- 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 . TheTorres Strait Heritage Museum is located at the airport.World War II
The
Civil Constructional Corp s and theDepartment of Main Roads began construction of an advanced operational airbase on the island duringWorld War II , commencing in 1940. The aerodrome was completed in January 1942. It was used as a staging base for Allied aircraft moving betweenAustralia andNew Guinea . The airfield consisted of two intersecting runways, with revetments for aircraft parking.Japanese bombing raids against Horn Island Aerodrome
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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
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7th Fighter Squadron of 49th Fighter Group, March 1942 -18 April 1942 (Curtiss P-40 s)
*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
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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 ofB-17 Flying Fortress es crash landed duringWorld War II :
** B-17E Serial Number 41-2636 - crashed during night take off13 July 1942
** B-17E Serial Number 41-2655 - crashed during night take off13 July 1942
** B-17E "G.I. Issue" Serial Number 41-2421 - crashed landed on16 July 1942
** B-17E "Tojo's Nightmare" Serial Number 41-2497 - crashed attempting landing24 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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