No. 76 Operational Training Unit RAF (76 OTU) was a

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 training unit Royal Air Force Operational Training Units (OTUs) were training units that prepared aircrew for operations on a particular type or types of aircraft or roles. OTUs ;No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (1 (C)OTU): The Unit was formed i ...

during the

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. The unit was formed at

RAF Aqir Tel Nof Airbase (, English: Lookout hill) , also known as Air Force Base 8, is the oldest and main base of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) located 5 km south of Rehovot, Israel. Tel Nof houses two strike fighter, two transport helicopter and a ...

on 1 October 1943. Throughout its existence it was equipped with

Vickers Wellington The Vickers Wellington (nicknamed the Wimpy) is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. Led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson, a key feature of t ...

bombers - Mk. III and Mk. Xs. By October 1944 all the aircraft were Mk. Xs) 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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{{RAF Operational Training units Operational training units of the Royal Air Force Military units and formations in Mandatory Palestine in World War II Military units and formations disestablished in 1945