ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
Access to over 650 digitised files of
RAAF Operations Record Books ORBs
and Unit History Sheets on RAAF Units
An incredible research resource!
NAA
RAAF Aircraft Accident Files
Links to 283 National Archives of
Australia
Aircraft Accident Files - mostly RAAF Aircraft
Victoria
Barracks in Melbourne became the Headquarters for the Royal Australian Air
Force (RAAF) since
its formation in 1921. During WWII Victoria Barracks also
became the Allied
Air Force Headquarters.
Headquarters RAAF Command
Brisbane
Air Industry Section AIRIND, Allied Air Force
Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF)
RAAF Aboriginal Labour Units
Royal Australian Air Force
Commonwealth War Graves and Memorials
In Australia 1939 - 1945
There are a total of 2,372 Royal Australian Air Force personnel
including W.A.A.A.F.s buried in War Cemeteries
or public & private
cemeteries or listed on various Memorials around Australia in the
calendar years 1939 to 1945. A high percentage of these would
have died in military aircraft crashes in Australia
during WWII.
Pilot Officer Francis Debenham Milne
(33516)
The only member of the RAAF buried
at Arlington National Cemetery, USA
RAAF AREA HEADQUARTERS
Eastern Area Headquarters |
Central Area Headquarters Point Piper, Sydney |
Northern Area Headquarters North Eastern Area
Headquarters |
North Western Area Headquarters | Southern Area Headquarters | Western Area Headquarters |
RAAF OPERATIONAL GROUPS
1 Group Headquarters 425 St. Kilda Rd, Melbourne |
2 Operational Group Townsville |
9 Operational Group |
RAAF SQUADRONS
1 Squadron | 2 Squadron | 3 Squadron |
4 Squadron | 5 Squadron | 6 Squadron |
7 Squadron | 8 Squadron | 9 Squadron |
10 Squadron | 11 Squadron | 12 Squadron |
13 Squadron | 14 Squadron | 15 Squadron |
18 (NEI) Squadron | 19 (NEI) Squadron |
20 Squadron
|
21 Squadron | 22 Squadron | 23 Squadron |
24 Squadron | 25 Squadron | 30 Squadron |
31 Squadron | 32 Squadron | 33 Squadron |
34 Squadron | 35 Squadron | 36 Squadron |
37 Squadron | 38 Squadron | 40 Squadron |
41 Squadron | 42 Squadron | 43 Squadron |
60 Squadron | 66 Squadron | 67 Squadron |
71 Squadron | 73 Squadron | 75 Squadron |
76 Squadron | 77 Squadron | 78 Squadron |
79 Squadron | 80 Squadron | 82 Squadron |
83 Squadron | 84 Squadron | 85 Squadron |
86 Squadron | 87 Squadron | 92 Squadron |
93 Squadron | 94 Squadron | 99 Squadron |
100 Squadron | 102 Squadron | 107 Squadron |
120 (NEI) Squadron |
200 Flight or 200 Special Duties Flight Leyburn |
450 Squadron |
451 Squadron | 452 Squadron | 453 Squadron |
454 Squadron | 455 Squadron | 457 Squadron |
458 Squadron |
SURVEY FLIGHTS
3 Survey Flight Squadron Lowood |
WING HEADQUARTERS
1 Fighter Wing Formed at Richmond on 7 Oct 1942 |
75 Wing Headquarters Formed Garbutt, Townsville on 13 Oct 1943, then Horn Island |
76 Wing Headquarters Formed Cairns July 1944, then Doctor's Gully, Darwin |
78 Wing Headquarters Formed Townsville 24 Nov 1943, then Nadzab |
79 Wing Headquarters Formed Batchelor 20 Nov 1943 |
80 Wing Headquarters Operational at Sattler, NT on 15 May 1944 |
82 Wing Headquarters Formed at Ballarat, VIC in Aug 1944 |
85 Attack Wing Headquarters Amberley |
86 Wing Headquarters Kingaroy |
COMMUNICATION UNITS
1 Communication Unit | 2 Communication Unit | 3 Communication Unit |
4 Communication
Unit Archerfield |
5 Communication
Unit Garbutt |
6 Communication Unit |
7 Communication Unit | 10 Communication Unit | 13 Communication
Unit Kingaroy |
Governor General's Communication Flight |
No. 1 Training Group RAAF
No. 2 Training Group RAAF
(Headquarters at Point Piper, Sydney)
"Redleaf",
536 New South Head Road, Double Bay was accommodation
for WAAAF's working at No. 2 Training Group HQ
EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME (EATS)
1 Air Navigation
School Parkes, NSW |
2 Air Navigation
School Mount Gambier, SA Nhill, VIC |
|
1 Air Observers
School Cootamundra, NSW Evans Head, NSW |
2 Air Observers
School Mount Gambier, SA |
3 Air Observers
School Port Pirie, SA |
1 Bombing and
Gunnery School Evans Head, NSW |
2 Bombing and
Gunnery School Port Pirie, SA |
3 Bombing and
Gunnery School West Sale, VIC |
Air Gunnery
School West Sale, VIC |
Central Gunnery
School Sale, VIC Williamtown, NSW Mildura, VIC Cressy, VIC |
|
1 Elementary
Flying Training School Melbourne, VIC Parafield, SA Tamworth, NSW |
2 Elementary
Flying Training School Archerfield, QLD |
3 Elementary
Flying Training School Essendon, VIC |
4 Elementary
Flying Training School Mascot, NSW |
5 Elementary
Flying Training School Narromine, NSW |
6 Elementary
Flying Training School Tamworth, NSW |
