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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Murray" data-source="post: 80277" data-attributes="member: 9753"><p>Here is one.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">On 17 January 1945, USAAF B-24J-15-CO LIberator, #42-73134 "Milady", of the 531st Bombardment Squadron of the 380th Bombardment Group crashed after take-off on the Cox Peninsula west of Darwin in the Northern Territory. All of the crew were killed in this tragic accident. Some remains of the wreckage of "Milady" can still be seen on Cox Peninsula today.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">The 531st Bomb Squadron was based at RAAF D</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">arwin and "Milady" was on a practice bombing mission over Quail Island at the time of the accident. The aircraft caught fire and the pilot was able to fly the B-24 Liberator back to the mainland before it crashed killing all of the crew as follows:-</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">2nd Lt. Bobby T. Neal (O823712)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">2nd Lt. Walter E. Scanlon, Jr. (O711027)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">2nd Lt. William G. Ward, Jr. (O2064690)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">2nd Lt. Richard W. Walsh (O777385)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">Sgt. Francisco Caballero (38553915)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">Sgt Gerald D. Sacre (17122357)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">The above men were all buried in the Rookwood US Military Cemetery in Sydney before their bodies were exhumed and returned the the United States after the war. They may have been buried in the Northern Territory for some time before being relocated to Rookwood Cemetery</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'">[ATTACH]17517[/ATTACH]</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott Murray, post: 80277, member: 9753"] Here is one. [COLOR=#333333][FONT=lucida grande]On 17 January 1945, USAAF B-24J-15-CO LIberator, #42-73134 "Milady", of the 531st Bombardment Squadron of the 380th Bombardment Group crashed after take-off on the Cox Peninsula west of Darwin in the Northern Territory. All of the crew were killed in this tragic accident. Some remains of the wreckage of "Milady" can still be seen on Cox Peninsula today.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=lucida grande]The 531st Bomb Squadron was based at RAAF D[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=lucida grande]arwin and "Milady" was on a practice bombing mission over Quail Island at the time of the accident. The aircraft caught fire and the pilot was able to fly the B-24 Liberator back to the mainland before it crashed killing all of the crew as follows:- 2nd Lt. Bobby T. Neal (O823712) 2nd Lt. Walter E. Scanlon, Jr. (O711027) 2nd Lt. William G. Ward, Jr. (O2064690) 2nd Lt. Richard W. Walsh (O777385) Sgt. Francisco Caballero (38553915) Sgt Gerald D. Sacre (17122357) The above men were all buried in the Rookwood US Military Cemetery in Sydney before their bodies were exhumed and returned the the United States after the war. They may have been buried in the Northern Territory for some time before being relocated to Rookwood Cemetery [ATTACH=CONFIG]17517._xfImport[/ATTACH][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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