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No. 5 Aircraft Depot RAAF

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No. 5 Aircraft Depot RAAF
Active	1942–1945
Country	Australia
Branch	RAAF
Garrison/HQ	RAAF Station Forest Hill

Military unit

No. 5 Aircraft Depot RAAF was formed in 1942 at RAAF Station Forest Hill near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. The unit handled the major maintenance work on aircraft including the Bristol Beaufort, Bristol Beaufighter, Lockheed Ventura and the B-25 Mitchell. After the war, No 5 Aircraft Depot was disbanded.

Notes

Coulthard-Clark, From the Ground Up, p. 29

References

Coulthard-Clark, Chris (1997). From the Ground Up: The Training of RAAF Technical Ground Staff, 1948–1993. Canberra: RAAF Air Power Studies Centre. ISBN 0-642-26509-7.