ROYAL AUSTRALIAN
AIR FORCE
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
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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 |
||
| 41 Radio Direction Finding Wing (41 RDF Wing) |
42 Radio Direction Finding Wing
(42 RDF Wing) Garbutt, Townsville |
44 Radio Direction Finding
Wing (44 RDF Wing) 58½ Mile, Coomalie Creek, NT |
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 Laverton, Vic |
2
Aircraft Depot Richmond, NSW |
3
Aircraft Depot Amberley |
|
4 Aircraft Depot Pearce, WA Boulder, WA |
5
Aircraft Depot Forest Hill, Wagga Wagga, NSW |
6
Aircraft Depot Oakey |
| 7
Aircraft Depot Corowa, NSW Tocumwal, NSW |
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 - ? |
|
| 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 |
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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
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 Madang, Port Moresby |
No. 112 Air Sea Rescue Flight Darwin |
No. 113 Air Sea Rescue Flight Cairns, Townsville, Morotai, Labuan, Rathmines |
|
No. 114 Air Sea Rescue
Flight Cairns, Townsville |
No. 115 Air Sea Rescue Flight Morotai |
RAAF STATIONS
| RAAF Station Amberley | RAAF Station Archerfield | RAAF Station Ascot Vale |
| RAAF Station Bankstown | RAAF Station Canberra | RAAF Station Bankstown |
| RAAF Station Darwin | RAAF Station Mallalla | RAAF Station Maryborough |
| RAAF Station Narromine | RAAF Station Nowra | RAAF Station Parafield |
| RAAF Station Parkes | RAAF Station Pearce | RAAF Station Point Cook |
| RAAF Station Rathmines | RAAF Station Sandgate | RAAF Station Schofield |
| RAAF Station Townsville or RAAF Station Garbutt |
RAAF Station Tocumwal |
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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