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  • | name = No. 1 Operational Training Unit RAAF | caption = Bristol Beauforts of No. 1 OTU over Bairnsdale, Victoria, in October 1942 - AWM AC0219
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  • | unit = [[No. 30 Squadron RAAF]] ...1 Wireless Air Gunners School RAAF]] in Ballarat, Victoria for specialist training. On the completion of his course he was posted on 27 Dec 1943 to [[No. 2 A
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  • | enlistmentage = 25 years, 1 month | description = 5'5½" (1.66m) tall; weight 148 lbs (67.1kg); fair complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.
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  • | description = 5'5" (1.65m) tall; weight 129 lbs (58.5kg); fair complexion, brown eyes, fair hair. | height = 5'5" (1.65m)
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  • | description = 5'5½" (1.66m) tall; 155lbs; medium complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, large sca | height = 5'5½" (1.66m)
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  • | name = 3rd Training Brigade ...erans and new arrivals. The officers and their men underwent more rigorous training before embarking on the campaigns on the Western Front and in the Sinai:
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  • | unit = [[No. 110 Mobile Fighter Control Unit RAAF]] ...and he remained with them until he was posted to [[No. 75 Operational Base Unit RAAF]] on 12 Oct 1943.
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  • | description = 5'9" (1.75) tall; weight 183lbs; medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair | height = 5'9" (1.75)
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  • | description = 5'5¾" (1.67m) tall; weight 131lbs; medium complexion, grey eyes, brown hair. | height = 5'5¾" (1.67m)
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  • | description = 6'0½" (1.84m) tall; 161lbs weight; fair complexion, blue-grey eyes; light brown hair | height = 6'0½" (1.84)
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  • | caption = AWM PO 1405.022 No 4 Service Flying Training School | description = 5'11½" (1.82m) tall; weight 140lb; medium complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair
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  • | description = 5'5½ (1.66m) tall; weight 140lbs; medium complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair | height = 5'5½ (1.66m)
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  • | description = 5'9½" (1.76m) tall; weight 160lbs; medium complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair | height = 5'9½" (1.76m)
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  • | death = 1 Dec 2002, aged 77 | description = 5'6½" (1.69m) tall; weight 116lb; medium complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair
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  • | description = 5'8" (1.73m) tall; weight 168lbs; fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, appendix | height = 5'8" (1.73m)
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  • | enlistmentage = 18 years, 1 month | description = 5'10½" (1.79m) tall; weight 161lbs; fresh complexion, grey eyes, black hair.
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  • | description = 5'6" (1.68m) tall; weight 160lbs; fresh complexion, blue eyes, black hair. | height = 5'6" (1.68m)
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  • | description = 5'9¼" (1.75m) medium complexion, brown eyes, brown hair | height = 5'9¼" (1.75m)
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  • | description = 5'7" (1.70m) tall; weight 138lbs medium complexion, green eyes, brown hair | height = 5'7" (1.70m)
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  • | description = 5'5" (1.65m) tall; weight 119lbs; dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair, scars on | height = 5'5" (1.65m)
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  • | description = 5'4½" (1.64m) tall; weight 134lbs; medium complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair | height = 5'4½" (1.64m)
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  • | description = 5'6' (1.68m) tall; weight 113lb; fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair | height = 5'6' (1.68m)
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  • | description = 5'4¾" (1.65m) tall; weight 116lbs; fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair | height = 5'4¾" (1.65m)
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  • | enlistmentage = 24 years, 1 month | description = 5'5" (1.65m) tall; weight 140lbs; fair complexion, grey eyes, brown hair
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  • | description = 6'0½ (1.84m) tall; weight 152lbs; medium complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair | height = 6'0½ (1.84m)
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  • | dateofbirth = 1 Aug 1919 | description = 5'8" (1.73m) tall; weight 154lbs; fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair
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  • | description = 5'6" (1.68m) tall; weight 134lbs; medium complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, append | height = 5'6" (1.68m)
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  • | description = 5'8" (1.73m) tall; weight 139lb; fair complexion, green eyes, black hair. | height = 5'8" (1.73m)
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  • | description = 5'8½" (1.74m) tall; weight 164lbs; medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair | height = 5'8½" (1.74m)
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  • | description = 6'1" (1.85m) tall, weight 168lbs; bluish green eyes, brown hair, circular scar on l | height = 6'1" (1.85m)
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  • | description = 5'11" (1.80m) tall; weight 18lbs; medium complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair | height = 5'11" (1.80m)
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  • | dateofbirth = 1 May 1915 | description = 5' 9½" (1.77m) tall; weight 134lbs; fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair
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  • | description = 5'3½ (1.64m) tall; weight 102lbs ; fair complxion, grey eyes, light brown hair, mol | height = 5'3½ (1.64m)
