More than 50 young men lost their lives while training in Mildura and many are buried in the Mildura Lawn Cemtery at Nichols Point under a military banner. Funding was provided under the Victorian Government Rural Community Development Scheme to repair the building and help make it a local attraction. Part of the building is now known as the RAAF No.2OTU museum and there is an active committee in the process of setting up memorabilia displays. The museum will be officially opened later in 2001 and will depict the history of Mildura Airport as a WWII fighter operational training unit as well as numerous interesting memorabilia displays. MildurAIR'02 is geared to become another major community celebration of and fundraising event for the community's History, Heroes and Honour .
Entry is by gold coin donation.
Expressions of Interest are being called for aerial displays, ground displays or aircraft static displays and are available from Mildura Rural City Council's Event Development Facilitator Julie Jewell. Expressions of Interest are currently being taken to participate in the MildurAir 2002 Show, for further information, please contact the Mildura Rural City Council.