The Crash Site

These photographs were taken in December 1990 by Australian Ron Deering, nearly a half-century after the crash of the Texas Terror.  Click on a thumbnail to see the photo and more information.  The wreckage is located at latitude 18 degrees 17' 35" South, longitude 146 degrees 17' East.

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Engines, Pratt and Whitney radials, 1400 horsepower each; these are from the right wing and are engines number 3 and 4

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Remains of Browning .50 caliber machine gun, used for the B-24's defense.

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Photograph of left hand wing

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Left wing, but looking toward tip and part of cliff face where airplane hit

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Under left wing, engines number 1 and 2

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Propeller blade from area around number 3 and 4 engines

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Close up view of propeller blade showing manufacture number and date, 8-10-42

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Wing center section; section rests at the very edge of a 100 to 150 foot drop

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Closer view of wing center section; it rests at the very edge of a 100 to 150 foot drop

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Propeller dome (center of shot) and propeller blade (right) under part of aft fuselage

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A carburetor, from number 1 or 2 engine

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Photograph of lizard, about 4 feet long, on tree trunk at crash site

The Crash Site