7 Elementary
Flying Training School Western Junction, TAS |
8 Elementary
Flying Training School Narrandera, NSW |
9 Elementary
Flying Training School Cunderdin, WA |
10 Elementary
Flying Training School Temora, NSW |
11 Elementary
Flying Training School Benalla, VIC |
12 Elementary
Flying Training School Bundaberg, QLD Lowood, QLD |
1 Initial Training School Somers, VIC |
2 Initial
Training School Lindfield, NSW |
3 Initial
Training School Sandgate, QLD Amberley, QLD Kingaroy, QLD |
4 Initial
Training School Mount Breckan at Victor Harbor, SA |
5 Initial
Training School Pearce, WA |
6 Initial
Training School Bradfield Park, NSW |
1
Operational Training Unit Nhill, VIC Bairnsdale, VIC East Sale, VIC |
2 Operational
Training Unit Port Pirie, SA Mildura, NSW Williamtown, NSW |
3 Operational
Training Unit Rathmines, NSW |
4 Operational
Training Unit Williamtown, NSW |
5 Operational
Training Unit Wagga Wagga, NSW Tocumwal, NSW Williamtown, NSW |
6 Operational
Training Unit Nowra, NSW Jervis Bay, NSW |
7 Operational
Training Unit Tocumwal, NSW |
8 Operational
Training Unit Narromine, NSW Parkes, NSW |
|
1 Service Flying
Training School Point Cook, VIC |
2 Service Flying
Training School Forrest Hill, NSW |
3 Service Flying
Training School Amberley, QLD |
4 Service Flying
Training School Geraldton, WA |
5 Service Flying
Training School Uranquinty, NSW |
6 Service Flying
Training School Mallala, SA |
7 Service Flying
Training School Deniliquin, NSW |
8 Service Flying
Training School Bundaberg, QLD |
|
1 Wireless Air
Gunners School Ballarat, VIC |
2 Wireless Air
Gunners School Parkes, NSW |
3 Wireless Air
Gunners School Maryborough, QLD |
Central Flying
School Point Cook, VIC Camden, NSW Tamworth, NSW Parkes, NSW |
General
Reconnaissance School Point Cook, VIC Laverton, VIC Cressy, VIC Bairnsdale, VIC |
OTHER TRAINING UNITS
1 Engineering
School Ascot Vale, VIC |
1 Radio School Richmond, NSW Maryborough, QLD |
1
School of Technical Training Melbourne, VIC Exhibition Building at Carlton, VIC |
2 School of
Technical Training Canberra, ACT |
3 School of
Technical Training Ultimo, NSW |
4 School of
Technical Training HQ Southern Area, SA |
5 School of
Technical Training Mount Bay Rd., Perth |
6 School of
Technical Training Hobart, TAS |
7 School of
Technical Training Geelong, North Shore |
1 Signals School Point Cook, VIC |
1 WAAAF Training
Depot Malvern, VIC Geelong Grammar School at Corio, VIC St Catherine's School at Toorak, VIC Preston, VIC |
2 WAAAF Training
Depot Robertson, NSW Bradfield Park, NSW |
3 WAAAF Training
Depot Karrinyup, WA (Note there was no No. 4 WAAAF Training Depot) |
5 WAAAF Training
Depot Bradfield Park, NSW Penrith, NSW |
Air Armament and
Gas School (A.A. & G.S.) Nhill, VIC |
Aircrew Officers
and Non-commissioned Officers School Watsonia, VIC |
1 Armament Training
Station Laverton, VIC Cressy, VIC |
Equipment
Training School Laverton, VIC Ascot Vale, VIC |
Heavy Bomber
Replacement Training Unit Strathpine, QLD Nadzab, New Guinea Darwin, NT |
Medical Training
Unit Laverton, VIC "Larundel" at Preston, VIC |
Paratroop
Training Unit Laverton, VIC Tocumwal, NSW Richmond, NSW |
RAAF School of
Languages Sydney, NSW Ascot Vale, VIC |
RAAF Staff School Mount Martha, VIC |
School of Administration Laverton, VIC Ascot Vale, VIC Trinity College in Carlton, VIC Victor Harbour, SA |
School of Army
Co-operation Canberra, ACT |
School of
Photography Point Cook, VIC Canberra, ACT |
School of Radio Ballarat, VIC |
School of
Technical Training Melbourne, VIC |
Service Aircrew
Camp Barmera, SA |
Seaplane Training Flight Unit Rathmines |
Works Training
Unit Ascot Vale, VIC Wooloomanata, VIC |
AIR TRAINING CORPS
1 Wing Air
Training Corps, VIC formed 18 Aug 1941, Kelvin Hall, 55 Collins Place, Melbourne Initial squadrons shown below 1 Squadron Prahran |
2 Wing Air
Training Corps, NSW Initial squadrons shown below 22 Squadron |
3 Wing Air Training Corps |
4 Wing Air Training Corps | 5 Wing Air Training Corps | 6 Wing Air Training Corps |
WIRELESS UNITS
No 1 Wireless Unit RAAF Strathpine, Townsville |
No
1 Air Support Unit RAAF (A Wireless Unit) |
No. 2 Radio Installation & Maintenance Unit RAAF |
No 3 Wireless Unit RAAF | No. 4 Wireless
Unit Strathpine |
No. 5 Wireless
Unit Strathpine |
7 Wireless Unit Strathpine |
AIRCRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNITS
Aircraft Research and Development Unit | No. 1 Aircraft Performance Unit |
FIGHTER SECTOR HEADQUARTERS
These were controlled by
RAAF Command whose
headquarters were in the AMP Building
in Queen Street, Brisbane from 1942 - 1944 and then at Camp Victoria Park in
1945..
