Australia’s Worst Aviation Disaster (Mackay’s Flying Fortress. The Story of Australia’s Worst Air Crash in World War II)

Robert Cutler; Kim Beazley (foreword)
ISBN: 9781925046342 Category:

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At Batchelor Field, near Darwin, an American Flying Fortress lies broken with over 1,100 shrapnel and bullet holes in her skin. This war-torn, B-17C bomber has already performed sterling service in the air battle over the Philippines. Stripped of her heavy armament, she is made ready for transport duty to the beleaguered Aussie Diggers along the northern coast of New Guinea. In March 1943, she begins daily transport service, ferrying American GIs from the jungle battlefields of New Guinea to the US Army Rest Area in Mackay, Qld, for R&R leave.

On June 14, 1943, she takes off from Mackay Airport on her final, tragic flight.

Previously published as: Mackay’s Flying Fortress : the story of Australia’s worst air crash in World War II. Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 2003.
x, 121 pages, [2] leaves : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm #070522
United States. Air Force — History. | Aircraft accidents — Queensland — Bakers Creek. | B-17 bomber — Accidents — Queensland — Bakers Creek. | Airplanes, Military — Accidents — Queensland — Bakers Creek. | World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, American. | Australian

Additional Information

AuthorRobert Cutler; Kim Beazley (foreword)
Number of pagesx, 121 pages, [2] leaves : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
PublisherBoolarong Press
Year Published2014
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Near Fine

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