhof
No. 271 Signals Unit RAF
No. 276 Signals Unit RAF RAF Habbaniya, IraqRan large SIGINT monitoring station for GCHQ. [29]
No. 280 Signals Unit RAF25 June 1956AkrotiriTroodos31 March 1994Subsumed into Joint Services Signals Unit [30]
No. 284 Signals Unit RAF RAF Butzweilerhof
No. 291 Signals Unit RAF RAF Hambuhren RAF Hambuhren 23 Feb 1953-30 Jul 1955. [22]
No. 303 Signals Unit RAF RAF Mount Kent 1995 [26]
No. 330 Signals Unit RAFMay 1958 - Sep 1961IngolstadtAmalgamation 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
No. 367 Signals Unit RAF RAF Little Sai Wan 367 and 368 Signals Units merged in 1946, and all personnel were at Little Sai Wan by 1953. [31] 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. [32] In 1964, following a review by Sir Gerald Templer, control of the site passed to Government Communications Headquarters. [33]
No. 388 Signals Unit RAF
No. 399 Signals Unit RAF RAF Digby 1 September 1998No. 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. [34] 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). [35]
No. 405 Signals Unit RAF RAF Portreath 1995 [26]
No. 409 Signals Unit RAF
No. 425 Signals Unit RAF
No. 432 Signals Unit RAF RAF Neatishead 1995 [26]
No. 444 Signals Unit RAF16 August 1971Hong Kong31 December 1977444 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
No. 477 Signals Unit RAF RAF Butzweilerhof Active at RAF Butzweilerhof, West Germany, for at least the period January 1956 - July 1958. [36] 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 [37] [38]
No. 487 Signals Unit RAF RAF Buchan 1995 [26]
No. 500 Signals Unit RAF RAF Boulmer 1995 [26]
No. 585 Signals Unit RAF
No. 588 Signals Unit RAFNovember 1956 RAF Butzweilerhof Security monitoring of VHF.
No. 591 Signals Unit RAFArrived at RAF Digby in July 1955 and set up in Hangar No. 1 (North). [39]
No. 615 Signals Unit RAF
No. 646 Signals Unit RAF
No. 719 Signals Unit RAF1 April 1953 RAF Habbaniya, Iraq , see also Lee, Flight from the Middle East.
No. 721 Signals Unit RAF
No. 724 Signals Unit RAF
No. 751 Signals Unit RAF Mount Alice (Falkland Islands) [16] Located at Cape Greco, Cyprus, January 1956 - December 1959, as a mobile radar unit. [40] Moved from RAF Ayios Nikolaos after March 1956.
No. 755 Signals Unit RAF30 Jul 1955 - 15 Nov 1957 [22] RAF Hambuhren Mostly absorbed by No. 477 SU RAF Butzweilerhof 15 November 1957. [22]
No. 815 Signals Unit RAF
No. 840 Signals Unit RAFRAF Siggiewi, MaltaRAF Siggiewi, Malta, 1976-70 [41] RAF Lindholme 1994 (March 1994) seemingly closed 1996.
No. 889 Signals Unit RAF
No. 926 Signals Unit RAF
No. 953 Signals Unit RAF RAF Butzweilerhof 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
No. 966 Signals Unit RAF
No. 993 Signals Unit RAF
No. 1001 Signals Unit RAF RAF Oakhanger [42]
Signals Development Unit RAF15 April 1943Hinton-in-the-HedgesHenlow1 January 1950Equipped with Whitley, Wellington. Became Radio Engineering Unit RAF [13]
Signals Flying Unit RAF20 July 1944HonileyHoniley1 September 1946Equipped with Oxford and Vickers Wellington. Became part of Central Signals Establishment [13]

Schools

NameFormedLocationAircraftDisbanded atDisbandedUnit became
1 Signals School26 August 1940CranwellValentia
Wallace		Cranwell1 January 19431 Radio School [13]
2 Signals School26 August 1940YatesburyDragon Rapide
Dominie		Yatesbury1 January 19432 Radio School [13]
3 Signals School26 August 1940Compton BassettN/ACompton Bassett1 January 19433 Radio School [13]
3 Signals School (India)19 August 1943HakimpetBlenheimHakimpet14 May 1944Absorbed by 10 School of Air Force Technical Training, Hakimpet [13]
4 Signals School27 August 1941MadleyDominie
Proctor		Madley1 January 19434 Radio School [13]

