No. 1 Glider Pilot Exercise Unit (GPEU), Royal Air Force, Netheravon (satellite Shrewton): formed at Netheravon on 12 August 1942 by redesignating No. 296B Squadron to prepare glider pilots and crews for airborne operations, with Hawker Harts and Hinds, Tiger Moths, Masters, Hotspurs and Horsas; disbanded on 1 December 1943 to become the Operational and Refresher Training Unit at Thruxton (Wikipedia, No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF; the list of RAF glider units). The Wikipedia pages give no number: 'No. 1' is from the casualty record of Flight Sergeant Cole (which says Glider Pilot Experience Unit).
Unit Accident Records: 1 GPEU Glider Pilot Exercise Unit RAF ()
No Crash Cards Found
Unit Casualtues: 1 GPEU Glider Pilot Exercise Unit RAF (1)
