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5 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RCAF) ( 85)

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. 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

  • RCAF Roundel 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

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info

    • 1944-04-01 Primary Location Boundary Bay Canada
    1944-04-01 Detachment Abbotsford Canada
    Sergeant
    Aldridge, Stanley
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Flying Officer
    Allan, Arthur Kenneth
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑07‑03
    Liberator (KG880)
     
    Sergeant
    Avery, Robert Hardy
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑07‑03
    Liberator (KG880)
     
    Sergeant
    Barker, Bernard George
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
     
    Sergeant
    Barr, Henry Charles
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑10
    Liberator (EW210)
    Winnipeg, Manitoba
    Pilot Officer
    Bastable, Thomas Henry
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Flying Officer
    Batley, Trevor
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑07‑03
    Liberator (KG880)
     
    Sergeant
    Bennett, James
    Drowned
    1945‑06‑23
     ()
     
    Sergeant
    Birrell, Andrew James
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Bodkin, Alvin Graham
    Died
    1944‑10‑07
     ()
    Toronto, Ontario
    Flight Lieutenant
    Bowhay, Samuel Leslie
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑10
    Liberator (EW210)
    Three Hills, Alberta
    Sergeant
    Broadbent, Albert Eric
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Brown, Frederick Edward
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑10
    Liberator (KH108)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Burr, Robert Henry
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Sergeant
    Calloway, Thomas Michael
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑10
    Liberator (EW210)
    Vancouver, British Columbia
    Leading Aircraftman
    Campbell, Norman Mccallum
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑08‑10
    Mitchell (FW274)
    Montreal, Quebec (parents)
    Squadron Leader
    Carscadden, Cyril Hudson
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑02‑04
    Liberator (EW134)
    Vancouver, British Columbia (patents)
    Sergeant
    Cocksey, Frank
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Cooke, James Frederick
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑11
    Liberator (KH108)
     
    Sergeant
    Cotter, Paul Stuart
    Killed in Flight Line Accident
    1944‑10‑09
    Liberator (EW282)
    Edgeware, Middlesex, United Kingdom
    Sergeant
    Curtis, Harry Arthur
    Killed in Flight Line Accident
    1944‑10‑09
    Liberator (EW282)
    Carlshalton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Sergeant
    Cuthbertson, James Brown
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Sergeant
    Dale, John Randall
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Sergeant
    Davidson, Charles Peter
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
     
    Flight Lieutenant
    Deveson, Walter George
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑02‑04
    Liberator (EW134)
    Sidney, British Columbia
    Sergeant
    Drummond, William Peter Watt
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Corporal
    Dutton, Robert Edward
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑12‑23
    Mitchell (HD315)
    Gilbert Plains, Manitoba
    Sergeant
    Gibbons, Isaac
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Flying Officer
    Gunter, Peter Foley
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑07‑03
    Liberator (KG880)
     
    Sergeant
    Hafford, Frederick Douglas
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑10
    Liberator (KH108)
     
    Sergeant
    Hammond, James Leonard Gordon
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Flying Officer
    Hannah, Lionel Richard
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑07‑14
    Mitchell (HD319)
     
    Sergeant
    Helper, Sidney
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑10
    Liberator (KH108)
     
    Flying Officer
    Hill, Arthur William David
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Sergeant
    Jackson, Frederick
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑05‑11
    Mitchell (HD314)
     
    Sergeant
    Jenkins, William Norman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
     
    Sergeant
    Johnson, Richard
    Killed in Vehicle Accident
    1945‑03‑03
     ()
     
    Sergeant
    Johnston, Clarence Arthur
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑05‑29
    Mitchell (HD345)
    St Catharines, Ontario
    Pilot Officer
    Johnston, Douglas
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑07‑14
    Mitchell (HD319)
     
    Sergeant
    Jones, Glyn Ivor
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑10
    Liberator (KH108)
     
    Sergeant
    Jones, John Arthur
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑05‑11
    Mitchell (HD314)
     
