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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.
No. 5 School of Technical Training RAF (1939–50 & 1967–68) became No. 3 Squadron of No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF [18] No. 6 School of Technical Training RAF (1939–48) [ 18 ] No. 7 School of Technical Training RAF (1940–44) [ 18 ]
Typhoons representing the RAF Typhoon squadrons – 1 Sqn, 2 Sqn, 3 Sqn, 6 Sqn, 29 Sqn, 11 Sqn, 41 Sqn, 1435 Flight, and BOB75 in the centre to commemorate the Battle of Britain. Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF). These include Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) squadrons ...
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. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF was the first unit to be officially based at RAF Haverfordwest. Initially, on the 30 November 1942, four of its Armstrong Whitworth Whitley aircraft, along with ground crew, moved in from RAF Cranwell .
No. 3 Tactical Exercise Unit RAF; No. 4 Tactical Exercise Unit RAF; No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAF; No. 55 OTU; No. 60 Maintenance Unit RAF; No. 219 Maintenance Unit RAF; No. 249 Maintenance Unit RAF; A detachment of No. 281 Squadron RAF with the Vickers Warwick I (1944–45) [3] A detachment of No. 282 Squadron RAF with the Warwick I ...