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    No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF or more simply No. 10 OTU was a training unit operated by the Royal Air Force. The unit was formed at RAF Abingdon...
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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. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF (55 OTU) was an Operational Training Unit of the Royal Air Force, formed in November 1940 at RAF Aston Down to train...
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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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    of the Indian Airforce 4th Pilot's Course and sent to the UK for operational training and squadron service with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR)...
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    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...
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    detachment of No. 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF (June 1940 – June 1942) No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF (April 1940 – September 1946) No. 43 Group...
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    No. 5 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (5 (C)OTU), was a training unit of the Royal Air Force, within No. 17 Group RAF, which was part of RAF Coastal...
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    No. 15 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Harwell / RAF Hampstead Norris with the Vickers Wellington Ic No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF...
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    RAF Buccaneer fleet arrived in October 1984 when No. 237 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), took up residence. Although the Buccaneer training unit,...
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    Servicing Unit RAF No. 15 Service Flying Training School RAF No. 41 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 62 Group Communication Flight RAF No. 62 (Southern...
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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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  • transferred to RAF Technical Training Command on 27 May 1940. It was transferred to RAF Bomber Command on 10 February 1942, and then amalgamated with No. 60 (Signals)...
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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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    changed, to avoid confusion with RAF units. * = RAAF/RCAF unit that was not under RAF operational control. Transport Command RAF applied the following three...
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  • Outline of the British Royal Air Force at the end of the Cold War (category Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force)
    C3 No. 70 Squadron RAF — tactical airlift, Hercules C1 / C3 No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF, (Hercules C1 / C3 RAF Marham No. 27 Squadron RAF —...
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    (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 81 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 24...
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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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  • first prime minister of the Bahamas. In August 1942, No. 111 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF was established at Nassau Airport to train general...
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    Worcester No. 54 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Church Fenton with Bristol Blenheim light bomber & Bristol Beaufighter multi-role aircraft No. 55 Operational...
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    particularly weapons training. During the 1950s and 1960s, No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (229 OCU) used Hawker Hunter aircraft for training. In 1974 the...
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  • 60s the No. 1 Initial Training School (No. 1 ITS) subsequently replaced by the No. 1 Officer Cadet Training Unit (No. 1 OCTU) was based at RAF Jurby, jokingly...
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    Gladiator No. 5 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Aston Down equipped with Supermarine Spitfire and Bristol Blenheim No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAF at...
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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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    badge was also the No 233 OCU badge during this period, and was displayed on all the RAF Pembrey vehicles. The Operational Conversion Unit disbanded in September...
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    Squadron. No. 207 Squadron, becoming the second Lightning squadron to be based at RAF Marham when it reformed on 1 August 2019 as the F-35 operational conversion...
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    Operational Training Unit RAF, Risalpur. He served in the Burma campaign, flying Hurricanes. For a short while he was posted to No. 20 Squadron RAF Arakan...
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    the Squadron reformed at RAF Lossiemouth as No. 16(Reserve) Squadron, a reserve squadron and an operational conversion unit (OCU), replacing and taking...
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    No. 1 Torpedo Training Unit RAF, was a training unit of the Royal Air Force. It was later allocated to No. 17 Group RAF, which was part of RAF Coastal...
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  • ferry units. Ferry Crew Pool Unit RAF Ferry Training and Despatch Unit RAF Ferry Training Unit RAF Overseas Ferry Unit RAF Service Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Lake...
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