6 APRIL 1942
CRASH OF A B-25 MITCHELL
AT CHARTERS TOWERS

NOTE:-  Edward Rogers advised the following on 27 November 2010:-

"The 3rd BG did not crash any of their B-25s on 6 April 1942 - the date of their first combat mission."

"B-25C #41-12514 was one of two bombers that were damaged on their first landing at Charters Towers on 30 March 1942."

So perhaps this accident may have occurred on 30 March 1942. Gordon Birkett advised on 11 Dec 2023 that the correct date was 6 April 1942.

REFERENCE BOOKS:- 

The Forgotten Fifth
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 Gordon Birkett and Edward Rogers for their assistance with this web page.

Can anyone help me with more information?

"Australia @ War" WWII Research Products

This page first produced 6 June 1999

This page last updated 11 December 2023