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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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RAF Badges - Operational Training Units
The table below shows the badges awarded to each unit, the monarch who authorised it, the general date of the award and, where known, the heraldic description of the design.
If you would like to commission any of the missing badges (including those marked *) please contact RAF Heraldry Trust for further details.
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| No 226 Operational Conversion Unit* | No 227 Operational Conversion Unit* | No 228 Operational Conversion Unit* | No 229 Operational Conversion Unit* |
| Authorised: King George VI - November 1951 |
Authorised: King George VI - June 1948
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Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - October 1972 |
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - October 1952 |
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No 230 Operational Conversion Unit* |
No 231 Operational Conversion Unit | No 232 Operational Conversion Unit* | No 233 Operational Conversion Unit |
| Authorised: King George VI - June 1948 |
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - March 1955 |
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1972 |
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - October 1953 |
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No 235 Operational Conversion Unit* |
No 236 Operational Conversion Unit* | No 237 Operational Conversion Unit* |
No 238 Operational Conversion Unit |
| Authorised: King George VI - March 1950 Motto: Sea and Air |
Authorised: King George VI - August 1950 |
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1972 Motto: Panache et Precision |
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1955 Motto: Per Tenebras Tenax |
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| No 240 Operational Conversion Unit* | No 241 Operational Conversion Unit | No 242 Operational Conversion Unit |
Maritime Operational Training Unit* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - September 1975 |
Authorised: King George VI - March 1949 |
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1952 Motto: |
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1958 Motto: Teagaisg Sealgair Na Fairge |
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No 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit* |
No 10 Operational Training Unit | No 11 Operational Training Unit* | No 12 Operational Training Unit |
| Authorised: King George VI - March 1945 | Authorised: King George VI - July 1945 | Authorised: King George VI - June 1945 | Authorised: King George VI - July 1945 |
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No 14 Operational Training Unit |
No 16 Operational Training Unit* | No 17 Operational Training Unit* | No 20 Operational Training Unit* |
| Authorised: King George VI - November 1944 | Authorised: King George VI - November 1944 | Authorised: King George VI - April 1945 | Authorised: King George VI - April 1943 |
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No 24 Operational Training Unit* |
No 26 Operational Training Unit* | No 29 Operational Training Unit* | No 31 Operational Training Unit* |
| Authorised: King George VI - April 1945 | Authorised: King George VI - June 1944 | Authorised: King George VI - May 1945 | Authorised: King George VI - January 1944 |
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No 56 Operational Training Unit* |
No 73 Operational Training Unit* | No 84 Operational Training Unit* | No 85 Operational Training Unit* |
| Authorised: King George VI - December 1942 | Authorised: King George VI - August 1944 | Authorised: King George VI - September 1944 | Authorised: King George VI - May 1945 |
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School of Air Support* |
School of Army Co-operation* | School of General Reconnaissance* | No 3 School of General Reconnaissance* |
| Authorised: King George VI - February 1947 | Authorised: King George VI - November 1937 | Authorised: King George VI - March 1940 | Authorised: King George VI - December 1943 |
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| No 1 Armament Training Station | No 6 Armament Training Station (Warmwell) | Armament Practice Station Acklington | RAF Flying College/College of Air Warfare/School of Air Warfare |
| Authorised: King George VI - January 1939 | Authorised: King George VI - March 1939 | Authorised: King George VI - July 1951 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 1951 |
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| Bomber Command Bombing School | Central Gunnery School | No 1651 Conversion Unit* | No 1652 Conversion Unit* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 1954 | Authorised: King George VI - August 1941 | Authorised: ? | Authorised: King George VI - 1944 Presented 18 April 1944 by AVM C R Carr |
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No 1657 Conversion Unit |
Air Warfare Centre* | School of Maritime Reconnaissance* | |
| Authorised: King George VI - January 1944 | Authorised: ? | Transferred from School of General Reconnaissance |
All badges on this page are Crown Copyright and have been produced by Mary Denton (except those marked *) on behalf of the RAF Heraldry Trust and are displayed on this page with the permission of the RAFHT. Mary Denton and the RAFHT have probably completed half of the 'official' badges authorised but are still looking for sponsorship for the remaining badges. The work continues and details can be found on their website.
*These badges have been produced by Dave Clifford
© Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Directorate of Intellectual Property Rights
This entry was last updated on 29/06/25
