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No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF was an Operational Training Unit of the Royal Air Force, formed in November 1940 at RAF Aston Down, in Gloucestershire, to train fighter pilots, formed initially from No. 5 OTU, flying Hawker Hurricane single seat fighter aircraft, Supermarine Spitfire single seat fighter aircraft and Bristol Blenheim, a twin-engined light bomber. [1]
In June 1943 55 OTU was transferred to No. 9 Group; and on 26 January 1944 was redesignated No. 4 Tactical Exercise Unit (TEU), then No. 3 TEU on 28 March 1944. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] No. 3 TEU moved to RAF Aston Down in July 1944, [ 6 ] and Annan then served as a sub-site of No. 14 Maintenance Unit from August 1944 until August 1952.
Chedworth proved to be too small and the FLS was transferred to RAF Charmy Down on 9 February. [2] The airfield came under the control of RAF South Cerney ten days later and was used for flight training by the Airspeed Oxfords of No. 3 and No. 6 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Units and a detachment of 6(P)AFU was based there for a few months.
List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units. N. No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF. No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF. No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF. No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF. No. 5 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF. No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAF.
No. 204 Crew Training Unit RAF (1947) became No. 204 Advanced Flying School RAF [70] 2nd Tactical Air Force Air Sea Rescue Unit RAF (1955-61) [71] 2nd Tactical Air Force Development Unit RAF (1953) became No. 1323 (Canberra) Flight RAF [71] 2nd Tactical Air Force Support Unit RAF (1954) [64] Other units.
RAF Lindholme RAF Scampton RAF Upwood RAF Waddington RAF Finningley RAF Scampton. Formed by re-designting No. 1653 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF Disbanded 15 October 1952 to become the Reserve Training Squadron RAF Became the Lincoln Conversion Flight RAF at Upwood 1 February 1955. 231 OCU.
No. 275 Squadron RAF was formed at RAF Valley on 15 October 1941 [4] as No. 9 Group's Air Sea Rescue unit, to cover the Irish Sea. [5] 9 Group also supplied the staff that were trained by Robert Watson-Watt, the inventor of radar, to operate the Chain Home early warning system. The staff being RAF females (they were never WAAF members).
Grob Prefect T1. No. 3 Flying Training School is a Royal Air Force military training school, which manages elementary flying training for the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force [1][2] and also for the training of all non-pilot aircrew for the RAF and is home to the Central Flying School Tutor Squadron. Although the school is nominally based at RAFC ...