jeffb, I think perhaps I should have defined my terms more precisely. By OTU's I meant RAF ones in Canada , and possibly (though unlikely?) Bomber Command ones. Any that were intended solely for Canadian defence purposes, such as those you instance, would surely be RCAF ones? Of course, it is possible that
all OTUs in Canada were RCAF ones, including those for training those pilots of any air force on aircraft intended for ferrying across the Atlantic. In that case of course I stand corrected.
Ah, Wikki as ever is the font of all knowledge:-
34 OTU was formed in April 1942 in the United Kingdom, the personnel then moved by ship to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia as part of No. 3 Training Command to train general reconnaissance crews. The first Avro Ansons arrived in May 1942. Disbanded in May 1944.[1]
Should have consulted it first. Presumably it remained under RAF Command. I see that it was not the only one to go a'sailing:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...Training_Units