Pell Airfield

Pell Airfield was an airfield southeast of Batchelor Airfield, built near the Stuart Highway in Northern Territory, Australia during World War II.

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, who was killed during the first Japanese attack on Darwin on 19 February 1942.

The airfield was abandoned shortly after 1945.

List of Japanese bombing raids against Pell Airfield

24 October 1942 (04:52 am)
21 August 1943 (03:30 am)

List of units based at Pell Airfield

No. 4 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF

References

Coordinates: 13°08′49″S 131°06′25″E / 13.147°S 131.107°E / -13.147; 131.107

Airports in the Northern Territory

Public airports	Alice Springs Ayers Rock Bathurst Island Borroloola Croker Island Darwin Elcho Island Garden Point Gove Groote Eylandt Hooker Creek Kalkgurung Lake Evella Maningrida Milingimbi Ngukurr Numbulwar Oenpelli Port Keats Ramingining Smith Point Snake Bay South Goulburn Island Tennant Creek Yuendumu

Private airports	Jabiru McArthur River MKT The Granites Victoria River Downs

Military airports	Darwin Tindal

Defunct airports	Batchelor Coomalie Creek Daly Waters Fenton Gorrie Gould Hughes Katherine Livingstone Long MacDonald Manbulloo Parap Pell Pine Creek Sattler Strauss

Related	New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Territories of Australia

Airports in bold have scheduled service

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Pell Airfield

List of Japanese bombing raids against Pell Airfield

List of units based at Pell Airfield

See also

References