WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin,
Coomalie Creek,
Daly Waters,
Fenton,
McDonald,
Berrimah,
Strauss,
Hughes,
Livingstone,
Bathurst Island,
Batchelor,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Air Force,
Service branch
Maintenance,
Unit
3 Airfield Construction Squadron,
Alternative unit name
3 Works Maintenance Unit,
3 Mobile Works Squadron,
Parent unit
61 Works Wing (Airfield Construction),
Date arrived in NT
1942-05-25,
Date left the NT
1944-03-08,
History
This Squadron was formed at Darwin 25 May 1942 as 3 Works Maintenance Unit. It was renamed 3 Mobile Works Squadron while it was in Darwin. When it arrived in Victoria it was renamed 3 Airfield Construction. It later served at Morotai Leyte Mindoro and Balikpapan. The headquarters remained in Darwin but detachments worked on a number of airstrips in the Northern Territory. It was disbanded October 1945.,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Royal Australian Air Force,
Airfield construction,
3 Works Maintenance Unit,
3 Mobile Works Squadron,
61 Works Wing (Airfield Construction),
Air Force,
Australia,
3 Airfield Construction Squadron,