36 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.
DH Mosquito

More information on the Air Force Station at Greenwood, Nova Scotia can be found at:

Royal Air Force RCAF.info - Greenwood, Nova Scotia

unvetted Source NO36 OTU Roll Of Honor

Museum Greenwod Military Aviation Museum Video History Of Greenwood

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

Unit Accident Records: 36 OTU 36 Operational Training Unit RAF (82)

1942-May-20 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Annapolos Royal Names: Lawrence | Povey | Thompson
1942-June-25 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Blick | Hopkinson
1942-July-12 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Runway No 31 Names: Griffiths | Towell
1942-July-16 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brennan | Francis
1942-August-03 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Kentville Names: Howard
1942-August-06 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burrows | Tacon
1942-August-26 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bindley | Robertson
1942-August-29 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Lawrencetown Nova Scotia Names: Abbott | Gardner | Leach | Utting | Watt
1942-August-31 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chamberlain | Ryder
1942-October-01 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Macpherson | Park
1942-October-08 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Port George Bay Of Fundy Names: Armstrong | Barrett | Desmarais | Knowles | Mcfarlane | Shackell | Woodman
1942-October-09 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Pleasant Harbour Nova Scotia Names: Aldridge | Beeston | Jones
1942-October-10 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Names: Badmington | Edmond | Elder | Finn
1942-October-28 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Halliday | Martin
1942-October-30 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: No 2 Runway Names: Martin | Terriff
1942-November-02 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Churchyard | Terriff
1942-December-07 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Greenwood Names: Kelty | Williams
1942-December-09 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Greenwood Aerodrome Names: Engelberg | Jones | MacDonald | Williams
1942-December-11 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Scoudouc Names: Morrison | Richards | Wilkins
1943-January-05 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Berwick Bombing Range Names: Smith | Sweetapple | Tavener
1943-January-16 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Berwick Bombing Range Names: Miles | Young
1943-January-18 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Greenwood Names: Corbett | Pattee
1943-January-25 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Greenwood Aerodrome Names: Chambers | Phillips
1943-January-26 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Greenwood Aerodrome Names: Alston | Hamilton
1943-January-26 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Greenwood Aerodrome Names: Hartley | Young
1943-January-27 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Greenwood Aerodrome Names: Alston | Baughan
1943-February-03 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hartley | Young
1943-February-03 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hartley | Young
1943-February-11 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cross | Macleod
1943-February-11 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cross | Macleod
1943-February-13 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Phillips | St Onge
1943-February-13 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Phillips | St Onge
1943-February-20 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Margaretsville Names: Hillwood | Hogan
1943-February-22 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Greenwood Aerodrome Names: Beneke | Garden | Geddes | Rankin
1943-February-25 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Kingston Names: Marsh | Parry
1943-February-28 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Palmer | Taylor
1943-March-06 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: 6 Mile North Of Greenwood Names: Miles | Proulx
1943-March-14 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baxter | MacDonald | Maden | Morton | Sharpe | Taylor
1943-March-14 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Main Aerodrome Names: Baxter | MacDonald | Maden | Morton | Sharpe | Taylor
1943-March-18 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Morristown South Of Berwick Nova Scotia Names: Banks | Gaha | Moran | Ryan
1943-April-16 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Wardrop | Wilson
1943-June-03 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Collins | Fotheringham-parker
1943-June-22 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Stroud | Thompson
1943-June-22 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ballard | Hyder
1943-July-05 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ballard | Cavill
1943-August-05 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dubroy
1943-August-27 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Annapolis Nova Scotia Names: Bruce | Harris
1943-September-05 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Richardson
1943-September-17 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ware
1943-September-17 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Hampdon Nova Scotia Names: Pittock | Rutherford
1943-October-06 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Wood
1943-October-14 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: St Johns New Brunswick Names: Bryan | Hatcher | McLeod
1943-October-27 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Craven
1943-November-17 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Pattison | Spearing
1943-November-27 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Russell | Watson
1943-November-29 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Stewiacke County Colchester Names: Herman | Martin
1943-December-11 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: St John Names: Hooper | Miller
1943-December-17 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Craft | Crich
1943-December-20 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ross | Thomas
1943-December-20 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Waterville Names: Dow | Hamilton
1943-December-22 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Lawrencetown Names: Kilner | Sharrocks
1943-December-22 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Annapolis Nova Scotia Names: Kilner | Sharrocks
1944-January-05 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barrett | Rix | Vandewater
1944-January-18 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Kingston Nova Scotia Names: Church | O'Connell | Walls | Walsh
1944-January-29 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Pygram | Whitehead
1944-February-14 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mayer | Stewart
1944-February-17 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Auburn Kings Co Nova Scotia Names: Gilmour | Teer
1944-March-04 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bouton | Kernaghan
1944-March-13 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Boomer | Webb
1944-March-13 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Currie | Smith
1944-April-05 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Shemilt | Whitney
1944-April-12 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hart
1944-April-18 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bowers | Henley
1944-April-18 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Vickers-willis
1944-April-20 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Bridgetown Names: Brown | McCann
1944-April-24 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gee | Imeson
1944-May-04 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Merinuk
1944-May-06 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hickling
1944-May-09 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Edgar | Ellis
1944-May-23 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Greenwood Names: Paterson
1944-June-10 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Names: Fuller | Mcdowell
1944-June-29 Accident: 36 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Glassco | Wood

Unit Casualtues: 36 OTU 36 Operational Training Unit RAF (37)

Claude Wynter Arthur Blick
1942-June-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW770
Jack Nettleton Hopkinson
1942-June-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW770
Louis Alexander George Howard
1942-August-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX611
Daniel Shackell
1942-October-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW700
Henry Raymond Woodman
1942-October-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW700
Smith's Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia
Jack Campbell McFarlane
1942-October-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW700
Youngstown, Alberta
George William Knowles
1942-October-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW700
Sarnia, Ontario
Benoit Desmarais
1942-October-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW700
St Boniface, Manitoba (parents)
Robert Oliver Barrett
1942-October-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW700
Blenheim, Ontario
Douglas Wilson Armstrong
1942-October-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW700
Montreal, Quebec
John Jardine Elder
1942-October-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW703
David Edmond
1942-October-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW703
Martin Willard Finn
1942-October-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW703
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
Henry Lionel John Wilkins
1942-December-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW410
Elmer Oscar Richards
1942-December-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW410
Washago, Ontario
Richard Arthur Miles
1943-March-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW768
Thomas Omar Proulx
1943-March-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III BW768
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
Francis Clive Gaha
1943-March-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III V9171
Harry Geoffrey Banks
1943-March-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson Mk. III V9171
Dallas George Harris
1943-August-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito T.Mk. III HJ871
Brandon, Manitoba
Allan James Rutherford
1943-September-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB178
Trevor Alfred Pittock
1943-September-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB178
John Dermot Walsh
1944-January-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. V EB506
Rex James Walls
1944-January-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. V EB506
Lawrence James O'Connell
1944-January-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. V EB506
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Harold William Church
1944-January-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. V EB506
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (parents)
Leonard Herbert Teer
1944-February-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB109
Richard George Gilmour
1944-February-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB109
Hythe, Alberta
Maurice Albert William Henley
1944-April-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB111
Edward John Bowers
1944-April-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB111
West Allis, Wisconsin, USA
Hugh Edward McCann
1944-April-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB126
James Gerald Brown
1944-April-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB126
Ronald Allen Fuller
1944-June-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB163
John Nelson McDowell
1944-June-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB163
Toronto, Ontario