A typical RAAF Fighter Sector HQ
1
Fighter Sector Headquarters |
2 Fighter Sector Headquarters |
3 Fighter Sector Headquarters |
4 Fighter Sector Headquarters |
5
Fighter Sector Headquarters |
6 Fighter
Sector Headquarters Mount Lawley, Belmont, Perth |
7 Fighter
Sector Headquarters Preston, Victoria |
8 Fighter
Sector Headquarters Wills building, Ann St., Brisbane |
9 Fighter
Sector Headquarters initially Cairns, Queensland |
9 Mobile Fighter
Sector Headquarters Cairns, QLD |
10
Mobile Fighter Sector Headquarters Darwin, NT |
No. 11 Fighter Sector
Headquarters initially in Yanrey, WA |
12 Fighter Sector Headquarters initially Townsville, Queensland |
13 Fighter Sector
Headquarters Garbutt, Queensland |
14 (Mobile)
Fighter Sector Headquarters Camden, NSW |
102 Fighter
Control Unit replaced 2 Fighter Sector Headquarters |
109 Mobile
Fighter Sector replaced 9 Mobile Fighter Sector |
109 Mobile
Fighter Control Unit replaced 109 Mobile Fighter Sector |
110 Mobile
Fighter Sector Headquarters replaced 10 Mobile Fighter Sector Headquarters |
110 Mobile
Fighter Control Unit replaced 110 Mobile Fighter Sector Headquarters later became Air Defence Headquarters Morotai |
111 Mobile Fighter Control Unit |
111Mobile Fighter
Sector Headquarters replaced 111 Mobile Fighter Control Unit |
114 Mobile
Fighter Sector Headquarters replaced 14 (Mobile) Fighter Sector Headquarters Strathpine |
114 Mobile
Fighter Control Unit replaced 114 Mobile Fighter Sector Headquarters |
108 Fighter
Control Unit replaced 108 Fighter Sector |
114
Fighter Control Unit (possibly originally No. 14 Fighter Sector
Headquarters) Camden, NSW |
Air
Defence Headquarters, Brisbane replaced 108 Fighter Control Unit |
Air Defence
Headquarters, Broome replaced 40 Zone Filter Centre and 35 Zone Filter Centre |
Air Defence
Headquarters, Darwin replaced 105 Fighter Control Unit and 39 Zone Filter Centre |
Air Defence
Headquarters, Higgins replaced 113 Fighter Control Unit and 32 Zone Filter Centre |
Air Defence
Headquarters, Melbourne replaced 107 Fighter Control Unit |
Air Defence
Headquarters, Perth replaced 106 Fighter Control Unit |
Air Defence
Headquarters, Sydney replaced 101 Fighter Control Unit and 102 Fighter Control Unit |
Air Defence
Headquarters, Townsville replaced 103 Fighter Control Unit |
ZONE FILTER CENTRES
32 Zone Filter
Centre Horn Island, then Higgins |
33 Zone Filter
Centre Cairns, the Milne Bay |
35 Zone Filter
Centre Subiaco, Perth, then Exmouth Gulf |
39 Zone Filter
Centre Millingimbi, NT, then Gove |
40 Zone Filter
Centre Perth, then Broome |
VOLUNTEER AIR OBSERVERS CORPS
sometimes referred to as Voluntary Air
Observation Corps
1 Volunteer Air Observers Corps Melbourne, Vic |
2 Volunteer Air
Observers Corps Sydney, NSW |
3 Volunteer Air
Observers Corps Brisbane, QLD |
4 Volunteer Air Observers Corps Townsville, QLD |
5 Volunteer Air
Observers Corps Merredin, WA |
6
Volunteer Air Observers Corps Adelaide, SA |
AIRFIELD DEFENCE SQUADRONS
Security Guards
Unit later called No.1 Airfield Defence Squadron |
No. 2 Airfield Defence Squadron |
MOBILE WORKS/MAINTENANCE SQUADRONS
1 Mobile Parachute Maintenance
Unit (Formed Richmond 7 Aug 1943, moved to Mareeba in May 1944) |
1 Mobile Works Squadron | 2 Mobile Works Squadron (later 2 Airfield Construction Squadron - see below) |
3 Mobile Maintenance Squadron (later 3 Mobile Works Squadron) |
4 Mobile Works Unit? |
5 Maintenance Group (Formed Stratford Hall, Yarranabbe Rd, Darling Point) |
5 Mobile Works Squadron | 6 Mobile Works Squadron | 7 Mobile Works Squadron |
8 Mobile Works Squadron | 10 Works
Supply Unit formed at Camp Pell 21 Dec 1942 |
14 Mobile Works Squadron |
61 Works Wing |
AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION UNITS
1 Airfield Construction Squadron | 2 Airfield
Construction Squadron (previously 2 Mobile Works Squadron) |
3 Airfield Construction Squadron |
4 Airfield Construction Squadron | 5 Airfield Construction Squadron | 6 Airfield Construction Squadron |
7 Airfield Construction Squadron | 8 Airfield Construction Squadron | 9 Airfield Construction Squadron |
14 Airfield Construction Squadron |
RAAF RADAR STATIONS
Section 7, Directorate of Signals
Radar/Radio Huts at Robe in South Australia
VHF/DF
and Radar Sites in Australia during WW2
Includes US Army Radar Stations
Fixed Stations on mainland or islands close to mainland - Australian AW or English Mk V COL |
MAWD (Modified Air Warning Device) - American SCR268 Gun Laying sets (Transportable) |
Mobile Ground Control Interception (GCI) - either English Mk V, Canadian RWG/GCI or Australian LW/GCI Mk 1 or Mk 2 |
Fixed Stations on mainland using English ACO equipment |
Light Weight Low Flying Cover (LW/LFC) special 10cm set with Australian designed and constructed aerials and huts using English 500kW Type 227 equipment |
Australian Air Transportable equipment |
LW/AW Mk 1, Mk 1A, Mk2 or Mk5 |
No. 7 Radar Station Parafield, SA Wedge Island, SA |
No. 10 Radar Station Victor Harbour, SA Yankalilla, SA |
No. 13 Radar Station Cape Otway, VIC |
No.14 Radar Station Wilson's Promontory, VIC |
No. 15 Radar Station Laverton, VIC Metung, VIC |
No. 16 Radar Station Gabo Island, VIC |
No. 17 Radar Station Moruya, NSW |
No. 18
Radar Station Kiama, NSW |
No. 19 Radar Station Bombi, NSW |
No. 20 Radar Station Nelson Bay, NSW |
No. 23
Radar Station Lytton, QLD |
No. 24 Radar Station Sandgate, QLD Caloundra, QLD |
No. 25 Radar Station (became No. 167) Mascot, NSW Bundaberg, QLD Sandy Cape, QLD |
No. 26 Radar Station Cape Cleveland, QLD |
