The gypsy
You said:-
"My uncle ( my mothers only sibling) was in A Flight Ninth course No 1 Squadron at RAF Aberystwyth and I have a photo of the whole course dated 25th Feb 1941. How long did those courses last as in Jan 1942 as a Pilot Officer from No 40 Squadron his aircraft ( Wellington) ditched in the North Sea on a bombing raid to/from Wilhelmshaven. He ended up a POW in camps 6B/21B/L3 but two of the crew were killed."
I've been talking to Reg, as you can see from his posting he was there (ITW) at the same time as your uncle.
However what we can't understand is how quickly he got from an ITW to operations. Reg as you may recall was on the first course sent to America 42A, this started in July 41 and ended in Jan 42, Reg would have waited ages in Bournemouth for allocating to a squadron, then there was squadron based training.
So we can only assume that your Uncle was trained in the UK?
Please let us know?