Charleville Airport is an airport located southwest of

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, a town in the state of

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in Australia. The

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has one of its nine Queensland bases at Charleville Airport.

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Regular services operated under contract to the

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. Services operated by Skytrans were taken over by

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from 1 January 2015.

History

During

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, the

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63d Bombardment Squadron, assigned to the

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, flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from the airfield between 15 June and 3 August 1942. Other USAAF units assigned to Charleville were the 8th and 480th Service Squadron of the 45th Service Group.USAF Historical Research Agency Document Search
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Pacific Wing (later Division). The

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(RAAF) had a unit at Charleville. No 15 Operational Base Unit provided support services for transiting aircraft, such as refuelling or minor maintenance.

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* {{authority control Airports in Queensland Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in the South West Pacific Theater Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Australia South West Queensland Queensland in World War II

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