Constructed by sections of the
United States Army 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion, they built a single runway of wide with associated taxiways and dispersals. The airfield was officially dedicated as Strauss Field in memory and honour of
United States Captain
Allison W. Strauss who was killed piloting a
P-40 Kittyhawk from the
8th Pursuit Squadron ("The Blacksheep") of the
49th Fighter Group after crashing into
Darwin harbour during a Japanese air raid on the
Darwin RAAF airfield on 27 April 1942. On 13 October 2003, the Strauss Airfield was added to the
Northern Territory Heritage Register. ==Japanese Bombing Raids against Strauss Airfield==