RAAF Station Narromine was a

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(RAAF) station located at

Narromine Narromine (Help:IPA/English, /næroʊmaɪn/) is a rural Australian town located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Dubbo in the Orana, New South Wales, Orana region of New South Wales. The town is at the centre of Narromine Shire. ...

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. Narromine Airfield was requisitioned in July 1940 as part of the

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during the

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. No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School (5EFTS) operated from 1940 to 1944. The EFTS gave a recruit 50 hours of basic aviation instruction on a simple trainer such as a

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. Pilots who showed promise went on to advanced training at a Service Flying Training School. Others went on to different specialties, such as Wireless Schools, Air Observer Schools or Bombing and Gunnery Schools. No. 8 Operational Training Unit (8OTU) also operated from Narromine between 1942 until 1944, when it was transferred to RAAF Station Parkes. No. 618 Squadron RAF arrived at Narromine in February 1945 equipped with de Havilland Mosquito Mk.VI aircraft for anti-shipping attacks in the Pacific area of operations, however was disbanded on 14 July 1945.

Units based at RAAF Station Narromine

* No 5 Elementary Flying Training School (1940–1944) * No. 8 Operational Training Unit RAAF (1942–1944) * No. 618 Squadron RAF (February 1945 – 14 July 1945) *

No. 93 Squadron RAAF No. 93 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron that operated during World War II. It was formed in January 1945 and disbanded in August 1946. Due to delays in bringing operational airfields into service, the squadron saw littl ...

(23 December 1945 – 22 August 1946)

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RAAF Narromine

Units based at RAAF Station Narromine

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