Charters Towers Airport is an airport located in
Columbia
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Charters Towers
Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits unde ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, subdivision_name = Australia
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, Australia, north
of the
Charters Towers CBD
Charters Towers City (formerly Lissner) is the central suburb and central business district of the town of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Charters Towers City had a population of 2,134 people.
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History
World War II
During
World War II
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, the
United States Army Air Forces
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Fifth Air Force
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stationed the following units at the airfield:
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No. 22 Squadron RAAF,
A-20 Boston
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Designed to meet an Army Air Corps requirement for a bomber, it was o ...
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3d Bombardment Group, (10 March 1942 – 28 January 1943) (Headquarters)
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8th Bombardment Squadron
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, A-20 Havoc (17–31 March 1942; 9 May 1942 – 28 January 1943)
:
90th Bombardment Squadron
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, A-20 Havoc (8 March 1942 – 28 January 1943)
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431st Fighter Squadron (
475th Fighter Group),
P-38 Lightning
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(14 May – 1 July 1943)
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432d Fighter Squadron (475th Fighter Group), P-38 Lightning (14 May – 11 July 1943)
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433d Fighter Squadron (475th Fighter Group), P-38 Lightning (14 May – 17 June 1943)
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16th Bombardment Squadron (Light) (
27th Bombardment Group
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(Light)),
A-24 Dauntless
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(1 April – 4 May 1942)
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17th Bombardment Squadron
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Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers.
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17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as s ...
(Light) (27th Bombardment Group (Light)), A-24 Dauntless (1 April – 4 May 1942)
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91st Bombardment Squadron (Light) (27th Bombardment Group (Light)), A-24 Dauntless (24 March 1942)
In addition, 370th Service Squadron managed the day to day USAAF Base operations of the airfield.
Heritage listings
Charters Towers Airport has a heritage listing for the
Bore Sight Range and Compass Swinging Platform established during World War II.
See also
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United States Army Air Forces in Australia
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established a series of airfields in Australia for the collective defense of the country, as well as for conducting offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. From thes ...
(World War II)
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List of airports in Queensland
This is a list of airports in the Australian state of Queensland.
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List of airports
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References
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Airports in Queensland
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Australia
Charters Towers
Queensland in World War II