The school was equipped with Avro Anson I, a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft, Lockheed Hudson I, a US light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft, Bristol Beaufort I, a British twin-engined torpedo bomber, and Vickers Wellington I, a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber aircraft.

[4] Forming on 1 April 1940, at RAF Silloth, by redesignating the Coastal Command Landplane Pilots School,[5] No.

1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit initially trained aircrews for RAF Coastal Command landplanes and was equipped with Avro Anson, Lockheed Hudson, Bristol Blenheim, a British light bomber, and Bristol Beaufort aircraft.

However, with the creation of more OTU's the unit started to specialise in training Lockheed Hudson aircrew.

1 (C) OTU disbanded on 19 October 1943,[2][5] and the heavy bomber courses for Handley Page Halifax and Boeing Fortress were taken over by No.