Mount Bartle Frere Plane Wreckage B25 Bomber
An American Bomb Group Squadron based in Charters Towers crashed into Mount Bartle Frere on 21 April 1942 while returning from a search mission in the Coral Sea. They flew into a blind gully which lead to the peak of Mount Bartle Frere.
Location - Wooroonooran National Park, Queensland, Australia
Difficulty - 5, a difficult and strenuous muli-day trip
Distance - dependant on route taken
Time - dependant on route taken
Hidden deep within the rainforest of Mount Bartle Frere lies the remains of a B25 Bomber. A trail marked with pink flagging tape took you to the site to inspect and remember. Below is the brief history, the route to the crash site, and an interactive map with a downloadable GPX track.