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The memorial commemorates the United States Army Air Corps 22nd Bombardment Group which served World War Two.
During World War 11, as the 22nd Bombardment Group, the unit was one of the first Army Air Forces units to be deployed into the Pacific Theater after Pearl Harbor with the Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber. It operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theatre as a North American B-25 Mitchell unit assigned to Fifth Air Force. It was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations and the Phillipine Presidential Unit Citation for its combat service in China, the Netherlands East Indies, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archpelago;; the Western Pacific; Leyte and Luzon.
Location
| Address: | Corinda Road, Charters Towers Aerodrome, Charters Towers, 4820 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | Foreign |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -20.047645 Long: 146.270531 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
Dedication
22nd BOMBARDMENT GROUP
5th AIR FORCE
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS
2nd Bombarment Squadron
18th Reconnaissance Squadron
408th Bombarment Squadron
19th Bombarment Squadron
33rd Bombarment Squadron
Headquarters Squadron
1942 - 1945
Townsville, Antill Plains, Charters Towers,
Iron Range, Reid River, Woodstock - Australia
Port Moresby, Dobodura, Nadzab - PNG
Hollandia - DNG
Midway, Biak, Owi, Wakde, Angaur, Leyte,
Samar, Luzon, Okinawa Islands
"Lest We Forget"
