No. 7 Operational Training Unit (No. 7 OTU)
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Background
No. 7 Operational Training Unit (No. 7 OTU) was part of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) based at Tocumwal Airfield in New South Wales in Australia. During 1944 until the end of the Pacific War, trained Australian air crews to operate the Liberator heavy bomber.

On October 2, 1944 destroyed in an accidental fire are Liberator A72-1 and Liberator A72-4 while parked in a hangar at Tocumwal Airfield.

On January 11, 1945 lost is B-24D Liberator A72-8 pilot F/Lt Frank W. Bottomer crashed on take off from Tocumwal Airfield.

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