No. 27 Radar Station Townsville, QLD Dunk Island, QLD |
No. 28 Radar Station Cairns, QLD Fitzroy Island, QLD |
No. 29 Radar Station Port Morseby, NG |
No. 31 Radar Station (became No. 310) Darwin, NT Point Charles, NT Fenton, NT Exmouth Gulf |
No. 32 Radar Station Fremantle, WA Rottnest Island, WA |
No. 33 Radar Station Pearce, WA Cape Naturaliste, WA |
No. 35 Radar Station Subiaco, WA Albany, WA |
No. 36 Radar Station Thursday Island, QLD Hammond Island, QLD Horne Island, QLD |
No. 37 Radar Station Port Moresby, NG Fall River, NG |
No. 38 Radar Station Darwin, NT Bathurst Island, NT |
No. 39 Radar Station Darwin, NT Port Keats, NT |
No. 40 Radar Station Merauke, Dutch NG |
No. 42 Radar Station (became No. 55) Mascot, NSW Bowen, QLD |
No. 43 Radar Station Townsville, QLD Portland Roads, QLD |
No. 44 Radar Station (became No. 56) Townsville, QLD Cooktown, QLD |
No. 45 Radar Station Cloncurry, QLD Townsville, QLD Stanley Island, QLD Richmond, NSW |
No. 46 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Cape Don, NT |
No. 47 Radar Station Pearce, WA Gin Gin, WA Kalamunda, WA Geraldton, WA |
No. 48 Radar Station Subiaco, WA Jurian Bay, WA |
No. 49 Radar Station Sandgate, QLD Point Lookout, QLD |
No. 50 Radar Station Townsville, QLD Dobodura, NG Tsili Tsili, NG Ainami, NG Tadji, NG |
No. 51 Radar Station Sandgate, QLD Coolangatta, QLD |
No. 52 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Townsville, QLD Muttee Head, QLD |
No. 53 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Mount Surprise, QLD Pitt Town, NSW |
No. 54 Radar Station Collaroy, NSW Coolangatta, QLD (was No. 101) |
No. 55 Radar Station (was No. 44) Bowen, QLD |
No. 56 Radar Station Cooktown, QLD (was No. 44) |
No. 57 Radar Station (was No. 104) Townsville, QLD |
No. 58 Radar Station Camden, NSW Mascot, NSW Paluma, QLD |
No. 59 Radar Station Lee Point, NT |
No. 60 Radar Station 59 Mile, NT Cape Van Diemen, NT |
No. 61 Radar Station (was No. 307) Perron Island, NT |
No. 101 Radar Station Sydney, NSW Collaroy, NSW (became No. 54) |
No. 102 Radar Station Coolangatta, QLD |
No. 103 Radar Station Dulwich (Dunwich?), QLD |
No. 104 Radar Station (became No. 57) Townsville, QLD |
No. 105 Radar Station Point Charles, NT |
No. 107 Radar Station Cloncurry, QLD |
No. 108 Radar Station Cloncurry, QLD |
No, 109 Radar Station Darwin, NT |
No. 131 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Kogarah, NSW Kyeemagh, NSW Ash Island, NSW |
No. 132 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Darwin, NT |
No. 134 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Maroubra, NSW Beverley Hills, NSW |
No. 135 Radar Station Sandgate, QLD Pinkenba, QLD |
No. 136 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Bunnerong Park, NSW Alligator River, QLD |
No. 138 Radar Station Croydon, NSW Townsville, QLD Port Morseby, NG Dobodura, NG |
No. 144 Radar Station Subiaco, WA Cannington, WA |
No. 150 Radar Station Laverton, VIC Darwin, NT Adelaide River, NT Barrimah (or Berrimah?), NT |
No. 151 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Townsville, QLD Cairns, QLD Merauke, Dutch NG |
No. 152 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Sydney, NSW Finschhafen, NG Tadji, NG |
No. 153 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Sydney, NSW Port Morseby, NG Finshhafen, NG Memote, Admiralty Islands |
No. 154 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Anjo, WA Truscott, WA |
No. 155 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Ash Island, NSW Perth, WA, Fremantle, WA Exmouth Gulf, WA |
No. 161 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Adelaide River, NT Anjo, NT 58 Mile, NT Sattler, NT Morotai |
No. 162 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Bankstown, NSW Knuckeys Lagoon, NT Morotai |
No. 163 Radar Station (Training Group) Richmond, NSW Sandgate, QLD Melbourne, VIC Morotai Labuan, Borneo Lutong, Borneo Bankstown, NSW |
No. 164 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Bankstown, NSW Bargo, NSW Menangle, NSW |
No. 165 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Pitt Town, NSW Bargo, NSW Quakers Hill, NSW |
No. 166 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Pitt Town, NSW Castlereagh, NSW Sandgate, QLD Morotai Labuan, Borneo |
No. 167 Radar Station (was No. 25) Pitt Town, NSW Strathpine, QLD Morotai Tarakan, Borneo Deniliquin, NSW |
No. 168 Radar Station Pitt Town, NSW Strathpine, QLD Morotai Tarakan, Borneo |
No. 169 Radar Station Pitt Town, NSW Marsden Park, NSW |
No. 170 Radar Station Pitt Town, NSW Marsden Park, NSW |
No. 207 Radar Station Croydon, NSW Lilli Pilli, NSW |
No. 208 Radar Station Swansea, NSW |
No. 209 Radar Station Sandgate, QLD Benowa, QLD |
No. 210
Radar Station Sandgate, QLD Toorbul, QLD |
No. 211 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Charlie's Hill, Home Hill, QLD |
No. 220 Radar Station Camden, NSW Mascot, NSW Tolga, QLD |
No. 224 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Southport Rd, Darwin, NT |
No. 227 Radar Station Subiaco, WA Yancep, WA |
No. 228 Radar Station Subiaco, WA Rockingham, WA |
No. 251 Radar Station Collaroy, NSW |
No. 257 Radar Station Collaroy, NSW Darwin, NT |
No. 301 Radar Station Townsville, QLD New Guniea Richmond, NSW Finschhafen, NG Saidor, NG |
No. 302 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Darwin, NT Morotai Balikpapan, Borneo |
No. 303 Radar Station Townsville, QLD McLaren Harbour, NG Forduma II, NG Boirama Island, NG Milne Bay, NG Meineiara Island, NG Port Morseby, NG |
