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Corunna Downs was a secret airfield located in scrub and spinifex country, about 16 kms south west of Marble Bar in \"The Pilbara\" area of Western Australia
73 OBU operated the Corunna Downs airfield which comprised two intersecting bitumen runways. One ran approximately north-south, 5,000 feet in length while the other ran approximately east-west, 7,000 feet in length. Both runways were approximately 150 feet wide. A 50 foot wide taxiway linked the northern end of the north-south runway to the western end of the east-west runway. Approximately 20 camouflaged revetments to disperse aircraft to minimise bomb damage were constructed at Corunna Downs.
Source: http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozatwar/corunnadowns.htm Contributed by: Jeff Kenneday [Email]
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| Corunna Downs was a secret airfield located in scrub and spinifex country, about 16 kms south west of Marble Bar in \"The Pilbara\" area of Western Australia
73 OBU operated the Corunna Downs airfield which comprised two intersecting bitumen runways. One ran approximately north-south, 5,000 feet in length while the other ran approximately east-west, 7,000 feet in length. Both runways were approximately 150 feet wide. A 50 foot wide taxiway linked the northern end of the north-south runway to the western end of the east-west runway. Approximately 20 camouflaged revetments to disperse aircraft to minimise bomb damage were constructed at Corunna Downs.
Source: http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozatwar/corunnadowns.htm Contributed by: Jeff Kenneday [Email]
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