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| Location Lat 20° 40' 7S Long 140° 30' 16E Cloncurry Airfield is located at 616' above sea level to the north of Cloncurry in Queensland in Australia. Wartime History Used by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) during the early stages of the Pacific War. Veteran George Munroe, 7th BG recalls: "[On February 22, 1942] We parked our B-17s, and these planes came in from one of the Dutch islands loaded with woman and children. God, it was awful. The flies were awful, stick to you like glue. They were all over the children, the mothers were absolutely distraught most had left their husbands behind and just evacuated. I don't know why we went there, there were a lot of things we did just in case, probably incase the Japanese ran a mission over Townsville." Veteran Richard E. Oliver 7th BG recalls: "It was hotter than the devil, a terrible place, flies you just couldn't imagine, you couldn't brush them away. The town was like you had gone back 150 years to the last century, it was just that kind of place. You couldn't get much that was fit to eat as far as we were concerned, mostly just mutton and most of us couldn't stand mutton. We were there overnight before flying back to Townsville." Allied units based at Cloncurry RAAF 29 OBU June 22, 1942–July 5, 1943 30 OBU December 12, 1942–September 19, 1946 107 Radar Station June 1, 1942–September 11, 1942 108 Radar Station June 1, 1942–September 11, 1942 USAAF 19th BG, 435th BS (B-17) activated March 14, 1942 19th BG, 28th BS (B-17s) March 28, 1942–May 5, 1942 departs Longreach 19th BG, 30th BS (B-17s) March 27, 1942–May 13, 1942 departs Longreach 19th BG, 93th BS (B-17s) March 29, 1942–May 18, 1942 departs Longreach Today Still in use today as Cloncurry Airport. Airport codes: ICAO: YCCY, IATA: CNJ with two runways: 24/06 measuring 3,796' x 60' surfaced with asphalt and 30/12 6,562' x 98' surfaced with asphalt. Serviced by QantasLink and Jetconnect. Contribute
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