“Death was close for Starving Airman”

Guest Post by Beverley O'Hara, daughter of Phil Schaffert, Manager of Gregory Downs from 1931 to 1944. My father, Phil Schaffert, Manager of Gregory Downs Station, related this story of a U.S. Liberator that crashed near Moonlight Creek at approx 3.00 a.m. on 2 Dec 1942. “Fred Walden of Escott Station near Burketown, was mustering … Continue reading “Death was close for Starving Airman”