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WWII Long Airfield & associated camp
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Long Airfield is located on Douglas Station, a few kilometres west of Hayes Creek. Constructed in 1943, Long Airfield was named for PltOff. Brian E. Long, 2 Sqn RAAF, presumed killed during a reconnaissance mission on 17 June 1942.

The airfield was one of only two strips built for the long range, heavy B-24 Liberator bombers; the other being nearby Fenton Airfield. Two USAF Squadrons of the 380th Bomb Group operated from the strip in 1943 and 1944, supported by a range of Australian Anti-Aircraft defence units. The 380th Bomb Group moved to the Darwin RAAF Station in 1944. The No.23 Squadron of the RAAF moved to Long Airfield in 1945 and from there flew missions against the Japanese in Java.

Long Airfield was one of only a few places in the Northern Territory that disposed of chemical weapons; primarily mustard gas in the form of chemical mines and phosgene.

With many remnant features still relatively intact, Long Airfield is highly significant as a unique example of a World War 2 heavy bomber airfield in the NT. It is also highly regarded for the role it played as a combat area from which attacks were launched against the Japanese positions in the South-West Pacific Area.
04/12/2002
04/06/2010
Comment sought
01/10/2013
HAC2010/0002
Un-Incorporated Area
Nominated along with a suite of other historic WWII places.
See agenda paper 8.1.2 of the 52nd HAC Meeting. Owner objects on the grounds of potential damage and disturbance to site, so remains unresolved. Nomination allowed to lapse as of 1 October 2013 with option to renominate and resume negotiations with owner at a later date.
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