Tocumwal Airport (YTOC) | education, military, society

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Tocumwal Airport (IATA: TCW, ICAO: YTOC) is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east[1] of Tocumwal, New South Wales, Australia. Both runways have parallel runways labelled for glider operations.

The following links give good background information on this huge WWII airfield:-

McIntyre Field was named after the American airman Captain Patrick W McIntyre:-
www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/qld218.htm


www.ozatwar.com/tocumwal.htm

ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/VisittoTocomwalNewSouthWa-2.html

This has great background info. Do a page search here for "McIntyre Field":-
tk-jk.net/stage/Articles/Tuesdaynews-32.html

Similarly, do a page search "McIntrye Field" here:-
harryprosser.customer.netspace.net.au/PS01/PS01_021.htm

Having done over 8 years research on this location, I now have a higher respect for those who worked so hard & fought for the freedom we have today.
Noel Brettoner
nbrettoner@yahoo.com
ourairports.com/airports/YTOC/
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocumwal_Airport
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   35°48'34"S   145°36'5"E

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