32 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

The Operational Training Unit (OTU) was the last stop for aircrew trainees. They spent 8 to 14 weeks learning to fly operational aircraft (Hawker Hurricane or Fairey Swordfish, e.g.). The instructors had experience in actual operations, and often were posted to OTUs after their operational tour.
Avro Anson

More information on the RCAF Station at Patricia Bay, British Columbia can be found at:

Royal Air Force RCAF.info - Patricia Bay, British Columbia

Museum BC Aviation Museum Video On History Of Pat Bay

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

Unit Accident Records: 32 OTU 32 Operational Training Unit RAF (112)

1941-September-15 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Penticton British Columbia Names: Dyson
1941-September-21 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Yale British Columbia Names: Britland | Brooks | Wortley
1941-November-07 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jacobs
1941-December-31 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ashburner | Baker | Piddington
1942-January-14 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Pat Bay Names: Henry
1942-February-04 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Robinson | Shorthouse
1942-February-15 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Howie | Piddington
1942-March-27 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Rodeo Mexico Names: Berth-jones | Kimpton | Loyd | West
1942-May-12 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Knott
1942-May-20 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Sea Island Taxi Strip Names: Brown | Chapman | Maguire | Mitchelmore | Via
1942-May-20 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Sea Island Taxi Strip Names: Brown | Chapman | Maguire | Mitchelmore | Via
1942-May-29 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Sydney British Columbia Names: Hall | MacColl | O'Brien | Stillwell
1942-June-10 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ireland
1942-June-13 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Walledge
1942-June-20 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ballantyne | Elliott | Kidd | Piddington
1942-July-03 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ireland | Owen | Tuxford
1942-July-03 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bowman | Boyd | Davis | Selthun
1942-July-04 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Mcnulty
1942-July-10 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Johnson | Mackinnon | Vaughan | Williamson
1942-August-05 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: McCarrison
1942-August-22 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: In Sea Names: Lake | Macpherson | Sherwood | Stewart | Tucker
1942-October-02 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Vancouver University Grounds Names: Lewis | Nathan
1942-October-04 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Salt Spring British Columbia Names: Thomas
1942-October-17 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Roscorla
1942-October-24 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Perry
1942-October-25 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Names: Orrell | Thorn
1942-October-26 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Dartnill | Harrington | Jones | Tucker
1942-October-30 Accident: 32 Operational Train Loc: Vancouver Is Names: Baird | Fox | Lawrence | Luckock
1942-November-15 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Saanich Inlet Names: Blood | Fink | Robinson | Smith
1942-November-18 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Harkness | Henry | Parnell | Waits
1942-November-25 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Airport Names: Cuss
1942-November-27 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Vallance
1942-November-28 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Robertson
1942-November-29 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Pearce
1942-November-30 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cartridge | Clasper | Mcbain | Parker
1942-December-02 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Particia Bay Aerodrome Names: Woodroffe
1942-December-06 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Eyles | Hall | Marks | Parratt
1942-December-08 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Names: Cordingley | Johnson | Reid | Vevers
1942-December-16 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Nanaimo British Columbia Names: Biggs | Doherty | Harris | Robertson | Vosburgh
1942-December-17 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Salt Spring Island British Columbia Names: Bastick | Bellotte | Bowler | Conlon | Maun
1942-December-20 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Doyle | Graham | Herreiven | Richards | Slater
1943-January-03 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Herreiven
1943-January-17 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Cox | Fairall | Mckenzie | Wallace
1943-January-24 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: No 2 Runway Names: Ankerson | Kasakewigh | Thomas
1943-January-30 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Forcier | Ledeboer | Webby | William | Wilson
1943-February-24 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Vancouver Island British Columbia Names: Hamilton
1943-February-26 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Benson | Murphy | Powell | Schwab
1943-March-12 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dyslin | Henderson | Thew
1943-March-12 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Moresby Is Names: Macstocker | Wilson
1943-March-14 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Saanich Inlet Vancouver Island Names: Hall | Hunt | Manttan | Piercy
1943-March-16 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Hayes | Kennedy | Lindsay | Stephens
