RAF Patch 226 OCU Operational Conversion Unit Crest Jaguar

RAF Patch 226 OCU Operational Conversion Unit Royal Air Force Flight Suit Crest Patch Jaguar 1985 Embroidered on twill 122mm by 90mm four and three quarter inches by three and one half inches.

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Unit history 1974 1991 

Following a period flying the English Electric Lightning 226 OCU Disbanded at RAF Coltishall on 30 September 1974 and was reformed by renaming the Jaguar Conversion Unit at RAF Lossiemouth on 1 October 1974 to continue operational conversion training for Jaguar pilots. From 1975 the Units role included designation as a Shadow Squadron to deliver front line conventional and tactical nuclear strike capability with WE 177 nuclear bombs in the event of war. 

With the post Cold War drawdown of the Royal Air Force 226 OCU disbanded in 1991 with its redesignation to No 16 Reserve Squadron which continued with both the Jaguar training and wartime roles until the retirement of the WE177 nuclear weapons.

This patch dates from 1985.