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No. 76 Operational Training Unit RAF

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No. 76 Operational Training Unit RAF
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No. 76 Operational Training Unit RAF (76 OTU) was a Royal Air Force operational training unit during the Second World War.[1]

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A Vickers Wellington of No. 76 Operational Training Unit taxies out for a training flight at Aqir, Palestine. ©IWM CM 5756

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The unit was formed at RAF Aqir on 1 October 1943. Throughout its existence it was equipped with Vickers Wellington bombers - Mk. III and Mk. Xs. By October 1944 all the aircraft were Mk. Xs[citation needed]) and trained crews for night bombing operations with RAF squadrons in the Middle East.

The unit was disbanded on 30 July 1945.

The bomber pilot Cyril Spurdens flew with the unit.[2]

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