Bomb was sent to this OTU in October 1941 to do further training on Harvards and converted to the Hawker Hurricane. This unit was situated near Khartoum in Sudan.
Please click here to view Bomb's Flight Log Book for this period.
Video on Bomb's experience at 71 OTU 1941
Learning to fly the Hurricane
Bomb at 71 OTU (front 2nd from left) together with some of his future 1 Squadron fellow pilots; Tom Phillips (middle standing)
Video on aircraft gun synchronization
