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1961
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FLIGHT, 22 June 1961 867 All-weather Men's Farewell LEEMING OCU CLOSING DOWN AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS' RAF ALL-WEATHER TRAIN- ing No 228 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Leeming, on the Great North Road near North- allerton in Yorkshire, is closing down in mid- August. The air-to-air studies on this and the following three pages, taken recently by Flight photographer Ian Macdonald, pay tribute to the verve and ability with which the OCU instructors handle their Javelins. They also serve to emphasize the work which has been done at Leeming in training Fighter Command all-weather crews since May 1947. At that time, the aircraft used were Meteors; Gloster Javelins have been the unit's mounts since October 1957. Since then, over 30 courses have passed out, to supply Javelin squadrons. Last full course at Leeming is No 229, a number linking the OCU with its predecessor 54 OTU, whose No 1 course was at Church Fenton in 1940. The FAW.5 in these pictures was flown by Fit Lt Don Smith; pilot of the photographic T3 was Fit Lt Eric Ginger.
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