1943-March-25 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Joyner | Mckay | Wright
1943-April-05 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hempsall | Moore
1943-April-05 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Gavin | Hempsall | Moore
1943-April-13 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Vancouver Island Names: Barrow | Macgillivray | Peterkin | Thompson
1943-April-15 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dixon | Meyer | Sargeant | Urban
1943-April-19 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Colville | Lewis | Sprott | Valk
1943-April-26 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Hynes
1943-May-06 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Marsden
1943-May-18 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Griffiths
1943-May-18 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: 4841 North 12307 W Names: Birch
1943-May-23 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bishop | Davis | Hughes | Marlow
1943-May-27 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Tofino Names: Coghlan | Hollitt | Rawlin | Webster
1943-June-04 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Qualicum British Columbia Names: Briggs | Gould | Huard | Schwab
1943-June-04 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Names: Barker | Maddrell | Ralph | Senger
1943-June-14 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Missing Names: Douglas-home | Lynch | Ritchie | Sugden
1943-July-23 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bruce | Chaffey | Lockwell | Thomson
1943-July-23 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Christie | Davies | Lipscombe | Mcpherson
1943-July-27 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ramshaw
1943-July-31 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Sidney British Columbia Names: Hartman
1943-August-10 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Williams
1943-August-12 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Oblein | Oliver | Park | Shippin
1943-August-18 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: James Is Names: Booth | Buckan | Webster | Westhorp
1943-August-23 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Names: Jagger | Neilson | Straughan | Walton | Weenes
1943-September-04 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baillie
1943-September-05 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Knape
1943-September-05 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Knape
1943-September-16 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Stainer
1943-September-17 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fear
1943-September-19 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: In Sea Names: Bateman | Dobie | France | Frost
1943-September-28 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Retreat Cove Galiano Is Names: McLeod
1943-October-09 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Stuart Names: Maiden | Shaw | Warner | Weeks
1943-October-15 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Harris
1943-October-15 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Thrift
1943-October-16 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Names: Allcorn | Hornbrook | Porter | Smith
1943-October-18 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Fairfax Point Names: Clark | Maynes | Powell | Van Metre
1943-October-19 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Names:
1943-October-26 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jagger | Miles | Payne | Pearse
1943-October-26 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jagger | Miles | Payne | Pearse
1943-November-07 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Saanichton British Columbia Names: Crocker | Easton | Sykes | Wheelock
1943-November-08 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dent | Foster | Marsh
1943-November-08 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dent | Foster | Marsh
1943-November-10 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bishop | Chartrand | Elliott | Gilmore
1943-November-30 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Ladysmith Names: Fearnley | Pettit
1944-January-02 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bostock | Quigley | Thurston
1944-January-06 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bacon | Vincent
1944-January-13 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hayes
1944-January-14 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Salt Spring Island Names: Birch
1944-January-16 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Names: Donkersley | Flaherty | Pringle | Sowerby
1944-January-21 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Budgen
1944-January-22 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Butterfield
1944-January-28 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Not Known Names: Dishman | Quigley | Watson
1944-February-19 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Between James Island & Vancouver Island Names: Hawksworth
1944-February-19 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Aerodrome British Columbia Names: Raffan | Webb
1944-February-19 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Aerodrome British Columbia Names: Raffen | Webb
1944-February-26 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Names: Gwinnell | Spinks
1944-March-03 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Robson | Shaw
1944-March-17 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Not Known Names: Hodge | Murphy | Oliver
1944-April-12 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Whitby Island Usa Names: Blenkiron | Hemphill | Ruocco | Walls
1944-April-20 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Port Hardy Names: Moss | Talbot | Wardlow
1944-May-10 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Comox British Columbia Names: Barr | Little
1944-May-19 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Names: Fraser | Machell | Merrill

