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Airport in Northern Territory, Australia

Livingstone Airfield

IATA: none
ICAO: none

Summary

Location

Livingstone, Northern Territory, Australia

Built

13 April 1942

In use

1942–1945

Coordinates

12°41′19.5″S 131°5′21.36″E / 12.688750°S 131.0892667°E / -12.688750; 131.0892667

Map

Livingstone AirfieldLocation of airport in Northern Territory

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
145/215	4,700	1,450	Gravel / asphalt

Livingstone Airfield (34 mile) was an airfield at what is now 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 5,000 ft × 100 ft (1,524 m × 30 m). The airfield was named after Lieutenant Livingstone of 9th Fighter Squadron of the 49th Fighter Group who was killed as result of friendly fire when he was hit by Australian anti-aircraft guns during a Japanese air raid near Cox Peninsula to the west of Darwin, Northern Territory on 4 April 1942.

Units based at Livingstone Airfield

9th Fighter Squadron of 49th Fighter Group, Fifth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces
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

External links

Lt. Col Bernard L. Robinson Reports on the NT June 1942

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Units based at Livingstone Airfield

Japanese bombing raids on Livingstone Airfield

See also

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