Bohle River Aerodrome
Bohle River Aerodrome was an aerodrome located 12.66 km (7.87 mi) west of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
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| Location | Townsville, Queensland | ||||||||||
| Built | 1942 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°16′58.08″S 146°41′57.33″E | ||||||||||
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The aerodrome was constructed in 1942, during World War II, for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as part of a group of airfields to be used as aircraft dispersal fields in the event of Imperial Japanese attack on the Townsville area.
The aerodrome consisted of a bitumen sealed 5,580 ft × 150 ft (1,701 m × 46 m) NE-SW runway. A remote receiving station was constructed nearby.
It was utilised as a 1/4-mile drag strip until its closing on 25 August 2012, to make way for a new housing estate.
Units based at Bohle River Aerodrome
- 40th Fighter Squadron of 35th Fighter Group – 20 April 1942
- No. 8 Squadron RAAF – 6 June 1943 – 15 September 1943
- No. 30 Squadron RAAF – 17 August 1942 – 14 September 1942
- No. 76 Squadron RAAF (P-40 Kittyhawk's) – 15 April 1942 till July 1942
- No. 86 Squadron RAAF – 13 May 1944 – 26 May 1944 & 10 January 1945 – 20 December 1945
- No. 100 Squadron RAAF – 22 September 1942 – 22 November 1942
- No. 5 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF
- No. 11 Mobile Fighter Sector RAAF HQ – 11 December 1943 – 10 February 1944
- No. 22 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF – 11 December 1943 – 10 February 1944
- No. 44 Operational Base Unit RAAF – February 1943 – April 1943
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