7th Air Formation Signals

Formed at Whetstone (N London) on 1 Aug 42 from 49 Div Sigs, which had seen service in Norway and Iceland. In May 1943 the unit landed in Algiers with Operation Torch. It moved to Sicily and Italy and at the end of the war in Europe, unit HQ was near Padua. The unit disbanded in September 1945, handing over its commitments to 8 AFS.