List of RAAF inland aircraft fuel depots

In 1939, with the commencement of World War II, the Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) identified the necessity to increase bulk storage and supply of aviation fuel across Australia for the purpose of defending Australia.

An investigative committee was created to determine the most strategic, safe locations and the design of the storage facilities.

The sites were to be located inland to enhance protection from air attack and would hold 20,760,000 gallons (93,420,000 litres) of aircraft fuel.

The total 31 IAFDs were in full operation by early 1944 with all sites located close to railway lines for access by rail tankers, but were situated well away from the airfields they serviced, for safety, as these were bulk storage facilities.

[1][2] The following list gives details of Inland Aircraft Fuel Depots across Australia during World War II:[3]