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Location
Lat
12° 28' 0S Long 130° 49' 60E Located
on the coast, surrounded by Darwin Harbor.
Wartime History
The
port and town of Darwin suffered 64 air raids from Japanese
between February 19, 1942 until November 12, 1943 that
rendered the port ineffective for most of the war. A number
of airfields were built in the vicinity to base RAAF,
USAAF and NEIAF aircraft.
Japanese
missions against Darwin
Japanese Navy & Army Air Force
Darwin
Harbor
Harbor with sunken ship and airplane wrecks from the war
East
Point Military Museum & Fortifications
Museum built at wartime bunker location
Australian
Aviation Heritage Centre
Aviation museum with several WWII aircraft and displays
Oil
Storage Tanks & Tunnels
One of the more interesting things constructed in Darwin during
World War II were some oil storage tanks near the wharves.
Originally eight were planned but only four were built. Today,
two of these are open for viewing between 10 am and 2 PM. Tunnels
driven into the limestone go underneath Darwin's City Center.
Berrimah War Cemetery
Located opposite 119 AGH hospital facility east of Darwin. Today Kormilda College, transport company compound.
During the war, the remains of the 32 Japanese airmen were buried here. During the 1950s the Japanese were exhumed and transferred to the Cowra War Cemetery.
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Darwin Area Airfields |
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Built prior to the war important airfield |
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south of Darwin used by USAAF and RAAF |
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Wartime airfield in south suburb of Darwin |
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wartime airfield used by RAAF |
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south of Darwin along the highway |
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south of Darwin along highway |
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south of Darwin along highway, Hughes Field is to the north |
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north of Fenton used by RAAF attacked by Japanese twice |
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north of Fenton used by RAAF attacked by Japanese twice |
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Last Updated
January 23, 2012
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