Bohle River Aerodrome

Bohle River Aerodrome was an aerodrome located 12.66 km (7.87 mi) west of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Bohle River Aerodrome
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Location	Townsville, Queensland
Built	1942
Coordinates	19°16′58.08″S 146°41′57.33″E
Map
Bohle River Aerodrome Location in Queensland
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1 5,580 1,701 bitumen sealed rolled sand

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 until 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

See also

• List of airports in Queensland

References

• OzatWar website
• RAAF Museum website
• Pacific War Airfields Project website