No. 2 Fighter Sector (2FS) was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) unit formed at New Lambton , Newcastle, New South Wales on 25 February 1942. No. 2 Fighter Sector was responsible for fighter aircraft control and coordination for the Newcastle and Hunter Region .

The RAAF commandeered New Lambton Public School at New Lambton for use as an operations and plotting facility on 9 March 1942. The headmaster's residence at New Lambton Public School was used as No. 2 Fighter Sector Headquarters.

No. 2 Fighter Sector became a Central Training School on 30 May 1942, to train operations room personnel and to conduct refresher courses for personnel from No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF , No. 3 Fighter Sector RAAF , No. 7 Fighter Sector RAAF and No. 8 Fighter Sector RAAF , as well as the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).

On 18 October 1943, No. 2 Fighter Sector was renamed as No. 102 Fighter Sector (102FS) and on 3 March 1944 it was again renamed as No. 102 Fighter Control Unit (102FCU). On 27 November 1944, No. 102 Fighter Control Unit moved to Ash Island .

No. 102 Fighter Control Unit was disbanded on 12 February 1945.

Commanding officers [ edit ]

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• M.H. Everest (RAF) (SqnLdr) ? 9 March 1942
• H.A. Conaghan (SqnLdr) ? 9 December 1942
• T. Primrose AFC (WgCdr) ? 28 June 1943
• R.A. Davison (SqnLdr) ? 7 June 1944
• A.C. Neville (SqnLdr) ? 6 September 1944
• H.T. Smith (FltLt) ? 1 February 1945

References [ edit ]

• Peter Dunn's OzatWar website
• New Lambton Public School website