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Fenton Airfield was an airfield at Tipperary Station, Hayes Creek, Northern Territory, Australia during World War II. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

The airfield was built by C Company and HQ Detachment of the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion between 27 April 1942 till 16 July 1942. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and The airfield was named after Flight Lieutenant Clyde Fenton. Flight Lieutenant ( Flt Lt in the RAF; FLTLT in the RAAF and RNZAF, F/L in the former RCAF) is a junior The single runway was 6,000ft (1,828. 8m) long and 100ft (30. 48m) wide.

Mainly utilised by Liberator bombers mounting long range raids against Japanese forces in the Netherlands East Indies North Western Area of Operations and the South West Pacific Area. The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku See http//enwikipediaorg/wiki/WikipediaFootnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the tags and the template below The South West Pacific was one of two theatres of World War II in the Pacific region between 1942 and 1945.

Further development of the airfield was undertaken by No. 1 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF, No 14 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF and New South Wales Department of Main Roads under the Allied Works Council. The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA is a New South Wales ( Australia) government agency responsible for major Road infrastructure licensing of drivers The Allied Works Council was a organisation set up to oversee and organise military construction works in Australia during World War II. The runway was enlarged to approximately 7,218ft (2,200m) long and 164ft (50m) wide and about sixty aircraft dispersal bays, some with earthen revetments.

In late 1945, the airfield was abandoned. The remnants of the control tower remain and items of aircraft wreckage can be found in the area.

Units based at Fenton Airfield

Japanese Bombing Raids on Fenton Airfield

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