Walter,
How on earth did you manage to get to a Squadron without having first gone through a full Beaufighter OTU ? There would seem to have been only two OTUs (out of 60+) training on Beaufighters (unbelievable !), both Coastal, so you should have gone to one or the other, surely, instead of C.F. , which was:
...No. 54 Operational Training Unit RAF
No. 54 OTU was formed in November 1940 at RAF Church Fenton to train night fighter crews.[1]...
but seemingly just on Blenheims.
(Extract from)List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
...No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF
No. 3 OTU was formed in 1940 as part of Coastal Command at RAF Catfoss for training aircrew on coastal command aircraft types like the Avro Anson and Bristol Beaufighter until it was disbanded 4 January 1944.[1]...
and
...No. 132 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF
Formed in November 1942 at RAF East Fortune as part of No. 17 Group Coastal Command to train long-range fighter and strike training using the Bristol Blenheim and Bristol Beaufighter.[1]...
It would seem that you fell through the gap as 132 were not formed until after you needed them. So why not send you to Catfoss ?
You must have slipped through the net somehow. Luckily there was a job going for you at St.Athan to pile in the hours !
Cheers, Danny.