No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF
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Brief History
RAF OTU were the last stage of training for aircrew before being assigned to an operational unit in North Western Europe and other theatres of war. By this stage, individuals had undertaken all their preparatory and qualifaction training, and shortly after arrival at the the OTU, if they were operating a crewed aircraft, they would be 'crewed up' with the other men with whom they would go to war. In some cases, OTU detached aircraft to take part in actual operations, notably the first "Thousand Bomber Raid" on Cologne in May 1942.
No. 12 Operational Training Unit (12 OTU) of the Royal Air Force was formed in April 1940 as part of No. 1 Group RAF Bomber Command at RAF Benson to train light bomber aircrew. It absorbed No. 52 Squadron RAF on 8 April 1940. During 1942, 12 OTU carried out operational night bombing missions. The Unit was disbanded on 22 June 1945
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- Billy Kendall Collins 21 Apr - 22 Jun 1942
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