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B24-J Liberator Aircraft Wreck Site
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Wreckage of an USA B24J Liberator Bomber which crashed during WWII.
The B-24J Liberator Bomber was developed and produced in response to a much needed requirement for the war effort in Europe and the Pacific area. It was one of the most successful heavy bomber designs used during World War II and was used in all theatres of the war with great success.
The remains of the wreck of this B-24J are significant as a tangible reminder of the air war conducted against the Japanese during World War II from Australian soil. It is also a tangible link to the association the 380th Bomb Group had in Australia and the specific role that it played in the war.

This wreck is also representative of the aircraft flown by the USAF and RAAF crews and of the personal sacrifice that was made by these men. The significance of this site has been partially acknowledged by ex-servicemen and the community of the Northern Territory with the installation of a plaque and interpretive signage at the site.

06/02/2000
04/04/2000
07/12/2000
Comment sought
13/06/2001
04/08/2001
04/07/2001
HAC2001/0282
Historic
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Fain, James E. Jr., Bergman, Howard L., Cannon, Grant C. and Riser, Julian A. The Flying Circus - 380TH Bomb Group, Intelligence Officers of the 380th Bomb Group, Commanday-Roth Co. New York, NY, 1946, 190 pp. Reprinted 1988
Horton, Glenn R., Jr., and Horton, Gary L. KH King of the Heavies - 380th Bomb Group, 1942-1945. Privately published, 1983, 184 pp.

Horton, Glenn R., Jr. BSW The Best in the Southwest - The 380TH Bomb Group in World War II, ISBN 0-9645959-0-7. Mosie Publications, Savage, MN, 1995, 513 pp
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