Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Jun 14, 1943 (40 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on June 14, 1943 near Mackay Queensland, Australia with 40 fatalities.
- Date: June 14, 1943
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Mackay Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 40
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
A USAAF Boeing B 17C (40-2072) carrying six crew and 35 personnel from Mackay toward Port Moresby crashed in fog about 8 km south of Mackay airfield at Bakers Creek, Queensland, on 14 June 1943. Forty people were killed and one survivor was in the tail section that broke away.