Livingstone Airfield

Livingstone Airfield

Livingstone Airfield (34 mile) was an airfield at Livingstone, Northern Territory, Australia during World War II.

The airfield was built by the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion, less Company A and HQ Detachment, between 16 March 1942 until 13 April 1942. The runway was convert|5000|ft|m long and convert|100|ft|m wide. The airfield was named after Lieutenant Livingstone of 9th Fighter Squadron of the 49th Fighter Group who was the first pilot killed in action at the airfield on 4 April 1942.

Units based at Livingstone Airfield

*9th Fighter Squadron of 49th Fighter Group, Fifth Air Force, United States Army Air Force
*No. 14 Repair & Salvage Unit RAAF
*No. 54 Squadron RAF
*No. 77 Squadron RAAF (Kittyhawk)
*No. 457 Squadron RAAF (Spitfire)
*No. 548 Squadron RAF
*102nd Coastal Artillery Battalion (AA Separate), US Army
*161st Light Anti-aircraft Battery, Australian Army
* H Company, 135th US Medical Regiment, US Army
*Security Guard Unit RAAF

Japanese Bombing Raids on Livingstone Airfield

26 September 1942 (05:22 am)

References

* [http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/australia_darwin.html#fenton Pacific War Wrecks Database]
* [http://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/livingstone.htm OzatWarWebsite]

Australia-mil-stub


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Airfield Defence Guards — The Airfield Defence Guard (ADG) mustering of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) performs specialist ground defence tasks to protect air power assets from hostile ground action [ Defence Jobs website Accessed on June 22, 2008] . The mustering… …   Wikipedia

  • No. 1 Airfield Defence Squadron RAAF — 1 Airfield Defence Sqadron Active 1 October 1992 Present Branch RAAF Role Airfield Defence …   Wikipedia

  • No. 457 Squadron RAAF — No. 457 Squadron RAAF …   Wikipedia

  • No. 1 Wing RAAF — Active 1917–1919 1942–1945 Country  Australia …   Wikipedia

  • List of Australian Air Force installations — This is a list of current and previous Royal Australian Air Force bases. The air force also owns and maintains bare bases in remote areas of Australia. These bases have runways and buildings, but only a caretaker staff. They are generally only… …   Wikipedia

  • No. 548 Squadron RAF — Nil Badge Active 15 Dec 1943 31 Oct 1945[1] Country …   Wikipedia

  • Air raids on Australia, 1942–43 — Between February 1942 and November 1943, during the Pacific War, the Australian mainland, domestic airspace, offshore islands and coastal shipping were attacked at least 97 times by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese… …   Wikipedia

  • No. LIV Squadron RAF — Infobox Military Unit unit name=No. 54 Squadron role=ISTAR Conversion Unit equipment=E3D Sentry Nimrod R1 garrison=RAF Waddington motto= Audax Omnia Perpett Boldness to endure anything dates=5 May 1916 identification symbol= battle… …   Wikipedia

  • No. 14 Repair & Salvage Unit RAAF — was a maintenance unit of the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. Contents 1 History 1.1 Aircraft Repairs undertaken upon 1.2 Locations 1.3 …   Wikipedia

  • No. 54 Squadron RAF — Official Squadron Badge of No. 54 Squadron RAF Active 5 May 1916 25 October 1919 15 January 1930 31 October 1945 15 November 1946 11 March 2005 1 September 2005 present Country …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”