CRASH LANDING OF A GLIDER
BETWEEN CAPE UPSTART AND ABBOTT BAY, QLD
ON 19 AUGUST 1943

Major MacDonald advised the Controller at 3 Fighter Sector Headquarters in Townsville that a USAAF Glider had crash landed between Cape Upstart and Abbott Bay in north Queensland on 19 August 1943. 3FSHQ was involved in co-ordinating rescue activities. The glider crew were uninjured.

Another USAAF Glider has also crashed near Mackay on the same day killing two crew members.

Gliders in the SWPA during WWII

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Gordon Birkett for his assistance with this web page.

Can anyone help me with more information on this crash?

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This page first produced 19 July 2014

This page last updated 25 July 2021