RAF Patch 231 OCU Operational Conversion Unit Crest Canberra

RAF Patch 231 OCU Operational Conversion Unit Royal Air Force Flight Suit Crest Patch Canberra 1980s Embroidered on wool 105mm by 81mm four and one eighth inches by three and three sixteenth inches.

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Unit history 1947 1993

231 OCU was activated in March 1947 at RAF Coningsby for training Mosquito crews for light bomber and photo reconnaissance roles and was disbanded on 4 December 1949.

231 OCU was reactivated in December 1951 at RAF Bassingbourn to train Canberra crews in the light bomber role. Relocating to RAF Cottesmore RAF Marham and RAF wyton during its operational existence 231 OCU was redesignated the Canberra Standardisation Training Flight CSTF on 15 December 1990 reverting to 231 OCU on 13 May 1991.

231 OCU was disbanded at RAF Wyton on 23 April 1993.

This patch dates from the 1980s.