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...
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Conversion units and operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF). With the introduction of new heavy bombers...
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(Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (1 (C)OTU) The Unit was formed in 1940 as part of RAF Coastal Command at RAF Silloth for training aircrew on...
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No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF is a former Royal Air Force Operational conversion unit which was formed by a series of mergers, it then became...
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No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF is a former Royal Air Force Operational conversion unit which operated between 16 April 1951 and 1 July 1992 when...
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at RAF Limavady. No. 7 Operational Training Unit The School was initially No. 7 Operational Training Unit RAF which was formed on 15 June 1940 at RAF Hawarden...
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No. 132 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF, was a training unit of the Royal Air Force, within No. 17 Group RAF, part of RAF Coastal Command. The...
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Buccaneer Training Flight RAF within No. 208 Squadron RAF at RAF Lossiemouth (1 October 1991 - 1992) No. 8 OTU No. 8 Operational Training Unit RAF (18 May...
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advanced training – later replaced by the Boulton Paul Balliol which had a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF was present...
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No. 231 Operational Conversion Unit was a Royal Air Force Operational conversion unit that disbanded during April 1993. It was active twice, initially...
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Lossiemouth was transferred to No. 17 Group of RAF Coastal Command, with the arrival of No. 111 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit from the Bahamas shortly...
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AAC Middle Wallop (redirect from No. 43 Operational Training Unit RAF)
Flying Training School RAF No. 41 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 62 Group Communication Flight RAF No. 62 (Southern Reserve) Group RAF 67th Tactical Reconnaissance...
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August 1946 at RAF Molesworth under No. 11 Group of Fighter Command by redesignation of No. 1335 Conversion Unit with the mission of training fighter pilots...
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1942 to TBD No. 1655 (Mosquito) Training Unit RAF 30 to 31 December 1944 became (new) No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF - 1 January 1945 to 1 March 1946...
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4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF. History of No. 4 OTU No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF was formed on 16 March 1941. Its role was...
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FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU) Battle of Britain Memorial Flight RAF Leeming Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit RAF Lossiemouth...
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From July to October, No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) used the station and nearby ranges for night-bomber training. The airfield was then...
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runway at RAF Northolt. In May 2020, the Rotary Wing Operational Evaluation and Training Unit, which had been at Benson since 1997, adopted the No. 22 Squadron...
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1945) No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (May 1956 - June 1961) No. 420 Conversion Flight RAF (May - June 1942) No. 651 Squadron Army Air Corps No. 1661...
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Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield (redirect from RAF Hinton-in-the-Hedges)
Landing Ground of No. 13 Operational Training Unit RAF (November 1940 – August 1942) Satellite of No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF (July 1942 – April...
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Wellington I No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Upper Heyford with the Vickers Wellington I, III No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Hinton-in-the-Hedges...
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No. 24 Squadron (also known as No. XXIV Squadron) of the Royal Air Force is the Air Mobility Operational Conversion Unit (AM OCU). Based at RAF Brize...
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2019 as the F-35 operational conversion unit (OCU). Opened in August 1916 close to the former Royal Naval Air Station Narborough, later RAF Narborough, the...
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ISBN 0-86111-100-1. Operational Record Book No 751 Signals Unit (SU), Cape Greco; Terry O'Reilly (2015). The Dustbin Bandits: A Story of RAF 751 Signals Unit in Cyprus...
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No. 303 Squadron RAF, also known as the 303rd "Tadeusz Kościuszko Warsaw" Fighter Squadron, was one of two Polish squadrons that fought during the Battle...
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In March 1943 RAF Boulmer was reopened as a satellite airfield to house the advanced flights of No. 57 Operational Training Unit RAF (a Supermarine Spitfire...
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List of Vickers Wellington operators (category Lists of military units and formations by aircraft)
14 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 15 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 18...
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According to the squadron's entry in Flying Units of the RAF by Alan Lake, No. 617 Squadron was allocated the unit identification code MZ for the period April...
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Flight RAF No. 13 Blind Approach Training Flight RAF No. 58 Maintenance Unit RAF No. 103 Gliding School RAF No. 237 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 611...
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for RAF Upper Heyford for No. 16 Operational Training Unit (No. 16 OTU) to provide the unit with extra airfield space for night-flying training. Much...
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