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No. 1 Operational Conversion Unit (No. 1 OCU) was an operational training unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Formed in January 1959 at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, its role was to convert pilots and navigators to the English Electric Canberra bombers flown by Nos. 1, 2 and 6 Squadrons. The unit's complement of Canberras included T.4 and Mk.21 dual-control trainers, and Mk.20 bombers. Originally a component of No. 82 Wing, No. 1 OCU became an independent unit at Amberley in April 1968, its focus being the provision of operationally ready pilots for service with No. 2 Squadron in the Vietnam War. No. 1 OCU was disbanded in June 1971, following the withdrawal of No. 2 Squadron from South-East Asia. By then the RAAF's only Canberra unit, No. 2 Squadron ran its own conversion cou

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  • No. 1 Operational Conversion Unit (No. 1 OCU) was an operational training unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Formed in January 1959 at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, its role was to convert pilots and navigators to the English Electric Canberra bombers flown by Nos. 1, 2 and 6 Squadrons. The unit's complement of Canberras included T.4 and Mk.21 dual-control trainers, and Mk.20 bombers. Originally a component of No. 82 Wing, No. 1 OCU became an independent unit at Amberley in April 1968, its focus being the provision of operationally ready pilots for service with No. 2 Squadron in the Vietnam War. No. 1 OCU was disbanded in June 1971, following the withdrawal of No. 2 Squadron from South-East Asia. By then the RAAF's only Canberra unit, No. 2 Squadron ran its own conversion courses before disbanding in 1982. (en)
  • A Unidade de Conversão Operacional N.º 1 foi uma unidade de treino operacional da Real Força Aérea Australiana (RAAF). Formada em Janeiro de 1959 na Base aérea de Amberley, em Queensland, a sua missão era a de instruir pilotos e navegadores para os capacitar a operar os bombardeiros English Electric Canberra dos esquadrões 1, 2 e 6. A unidade possuía alguns aviões Canberra: um T.4 e um Mk.21, ambos com controlos duplos, e um Mk.20. Originalmente parte da Asa N.º 82, esta unidade tornou-se independente da asa em Abril de 1968 devido à alteração da sua missão prioritária, que passou a ser o treino e instrução de pilotos e navegadores do Esquadrão N.º 2, que prestava serviço na Guerra do Vietname. A Unidade de Conversão Operacional N.º 1 foi extinta em Junho de 1971 após a retirada do Esquadrão N.º 2 do Sudeste Asiático. Quando regressou à Austrália, sendo que era a única unidade a operar bombardeiros Canberra, o Esquadrão N.º 2 passou a realizar os seus próprios treinos de conversão até ser extinto em 1982. (pt)
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  • 1959-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Bomber conversion and operational training
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  • Canberra Mk.20 flown by No. 1 Operational Conversion Unit in 1970–71 following service in the Vietnam War, now on display at RAAF Base Wagga, New South Wales. (en)
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  • Australia (en)
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  • 1959 (xsd:integer)
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  • Bomber conversion and operational training (en)
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  • No. 1 Operational Conversion Unit RAAF (en)
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  • No. 1 Operational Conversion Unit (No. 1 OCU) was an operational training unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Formed in January 1959 at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, its role was to convert pilots and navigators to the English Electric Canberra bombers flown by Nos. 1, 2 and 6 Squadrons. The unit's complement of Canberras included T.4 and Mk.21 dual-control trainers, and Mk.20 bombers. Originally a component of No. 82 Wing, No. 1 OCU became an independent unit at Amberley in April 1968, its focus being the provision of operationally ready pilots for service with No. 2 Squadron in the Vietnam War. No. 1 OCU was disbanded in June 1971, following the withdrawal of No. 2 Squadron from South-East Asia. By then the RAAF's only Canberra unit, No. 2 Squadron ran its own conversion cou (en)
  • A Unidade de Conversão Operacional N.º 1 foi uma unidade de treino operacional da Real Força Aérea Australiana (RAAF). Formada em Janeiro de 1959 na Base aérea de Amberley, em Queensland, a sua missão era a de instruir pilotos e navegadores para os capacitar a operar os bombardeiros English Electric Canberra dos esquadrões 1, 2 e 6. A unidade possuía alguns aviões Canberra: um T.4 e um Mk.21, ambos com controlos duplos, e um Mk.20. Originalmente parte da Asa N.º 82, esta unidade tornou-se independente da asa em Abril de 1968 devido à alteração da sua missão prioritária, que passou a ser o treino e instrução de pilotos e navegadores do Esquadrão N.º 2, que prestava serviço na Guerra do Vietname. A Unidade de Conversão Operacional N.º 1 foi extinta em Junho de 1971 após a retirada do Esquadr (pt)
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  • No. 1 Operational Conversion Unit RAAF (en)
  • Unidade de Conversão Operacional N.º 1 da RAAF (pt)
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