Australian History

[Bobh]

Rockhunter, you are very close.
Next clue, I was abandoned in 1946.

 

[B5MECH]

Camp 16-Marrinup POW Camp 8)

 

[xcvator]

Corunna Downs Airfield

From Wikipedia
Corunna Downs Airfield was a secret Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base at Corunna Downs, 40 km (25 mi) south of Marble Bar, Western Australia in the Pilbara Region during World War II.[2]

The airfield, created especially for heavy bombers, comprised two intersecting bitumen runways, a northsouth (107) runway 5,000 ft 150 ft (1,524 m 46 m) and an eastwest (165) runway 7,000 ft 150 ft (2,134 m 46 m).[2]

No. 73 Operational Base Unit was responsible for operating the airfield during World War II.

The RAAF No. 24 Squadron, No 25 Squadron and the United States Army Air Corps 380th Bomb Group flew long range missions against Japanese shipping and base facilities in the Dutch East Indies.[2]

The base has been abandoned since World War II.

 

[Rockhunter62]

Xcvator,

I reckon you are on the money.

Cheers

Doug

 

[Bobh]

Xcvator,
Congratulations, 100%
I was their earlier this year, interesting but eerie place. Enemy surveillance planes never found it. A lot of unexplored bombs were buried and some recovered in the 70's.
Your turn now.

 

[BigWave]

Nice one, I was thinking RAAF Curtin or RAAF Learmonth (only housed 200 personnel though), but never heard of Corunna Downs Airfield.

 

[xcvator]

That was a brilliant hunt. loved doing the research
Give me a couple of days to find something

 

[xcvator]

Who am I

I was transported to Australia in 1825

 

[7.62marksman]

i will start with a stab in the dark
Francis Macnamara (known as 'Frankie the Poet')

 

[xcvator]

Sorry, you missed the target this time

 

[7.62marksman]

ok maybe something to aim for like the transport ship maybe lol

 

[xcvator]

I'll cut the difficulty by 50%

I am male

 

[7.62marksman]

thanks lol that only leaves 1325 to research

 

[xcvator]

Clues
1 / transported to Australia in 1825
2/ Male
3/NINA signs were in England

 

[Rockhunter62]

How about John Kelly, Ned Kelly's father. My mistake, jumped the gun.....

Cheers

Doug

 

[xcvator]

Not a member of his clan, sorry

 

[Rockhunter62]

Would I be the following man?

Jrgensen
Jrgen Jrgensen (Eckersberg).jpg
Jrgen Jrgensen by Eckersberg.
Born 29 March 1780
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died 20 January 1841 (aged 60)
Hobart, Van Diemen's Land
Nationality Danish
Other names the Dog-Days King
Occupation Mariner
Known for Privateering,
Exploring Tasmania

Cheers

Doug

 

[xcvator]

Not him, read clue 3 again

 

[Rockhunter62]

Yeh I forgot the Irish clue, remembered a few minutes after I posted my last answer.

Cheers

Doug

 

[xcvator]

Clues
1 / transported to Australia in 1825
2/ Male
3/NINA signs were in England
4/ In my early days of imprisonment I was twice sentenced to fifty lashes