For this role it was equipped with Bristol Beaufighter, a British multi-role aircraft, Bristol Beaufort, a British twin-engined torpedo bomber, and Airspeed Oxford, a twin-engine monoplane trainer aircraft.

9 (C) OTU was providing aircrew training for seven units, with five for RAF Coastal Command within the European theatre of World War II and two in North Africa.

[2] It continued for almost two years and disbanded on 11 August 1944 at RAF Crosby-on-Eden, and was absorbed by No.

9 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit was equipped with numerous types and variants of aircraft:[1] No.

9 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit used two Royal Air Force stations throughout its existence:[2]