Bohle River Aerodrome
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Summary
Location	Townsville, Queensland
Built	1942
Coordinates	19°16′58.08″S146°41′57.33″E / 19.2828000°S 146.6992583°E /-19.2828000; 146.6992583
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Bohle River Aerodrome Location in Queensland
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1 5,580 1,701 bitumen sealed rolled sand

Bohle River Aerodrome was an aerodrome located 12.66 km (7.87 mi) west ofTownsville, Queensland,Australia.

The aerodrome was constructed in 1942, duringWorld War II, for theRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as part of a group of airfields to be used as aircraft dispersal fields in the event ofImperial Japanese attack on the Townsville area.

The aerodrome consisted of a bitumen sealed 5,580 ft × 150 ft (1,701 m × 46 m) NE-SW runway. A remote receiving station was constructed nearby.

It was utilised as a 1/4-mile drag strip until its closing on 25 August 2012, to make way for a new housing estate.

• 40th Fighter Squadron of35th Fighter Group – 20 April 1942
• No. 8 Squadron RAAF – 6 June 1943 – 15 September 1943
• No. 30 Squadron RAAF – 17 August 1942 – 14 September 1942
• No. 76 Squadron RAAF (P-40 Kittyhawk's) – 15 April 1942 until July 1942
• No. 86 Squadron RAAF – 13 May 1944 – 26 May 1944 & 10 January 1945 – 20 December 1945
• No. 100 Squadron RAAF – 22 September 1942 – 22 November 1942
• No. 5 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF
• No. 11 Mobile Fighter Sector RAAF HQ – 11 December 1943 – 10 February 1944
• No. 22 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF – 11 December 1943 – 10 February 1944
• No. 44 Operational Base Unit RAAF – February 1943 – April 1943

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