No. 304 Radar Station Townsville Port Moresby, NG Normandy Island, NG Milne Bay, NG Hood Point, NG |
No. 305 Radar Station Townsville, QLD Port Moresby, NG Goodenough, NG Kiriwina, NG Milne Bay, NG |
No. 306 Radar Station Townsville, QLD Port Moresby, NG Bulolo, NG |
No. 307 Radar Station (became No. 61) Mascot, NSW Darwin, NT Perron Island, NT |
No. 308 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Darwin, NT Batchelor, NT Millingimbi, NT Pitt Town, NSW Strathpine, QLD Morotai Tarakan, Borneo Deniliquin, NSW |
No. 309 Radar Station Mascot, Darwin, NT Fenton, NT Goulburn Island, NT Marsden Park, NSW Strathpine, QLD Morotai Tarakan, Borneo Deniliquin, NSW |
No. 310 Radar Station (was No. 31) Exmouth Gulf, WA Sattler, NT Darwin, NT Morotai |
No. 311 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Horn Island, QLD Archer Bay, QLD Garbutt, QLD Green Island, QLD Jacquinot Bay, NB |
No. 312 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Horn Island, QLD Wessel Island, NT Marsden Park, NSW Strathpine, QLD Morotai Tarakan, Borneo Deniliquin, NSW |
No. 313 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Horn Island, QLD Mornington Island, QLD Townsville, QLD Green Island, QLD Jacquinot Bay, NB |
No. 314 Radar Station Onslow, WA Perth, WA |
No. 315 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Cape Ward Hunt, NG Milne Bay, NG Middleburg Island, NG Richmond, NSW |
No. 316 Radar Station Archerfield, QLD Mascot, NSW Merauke, NG Kombies, NG Morotai Labuan, Borneo Bankstown, NSW |
No. 317 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Old Drysdale, WA Sir Graham Moore Island |
No. 318 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Batchelor, NT Cape Don, NT Cape Van Diemen, NT Richmond, NSW |
No. 319 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Fenton, NT Drysdale, WA Anjo, WA Truscott, WA |
No. 320 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Mitchell River, QLD Townsville, QLD Bougainville, NB |
No. 321 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Adelaide River, NT Millingimbi, NT Yirrkala, NT |
No. 322 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Tanah Merah, Dutch NG Pitt Town, NSW |
No. 323 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Boepel, NG Mappi Post, NG Castlereagh, NSW Archerfield, QLD Maura Island, Borneo Brooketown, Borneo Bankstown, NSW |
No. 324 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Noonkanabah, WA Yampi Sound, WA Guildford, WA Castlereagh, NSW Archerfield, QLD Morotai Labuan, Borneo Papen Island, Borneo Bankstown, NSW |
No. 325 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Corunna Downs, WA Guildford, WA Castlereagh, NSW Archerfield, QLD Morotai Labuan, Borneo Luting, Borneo Kiri, Borneo |
No. 326 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Broome, WA Cape Laveque, WA |
No. 327 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Broome, WA |
No. 328 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Red Hill, WA Port Hedland, WA |
No. 336 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Port Moresby, NG Kiriwina, NG Safon, NG Oro Bay, NG |
No. 337 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Port Moresby, NG Sia Island, NG Los Negros, Admiralty Islands Richmond, NSW |
No. 338 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Mascot, NSW Port Moresby, NG Long Island, NG Madang, NG |
No. 339 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Port Moresby, NG Yule Island, NG |
No. 340 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Port Morseby, NG Finschhafen, NG Bat Island, NG Los Negros, Admiralty Islands Aitape, NG Tadji, NG |
No. 341 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Mulgrave Island, NG Richmond, NSW Pitt Town, NSW |
No. 342 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Mount Spec, QLD Townsville, QLD Castlereagh, NSW Archerfield, QLD Morotai Labuan, Borneo |
No. 343 Radar Station Mascot, NSW Townsville, QLD Mount Spec, QLD Sattler, NT Morotai Balikpapan, Borneo |
No. 344 Radar Station Mascot, NSW 58 Mile, NT West Montilecit Island, WA Richmond, NSW |
No. 345 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Finschhafen, NG Los Negros, Admiralty Islands Bipi Island, Admiralty Islands Harengan Island, Admiralty Islands Richmond, NSW |
No. 346 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Finschhafen, NG Salamai, Admiralty Islands Bundralis, Admiralty Islands Los Negros, Admiralty Islands Madang, NG |
No. 347 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Milne Bay, NG Port Moresby, NG Finschhafen, NG Los Negros, Admiralty Islands |
No. 348 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Port Moresby, NG Tumbo Island, NG Tadji, NG Hollandia, NG Madang, NG |
No. 349 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Finschhafen, NG Hansa Bay, NG |
No. 350 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Finschhafen, NG Biak, Borneo |
No. 351 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Darwin, NT Morotai Balikpapan, Borneo |
No. 352 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Sattler, NT Darwin, NT Morotai |
No. 354 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Bankstown, NSW Bargo, NSW Strathpine, QLD Morotai Tarakan, Borneo |
No. 355 Radar Station Richmond, NSW Dapto, NSW Strathpine, QLD Morotai Tarakan, Borneo Sadu Island, Borneo |
Strathpine RAAF
VHF/DF Homing Station near Bells Pocket Road, Strathpine |
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42 Radio Direction Finding Wing (42 RDF Wing) Garbutt, Townsville |
