I believe there was a movie based on this, but showing a b25, showing the crew as ghosts. This story is loosely based on the discovery of the b24 liberator bomber the lady be good that was found in the libyan desert after the crew got lost on their 1st bombing mission to italy. Lady be good was a usaaf b24d liberator that mysteriously. In the movie the crew were all ghosts hanging around the crashed bomber.
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. The story of the lady be good by dick campbell youtube. With eleanor powell, ann sothern, robert young, lionel barrymore. I recently spent the entire night watching sole survivor the 1970 movie with william shatner, twilight zone. This film was based on a true story about a bomber which crashed in the. Historically treated as the redheaded stepchild of heavy bombers in world war ii, especially when compared to the sleek and popular b17 flying fortress, the b. The lady be good, and it featured a young george segal. The last contact from the crew of lady be good was a radio. During that fateful trip, lady be good carried nine members of the 514 th squadron, 376 th bomb group, 9 th air force. Sahara desert resulted in sandstorms and poor visibility for the bombers. Mystery bomber of world war ii mcclendon, dennis e. My avionics professor told our class about the story of lady be good, and.
This film is part of the periscope film llc archive, one of the largest. With conard fowkes, donald gantry, danny meehan, mark lenard. Flares were launched to signal the bomber, but the engine sound passed overhead. Front home improvement homemaking home movie day home movies.
Lady be good, armstrong circle theater episode 301, season 11. A plane has crashed and the cast of the film turn out to be ghosts who. I am trying to name a film but no movie databases has the answer. The tragic story of the world war iiera b24 liberator bomber lady be good. Before the twilight zone episode was aired, earlier in 1960, there was an episode of armstrong circle theater called ghost bomber.
Lost on april 4, 1943, a b24d liberator nicknamed lady be good took off. The lady be good, and even the flight of the phoenix. The remains of the real plane had been found in 1958, some fifteen years after the crash, and apparently there was so much speculation about what. 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. Sole survivor is a 1970 madefortv movie about the ghost crew of the home run, a b25 mitchell medium bomber that crashed in the libyan desert. Sole survivor is a 1970 madefortv movie about the ghost crew of the home run, a b25 mitchell medium bomber. This was a wild story about this bomber and its crew. A composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice. Armstrong circle theatre documentarylive theater program about the discovery of the b24 bomber, lady be good, which was found in the. With vince edwards, richard basehart, william shatner, lou antonio.
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