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No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF is a former
Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...
Operational conversion unit which operated between 16 April 1951 and 1 July 1992 when the unit became
No. 57 Squadron RAF Number 57 Squadron, also known as No. LVII Squadron, is a Royal Air Force flying training squadron, operating the Grob G 120TP, Grob Prefect T1 from RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire. It was formed in 1916 during World War I as part of the Royal Flyi ...
.


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No. 242 OCU


Argosy Conversion Unit

The Argosy Conversion Unit was formed at
RAF Benson Royal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson is a Royal Air Force (RAF) List of Royal Air Force stations, station located at Benson, Oxfordshire, Benson, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England. It is a front-line st ...
on 1 November 1961 to convert new pilots onto the Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy. The unit was disbanded on 30 April 1963 to become Argosy Flight, 242 OCU. The Andover Training Flight was formed at
RAF Abingdon Royal Air Force Abingdon, or more simply RAF Abingdon, is a former Royal Air Force station near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It is now known as Dalton Barracks and is used by the Royal Logistic Corps. History In 1925, a plan was approved to bui ...
on 1 July 1966.


No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF

No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF was formed by the merging of No. 1333 Transport Support Training Unit RAF and No. 1382 (Transport) Conversion Unit RAF on 5 January 1948 at
RAF North Luffenham Royal Air Force North Luffenham or more simply RAF North Luffenham is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England. It is near to the villages of Edith Weston and North Luffenham. History Second World War The station was built as ...
. It used
Douglas Dakota The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota ( RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troo ...
s and
de Havilland Devon The de Havilland DH.104 Dove is a British short-haul airliner developed and manufactured by de Havilland. The design, which was a monoplane successor to the pre-war Dragon Rapide biplane, came about from the Brabazon Committee report which, am ...
s to train new pilots until 16 April 1951 when still at North Luffenham it was disbanded and merged with No. 241 OCU to become No. 242 OCU.


No. 241 Operational Conversion Unit RAF

No. 241 Operational Conversion Unit RAF was formed at Dishforth on 5 January 1948 and operated a number of different aircraft types such as
Handley Page Hastings The Handley Page HP.67 Hastings is a retired British troop-carrier and freight transport aircraft designed and manufactured by aviation company Handley Page for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Upon its introduction to service during September 1948, ...
,
Vickers Valetta The Vickers Valetta is a twin-engine military transport aircraft developed and produced by the British manufacturing company Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Developed from the Vickers VC.1 Viking compact civil airliner, it was an all-metal mid-wing ...
s and
Avro Anson The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft built by the aircraft manufacturer Avro. Large numbers of the type served in a variety of roles for the Royal Air Force (RAF), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), R ...
s until 16 April 1951 while still at Dishforth the unit was disbanded and merged with No. 240 OCU to become No. 242 OCU. No. 1332 Heavy Transport Conversion Unit No. 1332 HTCU was formed at RAF Longtown on 5 September 1944 as No. 1332 (Transport) Heavy Conversion Unit and operated a variety of aircraft including Consolidated Liberators,
Avro York The Avro York was a British transport aircraft developed by Avro during the World War II, Second World War. The design was derived from the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber, several sections of the York and Lancaster being identical. Due to the impo ...
s,
Short Stirling The Short Stirling was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It has the distinction of being the first four-engined bomber to be introduced into service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the war (the earlier Handley ...
s and
Handley Page Halifax The Handley Page Halifax is a British Royal Air Force (RAF) four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It was developed by Handley Page to the same specification as the contemporary twin-engine Avro Manchester. The Halifax has its or ...
es. It was renamed to No. 1332 Heavy Transport Conversion Unit from May 1947, it was disbanded on 5 January 1948 at
RAF Dishforth Royal Air Force Dishforth or more simply RAF Dishforth is a former Royal Air Force station near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, England. Opened in 1936, the base was used as a bomber airfield during the Second World War with both British and Canad ...
to become No. 241 OCU.


See also

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List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force Conversion units and operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF). History With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling, Avro Lancaster, and Handley Page Halifax, the Roya ...


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* {{RAF Conversion units Conversion units of the Royal Air Force