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No. 132 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF

January 01, 1970

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 unit was established during November 1942 and disbanded during May 1946.[1]

No. 132 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit
Active24 November 1942 - 15 May 1946[1]
Disbanded15 May 1946
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeOperational Training Unit
RoleAircrew Training
Part ofRAF Coastal Command
*No. 17 Group RAF
Garrison/HQRAF East Fortune
Insignia
Identification MarkingsNil (1942 - 1945)
9Y (1945 - 1946)[1]

History edit

No. 132 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit formed on 24 November 1942 at RAF East Fortune by redesignating No. 60 Operational Training Unit RAF.[1] It was initially equipped with Bristol Blenheim, a British light bomber, and Bristol Beaufighter, a British multi-role aircraft. The unit was tasked with pilot training for long range fighter and strike aircraft. From July 1943 it added torpedo dropping and dive bombing training.[2] The unit was later equipped with de Havilland Mosquito, a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, and provided training with these from Spring 1944.[3] Between February and June in 1945 the unit's de Havilland Mosquito aircraft were used by No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF.[2] No. 132 (C) OTU remained operational for almost a further year before disbanding on 15 May 1946 at RAF East Fortune.[1]

Aircraft operated edit

No. 132 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF was equipped with numerous types and variants of aircraft:[1]

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Citations edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lake 1999, p. 152.
  2. ^ a b "OTUs 101 - 152". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ^ "East Fortune". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

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