Tarakan Island
During the last months of the war, No. 61 Wing took part in the Australian-led Borneo Campaign. On 1 May 1945 No. 1 and No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadrons landed on Tarakan Island during the first day of the Battle of Tarakan. After the island's airfield was captured on 5 May the two squadrons began work on repairing and extending it. The airfield had been seriously damaged by Allied pre-invasion attacks and was waterlogged, however, and could not be made ready for use until 28 June. No. 61 Wing's headquarters and No. 2, No. 3, No. 6 and No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadrons subsequently landed at Balikpapan in Borneo on 6 July and undertook construction tasks near the town during the Battle of Balikpapan. Following the war, No. 61 Wing's headquarters was disbanded at Morotai on 22 November 1945.