Territory Stories

22nd Bomb group USAA Corps

Details:

Title

22nd Bomb group USAA Corps,

Photo number

PH0226/0024,

Collection

Bob Alford Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1942,

Location

Townsville (Qld.),

Description

22nd Bomb group USAA Corps based at Townsville. Main strip Garbutt, satellite strips - Bohle River and Anthill Plains. B26 Martin maruader - gun fire smoke puffs visible at nose of plane. Flew bombing missions from Darwin between 2nd and 5th November 1942 with one loss - 2nd November 1942 near Bathurst Island, flown by Sgt. Hitchcock - all crew rescued.,

Notes

Date:1942,

Language

English,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/11164,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/11164

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/731870,