Before the Yanks
Arrived |
Mackay before
The Americans entered the War in December 1941 |
Mackay R&R
Facilities |
Mackay was the
destination of many United Stated Army Air Force men for rest and
relaxation. It was also a stopping point for trains transporting troops
from Brisbane north. |
One Mans
Memories |
Jack Heyn, a
USAAF Photographer recalls his journey to Mackay in November 1942 to
obtain
Turkeys for Thanksgiving |
Australia Worst
Aviation Accident |
Links to the
history and outcome of Australia's worst aviation accident where 40 men
were killed when a US B17C Transport crashed at Bakers Creek in June 1943 |
The President's
Wife pays a visit |
Mrs Eleanor
Roosevelt, as a representative of the Red Cross visited Mackay in
September 1943. |
Rationing |
Examples of
Ration cards and the effect of rationing on the Civilians of Wartime
Mackay. |
Crash of Royal
Navy Corsair |
Details of a
little known accident of a Royal Navy Corsair crashing near Flat Top
Island in 1945. |
VE Day
|
How Mackay
reacted when news of the War in Europe had ended.
|
VP Day
|
Mackay's
celebrations with the ending of World War 2.
|
Relics of the
Past |
Relics and
artefacts of Mackay in 1939-1945. |