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World War II Airstrip Gould - NT

World War II Airstrip Gould

Airstrip

Position

DEG: -13.08668 131.036438

DMS: 13º 05' 12.05" S 131º 02' 11.18" E

UTM: 52 L 8552390mN 720799mE

Altitude: 113.61m

Place Type

Infrastructure - Airstrip

Location

72.94kms South of Darwin - Driving 101 km (1 hour 21 mins)

Address & Contact

Gould Airfield
Batchelor NT 0822

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Orientation 131°. A Flying Officer George Alexander Anderson of 13 Squadron RAAF was killed in an Aircraft Accident about 800 yards south east of Gould airfield in the on 27 January 1945. He was buried at the Adelaide River War Cemetery.
27/1/1945 A Ventura (Number and type unknown) crashed at approx 5am at the end of Gould Strip. No survivors.

PlaceID	80936

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Batchelor at 02/07:30am CST

Distance from World War II Airstrip Gould 3.78km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
21.5°C	20.4°C	63%	14.2°C	1013.0hPa	0.0mm	SE	13km/hr 7knots	17km/hr 9knots

Closest Climatic Station

Batchelor Aero

Distance from World War II Airstrip Gould 3.78km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	32.7	32.2	32.8	33.7	32.7	31.2	31.8	33.3	36.0	36.8	35.3	33.8
Mean Min. °C	24.0	23.8	23.4	21.6	18.8	16.5	16.3	17.0	20.6	23.0	23.9	24.1
Mean Rain mm	306.7	360.7	258.9	101.8	24.6	0.5	0.2	2.8	6.6	68.5	133.9	268.0