The RAAF Memorial and Museum

The RAAF Memorial and Museum commemorates Mildura’s historic hyperlink to the Royal Australian Air Force. The Museum from 1942 until 1946, the Mildura Airfield became a RAAF Base being the house of the No. 2 Operational Training Unit. The role of 2 OTU became to provide operational fighter conversion and education to pilots earlier than they had been published to their operational squadrons. 1,247 pilots flew Wirraway, Boomerang, Spitfire, Kittyhawk and Mustang plane at the bottom. Many famous airmen educated or instructed on the Mildura base, together with former Prime Minister John Gorton, SQNLDR “Bluey” Truscott DFC & Bar, WGCDR Bobby Gibbes DSO DFC & Bar and GPCAPT Clive “Killer” Caldwell DSO DFC.

To keep this important part of Mildura’s heritage, a museum has been hooked up in the antique RAAF Headquarters building that's one of the few closing systems at the airfield from the World War 2 era. The Museum incorporates a huge wide iety of RAAF memorabilia and displays referring to the sports of 2OTU at Mildura and wartime operations some place else. Visitors are welcome to leisurely browse the displays in 4 display rooms and the corridors or be guided by way of our friendly volunteer personnel.