Forest Hill RAAF Base - 50 yrs - Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia - Community Commemoration on Waymarking.com

    This Monument commemorates the
  50th Anniversary of RAAF Base Forest Hill
  which commenced operation 1st July 1940
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  The Following is Immortalized:

- Trained pilots for World War II: Ansons,
  Beaufighters and Wirraways once filled the local
  skies.

- Aircraft were repaired: like Ansons, Beaufighters,
  Beauforts, Boomerangs, Kittyhawks, Mitchells,
  Vengeances, and Venturas.

- Since, Technical Training involving Apprentices
  and Adults has been performed: other Non-Techical
  Training is now a feature.

- The Base is an integral part of the city: its Airmen
  continue to be contributing members of the
  Community.

- Those Who Served at the Base are Remembered.
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		 30th June 1990

  Alderman			Group Captain
  P. Brassil			K.V. Griffin
  Mayor of			Officer Commanding
  Wagga Wagga			RAAF Base Wagga
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From the Air Force website, the property where the RAAF Base was set up, 300 acres, called Allonville, was purchased for £12,500 in 1939. In 1952 the name was changed from 'RAAF Base Forest Hill', to RAAF Base Wagga. [Wagga]
The RAAF Base Wagga is located about 10 km SE of here, and can be visited to see the Static Aircraft Display there: RAAF Display.

Visited: 1518-9, Friday, 1 June, 2018

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