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. 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 Establishment
Name
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
Radio Schools
Name
Formed
Location
Aircraft
Disbanded at
Disbanded
Unit became
1 Radio School
10 March 1941
Cranwell
Botha Proctor
Active, at RAF Cosford and RAF Digby .
2 Radio School
18 January 1940
Yatesbury
Tiger Moth Botha
Yatesbury
31 October 1965
Disbanded
3 Radio School
27 December 1940
Prestwick
Audax Blenheim
Compton Basset
30 November 1964
Disbanded
4 Radio School
1 January 1943
Madley
Dominie Proctor
Swanton Morley
1 May 1951
No. 1 Air Signallers School RAF
6 Radio School
1 January 1943
Bolton
Blenheim Tiger Moth
Cranwell
1 December 1952
Absorbed by 1 Radio School
10 Radio School
1 January 1943
Carew Cheriton
Anson Oxford
Carew Cheriton
24 November 1945
Disbanded
11 Radio School
11 December 1942
Hooton Park
Botha Anson
Hooton Park
31 August 1944
Disbanded
12 Radio School
17 July 1943
St Athan
Proctor Anson
St Athan
7 March 1946
Empire Radio School
14 Radio School
1 June 1944
St Athan
Proctor Anson
Debden
7 March 1946
Empire Radio School
3 Radio Direction Finding School
19 August 1942
Prestwick
Hart Botha
Hooton Park
13 December 1942
11 Radio School
Empire Radio School
7 March 1946
Debden
Tiger Moth Proctor
Debden
20 October 1949
Royal Air Force Technical College, Signals Division
Radio Flights
Name
Formed
Location
Aircraft
Disbanded at
Disbanded
Unit became
Radio Development Flight
December 1942
Drem
Defiant Beaufighter
Drem
1 June 1943
1692 (Special Duties) Flight
1 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight
1 July 1940
Wick
Hornet Moth Blenheim
N/A
16 October 1940
1 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
2 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight
1 July 1940
Dyce
Hornet Moth Blenheim
N/A
16 October 1940
2 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
3 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight
1 July 1940
Usworth
Hornet Moth Blenheim
N/A
16 October 1940
3 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
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
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 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight
1 July 1940
Biggin Hill
Hornet Moth Blenheim
N/A
16 October 1940
6 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
7 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight
15 July 1940
Filton
Hornet Moth
N/A
16 October 1940
7 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
8 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight
1 July 1940
Speke
Hornet Moth Blenheim
N/A
16 October 1940
8 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
1 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
16 October 1940
N/A
Hornet Moth Blenheim
Longman
16 February 1941
70 Wing Calibration Flight
2 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
16 October 1940
N/A
Hornet Moth Blenheim
Dyce
16 February 1941
71 Wing Calibration Flight
3 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
16 October 1940
N/A
Hornet Moth Blenheim
Usworth
16 February 1941
72 Wing Calibration Flight
4 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
16 October 1940
N/A
Hornet Moth Blenheim
Church Fenton
16 February 1941
73 Wing Calibration Flight
5 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
16 October 1940
N/A
Hornet Moth Blenheim
Duxford
16 February 1941
74 Wing Calibration Flight
6 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
16 October 1940
N/A
Hornet Moth Blenheim
Biggin Hill
16 February 1941
75 Wing Calibration Flight
7 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
16 October 1940
N/A
Hornet Moth
Filton
16 February 1941
76 Wing Calibration Flight
8 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight
16 October 1940
N/A
Hornet Moth Blenheim
Speke
16 February 1941
77 Wing Calibration Flight
Wings
Name
Formed
Location
Disbanded at
Disbanded
Notes
No. 33 Wing RAF
7 December 1944
Malines, Belgium
30 May 1945
No. 69 Wing RAF
15 March 1945
Everberg
20 October 1945
No. 70 Wing RAF
1 July 1940
Wick
31 May 1946
No. 71 Wing RAF
31 July 1940
Dyce
July 1943
No. 72 Wing RAF
1 July 1940
Usworth
31 July 1946
No. 73 Wing RAF
