USAAF B-24D #42-40387 "Beautiful Betsy"
disappeared en-route Darwin to Brisbane on 26 February 1945
Col Benson, Terry Dixon and Harry Mole made a round trip of some 1100 km (685 miles) in Harry's twin-cab 4WD to visit the crash site of Beautiful Betsy. Realising it was almost the 55th Anniversary of Betsy's disappearance, at 0800 hours on Sunday, 13th February 2000, they held a short memorial service for those lost in Beautiful Betsy.