Gailes Airfield

Gailes Airfield
Wivenhoe Hill, Queensland in Australia
Gailes Airfield is located in Australia
Gailes Airfield
Gailes Airfield
Shown within Australia
Coordinates27°22′11″S 152°33′35″E / 27.36972°S 152.55972°E / -27.36972; 152.55972
TypeEmergency Landing Ground
Site information
OwnerAustralian Defence Force
OperatorRoyal Australian Air Force
Site history
BuiltMay 1942 (1942)
Built byHornibrook
In use1942 - 1944 (1944)
Constructed for the American military, but never reported to be used by the RAAF.

Gailes Airfield (also known as Wacol or A-9) was an Emergency Landing Ground built in 1942, Wivenhoe Hill, Queensland, Australia.