1 July 1940
Church Fenton
1 November 1946
No. 74 Wing RAF
1 July 1940
Duxford
1 July 1943
No. 75 Wing RAF
1 July 1940
Biggin Hill
1 November 1946
No. 76 Wing RAF
10 July 1940
Filton
1 July 1941
No. 77 Wing RAF
17 February 1941
Liverpool
15 March 1944
No. 78 Wing RAF
25 April 1941
Henbury
31 July 1946
No. 79 Wing RAF
27 September 1941
Portadown
July 1943
No. 80 Wing RAF
7 September 1940
Radlett
24 September 1945
No. 81 Wing RAF
2 June 1941
Worcester
30 April 1946
No. 84 Wing RAF
June 1943
Bartway
September 1944
No. 164 Wing RAF
4 May 1942
Newbold Revel, India
30 April 1945
No. 180 Wing RAF
9 June 1943
Calcutta, India
30 December 1945
No. 181 Wing RAF
9 June 1943
Masinpur, India
10 March 1946
No. 182 Wing RAF
1 August 1943
Chittagong, India
1 August 1945
No. 183 Wing RAF
1 January 1944
Ridgeway, Ceylon
30 December 1945
No. 250 Wing RAF
25 August 1939
Ismailia, Egypt
6 December 1942
No. 276 Wing RAF
1 August 1942
Heliopolis
31 August 1945
No. 296 Wing RAF
17 February 1942
Freetown, West Africa
30 April 1943
No. 329 Wing RAF
July 1943
Algiers
23 November 1943
Squadrons
Name
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
Signals Squadron
4 January 1942
Kabrit
Wellington
Kabrit
1 March 1942
No. 162 Squadron RAF
Units
Name
Formed
Location
Disbanded at
Disbanded
Notes
No. 1 Signals Unit RAF
Unknown
RAF Bampton Castle ? 1994[ 14]
Unknown
Unknown
RAF Rudloe Manor 1995
No. 2 Signals Unit RAF
Unknown
RAF Stanbridge
Unknown
Unknown
RAF Bampton Castle 1995
No. 6 Signals Unit RAF
Unknown
Unknown
RAF Rudloe Manor
14 October 1994
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 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
No. 12 Signals Unit RAF
1 June 1969[ 20]
RAF Episkopi ?
Unknown
1 July 2002[ 20]
RAF Episkopi 1995
No. 26 Signals Unit RAF
Unknown
RAF Gatow , 1989
RAF Gatow
30 November 1994
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
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. 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
No. 86 Signals Unit RAF
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
RAF Neatishead 1995
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
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
No. 170 Signals Unit RAF
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
RAF Buchan 1995
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
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
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
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
No. 500 Signals Unit RAF
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
RAF Boulmer 1995
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
Signals Flying Unit RAF
20 July 1944
Honiley
Honiley
1 September 1946
Equipped with Oxford and Vickers Wellington . Became part of Central Signals Establishment
Schools
Name
Formed
Location
Aircraft
Disbanded at
Disbanded
Unit became
1 Signals School
26 August 1940
Cranwell
Valentia Wallace
Cranwell
1 January 1943
1 Radio School
2 Signals School
26 August 1940
Yatesbury
Dragon Rapide Dominie
Yatesbury
1 January 1943
2 Radio School
3 Signals School
26 August 1940
Compton Bassett
N/A
Compton Bassett
1 January 1943
3 Radio School
3 Signals School (India)
19 August 1943
Hakimpet
Blenheim
Hakimpet
14 May 1944
Absorbed by 10 School of Air Force Technical Training, Hakimpet
4 Signals School
27 August 1941
Madley
Dominie Proctor
Madley
1 January 1943
4 Radio School
Name
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
No. 1 Calibration Flight, India RAF
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Dum-Dum
29 September 1942
No. 224 Group Calibration Flight RAF
No. 2 Calibration Flight, India RAF
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Ratmalana, Ceylon
29 September 1942
No. 222 Group Calibration Flight RAF
No. 3 Calibration Flight, India RAF
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Juhu
29 September 1942
No. 225 Group Calibration Flight RAF
No. 4 Calibration Flight, India RAF
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Jakkur
29 September 1942
No. 225 Group Calibration Flight RAF
No. 222 Group Calibration Flight RAF
29 September 1942
Ratmalana, Ceylon
Vengeance I
Ratmalana, Ceylon
July 1943
No. 1579 (Calibration) Flight RAF
