| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | June 14, 1943 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Near Mackay, OLD, Australia |
| Operator: | Military - U.S. Army Air Forces |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | B-17C Flying Fortress |
| Registration: | ? |
| cn / ln: | ? |
| Aboard: | 41 (passengers:? crew:?) |
| Fatalities: | 40 (passengers:? crew:?) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft took off into ground fog and leveled off at an altitude of about 300 feet. In a matter of minutes the plane had caught fire in the air, and as it dived into the trees one of its wings came away leaving a great opening in the fuselage through which most of the passengers were emptied into the bush before the final impact. |
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