Horn Island Airport

Horn Island Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Horn Island Airprot
IATA = HID
ICAO = YHID
location = Horn Island, Queensland
elevation-f = 43
elevation-m =
r1-number = 08/26
r1-length-f =
r1-length-m = 1389
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 14/32
r2-length-m = 1235
r2-surface = Asphalt

Horn Island Airport airport codes|HID|YHID is an airport in Horn Island, Queensland, Australia. The Torres Strait Heritage Museum is located at the airport.

World War II

The Civil Constructional Corps and the Department of Main Roads began construction of an advanced operational airbase on the island during World War II, commencing in 1940. The aerodrome was completed in January 1942. It was used as a staging base for Allied aircraft moving between Australia and New Guinea. The airfield consisted of two intersecting runways, with revetments for aircraft parking.

Japanese bombing raids against Horn Island Aerodrome

* 14 March 1942
* 18 March 1942
* 30 April 1942
* 11 May 1942
* 6 July 1942
* 30 July 1942
* 1 August 1942
* 17 June 1943

Units based at Horn Island Aerodrome

* 7th Fighter Squadron of 49th Fighter Group, March 1942 - 18 April 1942 (Curtiss P-40s)
* No. 6 Squadron RAAF
* No. 7 Squadron RAAF
* No. 24 Squadron RAAF
* No. 32 Squadron RAAF
* No. 75 Squadron RAAF
* No. 84 Squadron RAAF
* No. 28 Operational Base Unit RAAF

Airlines and destinations

*Aero-Tropics Air Services (Badu Island, Bamaga, Boigu Island, Coconut Island, Darnley Island, Kubin Island, Mabuiag Island, Warraber Island, Yam Island, Yorke Island)
*QantasLink (Cairns, Weipa)
*Regional Pacific Airlines (Bamaga, Boigu Island, Kubin Island, Warraber Island, Yorke Island)

Aircarft crashes

*Aero Commander, 500-S, VH-UJP
*A number of B-17 Flying Fortresses crash landed during World War II:
** B-17E Serial Number 41-2636 - crashed during night take off 13 July 1942
** B-17E Serial Number 41-2655 - crashed during night take off 13 July 1942
** B-17E "G.I. Issue" Serial Number 41-2421 - crashed landed on 16 July 1942
** B-17E "Tojo's Nightmare" Serial Number 41-2497 - crashed attempting landing 24 March 1944

External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/icao/YHID.html Technical Information]
* [http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1995/AAIR/aair199504247.aspx Aviation Safety Investigation Report VH-UJP]

References

* [http://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/8/articles/day_bombs_fell.pdf Wartime Magazine article]
* [http://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/australia/horn/index.html Pacific War Wrecks database]


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