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  • | enlistmentage = 18 years, 1 month | unit = [[No. 5 Personnel Depot RAAF]]
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  • | description = 5'11½" (1.81m) tall; weight 144lbs; fair complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair | height = 5'11½" (1.81m)
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  • | description = 5'5" (1.65m) tall; weight 111lbs; medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair | height = 5'5" (1.65m)
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  • | description = 5'6" (1.68m) tall; weight 126lbs; fair complexion, dark brown eyes, dark brown hair | height = 5'6" (1.68m)
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  • | description = 5'4½" (1.64m) tall; weight 130lbs; fair complexion, hazel eyes and fair hair. | height = 5'4½" (1.64m)
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  • | enlistmentage = 18 years, 1 month | description = 5'10" (1.78m) tall; weight 154lbs; Fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair
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  • | description = 5'6" (1.68 m) tall; weight 140lbs; medium complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, | height = 5'6" (1.68 m)
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  • | description = 5'9½" (1.76m); fair complexion, blue / grey eyes, dark brown hair, scar on left wris | height = 5'9½" (1.76m)
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  • | description = 5'5½" (1.66m) tall; 134lbs weight; | height = 5'5½" (1.66m)
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  • | description = 5'6" (1.68m) tall; weight 146lbs; medium complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, tattoo | height = 5'6" (1.68m)
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  • This unit was formed at Richmond, NSW on 20 Apr 1936, and soon after was renamed as N ...n 3 Oct 1940 and became involved in training air gunners at No. 1 Armament Training School before returning to Richmond on 2 Nov 1940.
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  • | description = 5'7½" (1.71 m) tall; weight 129lbs; fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, tattoo o | height = 5'7½" (1.71 m)
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  • | description = 5'9" (1.75m) tall; weight 126lbs; fair complexion, blue-grey eyes, fair hair. | height = 5'9" (1.75m)
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  • | unit = [[No. 617 Squadron RAF]] ...Flying Training School RAAF]] at Geraldton where at the completion of his training on 11 Mar 1943 he was promoted Sergeant.
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  • | description = 5'10" (1.78m) tall; weight 138lbs; dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair; lar | height = 5'10" (1.78m)
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  • | description = 5'10" (1.78m) tall; weight 166lb; fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, appendix sc | height = 5'10" (1.78m)
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  • | enlistmentage = 31 years, 1 month | description = 5'7" (1.70m); weight 172lbsmedium complexion, brown eyes, brown hair
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  • | enlistmentage = 17 years, 1 month | description = 5'10" (1.78m) tall; weight 140lbs; fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair
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  • | description = 5'10½ in (1.79m) tall; 126lbs weight; fair complexion, blue eyes, black hair | height = 5'10½ in (1.79m)
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  • | dateofbirth = 1 Jun 1916 | enlistmentdate = 1 Feb 1942
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  • | description = 5'8" (1.73m) tall; 136lb weight; olive complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, sca | height = 5'8" (1.73m)
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  • | enlistmentage = 18 years, 1 month | unit = [[No. 7 Operational Training Unit RAAF]]
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  • ===[[No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF]]=== ===[[No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF]] and [[No. 12 Squadron RAF]]===
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  • | aircraftrole = Primary training aircraft | aircraftproduced = UK (5,327), Canada (1,548), Australia (1,070), US (200), New Zealand (132), Portugal (91), Norway (32), Sweden 23, e
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  • .... The last offensive sorties made by RAF Spitfires occurred over Malaya on 1 Jan 1951. *Powerplant: 1 x Rolls Royce merlin 45 supercharged V12 engine
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  • | aircraftproduced = Stockport (1,171) & Longbridge (1,029), England ...for training purposes and as a target tug. However, many of them remained operational during the war lacking suitable replacements. Twenty six RAF Squadrons were
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  • | aircraftnumberbuilt = 4,422 + 1,821 Beauforts ...service than nothing at all. 168 were operational at the outbreak of WW2. 1,552 Mk1 Blenheims were built by the end of 1939 and later 200 were converte
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  • ...aftmanufacturer = de Havilland (4,892) other UK companies (1,433), Canada (1,076), Australia (212) ...nnaissance aircraft, 176 fighters, and 50 bomber versions. Within 6 months 1,378 variants had been ordered, with another 400 to be built in Canada. The
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  • ...talled during late 1940. In late Apr 1941 Mk II aircraft were delivered to operational squadrons and to the Fleet Air Arm, and the Mk VIF to squadrons in March 19 *Guns: 4 x 20mm Hispano MkII cannon in nose; 1 x manually operated .303 Browning Machine Gun
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  • | aircraftnumberbuilt = 1,931 ...maining at Merauke until July 1944. No.25 Squadron was he last RAAF combat unit to operate Vengeance aircraft in an anti-submarine role out of RAAF Pearce
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  • ...4 x Prat & Whitney Twin Wasp 14 cylinder air cooled radial piston engines. 1,200 hp each *Bombs: 1,200kg to 3,600 kg depending on range.
