Gould Airfield was an airfield south of Batchelor Airfield at Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia during World War II.
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| Location | Batchelor, Northern Territory,[1] Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°05′11.42″S 131°02′13.88″E / 13.0865056°S 131.0371889°E | ||||||||||
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  Gould Airfield Location within Northern Territory | |||||||||||
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The runway was 6,000 ft × 150 ft (1,829 m × 46 m).
1945 Lockheed Ventura crash
editOn 27 January 1945, a RAAF Lockheed Ventura crashed 800 yards south-east of the airfield, killing all 6 crew members on board.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Place Names Register Extract for the "Gould Landing Ground"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Dunn, Peter. "CRASH OF A LOCKHEED VENTURA AT GOULD AIRFIELD, NT ON 27 JANUARY 1945". ozatwar.com. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- Sources
- National Archives of Australia
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