Place Names Register Extract
Pell Landing Ground
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Pell Landing Ground |
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| Type Designation | Airfield |
| Place Id | 17556 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Historical |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -13° 08' S (Decimal degrees -13.143571) | |
| Longitude: 131° 06' E (Decimal degrees 131.107413) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Adelaide River | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Coomalie Community Council | |
| History/Origin | Named after Major Floyd J Pell, US Air Corp, born in Ogden, Utah in December 1923. Major Pell, graduated from the US Military Academy in June 1937 and received flying trainging at Randolf Field, Texas from which he graduated in October 1933. Major Pell died on 19 February 1942 during the initial Japanese bombing raid on Darwin whilst leading a flight of US aircraft which had returned following an unsuccessful ferry flight from Darwin to Koepang, Timor. |
Register & Gazettal information
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