Observer Corps

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aircraft observation organisation civilian defence organisation

The Observer Corps was a British civilian organization that visually tracked and reported aircraft movements to support the country’s air defense, especially during World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Observer Corps	6
Ground Observer Corps (in part)	1
Observer Corps canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft observation organisation ⓘ civilian defence organisation ⓘ
awarded	Royal Air Force Ensign defaced with ROC badge ⓘ Royal title by King George VI ⓘ
badge	Royal Observer Corps crest ⓘ
commandStructure	group and post organisation ⓘ
commemoratedBy	memorials in the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
disestablishmentReason	reduced need for visual aircraft observation and nuclear reporting ⓘ
dissolved	1995 ⓘ
duty	aircraft direction reporting ⓘ aircraft height reporting ⓘ aircraft identification ⓘ aircraft position reporting ⓘ
fullName	Observer Corps self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royal Observer Corps
governedBy	Royal Warrant (for royal title and status) ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	United Kingdom ⓘ
heritage	part of British civil defence history ⓘ
inception	1925 ⓘ
insignia	ROC shoulder titles ⓘ
locationCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
motto	Forewarned is Forearmed ⓘ
nickname	ROC ⓘ
notableConflict	Battle of Britain ⓘ
notableFor	contribution to early warning of air raids on Britain ⓘ
operatedDuring	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
operationalMethod	plotting of aircraft tracks on maps ⓘ telephone reporting network ⓘ
parentOrganisation	Secretary of State for Air ⓘ surface form: Air Ministry
partOf	British air defence system ⓘ
peakStrength	tens of thousands of volunteers ⓘ
primaryRole	reporting aircraft movements ⓘ visual tracking of aircraft ⓘ
receivedRoyalTitle	1941 ⓘ
scopeOfCoverage	United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom airspace
serviceBranchAssociation	Royal Air Force ⓘ surface form: Royal Air Force (for operational purposes)
subordinateTo	Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
supported	Ground-controlled interception system ⓘ fighter direction operations ⓘ
trainingFocus	aircraft recognition ⓘ reporting procedures ⓘ
transitionedRole	nuclear blast and fallout reporting in Cold War ⓘ
typeOfVolunteerService	part-time ⓘ
uniform	Royal Observer Corps battledress in later years ⓘ
used	control centres ⓘ observation posts ⓘ
workforce	civilian volunteers ⓘ