Keywords: A-24 27th BG being assembled Australia 1942.jpg Assembling a United States Army Air Force Douglas A-24 Banshee dive bomber aircraft s/n 41-15802 of the 27th Bombardment Group light at Archerfield Qeensland Australia in January 1942 A total of 52 of these aircraft were assembled in Queensland 41-15802 crash-landed at Redbank near Ipswich Australia in January 1942 On 25 March the surviving 27th Bomb Group personnel consisting of 42 officers 62 enlisted men and 24 A-24s were assigned to the 3rd Bombardment Group at Charters Towers airfield in Queensland 41-15902 was salvaged but finally written off on 7 November 1942 P00264 002 1942-01 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Douglas A-24 Banshee Aircraft at Archerfield Airport Black and white photographs of aircraft in World War II 27th Fighter Group United States Army Air Forces |