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2 unusual facts about Daly Waters Airfield


Daly Waters Airfield

Other operations during this period included support for ground forces on New Guinea; attacks on airfields and installations in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Celebes, Halmahera, Yap, Palau, and the southern Philippines; and long-range raids against oil refineries on Ceram and Borneo.

The airfield was a waypoint on the "Brereton Route" the early months of 1942 during World War II for operations between Australia and Java.


Daly Waters, Northern Territory

Daly Waters Airfield was a centre for the London to Sydney air race of 1926, a refuelling stop for early Qantas flights to Singapore, a World War II Airforce base and more recently an operational base for joint military manoeuvres.


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