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RAAF Base Rathmines was a Royal Australian Air Force base located on Lake Macquarie in New South Wales. RAAF Rathmines was established in 1939 and was the RAAF's main flying boat base during World War II and the early 1950s. During World War II aircraft based at Rathmines conducted anti-submarine patrols along the Australian east coast and the base was home to the RAAF's main seaplane training units. Following the retirement of the RAAF's flying boats in 1952 the base was used as a training facility until it was closed in the late 1950s.