2 School of Air Navigation was formed on 21 October 1940 at RAF Cranage within No.

[8][9] The new school used relief landing grounds at RAF Sleap and RAF High Ercall until being renamed to the Central Air Traffic Control School on 11 January 1963.

It was disbanded into the Fighter Command Control and Reporting School on 19 December 1945.

From 19 October 1946 it used Spitfires and an Avro Anson from a unit based at RAF Colerne with the school moving to Middle Wallop on 12 January 1948.

[13] The unit was renamed to just the School of Control and Reporting on 16 March 1953 with the previously borrowed aircraft returned crewed by School personnel and new aircraft and pilots borrowed from No.

81 Group RAF still at Middle Wallop using Boulton Paul Balliols.

[16] On 1 October 1968 the School of Fighter Control was reformed as the School of Control and Reporting at RAF Bawdsey although the name would appear to have reverted to School of Fighter Control while in residence there and prior to its move to RAF West Drayton on 31 October 1974 and to RAF Boulmer on 1 May 1990.