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Fenton, NT. c. 1945. A Consolidated B24 Liberator Bomber aircraft of No. 319 Squadron, 90th Bombardment Group, US Army Air Force (USAAF) about to take off from the RAAF airfield. The crew of Aircraft number 41-23698 'Roarin Rosie' included Lieutenant Alden Currie (pilot), Technical Sergeant (T/Sgt). Ray Smeltzer (radio operator-gunner); Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Nicholas J Hnatyk; Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt) George Rice; 2nd Lt James H Case; Sgt Dennard J Bailey; 2nd Lt Richard A Adams; T/Sgt William J Maurizio and S/Sgt Kenneth R Strait. This crew were officially credited with shooting down seventeen Japanese fighter aircraft, more than any other USAAF bomber in the Pacific theatre.
Fenton, NT. Air Commodore F. M. Bladin, Air Officer Commanding North Western Area, and Lieutenant R. Olsen, US Army Air Force (USAAF), inspecting the Consolidated B24 Liberator Bomber aircraft of No.
Fenton, NT. 25 April 1943. A Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 319 Squadron US Army Air Force takes off on a long-distance bombing raid.
Fenton, NT. 7 September 1944. Members of US Army Air Force (USAAF) and RAAF air crew just back from a raid on Laha stand near their Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft of one of the USAAF squad
Fenton, NT. c. 1945. A Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft, serial no. 41-24073, named "Scorpion" of No. 319 Squadron US Army Air Force, in the middle ground between two other Liberator aircraf
Fenton, NT. c. September 1944. Ground crew working on a Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 24 Squadron RAAF in an aircraft dispersal bay.
Fenton, NT. c. July 1944. Empire Parliamentary Delegation representatives talking with members of mixed RAAF and US Army Air Force (USAAF) air crews who flew Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft
