Crash of a B-24 Liberator at Fenton Airfield, Northern Territory on 25 August 1943

CRASH OF A B-24 LIBERATOR
AT FENTON AIRFIELD, NT
ON 25 AUGUST 1943

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B-24 Liberator, "Alley Oop", #41-24248, being checked
by maintenance staff at Fenton airfield in June 1943

USAAF B-24D-25-CO Liberator, "Alley Oop", #41-24248, of the 530th Bomb Squadron of the 380th Bomb Group, piloted by LTC Miller, crashed at Fenton airfield on 25 August 1943 killing four men. The aircraft had arrived at the Squadron on 8 August 1943.

REFERENCE BOOKS

"Tocumwal to Tarakan"
"Australians and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator"
By Micheal V. Nelmes

"King of the Heavies - 380th Bomb Group 1942 - 1945"
by Glenn R. Horton Jr. & Gary L. Horton

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