Archerfield Aerodrome
Archerfield can refer to: *Archerfield, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane, Australia ** Archerfield Airport **RAAF Station Archerfield RAAF Station Archerfield was a permanent Royal Australian Air Force station at Archerfield Airport in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, from 1939 to 1956. History 1939–1945 At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, the Royal Austra ..., a former RAAF base at Archerfield Airport * Archerfield Estate and Links, a country estate and pair of golf courses in East Lothian, Scotland {{Disambiguation ...
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Archerfield, Queensland
Archerfield is a mixed-use southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Archerfield had a population of 544 people. Geography Archerfield is bounded by Oxley Creek to the west and by Beaudesert Road to the east. Archerfield is a sparsely populated suburb, with most of the land being occupied by Archerfield Airport in the centre and south-west of the suburb (). Most of the rest of the suburb is industrial except for two areas of residential use, one in the north of the suburb and one in the east. History Archerfield was named after the 14,000-acre Archerfield pastoral station, acquired in 1881 by Michael Durack b 1846 - 1894, an Australian pastoralist and pioneer. Archerfield Airport originally served as the major airport for Brisbane. The old civil terminal is still in existence on the eastern side of the airfield. During World War II the airfield served as a base for military flying operations in support of the war in the Pacific. On 8 August ...
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Archerfield Airport
Archerfield can refer to: * Archerfield, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane, Australia **Archerfield Airport **RAAF Station Archerfield, a former RAAF base at Archerfield Airport *Archerfield Estate and Links Archerfield and Archerfield Links are a country house (now hotel) and pair of golf courses in the parish of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland. An older golf course, also called Archerfield Links, occupied the area before falling into disuse after ...

RAAF Station Archerfield
RAAF Station Archerfield was a permanent Royal Australian Air Force station at Archerfield Airport in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, from 1939 to 1956. History 1939–1945 At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) took over the Royal Queensland Aero Club facilities at Archerfield Airport. Club aircraft were impressed into service and flying instructors were commissioned into the RAAF. No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF was transferred to Archerfield to look after flight training. No. 23 Squadron RAAF, now officially called "City of Brisbane Squadron", received the Australian built CAC Wirraway to defend the city against air attack. Up to 1941, Archerfield was being upgraded as a military base for the RAAF pending completion of RAAF Base Amberley. In 1940 a new administration block with control tower on top was built and the RAAF built hangars and huts along the southern boundary of the field. The attack on the US ba ...
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