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No. 6 Airfield Construction Squadron (No. 6 ACS) was a
Royal Australian Air Force "Through Adversity to the Stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = RAAF Anniversary Commemoration ...
(RAAF) construction
squadron Squadron may refer to: * Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies * Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, ...
. It was formed as No. 6 Mobile Works Squadron in December 1942 and operated in the New Guinea Campaign and
Borneo Campaign The Borneo campaign or Second Battle of Borneo was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II to liberate Japanese-held British Borneo and Dutch Borneo. Designated collectively as Operation Oboe, ...
during World War II. No. 6 ACS was disbanded in December 1945.


References

* * {{cite book, last=Wilson, first=David, title=Always First: The RAAF Airfield Construction Squadrons 1942–1974, year=1998, publisher=Air Power Studies Centre, isbn=0-642-26525-9, url=http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/Publications/Details/219/Always-First-The-RAAF-Airfield-Construction-Squadrons-19421974.aspx, location=Canberra 6 6
Airfield An aerodrome ( Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for pub ...
Military units and formations of the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II Military units and formations disestablished in 1945