Pell Airfield
[1] The airfield was constructed in 1942 as an aircraft salvage, repair and servicing facility.The airfield was named in honour of Major Floyd J Pell, a United States pilot, who was killed during the first Japanese attack on Darwin on 19 February 1942.The following parts of the airfield were listed together as one entry on the Northern Territory Heritage Register on 26 September 2007 – WWII Pell Airfield 4RSU RAAF Engineering Workshop and Main Camp.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This military aviation article is a stub.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This Northern Territory, Australia article is a stub.