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Caversham Airfield, also known as Middle Swan Airfield was an airfield constructed at Caversham, Western Australia during World War II as a parent aerodrome for the United States Fleet Air Arm of the 7th Fleet. The airfield had a triangle of three landing strips.〔(OzatWar Website )〕 Middle Swan was the parent airfield with the following satellite airfields:- *Beverley *Bindoon *Gingin North 〔 The usage of Gin Gin - at the Western Australian location - is found in some documents, but general usage is a single word with no duplication Gingin, Western Australia, there is another location in Australia with the duplicated form - see Gin Gin, Queensland 〕 *Mooliabeenee The United States Army Air Corps also utilised the airfield during World War II. It was also a gliding club location after the war. ==Motor racing circuit== The airfield was later utilised as a motor racing circuit, hosting its first event in 1946.〔Pedr Davis, The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, page 78〕 It became Western Australia's premier motor racing venue, hosting the Australian Grand Prix in 1957 and 1962 and the Six Hour Le Mans endurance race from 1955 to 1968.〔 Racing activities ceased when the airfield was re-activated as a military facility and Western Australian racing shifted to Wanneroo Raceway in 1969.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caversham Airfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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