No. 224 Group Calibration Flight RAF
29 September 1942
Dum-Dum
Sentinel I
Armada Road, India
15 March 1943
Bengal Calibration Flight RAF
No. 225 Group Calibration Flight RAF
29 September 1942
Juhu & Jakkur
Unknown
Jakkur
13 September 1943
No. 1580 (Calibration) Flight RAF
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
No. 1448 (Radar Calibration) Flight RAF
17 February 1942
Duxford
Hornet Moth Rota II
Halton
15 June 1943
No. 529 Squadron RAF
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
No. 1579 (Calibration) Flight RAF
July 1943
Ratmalana, Ceylon
Blenheim V Vengeance I
Ratmalana
10 October 1945
No. 1580 (Calibration) Flight RAF
13 September 1943
Yelahanka, India
Blenheim V Vengeance I
Cholavaram, India
10 October 1945
No. 1581 (Calibration) Flight RAF
25 August 1943
Alipore, India
Blenheim V Vengeance II
Dalbhumgarh, India
15 November 1945
No. 1582 (Calibration) Flight RAF
25 August 1943
Kumbhirgram, India
Blenheim V Vengeance I
Dalbhumgarh, India
15 November 1945
No. 1583 (Calibration) Flight RAF
28 August 1943
Chittagong, India
Blenheim V Vengeance I
Trichinopoly, India
15 November 1945
No. 70 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
16 February 1941
Longman
Blenheim IV Hornet Moth
Longman
15 June 1943
No. 526 Squadron RAF
No. 71 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
16 February 1941
Dyce
Blenheim IV Hornet Moth
Dyce
15 June 1943
No. 526 Squadron RAF
No. 72 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
16 February 1941
Usworth
Blenheim IV Hornet Moth
Usworth
15 June 1943
No. 526 Squadron RAF
No. 73 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
16 February 1941
Church Fenton
Blenheim IV Hornet Moth
Unknown
30 October 1942
No. 77 Wing Calibration Flight
No. 74 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
16 February 1941
Duxford
Blenheim IV Hornet Moth
Duxford
15 June 1943
No. 527 Squadron RAF
No. 75 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
16 February 1941
Biggin Hill
Blenheim IV Hornet Moth
Biggin Hill
15 June 1943
No. 527 Squadron RAF
No. 76 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
16 February 1941
Filton
Blenheim IV Hornet Moth
Filton
15 June 1943
Disbanded
No. 77 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
16 February 1941
Speke
Blenheim IV Hornet Moth
Speke
6 November 1942
No. 1 Calibration Flight RAF
No. 78 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
25 May 1941
Filton
Blenheim IV Hornet Moth
Harrowbeer
15 June 1943
No. 528 Squadron RAF
No. 79 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
October 1941
Long Kesh
Blenheim IV Hornet Moth
Speke
30 October 1942
No. 77 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
No. 110 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
1 March 1940
Ringway
Battle Leopard Moth
Filton
5 May 1941
Disbanded
Bangalore Calibration Flight RAF
October 1942
Bangalore, India
Nil
Yelahanka, India
13 September 1943
No. 1580 (Calibration) Flight RAF
Bengal Calibration Flight RAF
15 March 1943
Amarda Road, India
Blenheim V Vengeance I
Alipore, India
25 August 1943
No. 1583 (Calibration) Flight RAF
Calibration Flight RAF, Seletar
30 June 1941
Seletar, Malaya
Vildebeest
Seletar
February 1942
Destroyed
RDF Calibration Flight RAF, Sebala II
June 1942
Sebala II, Tunisia
Sebala II
7 August 1943
RDF Calibration Flight RAF, Blida
RDF Calibration Flight RAF, Blida
7 August 1943
Blida , Algeria
Blenheim V; Beaufighter II
Blida
25 September 1943
No. 1578 (Calibration) Flight RAF
No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Calibration Flight RAF
27 December 1940
Gatwick
Wallace II Lysander I
Hatfield
17 February 1941
No. 116 Squadron RAF
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Royal Air Force Training Establishments
Flying schools and units
Advanced Flying Schools Basic Flying Training Schools (Basic) Flying Training Schools (Advanced) Flying Training Schools British Flying Training Schools Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools Elementary Flying Training Schools Gliding schools Instructor schools Flying Refresher Schools Flying Training Schools Reserve Flying Schools Service Flying Schools Special Flying Schools
Operational and Conversion Units Officer training establishments