17 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. The instructors had experience in actual operations, and often were posted to OTUs after their operational tour.

Unit Accident Records: 17 OTU 17 Operational Training Unit RAF ()

No Crash Cards Found

Unit Casualtues: 17 OTU 17 Operational Training Unit RAF (26)

Robert George Coventry
1940-September-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Blenheim Mk. lV L8797
Victoria, British Columbia (parents)
Ronald Dawson
1941-May-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford II R6342
Montreal, Quebec (mother)
Ronald James Smith
1941-July-12
Killed in Action
Blenheim IV Z6360
Westmount, Quebec
Bruce Adams Coukell
1941-September-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Blenheim Mk. lV R3875
High Bridge, New Jersey, USA (parents)
Charles William Jr Bush
1941-November-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Blenheim IV Z5947
Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Charles Herman Woodworth
1941-December-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Blenheim Mk. lV L4894
Berwick, Kings County, Nova Scotia
Sydney Stephen Lang
1942-January-15
Killed in Flying Accident
Blenheim I L1303
Cicero, Illinois, USA
Ernest Scott
1942-February-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Blenheim IV Z5899
Fenham, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Louis Stanhope De Lisser
1942-February-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Blenheim IV Z5899
St Andrews, Jamaica (parents)
William Thomas Kyle
1942-February-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Blenheim IV Z5899
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Harry George Zavadowsky
1942-May-13
Killed in Action
Blenheim Mk. lV V5384
Hamilton, Ontario
Albert Ardagh Mitchell
1943-January-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Blenheim Mk. l L8718
Toronto, Ontario
Hiram Farrer
1943-September-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington B. Mk. X HE324
Rainy River, Ontario
Arnold Blane Shanks
1943-September-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington B. Mk. X HF600
Olds, Alberta
Frederick Percy Smith
1943-October-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington B. Mk. X HE276
Victoria, British Columbia
Earl Woodrow Ward
1944-January-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK333
West St John, New Brunswick
John James Golding
1944-January-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK333
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Gordon Elmore Clode
1944-January-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK333
Toronto, Ontario (parents)
Keith Gregory Berry
1944-January-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK333
Cloverdale, British Columbia
Peter John Woods
1944-July-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK272
Charles Frederick Searles
1944-July-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK272
Jack Benjamin Lemon
1944-July-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK272
Bernard Hadlow
1944-July-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK272
Robert Fred Bradford
1944-July-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK272
Walter Haraczay
1944-July-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK272
Baldur, Manitoba
Arthur George Corck
1944-July-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Wellington Mk. lll BK272
Regina, Saskatchewan (parents)