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| Location | Batchelor, Northern Territory, [1] Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°05′11.42″S131°02′13.88″E / 13.0865056°S 131.0371889°E | ||||||||||
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Gould Airfield was an airfield south of Batchelor Airfield at Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia during World War II.
The runway was 6,000 ft × 150 ft (1,829 m × 46 m).
On 27 January 1945, a RAAF Lockheed Ventura crashed 800 yards south-east of the airfield, killing all 6 crew members on board. [2]
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