Caversham Airfield

Caversham Airfield
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LocationCaversham, Western Australia
Coordinates31°50′16″S 115°58′27″E / 31.83778°S 115.97417°E / -31.83778; 115.97417
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Caversham Airfield is located in Western Australia
Caversham Airfield
Caversham Airfield
Location in Western Australia
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Caversham Airfield, also known as Middle Swan Airfield was an airfield constructed at Caversham, Western Australia during World War II as a parent aerodrome for use by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and the United States Navy.[1]

The airfield had a triangle of three landing strips.[1][2]

Middle Swan was the parent airfield with the following satellite airfields:

The United States Army Air Corps also utilised the airfield during World War II.

It was also a gliding club location after the war.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b OzatWar Website
  2. ^ "AIRPORT NEWS ROUND-UP". The West Australian. Western Australia. 2 September 1947. p. 14. Retrieved 22 January 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "GLIDING ENTHUSIASTS ACQUIRE NEW TUG' PLANE". The Beverley Times. Western Australia. 18 December 1975. p. 8. Retrieved 22 January 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "GLIDER CRASH". Kalgoorlie Miner. Western Australia. 18 March 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 22 January 2020 – via Trove.


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