Corunna Downs Airfield
Corunna Downs Airfield was a secret Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base at Corunna Downs, 40 km (25 mi) south of Marble Bar, Western Australia in the Pilbara Region during World War II. The airfield, created especially for heavy bombers, comprised two intersecting bitumen runways, a north–south (107°) runway 5,000 ft × 150 ft (1,524 m × 46 m) and an east–west (165°) runway 7,000 ft × 150 ft (2,134 m × 46 m). No. 73 Operational Base Unit was responsible for operating the airfield during World War II. The base has been abandoned since World War II.
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Corunna Downs Airfield
Corunna Downs Airfield was a secret Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base at Corunna Downs, 40 km (25 mi) south of Marble Bar, Western Australia in the Pilbara Region during World War II. The airfield, created especially for heavy bombers, comprised two intersecting bitumen runways, a north–south (107°) runway 5,000 ft × 150 ft (1,524 m × 46 m) and an east–west (165°) runway 7,000 ft × 150 ft (2,134 m × 46 m). No. 73 Operational Base Unit was responsible for operating the airfield during World War II. The base has been abandoned since World War II.
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Register of Heritage Places
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2006-05-26
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Long range missions against Ja ...... ities in the Dutch East Indies
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Salgash Corunna Downs Road, East Pilbara
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*RAAF No. 24 Squadr ...... Bomb Group
*USAF 5th Air Force
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Brockman's Station
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Australia Western Australia
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location of the airbase in Western Australia
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1946-01-14
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Corunna Downs Airfield
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