Mount Straloch (Queensland)
Mount Straloch is a mountain on Hinchinbrook Island, off the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia. It rises 922 metres (3,025 ft) out of the Coral Sea.
In 1942, during World War II, an American B-24 Liberator bomber of the United States Army Air Force crashed into a mountain on the island, killing all 12 crewmen on board.
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References
- ^ Peter Michael & Rory Gibson (2 May 2009). "Air force urged to investigate mystery women on doomed bomber". The Courier Mail. Queensland Newspapers. Retrieved 6 May 2011.