104 RDF STATION
CASTLE HILL, TOWNSVILLE
DURING WW2

visits since 17 July 1998

The RAAF set up No. 104 Radio Direction Finding Station on Castle Hill on 18 April 1942.  It comprised a modified Gunlaying Radar which did not operate successfully on Castle Hill.  It was eventually relocated to a more suitable location at Kissing Point.

It later became know as No. 57 Radar Station.

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This page first produced 17 July 1998

This page last updated 10 April 2002