RAAF Station Cunderdin


RAAF Station Cunderdin was a Royal Australian Air Force airfield located at Cunderdin, Western Australia, during World War II.

History

Cunderdin was home to No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School and No. 17 Repair and Salvage Unit. The RAAF also assembled a number of Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk fighter aircraft at Cunderdin in March 1942 to provide air defence coverage of Perth.
Between March and June 1942, two Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombers of the United States Army Air Forces 28th Bombardment Squadron, from the 19th Bombardment Group, were based at Cunderdin and carried out long-range ocean patrols in the defence of southern Western Australia.
No. 25 Squadron was based at Cunderdin from February 1945, operating Liberators until its disbandment in 1946. The remains of a No. 25 Squadron B-24 is located at the end of one of the runways.
In June 1945, No. 86 Operational Base Unit took over the running of the RAAF base at Cunderdin from No. 9 EFTS.
Cunderdin Airfield was employed as a migrant camp between 1949 and 1952, with a capacity of 700 persons. It is currently used as a civilian airfield and headquarters for the Gliding Club of Western Australia.