Ramsey Grammar School

[2] Every classroom is networked giving every student and teacher intranet with disk space and controlled internet access and email from every computer.

[4] However, with the multitude of RAF Stations situated around the Irish Sea area, considerable difficulty began to be experienced concerning the controlling of the various aircraft which were undertaking the training of numerous navigators, air gunners, bomb aimers and wireless operators.

[4] The training sorties took the pupils over the sea, and it was considered necessary to set up an organization which would be able to maintain radio contact with the aircraft at any stage of their exercises, in order to pass meteorological conditions and instructions necessary to their safety.

[4] In March 1943 a unit known as the Training Flying Control Centre (TFCC) was formed for this purpose being headed by Wing Commander Bullimore.

[4] During the peak period of operations, the Station was responsible for the safety of training aircraft from ten separate stations, and it was not uncommon for the Controller and his duty watch of Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAFs) and airmen to be responsible for the safety of over 200 aircraft flying at the same time, each carrying an average crew of five.

[4] The system of control was highly technical; the Operations Room being divided into three parts:[4] The TFCC was stood down and disbanded following the cessation of hostilities in 1945.