WOY WOY AIRFIELD, NSW
A SATELLITE FIELD OF SCHOFIELDS AIRFIELD, NSW
DURING WW2

visits since 26 March 2003

Woy Woy airfield (33.31'S 151.19'E) on the Woy Woy Peninsula in central New South Wales was constructed as a satellite field of Schofields airfield. Schofields was used by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (RN FAA) during WW2. 

Woy Woy airfield had a single runway sealed North/South. There were 4 pens for medium bombers probably Grumman Avengers. Woy Woy airfield was last used in 1946.

Picture of Woy Woy Airfield taken at 4,500 feet on the 5 May 1943
overlaid by Steve Spillard on a Google Earth view of the same area.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Dennis Whiley for his assistance with this home page.

Sharon Bakewell has an interest in the history of Woy Woy airfield.

Steve Spillard also has an interest in the history of Woy Woy airfield and made mention of some aircraft wreckage found washed up on nearby Umina Beach in the late 1970's (possibly a Kittyhawk).

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

"Australia @ War"

This page first produced 26 March 2003

This page last updated 17 April 2008