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During 1942 10 OTU took control of an anti-submarine flight detached to St Eval and 10 OTU was transferred to No. 91 Group RAF. [1] On June 20, 1943, in the Bay of Biscay, one of a pair of Whitleys operated by 10 OTU from St. Eval was shot down while attacking a submarine believed to be the Barbarigo, of the Italian navy.
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]
Although the final phases of construction were still being completed, the first RAF personnel arrived at the Station on 1 August 1943, when personnel from No. 14 Operational Training Unit (No.14 OTU) arrived from RAF Cottesmore subsequently being joined by additional personnel from RAF Saltby. [2]
RAF Coastal Command during World War II. Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). Founded in 1936, it was to act as the RAF maritime arm, after the Fleet Air Arm became part of the Royal Navy in 1937. Naval aviation was neglected in the inter-war period, 1919–1939, and as a consequence the service did not receive the ...
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. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF (16 OTU) was a training unit of the Royal Air Force.. It was formed at RAF Upper Heyford on 8 April 1940 from the No. 4 Group RAF Pool, which comprised No 7 and No 76 Squadron, within No. 6 Group RAF, to train night bomber crews, for which it was equipped with Handley Page Hampdens and Herefords.
No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (1 (C)OTU), was a training unit of the Royal Air Force, within No. 17 Group RAF, which was part of RAF Coastal Command.The unit was established during April 1940 by the redesignating of an existing RAF Coastal Command unit, [1] and disbanded during October 1943.
Royal Air Force Station Lichfield also known as Fradley Aerodrome, was an operational training station from 1940 until 1958. It was situated in Fradley, 2 miles (3.2 km) north east of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. The airfield was the busiest airfield in Staffordshire during World War II. The airfield supported its own units as well as ...