page_title: Bakers Creek air crash
hierarchical_section_title: Bakers Creek air crash
caption_attribution_description: Bakers Creek Air Crash memorial located at the Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C.
context_page_description: The Bakers Creek air crash was an aviation disaster which occurred on 14 June 1943, when a United States Army Air Forces Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft crashed at Bakers Creek, Queensland. The aircraft took off from Mackay and crashed approximately 8 km south of the airfield. Forty military service personnel on board were killed; one person survived the crash. The crash was 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.
context_section_description: The Bakers Creek air crash was an aviation disaster which occurred on 14 June 1943, when a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft crashed at Bakers Creek, Queensland. 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. The crash was 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.
caption: Bakers Creek air crash memorial at the Australian embassy in Washington, D.C.
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