CRASH OF A B-17E FLYING FORTRESS
"GLOBE TROTTER"
AT PLAINE DES GAIACS, NEW CALEDONIA
ON 27 OCTOBER 1943

Photo:- Michael Claringbould Collection

B-17E Flying Fortress #41-9217, "Globe Trotter" at
Plaine Des Gaiacs, New Caledonia on 27 Oct 1943

B-17E Flying Fortress #41-9217, "Globe Trotter", of the 7th Bombardment Group was damaged when it made a forced landing at Plaine Des Gaiacs, New Caledonia on 27 October 1943.

REFERENCE BOOKS:- 

"The Forgotten Fifth" - (Note this book incorrectly shows it forced landing near Townsville in Feb 1942)
A Classic Photographic Chronology of the
Fifth Air Force in Action in the Pacific in WW2
by Michael Claringbould

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Justin Taylan and Michael Claringbould for their assistance with this web page.

"Australia @ War" WWII Research Products

This page first produced 6 June 1999

This page last updated 02 June 2023