Gawler Airfield
Two aircraft squadrons and a telecommunications unit operated out of Gawler Airfield during World War 2. Moreover, the aircraft squadrons training at the airfield was short-lived as they were deloyed to New Guinea, each within two months after arriving at the airfield.
Gawler Units
Two flying squadrons operated out of Gawler Airstrip, one starting in March 1943 and the other in September along with a detachement of telecommunication operators from the Adelaide Wireless Transmission Station also starting in September 1943.
Gawler Aircraft
No. 86SQN and 21SQN flew training sorties out of Gawler Airfield with the Curtiss Kittyhawk P-40M and Vultee Vengeance aircraft respectively.