Livingstone Airfield (34 mile) was an airfield at what is now
Livingstone, Northern Territory,
Australia
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during
World War II
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.
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 . The airfield was named after Lieutenant Livingstone of
9th Fighter Squadron of the
49th Fighter Group who was killed as result of
friendly fire
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when he was hit by Australian anti-aircraft guns during a Japanese air raid near
Cox Peninsula
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to the west of
Darwin, Northern Territory
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on 4 April 1942.
Units based at Livingstone Airfield
*
9th Fighter Squadron of
49th Fighter Group,
Fifth Air Force
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,
United States Army Air Forces
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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
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*
161st Light Anti-aircraft Battery,
Australian Army
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* H Company,
135th US Medical Regiment, US Army
*
Security Guard Unit RAAF
Japanese bombing raids on Livingstone Airfield
* 26 September 1942 (05:22 am)
See also
*
List of airports in the Northern Territory
References
Pacific War Wrecks Database
External links
Lt. Col Bernard L. Robinson Reports on the NT June 1942
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces
Former Royal Australian Air Force bases
World War II airfields in Australia
Defunct airports in the Northern Territory
Airports established in 1942
1942 establishments in Australia
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