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

USAAF B-24 Liberator #42-40504 "Gus's Bus" of the 530th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group, crash landed at Fenton airfield in the Northern Territory. The undercarriage collapsed on landing.

The above photographs were taken by
Eugene Halaas of the 43rd Service Squadron

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