RADAR SCHOOLS
1 Radar School Maryborough |
Australian Radar Sites WW2
A web site by Len Brighton
SIGNALS UNITS
3 Signals Unit Strathpine |
10
Signals Unit (Rear Echelon) Townsville |
11
Signals Unit Northern Territory |
12
Signals Unit Townsville |
13
Signals Unit Mt. Druitt |
20
Signals Unit Townsville & Fanning |
AIR STORES PARK
21 Air Stores Park | 22 Air Stores Park | 23 Air Stores Park |
24 Air Stores
Park Amberley |
25 Air Stores Park | 28 Air Stores Park |
29 Air Stores Park | 30 Air Stores Park | 31 Air Stores
Park Amberley |
32 Air Stores Park |
AIRCRAFT DEPOTS
1 Aircraft Depot | 2 Aircraft Depot | 3 Aircraft Depot Amberley |
4 Aircraft Depot | 5 Aircraft Depot | 6 Aircraft Depot Oakey |
7 Aircraft Depot |
AIRCRAFT PARKS
1 Aircraft Park | 2 Aircraft Park |
AIRCRAFT REPAIR DEPOTS
12 Aircraft Repair Depot | 13 Aircraft Repair Depot | 14
Aircraft Repair Depot initially known as 7 Airframe Repair Depot |
FLYING BOAT REPAIR DEPOTS
No 1 Flying Boat Repair Depot (Flying Boat Base Lake Boga) |
No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit (Bowen Flying Boat Base) |
No. 2 Flying Boat
Maintenance Unit (Lake Boga and Darwin) |
No. 2 Flying Boat Repair Depot (Rathmines) |
AMMUNITION/BOMB UNITS
1 Central Reserve | 2 Central Reserve | 3
Central Reserve Kowguran |
5 Central Reserve | 6 Central Reserve Nokaning, WA |
|
1 Replenishing Centre | 2 Replenishing
Centre Helidon |
3 Replenishing Centre |
5 Replenishing Centre | 6 Replenishing Centre | 7 Replenishing Centre |
8 Replenishing Centre | 9 Replenishing Centre | 10 Replenishing Centre |
15 Replenishing Centre | 17 Replenishing Centre | 18 Replenishing Centre |
19 Replenishing Centre |
BOMB DISPOSAL UNITS
2 Bomb Disposal
Unit (Richmond) |
6 Bomb Disposal Unit (6 BDU) | Townsville Bomb Disposal Unit |
CENTRAL RECOVERY DEPOTS
1 Central Recovery Depot (1 CRD) | 2 Central Recovery Depot (2 CRD) | 3 Central
Recovery Depot (3 CRD) Amberley |
4 Central Recovery Depot (4 CRD) | 5 Central Recovery Depot (5 CRD) | 6 Central
Recovery Depot (6 CRD) (Breddan, Stuart, Townsville) |
7 Central Recovery Depot (7 CRD) | 8 Central Recovery Depot (8 CRD) |
INLAND AIRCRAFT FUEL DEPOTS
All IAFD sites were located on railway
lines for access by rail tankers, but were
situated well away from the airfields they serviced as these were bulk storage
facilities.
Fuel would be transported from the IAFD to the airfield fuel tanks by road
tanker.
NEW SOUTH WALES | ||
Cootamundra No. 3 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Deniliquin No. 15 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Goulburn No. 16 IAFD located at Lake Bathurst |
Grafton No. 6 IAFD Swallow Road, South Grafton 1942 - 29 Aug 44 |
Muswellbrook No. 5 IAFD 1942 - 29 Aug 44 |
Narromine No. 19 IAFD located at Dubbo 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Parkes No. 18 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Tamworth No. 20 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Tocumwal No. 14 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Wagga Wagga No. 17 IAFD located at Uranquinty 1942 - 29 Aug 44 |
Wallerawang No. 4 IAFD 1942 - ? |
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QUEENSLAND | ||
Charters Towers No. 9 IAFD 1 Jun 42 - 29 Aug 44 |
Cloncurry No. 23 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Gayndah No. 8 IAFD 1942 - 29 Aug 44 |
Roma No. 22 IAFD 1942 - 29 Aug 44 |
Toowoomba No. 7 IAFD 1942 - 29 Aug 44 |
Yarraman No. 21 IAFD 1942 - 29 Aug 44 |
NORTHERN TERRITORY | ||
Alice Springs No. 24 IAFD 20 May 42 - Nov 44 |
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA | ||
Crystal Brook No. 31 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Gladstone No. 28 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Port Pirie No. 11 IAFD located at Solomon Town 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Wolseley No. 12 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
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TASMANIA | ||
Mona Vale No. 30 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
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VICTORIA | ||
Ballarat No. 1 IAFD 1942 - 29 Aug 44 |
Mildura No. 29 IAFD located at Yelta 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Seymour No. 13 IAFD located at Violet Town 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Warragul No. 2 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA | ||
Kalgoorlie No. 27 IAFD located at Boulder 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Merredin No. 26 IAFD 1942 - 29 Apr 44 |
Narrogin No. 25 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
Northam No. 10 IAFD 1942 - 14 Jun 44 |
OPERATIONAL BASE UNITS
1 Operational
Base Unit Mallacoota, VIC |
11 Operational
Base Unit Moruya, NSW |
12 Operational
Base Unit Coffs Harbour, NSW |
13 Operational
Base Unit Camden, NSW |
14 Operational
Base Unit Lowood, QLD Charleville, QLD |
15 Operational
Base Unit Charleville, QLD |
16 Operational
Base Unit St. George's Basin, NSW |
21 Operational
Base Unit Rockhampton, QLD |
22 Operational
Base Unit Bowen, QLD |
23 Operational
Base Unit Townsville, QLD |
24 Operational
Base Unit Mareeba, QLD |
25 Operational
Base Unit Cairns, QLD |
26 Operational
Base Unit Iron Range, QLD |
27 Operational
Base Unit Cooktown, QLD |
28 Operational
Base Unit Horn Island, QLD |
29 Operational
Base Unit Augustus Downs, QLD Inverleigh, QLD |
30 Operational
Base Unit Cloncurry, QLD |
