SOME PHOTOS OF P-38's IN AUSTRALIA
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P-38 Lightnings being unloaded from American aircraft carrier USS Barnes at Brisbane Wharves |
| Eighteen P-38 Lightnings, with wings missing, at Eagle Farm airport, possibly just after being offloaded from a US naval convoy. See the above photo of a P-38 being lifted from an aircraft carrier. | |
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A gaggle of P-38 Lightnings at Amberley air base west of Brisbane in November 1942 |
| A closer look at the P-38's at Amberley. Looks like there are 18 of them. Possibly the same 18 in the above photo at Eagle Farm | |
| Two P-38's, possibly parked at the 4th Air Depot Group, Garbutt near the old Stock Route air strip which is now Dalrymple Road The aircraft may be # I 22 and # I 32. The exact location of this photo is unclear. | |
| A much larger version of the above photo showing two P-38's (160Kbytes) |
Crash landing of a P-38 in Townsville
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This page first produced 10 July 1998
This page last updated 11 January 1999