25 February 1942 - Loss of a B-17 Flying Fortress ex Townsville

25 FEBRUARY 1942
LOSS OF A USAAC B-17 FLYING FORTRESS,
EX TOWNSVILLE

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Flying Fortress B-17E

A USAAC B-17 Flying Fortress was lost after it departed Townsville on 25 February 1942 on a bombing mission. No further contact was made with the aircraft.

SOURCE:- Aircraft Crash Sites - Australia

Crash: No. 8

Position: 19.15 - 146.46

Department of Aviation Chart No: 3219

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