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Spitfires killing both crew. As of
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as a commercial air base since April 2005. MT Airbase manages the
Mungalalu Truscott Base under an agreement with the Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation (WGAC). Agreement has been reached with WGAC to sub lease the airfield and base area with licences for access to certain roads and areas of
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On 23 March 1945, Liberator A72-80, under the command of
Squadron Leader N. H. Straus, crashed shortly after takeoff. Straus found that the plane was unable to climb above about 400 ft (120 m), and turned around at Parry Harbour. He was unable to see the runway, and the aircraft crashed
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Japanese submarine or boat. To prevent Japanese forces learning of Truscott's location, they did not investigate. They
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Today the airbase has multiple roles, but primarily that of a staging base for workers on the offshore oil and gas fields in the Timor Sea. In addition it serves as an
Aeromedical Retrieval and Search & Rescue (S.A.R.) base from which helicopter operations can be conducted with Critical Care
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lights for night operations is the premier option for companies with business interests in the region. Mungalalu
Truscott complies with CASA MoS 139 regulation and allows unrestricted operations for aircraft up to 29 seat capacity. The runway is 1,800 m × 30 m (5,906 ft
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Paramedics on board. Operations include oil & gas companies, RFDS calls and AusSAR activations. Workers are flown into the base by fixed wing aircraft and then transferred to helicopters at Mungalalu Truscott for the final flight leg to offshore facilities in and around the
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collided while changing formation in preparation for landing at the base. Warrant
Officer Bushell, pilot of Spitfire A58-364, managed to parachute to safety; but W/O Posse, pilot of A58-300 died in the crash. Remnants of both aircraft still exist near the present airstrip.
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Headquarters who thought that it may have been a Japanese submarine running on the surface to charge its batteries. It was later confirmed that they had heard a Japanese reconnaissance vessel named
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who use the airbase as a staging post for their aerial surveillance patrols in the area. In April 2020 PHI International began operations from
Mungalalu Truscott Airbase using S92 aircraft to support the Ichthys gas field operated by Inpex.
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in the future. The Trust has communicated that the classification has "no legal significance and does not infringe any rights of ownership" leaving administration to the joint understanding of the operator (MT Airbase) and the WGAC.
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One of the Paspaley Pearl company's Grumman Mallards taxis into Truscott Airbase to pick up rotating crew transferring to remote pearl farm operations via the flying boats in 2007
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2397:Forrestania
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2242:Meekatharra
2167:Halls Creek
1933:Meekatharra
1878:Halls Creek
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1668:Coober Pedy
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1372:Charleville
1303:Badu Island
1270:Ramingining
1235:Lake Evella
1195:Wagga Wagga
1081:Broken Hill
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141:126°22′51″E
128:Coordinates
2664:Categories
2620:Queensland
2517:Windarling
2482:Serpentine
2377:Bronzewing
2311:Springvale
2277:Paraburdoo
2177:Jurien Bay
2095:Balgo Hill
2029:Statistics
1975:Springvale
1948:Paraburdoo
1893:Kalgoorlie
1748:Launceston
1633:Yam Island
1603:Townsville
1571:Springvale
1444:Hervey Bay
1433:Gold Coast
1402:Cunnamulla
1377:Chinchilla
1333:Blackwater
1323:Birdsville
1313:Barcaldine
1290:Queensland
1260:Milingimbi
1250:Maningrida
1218:Ayers Rock
1151:Narrandera
834:30 January
713:References
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339:Aboriginal
318:region of
138:14°05′23″S
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2548:Learmonth
2372:Boolgeeda
2357:Barimunya
2321:Warburton
2316:Tom Price
2306:Shark Bay
2217:Learmonth
2202:Kununurra
2197:Katanning
2162:Geraldton
2142:Esperance
2132:Cunderdin
2117:Carnarvon
2112:Busselton
1970:Shark Bay
1918:Learmonth
1903:Kununurra
1873:Geraldton
1863:Esperance
1853:Carnarvon
1848:Busselton
1798:Moorabbin
1787:Melbourne
1726:Devonport
1673:Kingscote
1566:St George
1541:Redcliffe
1526:Normanton
1516:Mount Isa
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1427:Gladstone
1417:Doomadgee
1382:Cloncurry
1360:Burketown
1355:Bundaberg
1157:Newcastle
1126:Merimbula
777:7 January
384:Timor Sea
316:Kimberley
229:Direction
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2630:Tasmania
2589:Maylands
2574:Brockman
2558:Stirling
2487:Shay Gap
2477:Plutonic
2432:Kambalda
2367:Bellevue
2267:Norseman
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2222:Leinster
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2192:Karratha
2182:Kalbarri
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1923:Leinster
1913:Laverton
1898:Karratha
1888:Kalbarri
1883:Jandakot
1808:Portland
1781:Hamilton
1776:Essendon
1758:Victoria
1713:Tasmania
1657:Adelaide
1623:Windorah
1583:Thangool
1546:Richmond
1506:Moranbah
1397:Cooktown
1349:Brisbane
1328:Blackall
1318:Bedourie
1185:Tamworth
1146:Narrabri
1111:Griffith
1076:Bathurst
1066:Armidale
1042:Canberra
988:Aviation
881:ABC News
751:Archived
696:See also
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476:Japanese
312:Truscott
258:Asphalt
236:Surface
108:Location
100:Operator
2603:Related
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2447:Lawlers
2407:Ginbata
2331:Wyndham
2257:Mullewa
2227:Leonora
2157:Forrest
2107:Bunbury
2017:Wilkins
1928:Leonora
1793:Mildura
1771:Bendigo
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1536:Quilpie
1466:Karumba
1422:Emerald
1298:Aurukun
1116:Lismore
1106:Grafton
1071:Ballina
950:Portals
687:in the
468:bombers
431:History
348:of the
233:Length
217:Runways
166:Website
87:Private
79:Summary
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2543:Gingin
2538:Curtin
2507:Telfer
2437:Karara
2427:Jundee
2392:Darlot
2347:Argyle
2326:Wiluna
2272:Onslow
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2247:Morawa
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2090:Albany
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1721:Burnie
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1366:Cairns
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1224:Darwin
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1163:Orange
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2147:Eucla
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1954:Perth
1858:Derby
1613:Weipa
1190:Taree
1131:Moree
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1096:Cooma
1086:Cobar
860:7 May
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1392:Coen
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484:Java
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118:AMSL
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2127:Cue
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