8TH AIR BASE GROUP, USAAF
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII

The 8th Air Base Group USAAF arrived in Sydney on the "Queen Mary" on 28 March 1942 along with the following other units:-

40th Coastal Artillery Brigade
94th Coastal Artillery (AA) Regiment
101st Coastal Artillery (AA) Battalion
104th Coastal Artillery (AA) Battalion
5th Station Hospital
47th Station Hospital
8th Air Base Group
11th Materiel Squadron
43rd Bomb Group, 64th Bomb Squadron
43rd Bomb Group, 65th Bomb Squadron
441st Ordnance
73rd Ordnance
15th Signal Platoon
2nd Quartermaster Detachment
Air Corps Replacement Group

On 27 May 1942, the 8th Air Base Group was listed as being located in Sydney as follows:-

They were based at Mascot Airfield in Sydney from late March to July 1942. The 8th Air Base Group became the 8th Service Group in November 1942 and was later redesignated as the 1022nd Ordnance Company (Avn) (AB).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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This page first produced 25 September 2022

This page last updated 25 September 2022