Unit Casualtues: 32 OTU 32 Operational Training Unit RAF (85)

Lionel Poston Britland
1941-September-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9818
Vancouver, British Columbia
Douglas John Carmichael
1941-October-26
Killed in Action
Hampden I AE136
Barrie, Ontario (parents)
Peter Adrian Kimpton
1942-March-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Beaufort Mk. I W6473
Stanley Howard Stillwell
1942-May-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Beaufort I N1026
Martin Joseph Patrick O'Brien
1942-May-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Beaufort I N1026
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Donald Duncan MacColl
1942-May-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Beaufort I N1026
Toronto, Ontario
George Graham Hall
1942-May-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Beaufort I N1026
London, Ontario
Norris Thomas
1942-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN105
Henry James Thorn
1942-October-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ988
John Orrell
1942-October-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ988
Robert Ernest Luckock
1942-October-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I L7056
Anthony William Lawrence
1942-October-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I L7056
Charles George Fox
1942-October-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I L7056
William Baird
1942-October-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I L7056
Brooks, Alberta (Parents)
RR Johnson
1942-December-08
Survived
Hampden Mk. I AN132
Andrew Joseph Doherty
1942-December-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9560
James Roderick Vosburgh
1942-December-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9560
Drumheller, Alberta
David Jack Robertson
1942-December-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9560
Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)
William Ward Harris
1942-December-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9560
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (parents)
Robert Alfred Maun
1942-December-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I R3431
Kenneth John Bowler
1942-December-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I R3431
Sidney James Conlon
1942-December-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I R3431
Toronto, Ontario
Alphonse Michael Bellotti
1942-December-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I R3431
Woodside, Long Island, USA
Reginald Keith Manttan
1943-March-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I P5433
Allan William John Hunt
1943-March-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I P5433
Howard Shurvin Piercy
1943-March-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I P5433
London, Ontario
Grant Leroy Hall
1943-March-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I P5433
Waterford, Ontario
Richard Trathen Barrow
1943-April-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN121
James Smith Peterkin
1943-April-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN121
Donald Duncan MacGillivray
1943-April-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN121
Silver Park, Saskatchewan
Reginald John Hughes
1943-May-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN142
Young, New South Wales
Charles John Davis
1943-May-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN142
Colin Lisle Bishop
1943-May-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN142
Alan Robert Marlow
1943-May-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN142
Grant Charles Senger
1943-June-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN100
George Webb Maddrell
1943-June-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN100
Jack Ralph
1943-June-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN100
Kenneth Charles Huard
1943-June-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6974
Gordon Hugh Gould
1943-June-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6974
Jack Hanson Briggs
1943-June-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6974
William Frederick Barker
1943-June-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN100
John Hubert Schwab
1943-June-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6974
Regina, Saskatchewan
Elton Roy Ritchie
1943-June-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ992
Allan Spencer Lynch
1943-June-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ992
George Cospatrick Douglas-Home
1943-June-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ992
Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland
Charles Sugden
1943-June-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ992
Hamilton, Ontario
Alec William Vernum Fear
1943-September-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN146
Albert Sidney David Dobie
1943-September-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ993
Hornsey, Middlesex, England (parents)
Harry Haig Frost
1943-September-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ993
Vancouver, British Columbia
Albert France
1943-September-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ993
Nordegg, Alberta
John Haythorn-Thwaite Bateman
1943-September-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ993
Innisfail, Alberta (parents)
Herbert David McLeod
1943-September-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AJ994
Neville Oswald Weekes
1943-October-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN101
Francis Keith Maiden
1943-October-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN101
Allen Leonard Warner
1943-October-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN101
Kenneth Shaw
1943-October-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN101
Mervyn Charles Bruce Smith
1943-October-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN132
Bundarra, New South Wales, Australia
Raymond Robert George Porter
1943-October-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN132
Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia
Ronald Frank Allcorn
1943-October-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN132
Peter Francis Hornbrook
1943-October-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN132
Virdin, Illinois, USA
Leslie Petit
1943-November-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN131
James French Fearnley
1943-November-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN131
Roland Hayes
1944-January-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AD767
Terence Alexander Pringle
1944-January-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. II HB100
Harold Charles Birch
1944-January-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I AN136
Ernest Sowerby
1944-January-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. II HB100
Langley, British Columbia
James Gerard Flaherty
1944-January-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. II HB100
Toronto, Ontario
Harry Woodward Donkersley
1944-January-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. II HB100
Powell River, British Columbia
Ronald Frederick l'Anson Watson
1944-January-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I P1200
Redhill, Surrey, England
William Ronald Dishman
1944-January-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I P1200
Burgh, Lincolnshire, England.(parents)
Edward Gerald Quigley
1944-January-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Hampden Mk. I P1200
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Roy Alexander Hodge
1944-March-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Dakota III FL650
Wellington City, New Zealand
Douglas Oliver
1944-March-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Dakota III FL650
Blackhill, Co Durham, England
John Benedict Murphy
1944-March-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Dakota III FL650
Erris, Co Mayo, Irish Republic
George Walls
1944-April-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. 3T HB124
Banff, Alberta
Victor Silvio Ruocco
1944-April-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. 3T HB124
Brentwood, British Columbia
Samuel Hemphill
1944-April-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. 3T HB124
Edmonton, Alberta
Tom Story Wardlow
1944-April-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Dakota III FZ576
James Melville Talbot
1944-April-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Dakota III FZ576
Alexander John Fraser
1944-May-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. IIIT HB129
Harry Merrill
1944-May-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. IIIT HB129
Edward Bousfield Machell
1944-May-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. IIIT HB129