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Heavy
Conversion Units
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1656 HCU
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1662 HCU
1665 HCU
1667 HCU
1668 HCU
21 HGCU
Advanced
Flying Schools
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Advanced
Flying Units
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15 AFU
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12 FTS
1 Lancaster Finishing School
Central Flying School
Operational
Training/
Conversion Units (Fighter)
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OTU
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Armament Schools
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Empire Central AS
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1 Air Observers School
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5 Gp Anti Air School
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HQ No 5 Group
HQ No 23 Group
1485
Gunnery Flight
2782
Defence Sqn
178 Support Unit
399 Signals Unit
Nationality
based Sqns
Updated: 7 Feb 12
EXPLANATION OF THE BOMBER CODE SYSTEM.
Stations were each given a call sign, which was a word (occasionally
two sandwiched together), that contained two distinct vowel sounds.
Each Station (but later each Base for those Groups that adopted the system),
was allocated a list of codes in blocks of 5 or 2 for the squadrons and
other flying units stationed there.
There are two code books CDO270(3)& CD0272(5) "RT War Call Signs
- Ground Stations & Aircraft Home" that applied to aircraft
operating from the UK, so RAF & USAAF. The first code book lists
all the stations and is followed by a series of columns of reference
numbers that relate to the blocks of codes in the second book. Lissett
was part of 43 Base at Driffield. From April 44 Driffield was allocated
code block 176 which included Luxsoap, Catfish, Beaten, Utter, Palin
and code block 263 which was Daygown and Rudkin. When a squadron moved
to a new station they would be allocated a new call sign from the list.
At the drop of a hat Air Ministry could move everyone on to the next
column in the list, so the blocks associated with Driffield would overnight
be allocated to-another area and probably another command. The change
in April 44 was pre D-Day, but remained the same until VE day so the
only changes felt at squadron level would be on moving to a new station.
Before that the changes were more frequent.
In the earliest days the system would have been different as the code
names only work where RT is involved. Simple alpha-numeric codes work
better over WT.
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