No. 60 Group RAF was a group of the British Royal Air Force. It was established in 1940 with the headquarters in

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, as part of RAF Fighter Command. It controlled the electronic Air defence radar network across Britain. It was responsible for all civilian and service personnel involved in the operation, maintenance and calibration of the

Chain Home Chain Home, or CH for short, was the codename for the ring of coastal Early Warning radar stations built by the Royal Air Force (RAF) before and during the Second World War to detect and track aircraft. Initially known as RDF, and given the off ...

radar stations. The group was formally established within the Directorate of Signals on 23 February 1940. In June 1944 on the eve of

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the group consisted of No. 70 Wing RAF (Inverness, northern signals, including No. 526 Squadron RAF at

RAF Inverness Royal Air Force Inverness or RAF Inverness was a Royal Air Force Royal Air Force station, station located by the Moray Firth in Highland (council area), Highland, Scotland. It was also known as RAF Longman and previously Longman Airfield. His ...

carrying out calibration duties); Nos 73, 75, 78, and 80 Wings, twelve separate radar stations, mostly in Ireland, and three specialist units, including the RAF Section of the Telecommunications Research Establishment at Malvern. By January 1945 it was still part of Fighter Command. It was amalgamated with

No. 26 Group RAF The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...

to become together

No. 90 (Signals) Group RAF No. 90 Group was a group of the Royal Air Force. No. 26 (Signals) Group RAF and No. 60 Group RAF were amalgamated to form No. 90 (Signals) Group on 24 April 1946 under the administrative control of British Air Forces of Occupation and Transport C ...

on 25 April 1946. Its last commander was Air Vice-Marshal W E Theak.

Squadrons and stations

''Included:'' *

No. 527 Squadron RAF No. 527 Squadron RAF was a radar calibration unit of the Royal Air Force between 1943 and 1958. History Formation No. 527 Squadron was formed from various calibration flights at RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire on 15 June 1943 for radar calibra ...

* RAF Danby Beacon *

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''See

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 ...

for the Chain Home wings''

References

{{reflist 060 Military communications units and formations of the Royal Air Force Air defence units and formations Military units and formations established in 1940 Military units and formations disestablished in 1946