No. 6 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF

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No. 6 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF
Equipment of No. 6 Mobile Works Squadron (later No. 6 Airfield Construction Squadron) at Kiriwina, Papua, in September 1943
Active1942–1945
Country Australia
Branch Royal Australian Air Force
RoleAirfield construction
EngagementsWorld War II

No. 6 Airfield Construction Squadron (No. 6 ACS) was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) construction squadron. It was formed as No. 6 Mobile Works Squadron in December 1942 and operated in the New Guinea Campaign and Borneo Campaign during World War II. No. 6 ACS was disbanded in December 1945.

References[edit]

  • RAAF Historical Section (1995). Units of the Royal Australian Air Force. Volume 9: Ancillary Units. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-42802-3.
  • Wilson, David (1998). Always First: The RAAF Airfield Construction Squadrons 1942–1974. Canberra: Air Power Studies Centre. ISBN 0-642-26525-9.