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01/12/2008 03:27:31 AM · #1 |
I went with my parents on an amazing day trip to see the final resting place of 'Beautiful Betsy' at Kroombit Tops near my hometown of Monto, Queensland, Australia. She went missing in 1945 and was only found by a park ranger in 1994. American army investigated and removed skeletal remains, dogtags and personal items, the rest remains untouched. The force of the crash left only the tail section and the wings, the rest of the plane is scattered as small bits of metal. The impact was so strong that all 4 engines ended up over 100mts from the initial impact site. The experience was extremely interesting and at the same time very sad. One of the victims was on his way to get married and another victim was his best man. More info can be found at the following site for thise of you who are interested. //www.a-b24-d-liberator.com/
What is left of Beautiful Betsy
Who was on board
One of the engines
One of their oxygen tanks
The views on the way there were breathtaking
The roads were 4WD only, these were not breathtaking but rather breath holding
And we got seriously bogged - took us an hour to get out - I was driving (not when we got bogged but I drove us out) and my dad had to jack up the back wheels and put logs under the wheels etc.
The roads were so bad that the whole trip of 320kms (including getting bogged) took us from 7.15am till 6pm.
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01/12/2008 03:54:32 AM · #2 |
Thanks.
We often underestimate the power of images to bring back history to a current perspective (the engine photo for me).
Very well done!!! |
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01/12/2008 04:55:05 AM · #3 |
| Yep I found the oxygen tanks quite confronting, they used these to breathe and sustian life while they were flying. Now they are lying scattered around. |
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01/12/2008 07:05:14 AM · #4 |
| A worthwhile trip, an adventure. Thanks indeed for sharing. |
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01/12/2008 09:18:56 AM · #5 |
| Thank you very much for sharing your adventure, the story, and your pictures! |
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01/12/2008 12:03:11 PM · #6 |
| Very powerful stuff. Amazing, nearly half a century undiscovered. Thanks for sharing Monique. |
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