 A similar USAAC B-17C | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 June 1943 |
| Summary | Crashed on take-off; cause unknown |
| Site | Bakers Creek, Queensland, Australia 21°13.20′S 149°08.82′E / 21.22000°S 149.14700°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress |
| Aircraft name | Miss Every Morning Fixin |
| Operator | United States Army Air Forces |
| Registration | 40-2072 |
| Occupants | 41 |
| Passengers | 35 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 40 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 (Foye Kenneth Roberts) |
The Bakers Creek air crash was an aviation disaster that occurred on 14 June 1943, when a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft crashed at Bakers Creek, Queensland, Australia. The aircraft took off from Mackay and crashed approximately 8 km (5.0 mi; 4.3 nmi) south of the airfield. Forty military service personnel on board were killed; one person survived the crash.[1] The crash is Australia's deadliest aviation disaster by death toll and was the deadliest accident involving a transport aircraft in the south-western Pacific during World War II.[2][3]
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- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Boeing RB-17C Flying Fortress 40-2072, 14 Jun 1943". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 18 July 2020.