No 6 OTU was renumbered 56 OTU in November 1940 Information on 6 OTU is included in AIR 29/683 together with 56 OTU See: The National Archives Hope this helps Collers
No 6 OTU was renumbered 56 OTU in November 1940 Information on 6 OTU is included in AIR 29/683 together with 56 OTU See: The National Archives Hope this helps Collers Many thanks, will investigate that further.
Many thanks, will investigate that further. Info gleaned from RAFWEB Originally formed in No 11 Group, Fighter Command on 6 March 1940 at Sutton Bridge. Tasked with the training of fighter pilots, it was equipped with Hurricanes and Gladiators as well as small numbers of Harvards, Masters and Battles. It was disbanded on 1 November 1940 by being re-designated No 56 OTU. Seven months later it reformed when No 2 School of Army Co-operation at Andover was re-designated on 1 June 1941. It was now equipped with Blenheims and operated within No 17 Group, Coastal Command; it was absorbed into No 42 OTU on 18 July 1941. The following day the unit reformed, again in No 17 Group, but now up at Thornaby. Initially equipped with Hudson and a few Ansons and Oxfords, the unit specialised in training General Reconnaissance crews. In October 1942, the Hudsons were replaced by Wellingtons and around the same time it absorbed a Polish training flight from No 18 OTU and the following month a Czech flight (No 1429). These two flights were to provide crews for the two Wellington squadron in Coastal Command crewed by nationals of these two countries. On 10 March 1943, the unit moved to the west side of the country when it relocated to Silloth. The Czech flight disbanded in August 1943 and the Polish flight moved to No 3 OTU in October. In early 1944 the unit took over No 3 OTU's Leigh Light training and the Polish flight returned. On 18 July 1945 the unit moved north to Kinloss and took over No 5 OTU's Warwick commitment in August. Control was transferred to No 18 Group of Coastal Command on 1 September 1945 and in July 1946 the unit took over Lancaster training. No 6 OTU was disbanded on 31 July 1947 by being re-designated No 236 OCU.
