Английская Википедия:Corunna Downs Airfield
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox military installation Corunna Downs Airfield was a secret Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base at Corunna Downs, Шаблон:Convert south of Marble Bar in the Pilbara region of Western Australia during World War II.[1][2][3] In 1942 the RAAF built a secret airbase on Corunna Downs Station, adjacent to the 1891 homestead. The airfield, created especially for B-24 Liberator long-range heavy bombers, comprised two intersecting bitumen runways, a north–south (165°) runway Шаблон:Convert and an east–west (107°) runway Шаблон:Convert.[1]
No. 73 Operational Base Unit was responsible for operating the airfield during World War II.[4]
The RAAF No. 24 Squadron, No 25 Squadron and the United States Army Air Corps 380th Bomb Group flew long range missions against Japanese shipping and base facilities in the Dutch East Indies.[1][5]
The base has been abandoned since World War II.[6]
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