Active 1943-1945 | Country United Kingdom Type Training | |
Role RAF operational training Garrison/HQ RAF Aqir, British Mandate of Palestine | ||
No. 76 Operational Training Unit RAF (76 OTU) was a Royal Air Force operational training unit during the Second World War.
The unit was formed at RAF Aqir on 1 October 1943. Throughout its existence it was equipped with Vickers Wellington bombers and trained crews for night bombing operations with RAF squadrons in the Middle East. The unit was disbanded on 30 July 1945.
The bomber pilot Cyril Spurdens flew with the unit.
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