April 1st 1956 sounds reasonable. So I wonder why the SATCO transferred from Bovingdon (an MTCA airfield) to Farnborough (an MoS airfield) in 1954.
The change of operator was I suppose logical; civil traffic might have been reducing with the prospect of Gatwick being re-opened but USAF military passengers from Bushey Hall and Ruislip probably increased; even after the 7531st departed in '62, Bovingdon still got their fair share of C130s, C124s, C123s, C119s and C54s etc.as well as FCCS and CCCS traffic plus the French Air Attache.(not counting the B17s and Mosquitos during the various films being made)
We got other military traffic passing over and near Chesham too; at White Waltham some 15 miles south of us, Gannets were being assembled, test flown and delivered out to Lossiemouth; we could hear them taking off from White Waltham and they would route overhead Chesham at about 2,000ft!
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