Calibration units and formations

NameFormedLocationAircraftDisbanded atDisbandedUnit became
No. 1 Calibration Flight RAF 6 November 1942SpekeBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		SpekeMay 1943Disbanded [43]
No. 1 Calibration Flight, India RAF UnknownUnknownUnknownDum-Dum29 September 1942 No. 224 Group Calibration Flight RAF [44]
No. 2 Calibration Flight, India RAF UnknownUnknownUnknownRatmalana, Ceylon29 September 1942 No. 222 Group Calibration Flight RAF [44]
No. 3 Calibration Flight, India RAF UnknownUnknownUnknownJuhu29 September 1942 No. 225 Group Calibration Flight RAF [44]
No. 4 Calibration Flight, India RAF UnknownUnknownUnknownJakkur29 September 1942 No. 225 Group Calibration Flight RAF [44]
No. 222 Group Calibration Flight RAF 29 September 1942Ratmalana, CeylonVengeance IRatmalana, CeylonJuly 1943 No. 1579 (Calibration) Flight RAF [44]
No. 224 Group Calibration Flight RAF 29 September 1942Dum-DumSentinel IArmada Road, India15 March 1943 Bengal Calibration Flight RAF [44]
No. 225 Group Calibration Flight RAF 29 September 1942Juhu & JakkurUnknownJakkur13 September 1943 No. 1580 (Calibration) Flight RAF [44]
No. 1447 (Radar Calibration) Flight RAF 19 March 1942Hooton ParkBattle
Lysander III		Carew Cheriton15 December 1942Absorbed by No. 4 Radio Direction Finding School RAF [45]
No. 1448 (Radar Calibration) Flight RAF 17 February 1942DuxfordHornet Moth
Rota II		Halton15 June 1943 No. 529 Squadron RAF [45]
No. 1578 (Calibration) Flight RAF 25 September 1943Blida, AlgeriaBlenheim V
Baltimore IIIA		Reghaia15 June 1944 Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces Communication Flight RAF [46]
No. 1579 (Calibration) Flight RAF July 1943Ratmalana, CeylonBlenheim V
Vengeance I		Ratmalana10 October 1945 [46]
No. 1580 (Calibration) Flight RAF 13 September 1943Yelahanka, IndiaBlenheim V
Vengeance I		Cholavaram, India10 October 1945 [46]
No. 1581 (Calibration) Flight RAF 25 August 1943Alipore, IndiaBlenheim V
Vengeance II		Dalbhumgarh, India15 November 1945 [46]
No. 1582 (Calibration) Flight RAF 25 August 1943Kumbhirgram, IndiaBlenheim V
Vengeance I		Dalbhumgarh, India15 November 1945 [46]
No. 1583 (Calibration) Flight RAF 28 August 1943Chittagong, IndiaBlenheim V
Vengeance I		Trichinopoly, India15 November 1945 [46]
No. 70 Wing Calibration Flight RAF 16 February 1941LongmanBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		Longman15 June 1943 No. 526 Squadron RAF [47]
No. 71 Wing Calibration Flight RAF 16 February 1941DyceBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		Dyce15 June 1943 No. 526 Squadron RAF [48]
No. 72 Wing Calibration Flight RAF 16 February 1941UsworthBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		Usworth15 June 1943 No. 526 Squadron RAF [48]
No. 73 Wing Calibration Flight RAF 16 February 1941Church FentonBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		Unknown30 October 1942No. 77 Wing Calibration Flight [48]
No. 74 Wing Calibration Flight RAF 16 February 1941DuxfordBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		Duxford15 June 1943 No. 527 Squadron RAF [48]
No. 75 Wing Calibration Flight RAF 16 February 1941Biggin HillBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		Biggin Hill15 June 1943 No. 527 Squadron RAF [48]
No. 76 Wing Calibration Flight RAF 16 February 1941FiltonBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		Filton15 June 1943Disbanded [48]
No. 77 Wing Calibration Flight RAF 16 February 1941SpekeBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		Speke6 November 1942 No. 1 Calibration Flight RAF [48]
No. 78 Wing Calibration Flight RAF 25 May 1941FiltonBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		Harrowbeer15 June 1943 No. 528 Squadron RAF [48]
No. 79 Wing Calibration Flight RAF October 1941Long KeshBlenheim IV
Hornet Moth		Speke30 October 1942No. 77 Wing Calibration Flight RAF [48]
No. 110 Wing Calibration Flight RAF 1 March 1940RingwayBattle
Leopard Moth		Filton5 May 1941Disbanded [48]
Bangalore Calibration Flight RAF October 1942Bangalore, IndiaNilYelahanka, India13 September 1943 No. 1580 (Calibration) Flight RAF [49]
Bengal Calibration Flight RAF 15 March 1943Amarda Road, IndiaBlenheim V
Vengeance I		Alipore, India25 August 1943 No. 1583 (Calibration) Flight RAF [50]
Calibration Flight RAF, Seletar30 June 1941Seletar, MalayaVildebeestSeletarFebruary 1942Destroyed [43]
RDF Calibration Flight RAF, Sebala IIJune 1942Sebala II, TunisiaSebala II7 August 1943RDF Calibration Flight RAF, Blida [51]
RDF Calibration Flight RAF, Blida7 August 1943 Blida, AlgeriaBlenheim V; Beaufighter IIBlida25 September 1943 No. 1578 (Calibration) Flight RAF [51]
No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Calibration Flight RAF 27 December 1940GatwickWallace II
Lysander I		Hatfield17 February 1941 No. 116 Squadron RAF [52]

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