RAAF Station Tocumwal

RAAF Station Tocumwal (35°48′S 145°34′E / 35.800°S 145.567°E / -35.800; 145.567) was a major Royal Australian Air Force base during World War II.

While RAAF Station Tocumwal was closed following World War II the airfield remains in use and is a renowned gliding site.

In the immediate post-WW2 era Tocumwal was used as the RAAF's main aircraft storage and disposal base.

Many hundreds of Australian military aircraft made their last flights being ferried to Tocumwal, where they were sold to scrap metal dealers and melted down to ingots in smelters set up on the airfield.

The vast majority were relocated to a small precinct in the suburb of O'Connor, and in 2004 were added to the ACT Heritage Register.