Royal Air Force Tealing or more simply RAF Tealing is a former Royal Air Force station located at Tealing, Angus, Scotland Overview During the Second World War, the Air Ministry built an aerodrome at Tealing and in March 1942 No. 56 Operational Training Unit (OTU) was relocated to RAF Tealing from RAF Sutton Bridge in south Lincolnshire, equipped with Hawker Hurricane, Miles Master and Westland Lysander aircraft. The number of pilots training at the unit varied from about 35 to 40 in 1942, reaching a peak of 150 in 1943. It was at the aerodrome that Tealing's most famous visitor arrived. On 20 May 1942, a strange four engined aircraft appeared in the circuit at Tealing, piloted by Endel Puusepp. It was one of the first Russian TB7s to visit Britain and it brought Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister and Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of Defence, on a military mission to meet with Sir Winston Churchill at Chequers. RAF Tealing was probably chosen to attract as little attention as possible and for security reasons, as there was a local news blackout at the time. Molotov was given the choice of two aircraft in which to continue his journey to England. The aircraft he did not selectas was later revealed by Sir Archibald Hope, Senior Controller of RAF Fighter Command in Scotland in 1942crashed in the Vale of York, killing various members of Molotov's staff and senior RAF personnel. Molotov arrived safely in London for the signing of the Anglo-Soviet Treaty on 26 May 1942. Timeline March 1942: Site opened. March 1942 to July 1944: No. 56 OTU moved here from RAF Sutton Bridge with Hawker Hurricanes, Westland Lysanders and Miles Masters. Training for all types of fighter, ground and anti-shipping exercises. October 1943: Renamed 1 Combat Training Wing and then 1 Tactical Exercise Unit. February 1944: Hawker Hurricanes replaced with Supermarine Spitfires. August 1944 to June 1945: No. 9 (P) AFU, Flying Training Command with Miles Masters then Harvards. Operational units and aircraft Other units/wings No. 56 Operational Training Unit (27 March 1942 – 5 October 1943) Formed at RAF Sutton Bridge from No. 6 OTU on 1 November 1940 within No. 81 Group to train fighter pilots for RAF Fighter Command, using Hawker Hurricanes. In March 1942 it moved to RAF Tealing and in April 1943 it passed to the control of No. 9 Group. It disbanded