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Appearance
![Three 7 OTU Liberators flying in formation](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/7OTU_%28AMW_043184%29.jpg/150px-7OTU_%28AMW_043184%29.jpg)
No. 7 Operational Training Unit RAAF (7 OTU) was a Royal Australian Air Force heavy bomber training unit of World War II. 7 OTU was formed on 12 February 1944 1944 at RAAF Station Tocumwal in southern New South Wales to train RAAF B-24 Liberator crews. 7 OTU was initially equipped with ex-USAAF B-24Bs but later received new B-24Js. At full strength the Unit was equipped with 54 B-24s and was responsible for training 28 crews per month. 7 OTU was disbanded following the end of the war.