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  • ...rnment were killed. Following Japanese attacks on Malaya, Hudsons from No. 1 Squadron RAAF became the first Allied aircraft to make an attack in the Pac *Powerplant: 2 x Wright ( cylinder radial engines 1,100hp each
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  • *Powerplant: 1 x Allison V-1710-39 V12 liquid cooled piston engine 1,240 hp *Range: 1,152 km at 70% power
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  • ...n, as a dive bomber unit in the New Guinea campaign, and as a heavy bomber unit over Borneo. ...ased as the squadron was brought up to strength and prepared for its first operational missions. Their first mission came on 15 December when aircraft were assign
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  • ...fend Perth and Fremantle. No. 6 Fighter Sector Headquarters, Perth, became operational on 2 May 1942. ===Unit Personnel===
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  • | name = No. 5 Operational Training Unit ...ised 12 crews, with their training completed by 12 Dec 1942. By June 1943, Unit personnel totalled 387, of whom 17 were WAAAF. There were 20 Beaufighter /
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  • ...navigation and photographic training was undertaken at Laverton before the unit began the move to Hughes airfield in the Northern territory on 12 Aug 1942. ...ver Java, Balikpapan, Biak, the Halmahera islands and the Philippines. The unit was re-designated '''No. 87 Squadron RAAF'''. As more aircraft were receive
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  • ...to be equipped arrived on the 12th. The first course of trainees commenced training on 28 July. On 15 September, the staff and students transferred by road to ...e on 15 Feb 1942. On 8 Jun 1942, No. 97 (Reserve) Squadron was formed from unit personnel, and they were to have 15 Anson aircraft on its strength.
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  • | name = No. 4 Service Flying Training School ...had disposed of their oldest air frames. As a result only limiting flying training occurred in the early days of the School. In November 1941, eight of its An
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  • ...ashes, most of which required minor repairs to both aircraft and crew. The unit history is full of reference to aircraft being sent off to Perth for repair ...s being caused by the skid shoes of the [[de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth]] training aircraft.. A modified shoe was made for U1e aircraft using the airfield. We
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  • ...followed and familiarisation flights were carried out before moving to its operational base at Coomalie Creek Airfield on 12 Nov 1942. Combat operations commenced ...altitude, with 79 men killed in action or died during their time with the unit.
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  • | name = No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF ...onnaissance Advanced Training) Flight of No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at RAF Detling.
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  • | name = No. 1 Operational Training Unit RAAF | caption = Bristol Beauforts of No. 1 OTU over Bairnsdale, Victoria, in October 1942 - AWM AC0219
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  • ...aide and Perth, plus 16 trainees from within the Service. During November, training in air frames was undertaken within sight of the tarmac, and normal hangar ...antled and moved to ''No. 77 Operational Base Unit'' at Carnarvon, and the unit was disbanded on 20 Jan 1945
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  • | name = No. 7 Operational Training Unit RAAF ...ivered on 30 April. By the end of April 1944, the aircraft strength of the unit was eight Liberators, one [[Vultee Vengeance]] and an [[Airspeed Oxford]].
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  • | aircraftrole = Training aircraft ...ater, 1,515 of theses aircraft were also build be de Haviland at Hatfield, 1,360 by Percival Aircraft at Luton, and 750 by Standard Motors at Coventry.
