Batchelor Airfield
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Batchelor Airfield, was an airfield built during World War II at Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia
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[edit] History
The airfield accommodated many Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), United States Army Air Force and Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force units, flying bombing and escort missions against Japanese positions in the Dutch East Indies and the South-West Pacific.
General MacArthur arrived at Batchelor from Mindanao on 17 March 1942 aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress, before making his way to Melbourne.
Most operational units in early 1945 had moved further north whereby administrative units occupied the field until January 1946 when the airfield was abandoned.
Currently utilised by the Northern Australian Gliding Club.
[edit] Units based at Batchelor
- 46th Air Base Group of United States Army Air Force
- No. 12 Squadron RAAF
- No. 34 Squadron RAAF
- No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF
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