Gould Airfield was an airfield south of
Batchelor Airfield at
Batchelor, Northern Territory
Batchelor is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia. The town is the current seat and largest town of the Coomalie Shire local government area. It is located south of the territory capital, Darwin.
The first inhabitants and traditional ...
,
Australia
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during
World War II
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.
The runway was .
1945 Lockheed Ventura crash
On 27 January 1945, a
RAAF
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the principal aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army. Constitutionally the governor-general of Aus ...
Lockheed Ventura
The Lockheed Ventura is a twin-engine medium bomber and patrol bomber of World War II.
The Ventura first entered combat in Europe as a bomber with the RAF in late 1942. Designated PV-1 by the United States Navy (US Navy), it entered combat in ...
crashed 800 yards south-east of the airfield, killing all 6 crew members on board.
See also
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List of airports in the Northern Territory
This is a list of airports in the Australian territory of the Northern Territory.
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List of airports
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References
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*National Archives of Australia
Former Royal Australian Air Force bases
World War II airfields in Australia
Defunct airports in the Northern Territory
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