    Flying Officer
    Jordan, Leslie Thomas
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
     
    Flying Officer
    Kingdon, John Victor
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑10
    Liberator (KH108)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Kitson, Derek Ronald Lonsdale
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑05‑11
    Mitchell (HD314)
     
    Sergeant
    Langlands, David Robertson
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Sergeant
    Langley, Leslie Mathias
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
     
    Sergeant
    Laws, Frederick
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Long, Gilbert Ewart Ellis
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Sergeant
    MacDonald, Thomas
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑10
    Liberator (KH108)
     
    Sergeant
    Manson, Harold Magnus
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑05‑29
    Mitchell (HD345)
    Burnaby, British Columbia
    Sergeant
    May, Ronald
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑10
    Liberator (KH108)
     
    Flight Lieutenant
    Maynard, Roy Edward
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑02‑04
    Liberator (EW134)
    Saanich, British Columbia
    Sergeant
    McGregor, Bruce Walter
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑05‑29
    Mitchell (HD345)
    Calgary, Alberta
    Pilot Officer
    Metcalfe, Peter Dennison
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
     
    Flying Officer
    Mitchell, Cyril Irwin
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Mitchell, Ewart Cecil
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
     
    Sergeant
    Morgans, William David Newton
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Flying Officer
    Morganstein, Morris
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑10
    Liberator (KH108)
     
    Flying Officer
    Morris, Garnet Wilfred
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑07‑03
    Liberator (KG880)
     
    Sergeant
    Murphy, John William
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑07‑03
    Liberator (KG880)
     
    Sergeant
    Murray, Graham
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Sergeant
    Niemi, Harold John
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑02‑04
    Liberator (EW134)
    Malartic, Quebec
    Pilot Officer
    Reeve, John William Christopher
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑07‑14
    Mitchell (HD319)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Rockliffe, Arthur
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Schell, Leonard Francis
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑05‑29
    Mitchell (HD345)
    Vancouver, British Columbia
    Flying Officer
    Schneeberger, Walter
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑02‑04
    Liberator (EW134)
    Winnipeg, Manitoba
    Sergeant
    Scratch, Don Palmer
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑12‑06
    Mitchell (HD343)
    Maymont, Saskatchewan
    Sergeant
    Simpson, Alan
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Flight Lieutenant
    Sinclair, John Allen
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑07‑03
    Liberator (KG880)
     
    Sergeant
    Snelling, George Arthur
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Flight Lieutenant
    Spence, Kenneth Edmund
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Flying Officer
    Spencer, George Raymond
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑12‑23
    Mitchell (HD315)
    St Catharines, Ontario
    Sergeant
    Stead, Peter
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Sergeant
    Suggate, Alfred Cecil
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑07‑03
    Liberator (KG880)
     
    Sergeant
    Swatton, William Thomas
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑06‑01
    Liberator (KK241)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Therien, Joseph Jean Leon
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑02‑04
    Liberator (EW134)
    Montreal, Quebec
    Sergeant
    Thomas, John Evan
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑07‑03
    Liberator (KG880)
     
    Flying Officer
    Thomson, John Edgar
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑01
    Kittyhawk (839)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Trickey, James Francis
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑01‑09
    Liberator (KH173)
     
    Flying Officer
    Walmsley, Thomas Leslie
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑12‑23
    Mitchell (HD315)
    Toronto, Ontario
    Sergeant
    Waters, Edward George
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑07‑14
    Mitchell (HD319)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Weiss, Herbert Stanley
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1945‑02‑04
    Liberator (EW134)
    Montreal, Quebec
    Sergeant
    Westwater, David Peggie
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑11‑10
    Liberator (KH108)
     
    Flying Officer
    Whitlock, Harold Brand
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑05‑29
    Mitchell (HD345)
    Drumheller, Alberta
    Sergeant
    Willetts, Lewis Phillip
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1944‑10‑04
    Liberator (EW127)
    Victoria, British Columbia

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