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MILFIELD

Part 05: 59 O.T.U. Statistics

59 O.T.U. STATISTICS

PILOT INPUT
1942: 547; 1943: 508. Total 1,055.
PILOT OUTPUT
1942: 460; 1943: 510. Total: 970.
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FLYING HOURS

1942: Day: 40,106; Night: 811; Total: 40,917
1943: Day: 33,149; Night: 1,031; Total: 34,180
Grand totals Day: 73,255; Night:1842; total 75,097

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FLYING ACCIDENTS

1942: 113; Fatal: 19
1943: 114; Fatal: 22
Totals; 227 accidents, 41 fatal accidents
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59 O.T.U. AIRCRAFT

The Fighter Aircraft of this unit carried the following code letters,
• No. 1 Squadron: 4Q,
• No. 2 Squadron: 11 and
• No. 3 Squadron: 7L.

Hurricane Mk 1.
L1664, L1910, L1952, L2052, L2143, N2325, N2471, N2493, N2555, N2599, N2604, N2630, P2630, P2679, P2717, P2822, P2826, P3962, P3031, P3089, P3095, P3104, P3156, P3178, P3218, P3392, P3411, P3454, P3462, P3475, P3524, P3597, P3614, P3620, P3713, P3715, P3775, P3776, P3886, R4115, R4188, T9532, T9533, T9543, V6552, V6559, V6576, V6610, V6613, V6680, V6733, V6741, V6778, V6840, V6849, V6860, V6877, V6913, V6918, V6927, V6949, V6984, V6989, V7043, V7075, V7136, V7162, V7170, V7173, V7180, V7316, V7338, V7366, V7436, V7462, V7607, V7614, V7653, V7667, V7683, W9120, W9121, W9125, W9135, W9139, W9145, W9154, W9179, W9184, W9202, W9208, W9240, W9315, Z4059, Z4936, Z4939, Z7083, Z7156.

Hurricane Mk 2b
Z3076, HW207.

Hurricane Mk 11D
HW720, HW730.

Hurricane Mk 10
P5172, AF956, AF970, AF986, AF997, AG107, AG111, AG123, AG162, AG166, AG181, AG212, AG245, AG290,

Hurricane Mk X11
JS330.

Hawker Typhoon Mk 1a
R7580, R7591, R7621, R7630, R7649, R7696, R7706, R8652, R8661, R8709,
R7598 received on 8.10.1942 for use as a synthetic trainer.

Hawker Typhoon Mk 1b
R8867, R8878, DN326, DN442, DN452, DN500, DN557, DN620, EJ991, EK140, EK182, EK211.

Miles Master Mk 1
N7636, N7694, N7748, N7768, N7882, N7964, N8988, N8018, N8048, N8062, N8068, T8333, T8369, T8431, T8553, T8563, T8579, T8815.

Miles Master Mk 2
AZ844.

Miles Master Mk 3
W8622, W8641, W8645, W8649, W8650, W8701, W8704, W8717, W8789, W8886, W8901, W8942, DL670, DL695.

Fairey Battle T.T.
L5707, L5713, L5761, L5762, L5769, L5793.

Miles Martinet T.T. Mk 1
EM521, HP259, HP261, HP515, JN280, JN281, JN282, JN293.

Miles Magister
T9828.

De Havilland Rapide
R2487.

De Havilland Tiger Moth
T7724.

Airspeed Oxford
DF302 (Hit cables low flying and crashed in forced landing Easington 25/01/43).