The ghost liberator lady be good can still be counted on. I was stationed at wheelus 69 70, the prop was taken from the flagpole and is property of the air force national museum in dayton ohio, its currently on loan in front of the village hall in lake linden michigan the home of robert e. Media in category lady be good b24 liberator the following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. The film stars dancer eleanor powell, along with ann sothern, robert young, lionel barrymore, and red skelton.
Why no consolidated b24 liberators in world war ii movies. Not realizing that their plane and its supply of food and water were a scant sixteen miles away, the men estimated that travelling northwest would bring them back to the airbase in soluch. Tragic but fascinating story of american bomber lady be good crashed in found in 1958 this aircraft lost for a decade till found by oil company crew bomber lady be good takes off on first operation on 4th april 1943, lady be good took to the skies for the first time with its nine crew members on a bombing mission on naples. This is what the sahara desert looks like from about 16 miles upa blank, featureless void. Jul 05, 2010 a special thank you to everyone for your kind words of encouragement. Lady be good is a usaaf b24d liberator that disappeared without a trace on its first combat mission during world war ii. The remains of the b24 liberator lady be good in the. The title, lady be good was used on an american b24d liberator bomber, which flew for the united states army air forces during world war ii out of north africa.
There was a 1960 episode of the twilight zone with robert cummings called king nine will not return that was based on that incident. Green berets ultralight bug out bag with gear recommendations duration. If the above picture looks blank to you, youre not missing something. The plane was discovered 15 years later, without its crew, in the libyan desert 400 miles south of its air base.
B24 bomber lady be good takes off on first operation. Looking for reliable information or news facts about ww2. Had it not been for some sharpeyed british oil exploration engineers in libya in may 1958, a b24d liberator named lady be good might have joined the ranks of other military aircraft that went permanently mia during world war ii. Originally broadcast on armstrong circle theatre, this is the story of lady be good. I dont think its easy to take a single story from the pages of aviation history and call it the best or most interesting because the competition is fierce, but the doomed crew of the world war two b24 liberator lady be good ranks for the title if any do. Lady be good is an mgm musical film released in 1941. Jul 01, 2016 the made for tv movie sole survivor was based on a real lost plane called the lady be good, which went down in 1943. The usaaf launched a search and ultimately concluded that the plane had crashed into the mediterranean sea, after experiencing a malfunction or possibly disorientation. The plane, which was from 376th bomb group, was believed to. When you consider that almost every hollywood movie ever has the b17 as the star one exception is sole survivor with richard basehart based upon the lady be good b24 discovered in libya in 1956 the flying fortress is the most well known world war ii bomber to the worldwide public. But underneath the glitz and glamour of this fun and flirty pageturner is something deeper and far more important. Ive found a pic of a dio which has lady be good in bit white letters on the side.
The lady be good 1943 the lady be good a consolidated b 24 liberator, belonged to the 514th squadron of the american 9th desert air forces 376th bomb group, based at slouch,south of benghazi. The plane, from 376th bomb group, had been on a bombing raid to naples on april 4, 1943 when it was lost. On the witness stand during her divorce hearing, songwriter dixie donegan ann sothern tells sympathetic judge murdock lionel. Watch lady be good movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The story of the lady be good by dick campbell youtube. The lady be good was an american b 24d liberator of the united states army air forces, serial number 4124301, during world war ii.
On the afternoon of april 4, 1943, the b 24 bomber lady be good lbg took off from soluch airstrip in libya, along with 24 other planes, on a mission to bomb the port at naples, italy. Based at benina airfield in soluch today suluq, libya, it crashed in april 1943 returning from a mission and was later discovered hundreds of miles into the sahara. B24 lady be good crashed in 1943, finally discovered in 1958. Instead, the aerial survey team from darcy oil company later.
The lady be good 1943 the lady be good a consolidated b24. Like so many of our missing planes and flyboys and marines and ships and sailors, lady be good only registered back page news. On april 4, 1943, the young, green crew of the lady be good, a b24 liberator took off from an american air base on its way to a bombing airraid over naples, italy. The estimated time for the mission was nine hours round trip, and the planes had enough fuel for twelve hours of flight time. There were no signs of the remains of the crew who were on board lady be good. As a young boy, i read a brief article on the back pages of a local paper on the discovery of lady be good in 1959. Movie ww2 plane crash and crew were ghosts information.
