Location
Located at Broome.
Wartime History
Built prior to the war.
Japanese Missions Against Broome
March 3 - 20, 1942
Attacked on
two occasions by the Japanese. The first raid on March 3, 1942, several aircraft were destroyed at the airfield. The second raid damaged the airfield and killed an aboriginal.
B-24A Serial
Number 40-2373
Destroyed during Japanese air raid March 3, 1942
A-29 Hudson Serial
Number A16-119
Destroyed during Japanese air raid March 3, 1942
Lockheed
Loadstar Serial
Number LT9-18
Destroyed during Japanese air raid March 3, 1942
Today
As late
as the 1970's there were aircraft bits, and even 50
machine guns discovered in 1976. Since then, development
in the town as a tourist desitnation has removed any
remaining wartime relics.
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