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B24D-155-CO Big Chief #42-72774
321st Bombardment Squadron
90th Bombardment Group
Fifth Air Force
This is the Nadzab boneyard in mid 1944, and the carcas is that of
Big Chief. Behind it are seen two 'Green Dragon' 408th Bombardment
Squadron Mitchell strafers marked for scrapping.
Big Chief's last flight took place on 23rd April 1944 after
she was shot up over a northern New Guinea target. Control was lost
on the landing, and they towed her away to the boneyard. The old bomber
was finally scrapped here in 1948.
