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Mackay's flying fortress remembering Australia's worst aviation disaster in world war two
Robert s. cutler It is early 1942, Japanese planes are bombing Darwin. Two Japanese midget subs shell Sydney Harbour. Japanese infantry are marching along the Kokoda track towards Port Moresby, New Guinea. Australia stands on the brink of. invasion. 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, against overwhelming enemy air superiority. She limps back on a song and a prayer, but is no longer combat worthy. Months later, stripped of her heavy armament, she is made ready for transport duty to airlift badly needed supplies 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. 105 pp - Paperback - Published 2003
Australia = AUD$26 (including postage, packing and GST) PNG and NZ = AUD$38 (including economy air mail and packing) The World = AUD$42 (including economy air mail and packing) Note: The overseas prices are for individual books, discount available for multiple purchases.
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