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".United States Department of Defense, DOD Dictionary "Formations are those military organisations which are formed from different speciality Arms and Services troop units to create a balanced, combined combat force."Fomin, N.N., Great Soviet Encyclopaedia (), Moscow, 1978

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."Air of Authority, Other Establishments - Experimental and Administrative, accessed May 2020. Many files regarding the CSE are accessible in the National Archives at Kew .

Radio units and formations

Radio Establishment Name Formed Location Aircraft Disbanded at Disbanded Unit becameRadio Warfare Establishment 21 July 1945 Swanton Morley FortressHalifax 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 BothaProctor Active, at RAF Cosford and RAF Digby. 2 Radio School 18 January 1940 Yatesbury Tiger MothBotha Yatesbury 31 October 1965 Disbanded 3 Radio School 27 December 1940 Prestwick AudaxBlenheim Compton Basset 30 November 1964 Disbanded 4 Radio School 1 January 1943 Madley DominieProctor Swanton Morley 1 May 1951 No. 1 Air Signallers School RAF 6 Radio School 1 January 1943 Bolton BlenheimTiger Moth Cranwell 1 December 1952 Absorbed by 1 Radio School 9 Radio School Yatesbury Yatesbury Disbanded 10 Radio School 1 January 1943 Carew Cheriton AnsonOxford Carew Cheriton 24 November 1945 Disbanded 11 Radio School 11 December 1942 Hooton Park BothaAnson Hooton Park 31 August 1944 Disbanded 12 Radio School 17 July 1943 St Athan ProctorAnson St Athan 7 March 1946 Empire Radio School 14 Radio School 1 June 1944 St Athan ProctorAnson Debden 7 March 1946 Empire Radio School 3 Radio Direction Finding School 19 August 1942 Prestwick HartBotha Hooton Park 13 December 1942 11 Radio School 9 Radio Direction Finding School 1942 Yatesbury Yatesbury Absorbed by 9 Radio School Empire Radio School 7 March 1946 Debden Tiger MothProctor 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 DefiantBeaufighter Drem 1 June 1943 1692 (Special Duties) Flight 1 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight 1 July 1940 Wick Hornet MothBlenheim N/A 16 October 1940 1 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 2 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight 1 July 1940 Dyce Hornet MothBlenheim N/A 16 October 1940 2 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 3 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight 1 July 1940 Usworth Hornet MothBlenheim N/A 16 October 1940 3 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 4 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight 1 July 1940 Church Fenton Hornet MothBlenheim N/A 16 October 1940 4 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 5 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight 1 July 1940 Duxford Hornet MothBlenheim N/A 16 October 1940 5 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 6 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight 1 July 1940 Biggin Hill Hornet MothBlenheim 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 MothBlenheim N/A 16 October 1940 8 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 1 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 16 October 1940 N/A Hornet MothBlenheim Longman 16 February 1941 70 Wing Calibration Flight 2 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 16 October 1940 N/A Hornet MothBlenheim Dyce 16 February 1941 71 Wing Calibration Flight 3 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 16 October 1940 N/A Hornet MothBlenheim Usworth 16 February 1941 72 Wing Calibration Flight 4 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 16 October 1940 N/A Hornet MothBlenheim Church Fenton 16 February 1941 73 Wing Calibration Flight 5 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 16 October 1940 N/A Hornet MothBlenheim Duxford 16 February 1941 74 Wing Calibration Flight 6 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flight 16 October 1940 N/A Hornet MothBlenheim 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 MothBlenheim Speke 16 February 1941 77 Wing Calibration Flight

Signals units and formations

Wings Name Formed Location Disbanded at Disbanded Notes No. 33 Wing RAF 7 December 1944 Mechelen, 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 LincolnHastings Watton 1 January 1962 No. 151 Squadron RAF Signals Squadron 4 January 1942 Kabrit Wellington Kabrit 1 March 1942 No. 162 Squadron RAF

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