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Old 22-01-15, 08:52
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Default Australia's worst air crash

Did anyone see the SBS doco last night detailing the B 17 crash near Mackay in QLD in 1943? 40 US servicemen were killed and one survived . They interviewed aged witnesses and relatives . It was hushed up to preserve the war morale .

They reckon it may have lost an engine, which normally would not mean much but it was heavily loaded, right on the edge of its allowed gross take off weight . The pilot was inexperienced .

The B17 in question was on older model, it had been patched up numerous times and was just about ready to be written off. It had been converted to a transport from a bomber

Dont know if its on I view ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakers_Creek_air_crash

http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/qld46.htm
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