33 Operational
Base Unit Formed Townsville, QLD moved to Aitkenvale, QLD Moved to Higgins Field, QLD |
34 Operational
Base Unit Karumba, QLD |
39 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Cairns, QLD moved to Torokina, Bougainville |
44 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Garbutt, QLD Moved to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea |
47 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Camden, NSW Moved to Lowood, QLD Moved to Milne Bay, New Guinea |
48 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Camden, NSW Moved to Townsville, QLD Moved to Lae, New Guinea |
51 Operational
Base Unit Groote Eylandt, NT |
52 Operational
Base Unit Darwin, NT |
53 Operational
Base Unit Batchelor, NT |
54 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Hughes, NT Moved to Batchelor, NT Movedto Coomalie Creek, NT Moved to Mac Donald Airfield, NT Moved to Venn, NT |
55 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Birdum, NT Moved to Gorrie, NT |
56 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Daly Waters, NT Moved to Gorrie, NT |
57 Operational
Base Unit Alice Springs, NT |
58 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Darwin, NT Moved to Drysdale River Mission, WA Moved to Truscott, Exmouth Gulf, WA |
59 Operational
Base Unit Millingimbi, NT |
60 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Ransford, VIC Moved to Sattler, NT Moved to Morotai |
61 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Ballarat, VIC Moved to Townsville, QLD Moved to Morotai |
71 Operational
Base Unit Carnarvon, WA |
72 Operational
Base Unit Albany, WA |
73 Operational
Base Unit Corunna Downs, WA |
74 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Pearce, WA Moved to Yanrey Station, WA |
75 Operational
Base Unit Noonkanbah, NT |
76 Operational
Base Unit Exmouth Gulf, WA |
77 Operational
Base Unit Guildford, WA |
78 Operational
Base Unit Port Hedland, WA |
79 Operational
Base Unit Broome, WA |
80 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Derby, WA Moved to Broome, WA |
82 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Subiaco, WA Moved to Riverside Drive, WA Moved to Crawley Bay, WA |
83 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Batchelor, NT Moved to Jacquinot Bay |
84 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Kingaroy, QLD Moved to Brisbane, QLD Moved to Morotai |
85 Operational
Base Unit Formed at Amberley, QLD Moved to Balikpapan, Borneo |
86 Operational
Base Unit Cunderdin, WA |
87 Operational
Base Unit Geraldton, WA |
88 Operational
Base Unit Bundaberg, QLD |
90 Operational
Base Unit Kingaroy, QLD |
BASE PERSONNEL STAFF OFFICE UNITS
1 Base Personnel Staff Office | 2 Base Personnel Staff Office | 5 Base Personnel Staff Office |
POSTAL UNITS
3 RAAF Postal Unit | 4 RAAF Postal Unit | 5 RAAF
Postal Unit Brisbane |
6 RAAF Postal Unit | 8 RAAF Postal Unit | 9 RAAF Postal Unit |
10 RAAF Postal Unit | 11 RAAF Postal Unit |
RECRUIT DEPOTS
1 Recruit Depot Laverton, VIC Ascot Vale, VIC Shepparton, VIC |
2 Recruit
Depot Richmond, NSW Williamtown, NSW Bradfield Park, NSW Tocumwal, NSW Cootamundra, NSW |
3 Recruit
Depot Amberley, QLD Maryborough, QLD |
4 Recruit Depot Pearce, WA Busselton, WA |
5 Recruit Depot Melbourne, VIC Balmoral, VIC |
6 Recruit Depot Amberley, QLD Sandgate, QLD Maryborough, QLD |
EMBARKATION DEPOTS
No. 1 Embarkation Depot | No. 2 Embarkation Depot | No. 3 Embarkation
Depot Sandgate |
No. 4 Embarkation
Depot North Adelaide |
No. 5 Embarkation Depot | No. 6 Embarkation Depot |
RESERVE PERSONNEL POOLS
1 Reserve Personnel Pool | 2 Reserve Personnel Pool |
SURVEY AND DESIGN UNITS
12 Survey and Design Unit | 13 Survey and Design Unit |
WORKS SUPPLY UNITS
10 Works Supply Unit | 11 Works Supply Unit |
REPAIR AND SALVAGE UNITS
1 Repair and Salvage Unit | 2 Repair and Salvage Unit | 3 Repair and Salvage Unit |
4 Repair and Salvage Unit | 5 Repair and Salvage Unit | 6 Repair and Salvage Unit |
7 Repair and Salvage Unit | 9 Repair and Salvage Unit | 10 Repair and
Salvage Unit Amberley |
11 Repair and Salvage Unit | 12 Repair and Salvage Unit | 14 Repair and Salvage Unit |
17 Repair and Salvage Unit | 18 Repair and Salvage Unit | 22 Repair and Salvage Unit |
26 Repair and Salvage Unit |
STORES DEPOTS
1 Stores Depot | 2 Stores
Depot Waterloo, NSW |
3 Stores
Depot Brisbane |
4 Stores Depot |
6 Stores Depot Waterloo, then Dubbo |
7 Stores Depot Toowoomba |
8 Stores Depot |
8 Stores Depot, Detachment "A" Townsville |
9 Stores Depot |
10 Stores Depot | 11 Stores Depot | |
13 Stores Unit (Townsville) |
14 Stores Unit | 15 Stores Unit Oakey |
16 Stores Unit | ||
3 Shipping and Stores Unit |
TRANSPORTATION AND MOVEMENT OFFICES
1 Transportation and Movements Office | 2 Transportation and Movements Office | 3 Transportation and Movements Office |
4 Transportation and Movements Office | 5 Transportation
and Movements Office Brisbane |
6 Transportation and Movements Office |
8 Transportation and Movements Office | 10 Transportation and Movements Office |
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATION
8 W/T Station (Renamed NWA W/T Station, then NWA HQ Telecommunications Unit, then NWA Telecommunication Unit) |
9
W/T Station (renamed Birdum Wireless Telegraph Station, then Birdum Telecommunications Unit) |
55 Operational Base Unit W/T Station |
Adelaide
Wireless Transmitting Station (Renamed Gawler Telecommunications Unit) |
Brisbane Wireless
Transmitting Station (Renamed Brisbane Telecommunications Unit) |
