Petrie Airfield

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Petrie Airfield
Queensland, Australia
Petrie Airfield is located in Queensland
Petrie Airfield
Petrie Airfield
Petrie Airfield (Queensland)
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Type Military airfield
Site history
In use 1942-1945

Petrie Airfield was a World War II military airfield located just to the south of the North Pine River in Petrie, Queensland, Australia. After the war, the airfield was dismantled and the area is now part of the urban area of Petrie-Strathpine.

History

World War II

  • RAAF units based at Petrie Airfield
83 Squadron (Boomerang)
12 Squadron (Vengeance)
  • RAF units based at Petrie Airfield
No. 549 Squadron RAF (Spitfire) Lawnton/ Strathpine December 1943 – July 1944
No. 548 Squadron RAF (Spitfire) Lawnton/ Strathpine December 1943 – July 1944

USAAF based at Petrie Airfield

80th Fighter Squadron (8th Fighter Group), 10 May – 20 July 1942, P-39, P-400 Airacobra
Dispersed from 8th Fighter Group HQ at Eagle Farm Airport.

See also

References

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