STOCK ROUTE AIRSTRIP
NEAR GARBUTT, TOWNSVILLE, QLD
DURING WW2
Note the Butler Hangars which were
built on the Stock Route Airfield which were erected
some time after March 1944 along
the old Stock Route airstrip which is now Dalrymple Road.
Late 1942 - Crash of an Oxford at the Stock Route air strip
23 December 1942 - Crash of a DC-2 at the Stock Route air strip
Photo: via Jim Moffett
CG-4A Glider at the Townsville Air
Depot (or Depot No 2). Note the Butler hangars in
the background which were built on what used to be the Stock Route Airfield
F-4 Lightning #25 of the 8th
Photo Reconnaissance Squadron
at the Stock Route airfield
Two P-38 Lightnings parked at Depot No. 2 near Garbutt at the foot of Mount Louisa. The aircraft are #122 and #132. Michael Claringbould confirmed that these numbers represent the last three digits of the CNs, 7122 and 7132 which are P-38Gs serials #42-12688 and #42-12698 respectively. These were applied by the 17th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional) which delivered the aircraft. They were replaced with 39th Fighter Squadron two-digit codes in January 1943.
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REFERENCE BOOKS
"Wings around Us"
By Rod Cardell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Michael Claringbould for his assistance with this web page.
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This page first produced 3 April 1999
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