South of the Lockhart River settlement, the remnants of a B-24 Liberator bomber, 41-23924, are visible at low tide in the sand of Quintell Beach. Although most of the aircraft has long since been salvaged and removed, surviving sections include the lower nose with the still retracted nose gear in place and part of a wing tank.

Flown by Captain Dale Thornhill of the USAAF 90th Bombardment Group(BG), 400th Squadron(BS), the B-24, named 'Condor', was returning to Iron Range on 15 December 1942 after its first mission. The aircraft was carrying a temporary belly tank in the bomb bay, but ran out of fuel just short of Iron Range after a fuel transfer problem. The pilot had only two engines working when he set the aircraft down on the beach with the wheels up and some 800 gallons of fuel still in the belly tank. None of the crew of ten was seriously injured.

Personnel of the US 28 Service Squadron at Iron Range laboured for 36 hours straight in an effort to recover the aircraft. Frantic attempts to jack-up the aircraft and lower the undercarriage ahead of the incoming tide were unsuccessful. In the end much of the brand new aircraft was salvaged for use as spare parts.