Canberra Remote Receiving Station |
Charters Towers W/T Station |
Gungahlin W/T Station (near Canberra) |
Melbourne
Wireless Transmitting Station (Renamed RAAF HQ Telecommunication Unit, then Melbourne Telecommunications Unit) |
Melbourne W/T Shadow Signal Station
(Wireless Telegraphy) "Frognall", at 54 Mont Albert Road, Canterbury, VIC |
Townsville
W/T Station (Renamed North-Eastern Area HQ Telecommunications Unit NEATU) |
MEDICAL UNITS
Medical Clearing Stations | ||
20 Medical
Clearing Station (Townsville) |
22 Medical Clearing Station | 23 Medical
Clearing Station Coominya |
24 Medical Clearing Station | 25 Medical Clearing Station | 27 Medical Clearing Station |
28 Medical Clearing Station | 29 Medical
Clearing Station Kingaroy |
30 Medical Clearing Station |
Medical Receiving Stations | ||
1 Medical
Receiving Station (Coomalie Creek & Daly Waters) |
2 Medical
Receiving Station (Clydesdale & Townsville) |
3 Medical
Receiving Station (Townsville) |
4 Medical
Receiving Station (Pearce, WA) |
5 Medical
Receiving Station (Townsville & "The Manor", 12 acres at Edgar Street, Werribee) |
6 Medical Receiving Station |
7 Medical Receiving Station | ||
Medical Rehabilitation Units | ||
1 Medical
Rehabilitation Unit (Warburton) |
2 Medical
Rehabilitation Unit (Clydesdale & Jervis Bay) |
3 Medical Rehabilitation Unit |
4 Medical Rehabilitation Unit | 5 Medical Rehabilitation Unit | 6 Medical Rehabilitation Unit |
7 Medical Rehabilitation Unit | 8 Medical Rehabilitation Unit | |
Hospitals | ||
1 RAAF Hospital (Laverton) |
2 RAAF Hospital (Ascot Vale) |
3 RAAF Hospital (Bradfield Park, Concord, & Richmond) |
4 RAAF Hospital (Sale) |
5 RAAF Hospital (Tocumwal) |
6 RAAF Hospital (Heidelberg) |
7 RAAF Hospital (Adelaide) |
RAAF Special Hospital, Melbourne Showground | |
Sick-quarter Stations | ||
Ascot Vale Sick-quarter Station | Batchelor Sick-quarter Station | Daly Waters Sick-quarter Station |
Darwin Sick-quarter Station | Evans Head Sick-quarter Station | Laverton Sick-quarter Station |
Pearce Sick-quarter Station | Point Cook Sick-quarter Station | Richmond Sick-quarter Station |
Miscellaneous Medical Units | ||
1 Base Medical
Store (Albury) |
No. 1 Clinical Investigation Section | No. 1 Flying
Personnel Research Unit (formed Melbourne) |
1 Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit (1 MAETU) | 2 Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit (2 MAETU) | No. 2 Clinical Investigation Section |
No. 2 Flying
Personnel Research Unit (formed Sydney) |
2 Malarial
Control Unit Strathpine |
No. 2 Air
Ambulance Unit formed Brisbane Kingaroy |
3 Malarial Control Unit | 3 Convalescent Depot Southport | Brisbane Medical Unit |
6
Convalescent Depot RAAF Paluma, North QLD (Mount Spec) |
Dental Section, Ascot Vale | Dental Section, Richmond |
RAAF Nursing Service (RAAFNS) |
MISCELLANEOUS
9 Special Liaison
Unit Brisbane |
Air Command Band | Central Photographic Establishment |
POW Reception Unit, Brighton | RAAF Chemical Research Unit | RAAF Provost Unit (see RAAF Service Police) |
RAAF Publications Unit | RAAF Service Police |
MARINE SECTION
RAAF Marine Section | RAAF Marine Section Adelaide | RAAF Marine Section Bowen |
RAAF Marine Section Brisbane | RAAF Marine Section Bundaberg | RAAF
Marine Section Cockatoo Island ("She Cat") |
RAAF Marine Section Cairns | RAAF Marine Section Doctor's Gully, Darwin | RAAF Marine Section East Arm, Darwin |
RAAF Marine Section Evans Head | RAAF Marine Section Fremantle | RAAF Marine Section Geraldton |
RAAF Marine Section Groote Island | RAAF Marine Section Jervis Bay | RAAF Marine Section Karumba |
RAAF Marine Section Lake Boga | RAAF Marine Section Melbourne | RAAF Marine Section Melville Bay |
RAAF Marine Section Melville Island | RAAF Marine Section Millingimbi | RAAF Marine Section Newcastle |
RAAF Marine Section Paynesville, Vic | RAAF Marine Section Perth | RAAF Marine Section Point Cook |
RAAF Marine Section Potshot, Exmouth Gulf | RAAF Marine Section Rathmines | RAAF Marine Section St. George's Basin |
RAAF Marine Section Sydney | RAAF Marine Section Thursday Island | RAAF Marine Section Townsville |
RAAF Marine Section West Bay |
AIR SEA RESCUE
No. 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight | No. 112 Air Sea Rescue Flight | No. 113 Air Sea Rescue Flight |
No. 114 Air Sea Rescue Flight |
RAAF STATIONS
RAAF Station Archerfield | RAAF Station Sandgate | RAAF Station Townsville |
RAAF
Operations Record Books
and Unit History Sheets
"Southern
Cross" allocated to
3 Communication Unit during WW2
Charles
Eaton Photographic Collection
(This Collection contains some magnificent photographs)
911st
Signal Company, Department of Aviation, USAAC
tested Radar on Castle Hill in Townsville
A
case of mistaken identity
RAAF roundel mistaken for Japanese Rising Sun
Navigational
Tower on "Radar Hill"
at Chermside West, Brisbane, QLD
"Whisperer"
The Newsletter of the Beaufighter
and Boston Association of Queensland
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Ian Jenkins for his assistance with this web page.
REFERENCE BOOKS
"Units of the Royal Australian
Air Force - A Concise History"
compiled by RAAF Historical Section
RAAF RADAR in WW II Pictorial I Overseas and Early Groups at Radio School
RAAF RADAR in WW II Pictorial II Mainland Stations
PICTORIAL III RAAF RADAR in WW II (An Album from all Areas)
The above three books on RAAF Radar were all published by:-
EW & E Simmonds
2/13 CROMER Ct
Banora Point
NSW 2486
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