No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF

No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit was a Royal Air Force Operational conversion unit. It was formed in No. 12 Group at RAF Leeming from Nos. 13 and 54 OTUs in 1947. The tasking of the OCU was the training of night fighter crews and its aircraft were the de Havilland Mosquito, Gloster Meteor and Gloster Javelin over the years. The OCU lasted until 1961 at Leeming when it was disbanded.[1]

No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
de Havilland Mosquito
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Air Force
RoleFighter training

The unit's next incarnation saw it again training night fighter crews, this time at RAF Leuchars. The aircraft was again the Javelin and the training particularly emphasised preparing crews for overseas service. The unit was taken with this role for 18 months in 1965 and 1966 before disbanding again.[2]

Its final incarnation was as a training unit for the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II at RAF Coningsby. The unit was activated there in 1968 and eventually found its way to Leuchars again where it fell victim to post-Cold War cutbacks and was disbanded in January 1991.

See also
  • List of Royal Air Force conversion units

References
  1. Delve, Ken (2006). Northern England : Co. Durham, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire. Ramsbury: Crowood. p. 169. ISBN 1-86126-809-2.
  2. Lake, Alan (1999). Flying units of the RAF : the ancestry, formation and disbandment of all flying units from 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. p. 143. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
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