Pine Creek Airfield was an emergency landing ground at Pine Creek, Northern Territory

Pine Creek, Northern Territory

Pine Creek is a small town in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory, Australia. According to the 2001 Australian census 665 people live in Pine Creek, which is the fourth largest town between Darwin and Alice Springs....

, Australia

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 during World War II

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Civil airfield extended by B Company and HQ Detachment of the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion between 11 May 1942 to 16 July 1942. The runway was 6000 feet (1,828.8 m) long and 100 feet (30.5 m) wide.

Due to housing development and road and railway construction, the runway length has now been decreased to about 700m, with a gravel surface.