page_title: No. 4 Operational Training Unit RAAF
hierarchical_section_title: No. 4 Operational Training Unit RAAF
caption_attribution_description: English: AWM caption&#160;: WILLIAMTOWN, NSW. C 1943. VULTEE VENGEANCE MKIV TWO- SEAT GENERAL PURPOSE DIVE- BOMBER AIRCRAFT A27-518. A TOTAL OF THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- TWO OF VARIOUS MARKS OF THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT WERE ON THE RAAF INVENTORY DURING WORLD WAR II AND WERE OPERATED BY NOS 12, 21, 23 AND 24 SQUADRONS AS WELL AS BY SEVERAL COMMUNICATION UNITS.
context_page_description: No. 4 Operational Training Unit was an operational conversion unit of the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. It was formed at Williamtown, New South Wales, in October 1942 to train pilots and wireless air gunners to operate Vultee Vengeance dive bombers. The school was equipped with Vengeances and CAC Wirraway aircraft. Accidents were common in operational conversion units, and No. 4 OTU suffered several fatal crashes during its existence. It was disbanded in April 1944, handing Williamtown over to No. 5 Operational Training Unit.
context_section_description: No. 4 Operational Training Unit (No. 4 OTU) was an operational conversion unit of the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. It was formed at Williamtown, New South Wales, in October 1942 to train pilots and wireless air gunners to operate Vultee Vengeance dive bombers. The school was equipped with Vengeances and CAC Wirraway aircraft. Accidents were common in operational conversion units, and No. 4 OTU suffered several fatal crashes during its existence. It was disbanded in April 1944, handing Williamtown over to No. 5 Operational Training Unit.
caption: Vultee Vengeance dive bomber at Williamtown, c. 1943
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