The tragic story of the world war iiera b 24 liberator bomber lady be good, which mysteriously disappeared after its first bombing mission over naples, italy in april 1943. The tragic story of the world war iiera b24 liberator bomber lady be good, which mysteriously disappeared after its first bombing mission over naples, italy in april 1943. It was composer jerome kern who implored the academy to change its ruling so that only. Lady be good national museum of the united states air. The song the last time i saw paris caused controversy when it won the oscar for best song because it was not written specifically for the film. The 1924 george gershwin stage hit lady be good was brought to the screen by mgm. Sep 27, 2017 on an interesting side note, they made a movie that was loosely based on the lady be good story called sole survivor. In every world war ii movie i can think of, its always the boeing b17 flying fortress in the spotlight. There was a 1941 movie titled, lady be good, and that might have gave someone the idea for the name. The propeller was transferred from the 40th troop carrier squadron.
In fact, i dare you to name me one film that features consolidateds b24 liberator. There is still a newer version of this short video on the drawing board for the future. After tony martin had a hit recording in 1940, mgm bought the rights to the song for use in lady be good 1941. Its been uploaded on youtube if anyone is interested. This story is loosely based on the discovery of the b 24 liberator bomber the lady be good that was found in the libyan. On april 4, 1943, a b24d liberator nicknamed lady be good took off from soluch, an airstrip located near bengazi, libya, for what would be her first and final mission.
It disappeared on an april 4, 1943 during the raid on naples, italy. The remains of the b24 liberator lady be good in the libyan desert, shortly after the downed plane was discovered in 1958. The plane, which was from 376th bomb group, was believed to have been lostwith its nineman crewin the mediterranean sea while returning to its base in libya following a bombing raid on naples on april 4, 1943. To everyones astonishment, lady be good was in surprisingly good condition. It was found virtually intact in the libyan desert in 1958. Read the lady be good movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
Lady be good was an american b24d liberator, which flew for the united states army air forces during world war ii. We wish to welcome all persons who are interested in the lady be good, contributed to discovering her, have written about her, and have either touched or have been touched by her story and the story of the men who flew her on her last fateful flight on sunday, april 4th, 1943. Dayton, ohio one of the four propellers and an engine from the lady be good are on display in the world war ii gallery at the national museum of the united states air force. Lady be good diorama at lone star flight museum galveston the lady be good was an usaaf b 24d liberator that mysteriously disappeared without a trace on its first combat mission during world war ii. Ive found this photo, which people seem to agree is lbg taking off on her final mission. Dec, 2011 i dont think its easy to take a single story from the pages of aviation history and call it the best or most interesting because the competition is fierce, but the doomed crew of the world war two b24 liberator lady be good ranks for the. Boeing b17g flying fortess verus the consolidated b24 liberator. There were water containers still intact inside the plane. Attempting to simulate the last few minutes of the of lady be good s final flight in order to extract a few pieces of forensic information is of course wholly dependent on insuring that the virtual model, as well as the simulator platform, are as finely calibrated as possible in terms of replicating the flight dynamics and environmental factors that would have naturally been present in life. Amber brocks lady be good is a charming, effervescent romp through 1950s new york, miami, and havana. When i saw this book i jumped on it, thinking of that movie thats stayed with me for so long and the book ended up haunting me much more than the movie had because the book is true, its about real men put into a horrible situation that they were simply unable to escape. Lady be good 1941 stream and watch online moviefone. Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past.
Remains of world war ii b24 bomber lady be good in tobruk. Lady be good flew on through the dark night, slowly descending to crashland sixteen miles from the mens gathering place. The lady be good waited for more than 15 years in the desert for her illfated crew to return. Mystery bomber of world war ii mcclendon, dennis e. Jun 16, 2017 on april 4, 1943, a b 24d liberator nicknamed lady be good took off from soluch, an airstrip located near bengazi, libya, for what would be her first and final mission. Released 1941, lady be good stars eleanor powell, ann sothern, robert young, lionel barrymore the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 51 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. During that fateful trip, lady be good carried nine members of the 514 th squadron, 376 th bomb group, 9 th air force. B24 lady be good crashed on its first and last mission. B24 lady be good crashed in 1943, finally discovered in. April 4th 1943 a b24 liberator disappears returning to a base in liby. The plane was lost on a mission over libya, failing to return from a 4 april 1943 bombing raid over naples, italy, the lady be good. It might have been named from one of the grounds crew in soluch, libya. See the full list of lady be good cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
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