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  • | name = No. 26 Operational Training Unit RAF ...5 members of course No 1 arrived on 21 April, with 14 more arriving before training officially beginning on 25 April.
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  • ...he aircraft and English crews were unhappy about serving in an "Australia" unit. During 1943 the squadron remained in North Africa. By August 1943 relation ...ded at Foulsham on 24 Sep 1945. Thirty Seven men died while posted to this unit, 33 in flying battles, 3 as a result of accidents, and one killed in ground
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  • | name = No. 1 General Reconnaissance School RCAF ...equired for ocean patrol. It was the equivalent to an Operational training Unit (OTU), and last stop before aircrew were assigned to operations. The topics
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  • | name = No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School RAAF | caption2 = Trainees in class at 1 WAGS
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  • | name = No. 54 Operational Training Unit RAF ...Its final move came in June 1946 when it transferred to Leeming, where on 1 May 1947 it merged with No 13 OTU to form No 228 OCU.
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  • ...n Operational Training Unit, or as an advanced repair, salvage and service unit *1 x Military Medal
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  • | name = No. 71 Operational Training Unit RAF ...articular type or types of aircraft or roles. No. 71 Operational Training Unit was formed in June 1941 at RAF Ismailia, on the Suez Canal north east of Ca
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  • | name = No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF ...t Upper Heyford. Aircraft changed again, to Mosquito on 1 Jan 1945 and the unit was formally disbanded on 15 Mar 1947.
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  • ...y 1942 the uit relocated to Busselton where from 1 Jul 1943 it also had an operational base detachment to service, maintain and refuel aircraft that went on coast The last entry in the Unit History Record was made on 30 September 1945.
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  • ...No. 3 Bombing & Gunnery School arrived at West Sale in Victoria, with the unit forming over January 1942. With the airfield little other than a runway and ...from Mount Gambier. A group of Americans were fortunate that the unit was operational when on 13 Feb 1942, 14 Americans and their Kittyhawk aircraft were forced
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  • ...kota of No. 36 Squadron at Charters Towers, Queensland, 1943 - StateLibQld 1 196983 On 14 July 1942, the Squadron came under the operational control of the newly formed Air Transport Command. On 17 July 1942 the Squa
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  • | name = No. 5 Service Flying Training School RAAF ...e to train some 200 pilots, using a basic flying training syllabus. Flying training started in February, with a total of 28
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  • ..., based at Cunderdin, had to be seconded to assist No. 86 Operational Base Unit members with normal station duties. ...intenance Unit Cunderdin. This took place on 28 April 1946, and the latter unit took over the former's role, with a strength of 66 airmen.
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  • | description = 6' 2" (1.88m) tall; 166 lbs weight, fair complexion, grey eyes, brown (scant) hair | height = 6' 2" (1.88m)
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  • | name = No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF ...= Two airmen assigned to No. 7 Elementary Flying School with two of the unit's Tiger Moth aircraft at Western Junction Aerodrome AWM photo
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  • | caption = 10 Jun 1943 Townsville, Qld. Members of No. 1 RPP, RAAF at the Aitkenvale base, working in the vegetable garden. AWM NEA0 ...s, bayonets, sub-machine guns and grenades; and advanced aerodrome defence training.
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  • ...third aircraft (A72-357) was allotted to 201 Flight to be used for general training purposes. ...ial operators could be carried out. In September A72·197 was completed at 1 APU. In the same month RAAF Headquarters advised that tentative post-war pl
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  • | unit = No. 75 Squadron RAAF ...ining Unit RAAF]] at Williamstown in Victoria to prepare for posting to an operational Squadron.
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  • ...4 Operational Training Unit was raised at Williamtown, New South Wales, on 1 Oct 1942 to prepare crews to operate the Vultee Vengeance dive bomber on ac ...completed on 25 November 1942. At the end of October, the strength of the Unit stood at seven Vengeance dive bombers,
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  • | name = No. 2 Operational Training Unit RAAF ...associated with their primary mission, before assignment to an operational unit.
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  • ...[[Brewster Buffalo]] fighters and commenced training before being declared operational on 19 Nov 1941. enemy aircraft which was raiding the area. In this combat the unit suffered its first battle casualty in return for one claimed Japanese fight
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  • | description = 5'10½" (1.79m) tall; weight 142lb; medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair | height = 5'10½" (1.79m)
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