Queensland

Territory from Brisbane to the Great Barrier Reef and Horn Island in the north. This area was the first line of defense if Australia was invaded. The "Brisbane Line" as it was know was the first line of defense where an invasion would be met. It was situated through the town of Rockhamton.

    Brisbane Area
  Major city during WWII, a staging area
  WWII airfield still in use today and site of aircraft restoration
 Maritime Museum
    Cairns Area
  Airfield, port and camp area in northern Queensland.
  Emily flyingboat drops bombs, wounds a child
  Airfield used by the 19th BG
  Inland from Cairns, wartime bomber airfield
    Townsville Area
  Staging point for many of the American troops.
  US Navy Air Station off Townsville
  Located to the NE of Townsville
  Between Cairns & Townsville B-24 "Texas Terror" crash site
  Wartime airfield built by Americans based 22nd BG, 2nd, 408th BS
  Wartime airfield built by Americans based 22nd BG, 33 BS
  Wartime airfield built by Americans based 22nd BG
  Old gold rush town and WWII Airfield
  Inland airfield used by USAAF 19th BG and RAAF
  Memorial to hospital ship sunk ofshore
    Central Queensland Area
  Staging base for I Corps, 34 and 41st Infantry Division
  Located on the coast, to the east of Rockhampton
  B-24 "Beautiful Betsy" at Kroompit Tops, and C-47 "Star Duster"
  Inland wartime airfield
  Australian Army Museum of Flying, and Zuccoli Collection
  C-47 Crash Site Memorial
  Coastal town in Central Queensland
  Central Queensland town and airfield.
    Cape York Peninsula
  Airfield and base area
  Cape York Peninsula
  Located on the west coast of Cape York
  Wartime airfield today known as Lockhart River
  Northern tip of Cape York, wartime Airfield (Jacky Jacky, Red Point)
  Torres Straits island near Horn Island
  Airfield attacked by Japanese nearest base to New Guinea
  B-24 wreck at nearby Moonlight Creek

 

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