Territory Stories
Coomalie Airfield Open day 2011
Details:
Title
Coomalie Airfield Open day 2011,
Other title
Darren Clark,
Photographer
Clark, Darren,
Photo number
PH0875/0066,
Collection
Darren Clark Collection.,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
2011-08-15,
Location
Coomalie Creek,
Description
World War 2 jeep and aeroplane. Coomalie Creek airfield was a World War 2 airfield. The North West Area Headquarters were located approximately 6 kms south along the Stuart Highway and Coomalie Creek was located only 10 miles from Batchelor Airfield. During World War 2 the RAAF Mosquitos and Beaufighters were flying out of Coomalie Airfield bound for Timor and Indonesia on bombing and reconnaissance missions. The airfield still exists today and is part of Coomalie Farm owned by Richard Luxton. Every year in August the airfield is opened to the public for the long weekend to commemorate VJ Day on the 15th of August, which marked the end of the Second World War.,
Subject
aeroplanes,
jeeps (military),
Digital format
3333 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 50.02Mb.,
Format
1 photograph : digital, col.,
File type
image/tiff.,
Use
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/245086 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/589643
Territory Stories
Coomalie Airfield Open day 2011
Details:
Title
Coomalie Airfield Open day 2011,
Other title
Darren Clark,
Photographer
Clark, Darren,
Photo number
PH0875/0066,
Collection
Darren Clark Collection.,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
2011-08-15,
Location
Coomalie Creek,
Description
World War 2 jeep and aeroplane. Coomalie Creek airfield was a World War 2 airfield. The North West Area Headquarters were located approximately 6 kms south along the Stuart Highway and Coomalie Creek was located only 10 miles from Batchelor Airfield. During World War 2 the RAAF Mosquitos and Beaufighters were flying out of Coomalie Airfield bound for Timor and Indonesia on bombing and reconnaissance missions. The airfield still exists today and is part of Coomalie Farm owned by Richard Luxton. Every year in August the airfield is opened to the public for the long weekend to commemorate VJ Day on the 15th of August, which marked the end of the Second World War.,
Subject
aeroplanes,
jeeps (military),
Digital format
3333 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 50.02Mb.,
Format
1 photograph : digital, col.,
File type
image/tiff.,
Use
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/245086 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/589643