5 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RCAF)

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.
NO5 OTU Boundary Bay
5 Operational Training Unit was established at RCAF Station Boundary Bay, British Columbia. The former station is now the Boundary Bay Airport. More information on the RCAF Station at Boundary Bay can be found at

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info

A Detachment of 5 Operational Training Unit was established at RCAF Station Abbotsford, British Columbia. The former Station is now the Abbotsford International Airport. More information on the RCAF Station at Abbotsford can be found at

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info

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Unit Accident Records: 5 OTU 5 Operational Training Unit RCAF (51)

1944-May-04 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: O'Driscoll | Watson
1944-May-29 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Unknown Names: Johnson | Macgregor | Manson | Schell | Whitlock
1944-July-14 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Unknown Names: Hannah | Johnston | Reeve | Waters
1944-August-08 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Thomson
1944-August-10 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Mud Bay British Columbia Names: Campbell | Diggins | Duff | Head | Hill | Jackson
1944-September-04 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Forbes | Morrison | Noyes | Ogle | Robinson | Satterhwaite | Smith | Wood
1944-September-18 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brennon | Ekeberg | McCoppen | Mostowy
1944-September-23 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Abbotsford British Columbia Names: Averill | Crowther | Grave | Levitt | Macpherson | Nicol | Prior | Swincoe
1944-September-24 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barker | Campbell | Christie | Greenwood | Mitchel | Warren | Watt | Williams
1944-October-04 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Abbotsford British Columbia Names: Barker | Birrell | Davidson | Jenkins | Jordan | Langley | Laws | Metcalfe | Mitchell | Rockliffe | Willets
1944-October-05 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia British Columbia Names: Hansen | Pollock
1944-October-09 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cotter | Curtis | Green | Milton
1944-November-01 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Semiahmee Bay Names: Habberfield | Le Blanc | Martin | Maskell | Mcdonald | Mcgowan | Mcmillan | Read | Tayler
1944-November-01 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Semiahmee Bay Names: Thomson
1944-November-04 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: 103 Air Firing Range Names: Cole | Sernyk
1944-November-09 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: 5 OTU Runway Names: Case
1944-November-10 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Unknown Names: Brown | Cooke | Hafford | Helper | Jones | Kingdon | MacDonald | May | Morganstein | Westwater
1944-November-14 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Sea Island Airport Names: Leavitt | Lowe | Milne | Morphy | Popovich | Robertson
1944-December-02 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia British Columbia Names: Morris | Pilling | Todd | Williamson
1944-December-06 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia British Columbia Names: Scratch
1944-December-06 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia British Columbia Names: Foreman | Medley | Mellor | Wilson
1944-December-06 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia British Columbia Names: Scratch
1944-December-23 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia British Columbia Names: Clouthier | Dutton | Spencer | Walmsley
1945-January-09 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Port Hardy British Columbia Names: Burr | Bustable | Cecksey | Cuthbertsen | Mergans | Mitchell | Simpson | Snelling | Spence | Stead | Trickey
1945-January-10 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia British Columbia Names: Barr | Bowhay | Calleway | Halcrew | Rees | Somerville | Steele
1945-January-27 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Runway 6 Names: Barrett | Blake | Daws | Dent | Erb | Farr | Hebel | Roberts | Robinson
1945-January-29 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Airport Names: Carroll | Garrard | Geddes | Gregory | Richardson | Stevenson
1945-February-04 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Whennock British Columbia Names: Beveson | Carscadden | Maynard | Niemi | Schneeberger | Therien | Weiss
1945-February-08 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Runway 25 Names: Dean | Higginson | McCartney | Ridley
1945-February-12 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Elliott | Horton | Macintosh | Shaw
1945-February-18 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Runway 06 Names: Adams | Burrell | Carson | Day | Fullum | Gillespie | Lea | McLeod | Sibourne
1945-March-04 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: West Parking Area North Of 1 Hangar Names: Coker | Game | Halliday | Hamill | Jack | Mellown | Millar | Pryer | Stett
1945-March-04 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Kirby | Mclean | Pacey | Richardson | Routledge | Roverts | Samual | Swift | Tucker
1945-April-14 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Tarmac Names: Fowler | Hames | Lycett | Seibert | Thompson
1945-May-02 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Toledo Airfield Wash USA Names: Evans | Hunter | Lyons | Needham | Slade | Smith
1945-May-03 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Andrews | Baker | Bryant | Hamilton | Haswell | Howard | Hyland | Jowett | Pilter | Westlake | Yearwood
1945-May-11 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Aerodrome Names: Jackson | Jones | Kitson
1945-May-11 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Askam | Bell | Coulter | McCabe | Wilson | Wrighton
1945-May-13 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Clowes | Gray | Johnson
1945-June-01 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Unknown Names: Aldridge | Broadbent | Dale | Drummond | Gibbons | Hammond | Hill | Langlands | Long | Murray | Swatton
1945-June-20 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mcfarlane | Wareham
1945-June-22 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Barlow | Borden | Gale
1945-June-24 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Pt Roberts Names: Bowley | Byatt | Cunningham | Duck | Holmes | Howell | Irving | McClurey | Plunkett | Walton | Wilson
1945-July-03 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allen | Batley | Brandon | Gunter | Morris | Murphy | Sinclair | Suggate | Thomas
1945-July-03 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allen | Avery | Batley | Brandon | Brown | Elding | Gunter | Kennedy | Morris | Murphy | Scarborough | Sinclair | Suggate | Thomas | Whitaker
1945-July-07 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cavanaugh | Glaze | Lowry | Preston | Wiseman
1945-July-22 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Runway 30-12 Names: Hendrickson | Kearney | Lowery | Shipworth | Storrow
1945-July-27 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Port Runway #25 RBY Names: Cole | Hyndman | Walton
1945-August-10 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Runway 24 Names: Atkinson | Burton | Butler | Folinsbee | Gaskill | Leach | Pettit | Pritchard | Richardson | Smith | Spillane
1945-August-13 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia British Columbia Names: Hodgson | Turnbull
1945-August-27 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Abbotsford British Columbia Names: Hendrickson

