Airplane Crash - Near Mackay, Old, Australia 06/14/1943
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Mackay, OLD, Australia
| Date | 06/14/1943 |
| Location | Near Mackay, OLD, Australia |
| Operator | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces |
| Type | B-17C Flying Fortress |
| Aboard | 41 |
| Fatalities | 40 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft took off into ground fog and leveled off at an altitude of about 300 feet. In a matter of minutes the plane had caught fire in the air, and as it dived into the trees one of its wings came away leaving a great opening in the fuselage through which most of the passengers were emptied into the bush before the final impact. |
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