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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]
The following units were based at RAF Annan: [2] Sub-site, No. 18 Maintenance Unit RAF (1940 – 1941) [7] No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF (April 1942 – January 1944) [8] Night Conversion Unit (March – April 1944) (Part of 55 OTU) [9] No. 4 Tactical Exercise Unit (January – March 1944) [10] No. 3 Tactical Exercise Unit (March – May ...
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. 3 Tactical Exercise Unit RAF arrived 17 July 1944, becoming No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF on 18 December 1944 until 29 May 1945. [3] The site was also used by No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment. [4]
No. 9 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF. [2] No. 41 Squadron RAF between 1 August and 11 August 1942 with Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB's. [3] No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF. [2] No. 59 Operational Training Unit RAF. [2] No. 1332 (Transport) Heavy Conversion Unit RAF. [2] No. 1521 (Radio Aids Training) Flight RAF. [2] No. 1674 Heavy ...
RAF Husbands Bosworth conformed to the layout of a typical RAF aerodrome, that is the specifications set by the British Air Ministry which called for three converging strips, each containing a concrete runway optimally placed (if practicable at the site) at 60 degree angles to each other in a triangular pattern. [3]
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.