Unit Casualtues: 5 OTU 5 Operational Training Unit RCAF (84)

Harold Brand Whitlock
1944-May-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD345
Drumheller, Alberta
Leonard Francis Schell
1944-May-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD345
Vancouver, British Columbia
Bruce Walter McGregor
1944-May-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD345
Calgary, Alberta
Harold Magnus Manson
1944-May-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD345
Burnaby, British Columbia
Clarence Arthur Johnston
1944-May-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD345
St Catharines, Ontario
Edward George Waters
1944-July-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD319
John William Christopher Reeve
1944-July-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD319
Douglas Johnston
1944-July-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD319
Lionel Richard Hannah
1944-July-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD319
Norman Mccallum Campbell
1944-August-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii FW274
Montreal, Quebec (parents)
Arthur Rockliffe
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
Ewart Cecil Mitchell
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
Peter Dennison Metcalfe
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
Frederick Laws
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
Leslie Mathias Langley
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
Leslie Thomas Jordan
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
William Norman Jenkins
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
Charles Peter Davidson
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
Andrew James Birrell
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
Bernard George Barker
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
Lewis Phillip Willetts
1944-October-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW127
Victoria, British Columbia
Harry Arthur Curtis
1944-October-09
Killed in Flight Line Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW282
Carlshalton, Surrey, United Kingdom
Paul Stuart Cotter
1944-October-09
Killed in Flight Line Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW282
Edgeware, Middlesex, United Kingdom
John Edgar Thomson
1944-November-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Kittyhawk Mk. III 839
David Peggie Westwater
1944-November-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH108
Morris Morganstein
1944-November-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH108
Ronald May
1944-November-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH108
Thomas MacDonald
1944-November-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH108
John Victor Kingdon
1944-November-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH108
Glyn Ivor Jones
1944-November-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH108
Sidney Helper
1944-November-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH108
Frederick Douglas Hafford
1944-November-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH108
Frederick Edward Brown
1944-November-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH108
James Frederick Cooke
1944-November-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH108
Don Palmer Scratch
1944-December-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD343
Maymont, Saskatchewan
Thomas Leslie Walmsley
1944-December-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD315
Toronto, Ontario
George Raymond Spencer
1944-December-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD315
St Catharines, Ontario
Robert Edward Dutton
1944-December-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD315
Gilbert Plains, Manitoba
James Francis Trickey
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
Peter Stead
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
Kenneth Edmund Spence
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
George Arthur Snelling
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
Alan Simpson
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
William David Newton Morgans
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
Cyril Irwin Mitchell
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
James Brown Cuthbertson
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
Frank Cocksey
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
Robert Henry Burr
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
Thomas Henry Bastable
1945-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH173
Thomas Michael Calloway
1945-January-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW210
Vancouver, British Columbia
Samuel Leslie Bowhay
1945-January-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW210
Three Hills, Alberta (parents)
Henry Charles Barr
1945-January-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW210
Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)
Cyril Hudson Carscadden
1945-February-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW134
Vancouver, British Columbia (patents)
Herbert Stanley Weiss
1945-February-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW134
Montreal, Quebec
Joseph Jean Leon Therien
1945-February-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW134
Montreal, Quebec
Walter Schneeberger
1945-February-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW134
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Harold John Niemi
1945-February-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW134
Malartic, Quebec
Roy Edward Maynard
1945-February-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW134
Saanich, British Columbia
Walter George Deveson
1945-February-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW134
Sidney, British Columbia (parents)
Derek Ronald Lonsdale Kitson
1945-May-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD314
John Arthur Jones
1945-May-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD314
Frederick Jackson
1945-May-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD314
William Thomas Swatton
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
Graham Murray
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
Gilbert Ewart Ellis Long
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
David Robertson Langlands
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
Arthur William David Hill
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
James Leonard Gordon Hammond
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
Isaac Gibbons
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
William Peter Watt Drummond
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
John Randall Dale
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
Albert Eric Broadbent
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
Stanley Aldridge
1945-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
John Evan Thomas
1945-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KG880
Alfred Cecil Suggate
1945-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH107
John Allen Sinclair
1945-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH107
John William Murphy
1945-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KG880
Garnet Wilfred Morris
1945-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH107
Peter Foley Gunter
1945-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH107
Robert Hardy Avery
1945-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KG880
Arthur Kenneth Allan
1945-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Liberator B. Mk. VI KH107