The first B-17 Flying Fortress to be based in Australia were 14 early model Flying Fortress's of the 19th Bomb Group which had been evacuated from Del Monte air field in the Phillipines.They began arriving at Batchelor airfield in the Northern Territory on 17th December 1941.By New Years Day 1942, eleven B-17's flew to a new base at Malang in Java.Their main target then was Japanese shipping.These B-17's were reinforced in January 1942 by some LB-30 Liberators and some new B-17E's of the 7th Bomber Group

Model wingspan 435mm,