The airfield was constructed in 1942 as an aircraft salvage, repair and servicing facility. The airfield was named in honour of Major Floyd J Pell, a United States pilot, who was killed during the first Japanese attack on Darwin on 19 February 1942.[2]
The airfield was abandoned shortly after 1945.
The following parts of the airfield were listed together as one entry on the Northern Territory Heritage Register on 26 September 2007 – WWII Pell Airfield 4RSU RAAF Engineering Workshop and Main Camp.[1]
List of Japanese bombing raids against Pell Airfieldedit
pell, airfield, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2019. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Pell Airfield news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Pell Airfield was an airfield in the Northern Territory of Australia located southeast of Batchelor Airfield near the Stuart Highway in what is now the locality of Adelaide River and which was in use during World War II 1 Pell AirfieldIATA noneICAO noneSummaryLocationAdelaide River Northern TerritoryCoordinates13 08 49 S 131 06 25 E 13 147 S 131 107 E 13 147 131 107MapPell AirfieldLocation of airport in Northern Territory Contents 1 History 2 List of Japanese bombing raids against Pell Airfield 3 List of units based at Pell Airfield 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe airfield was constructed in 1942 as an aircraft salvage repair and servicing facility The airfield was named in honour of Major Floyd J Pell a United States pilot who was killed during the first Japanese attack on Darwin on 19 February 1942 2 The airfield was abandoned shortly after 1945 The following parts of the airfield were listed together as one entry on the Northern Territory Heritage Register on 26 September 2007 WWII Pell Airfield 4RSU RAAF Engineering Workshop and Main Camp 1 List of Japanese bombing raids against Pell Airfield edit24 October 1942 04 52 am 21 August 1943 03 30 am List of units based at Pell Airfield editNo 4 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAFSee also editList of airports in the Northern TerritoryReferences edit a b WWII Pell Airstrip Camp A 4RSU Workshop Stuart H Way Heritage Register Northern Territory Government 26 September 2007 Retrieved 25 April 2019 Roll of Honour PELL Floyd Joaquin Northern Territory Library Northern Territory Government of Australia Retrieved 25 April 2019 External links editOzatWar Website Pacific War Wreck DatabasePortals nbsp Royal Australian Air Force nbsp World War II nbsp Aviation nbsp This article about the military of Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This military aviation article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Northern Territory Australia article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pell Airfield amp oldid 1182512672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
