No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF was a training unit operated by the
Royal Air Force Coastal Command. The unit started operating from late 1940 and disbanded during early 1944.
History
The unit formed on 1 October 1940 at
RAF Catfoss
Royal Air Force Catfoss or more simply RAF Catfoss is a former Royal Air Force station during the Second World War. It was located west of Hornsea, Yorkshire, England and north-east of Leconfield, Yorkshire, with the nearest village being Bra ...
training strike and twin engined fighter crews. The unit initially used
Bristol Blenheims and
Avro Ansons before these were replaced by the
Bristol Beaufighter
The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort ...
. When the demand for the aircraft reduced the training was transferred to
No. 132 OTU and the unit was disbanded on 15 February 1944 at Catfoss.
Airfields used
The main airfield for the unit was RAF Catfoss however a number of different airfields were also used.
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RAF Catfoss
Royal Air Force Catfoss or more simply RAF Catfoss is a former Royal Air Force station during the Second World War. It was located west of Hornsea, Yorkshire, England and north-east of Leconfield, Yorkshire, with the nearest village being Bra ...
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RAF Driffield.
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RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet
Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield is located east of Sherburn in Elmet village and west of Selby, North Yorkshire, England.
Pre-War and Wartime history
In the 1920s, the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club began operating here. The novelist, pilot, and aeron ...
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RAF Hutton Cranswick.
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RAF Lissett
Royal Air Force Station Lissett or more simply RAF Lissett is a former Royal Air Force Royal Air Force station, station located south west of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
History
Originally required as satellite airfield for ...
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See also
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List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
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List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units
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List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons
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List of Royal Air Force units & establishments
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List of Royal Air Force schools
This is a list of schools within the Royal Air Force, including the empire flying training scheme, civilian and service elementary training schemes, and gliding schools.
Schools
The Royal Air Force operated many schools to train aircrew in the m ...
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List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights
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List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force
References
Citations
Bibliography
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Operational training units of the Royal Air Force