Petrie Airfield
{{Short description|World War II military airfield in Queensland, Australia}}
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Petrie Airfield was a World War II military airfield located just to the south of the North Pine River in what is now Lawnton, Queensland, Australia.{{Cite web|title=Petrie-Strathpine Airfields|url=https://www.ozatwar.com/petrie.htm|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.ozatwar.com}} After the war, the airfield was dismantled and the area is now part of the urban area of Petrie-Strathpine.
History
The Petrie Airfield gets its name from its location in the Petrie region, in turn named after Thomas Petrie, who established his homestead Murrumba on the North Pine River In 1858.
=World War II=
- RAAF units based at Petrie Airfield:
- RAF units based at Petrie Airfield:
: No. 549 Squadron RAF (Spitfire) Lawnton/ Strathpine December 1943 – July 1944
: No. 548 Squadron RAF (Spitfire) Lawnton/ Strathpine December 1943 – July 1944
- USAAF based at Petrie Airfield:
: 80th Fighter Squadron (8th Fighter Group), 10 May – 20 July 1942, P-39, P-400 Airacobra
:: Dispersed from 8th Fighter Group HQ at Eagle Farm Airport.
See also
References
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180455/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 December 2016 |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6}}
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.
- [http://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/australia/petrie/index.html Pacific Wrecks-Petrie Airfield]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080720044310/http://www.pineriversshs.eq.edu.au/pages/school/history/works.jpg RAAF Landing Ground Map - Petrie Airfield]
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Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Australia