Airfield
detail page
North of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Royal Australian Air Force.
United States Army Air Corps
1940
Opened 15 February 1941
3 Mobile Unit AIF Aerodrome Defence Guard
11th Garrison Battalion
2 Fighter Sector (Based at New Lamton)
2 Operational Conversion Unit
2 Operational Training Unit
2 Recruit Depot
3 Control and Reporting Unit
3 Squadron
4 Operational Training Unit
4 Squadron (Detachment)
5 Airfield Construction Squadron
5 Operational Training Unit
5 Squadron (Detachment)
6 Squadron (Detachment)
20 Radar Station
22 Squadron (Detachment)
24 Squadron (Detachment)
26 Squadron
66 Ground liaison Section
75 Squadron
76 Squadron
77 Squadron
78 Squadron
78 Wing
102 Fighter Control Unit
102 Fighter Sector Head Quarters
114 MFCU
131 Radar Station (at Ash Island)
155 Radar Station (at Ash Island)
208 Radar Station (at Mine Camp, near Swansea)
378 Base Squadron
450 Squadron
452 Squadron
454 Squadron
455 Squadron
458 Squadron
478 Squadron
481 Squadron
481 Wing
Central Gunnery School
Crew Conversion Unit
School of Land/Air Warfare
Software Development Unit
9th Pursuit Squadron
35th Pursuit Group (Detachment)
39th Pursuit Squadron (Detachment). Examples: BW176
49th Pursuit Group
15Feb1941 - Squadron Leader J.R. Paget
12Nov1942 - Wing Commander E.G. Fyfe
28Jun1944 - Group Captain W.E. Townsend
26Jun1946 - Wing Commander A.D. Henderson
29Mar1947 - Wing Commander R.C. Cresswell
03Mar1948 - Squadron Leader J.R. Kinninmont
01Nov1948 - Air Commodore A.M. Charlesworth
27Jun1949 - Group Captain W.H. Garing
07Aug1950 - Wing Commander J.H. Perrin
07Nov1950 - Group Captain W.H. Garing
22Jun1951 - Air Commodore E.G. Knox-Knight
02Dec1953 - Group Captain R.H. Davis
15Sep1954 - Group Captain R.D. Davis
12Mar1955 - Air Commodore A.G. Adnams
05Mar1957 - Group Captain B.A. Eaton
20Feb1959 - Group Captain N. Ford
13Jun1960 - Group Captain W.E. Townsend
21Jan1963 - Group Captain R.N. Dalkin
05Feb1964 - Air Commodore R.T. Susans
14Nov1966 - Air Commodore G.A. Cooper
27Feb1970 - Air Commodor I.S. Parker
11Jan1971 - Air Commodore A.E. Mather
01May1973 - Air Commodor J.H. Flemming
09Dec1974 - Air Commodore R.E. Frost
13Jan1976 - Air Commodore F.W. Barnes
13Jan1977 - Air Commodore J.R. Boast
09Jan1979 - Air Commodore W.H. Simmonds
21Sep1981 - Air Commodore W.D.J. Monaghan
16Feb1984 - Air Commodore R.J. Bomball
12Dec1986 - Air Commodore D.A. Robertson
Aermacchi MB.326
Airspeed Oxford
Avro Anson
Avro Lancastrian
Bell Airacobra
Bell Iroquois
Boeing Flying Fortress
Brewster Buffalo
Bristol Beaufighter. Examples: A8-71, A8-93
Bristol Beaufort
Bristol Bloodhound (Surface to air missile)
Chance Vought Corsair
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Winjeel
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Wirraway
Consolidated Catalina
Consolidated Liberator
Curtiss Kittyhawk
Dassault Mirage
deHavilland Moth. Examples: A7-87
deHavilland Mosquito. Examples: A52-29, A52-70, A52-86,
A52-88
deHavilland Tiger Moth
deHavilland Vampire. Examples: A79-754, A79-804, A79-807,
A79-819, A79-822, A79-830
Douglas Boston
Fairey Battle
Fairey firefly
Gloster Meteor
Lockheed 12
Lockheed Hudson
Lockheed Lightning
Martin Marauder
McDonnell Douglas Hornet
North American Mustang
North American Sabre. Examples: A94-905, A94-916, A94-919
Pilatus PC-9
Sikorsky Dragonfly. Examples: A80-374
Supermarine Seagull
Vultee Vengeance. Examples: A27-1, A27-2, A27-3, A27-5,
A27-6, A27-7, A27-15
If you were based here or you know of anyone who was, we would be pleased to receive the details to add to the roll.
We would also be grateful for any further information to include in this site.
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