B-24D 41-23762
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 2:14 am
I am currently compiling a list of all Allied military personnel who were killed or died on active service in the NWA (Northern Territory, Western Australia and the Gulf of Carpentaria) during WWII. The project to compile the complete listing is for the NT government and its desire to erect a memorial wall to them all.
One crew I'm having problems with is that of the B-24D #41-23762 Little Eva of the 321st Sqn 90th BG which crashed at Moonlight Creek near Escott Station in far western Queensland on 3 December 1942. On the Pacific Wrecks general search site it has the names and ranks of the crew, but these differ markedly with those on a memorial plaque comemmorating those who died - one name in fact is that of one of the survivors...
There is nothing I can find on the internet as regards the crew other than vague references and the survival epic of Sgt Grady Gaston.
Does anyone have the crew details of this aircraft please? Any assistance greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Bob Alford
Lampang Thailand
One crew I'm having problems with is that of the B-24D #41-23762 Little Eva of the 321st Sqn 90th BG which crashed at Moonlight Creek near Escott Station in far western Queensland on 3 December 1942. On the Pacific Wrecks general search site it has the names and ranks of the crew, but these differ markedly with those on a memorial plaque comemmorating those who died - one name in fact is that of one of the survivors...
There is nothing I can find on the internet as regards the crew other than vague references and the survival epic of Sgt Grady Gaston.
Does anyone have the crew details of this aircraft please? Any assistance greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Bob Alford
Lampang Thailand