No. 132 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF explained

Unit Name:No. 132 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit
Dates:24 November 1942 - 15 May 1946
Country: United Kingdom
Type:Operational Training Unit
Role:Aircrew Training
Command Structure:RAF Coastal Command
Garrison:RAF East Fortune
Identification Symbol:Nil (1942 - 1945)
9Y (1945 - 1946)
Identification Symbol Label:Identification Markings
Disbanded:15 May 1946

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.

History

No. 132 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit formed on 24 November 1942 at RAF East Fortune by redesignating No. 60 Operational Training Unit RAF. 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.[1] The unit was later equipped with de Havilland Mosquito, a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, and provided training with these from Spring 1944.[2] Between February and June in 1945 the unit's de Havilland Mosquito aircraft were used by No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF.[1] No. 132 (C) OTU remained operational for almost a further year before disbanding on 15 May 1946 at RAF East Fortune.

Aircraft operated

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: OTUs 101 - 152. Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. 8 September 2023.
  2. Web site: East Fortune . Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. 16 September 2023.