B-17C Flying Fortress crash at Bakers Creek, Mackay

Early on foggy morning in June 1943, a war weary B-17C of the USAAF, took off from Mackay Airport bound for New Guinea. it climbed through the fog layer and levelled out before commencing 2 left hand turns. Then suddenly, it plunged into bushland. A fireball erupted and all but one of the 41 occupants onboard were killed. It was and remains today, Australia’s worse aviation disaster.