No. 1 Torpedo Training Unit RAF, was a training unit of the Royal Air Force. It was later allocated to No. 17 Group RAF, which was part of RAF Coastal Command. The unit was established during February 1936 and initially disbanded during May 1944, reforming in August 1945 and finally disbanding in December 1947[1]
No. 1 Torpedo Training Unit continued in its role of torpedo bomber aircrew training at RAF Turnberry until it was absorbed by No. 5 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF, with No. 1 TTU disbanding on 22 May 1944.
It reformed on 1 August 1945 at RAF Turnberry, again as No. 1 Torpedo Training Unit,[2] but only operated there providing torpedo bomber aircrew training for junder four months, before relocating to RAF Tain, situated near Tain, Highlands in Scotland, during November 1945. It remained in Scotland for around one year moving south to RAF Thorney Island, located on Thorney Island, West Sussex, England, at the end of 1946.[4]
It was operational for a further year and then No. 1 Torpedo Training Unit disbanded 10 December 1947 at RAF Thorney Island.[5]
Aircraft operated
The Torpedo Training Unit / No. 1 Torpedo Training Unit was equipped with numerous types and variants of aircraft:[5]
Blackburn Shark II & III torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance aircraft
Torpedo Training Unit / No. 1 Torpedo Training Unit and No. 2 Torpedo Training Unit used a number Royal Air Force stations throughout their existence:[5]