STS 40 Howbury Hall

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STS 40 Howbury Hall

Train agents in the use of EUREKA, REBECCA and S-Phone during the Second World War. It served as the Reception Committee School.

More info in Traces of War under.

"Reception Committee School established at Howbury Hall in June 1943.

The standard course at STS40 was of ‘ ten days duration,
First three days being devoted to the general theory and maintenance of ultra-short wave wireless equipment and instruction in the S-Phone.
Next three days were devoted to Eureka equipment and the remaining time was devoted to the practical use of this equipment with aircraft and instruction in the organisation of reception committees culminating in the full scale night exercise with the dropping of stores to a reception committee composed of the students.

The staff consisted of a major commandant, two officer instructors dealing with the organisation of reception committees and the use of the S-Phone, one RAF Officer to instruct in the Eureka …, an RAF sergeant to assist him, and an RAF officer to carry out liaison between the school and the operational squadron at Tempsford. The technical staff also included Royal Signals NCOs who maintained the equipment and acted as assistant instructors."

Les mere om STS'ene i "Built to Resist An Assessment of the Special Operations Executive’s Infrastructure in the United Kingdom during the Second World War, 1940-1946" se under.

Bruk Ctrl/F og søk i filen på "STS 31" - det er store filer. Det er garantert mye annet spennende stoff der også, verdt en hel studie for de ivrigste.

Disse to PDF filer er en Doktorgradsoppgave i 2 deler av Derwin Gregory, University of East Anglia. om SOE infrastructure i UK 1940 til 1946.

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