Lady be good aircraft movie

Lady be good 1941 film lady be good is an mgm musical film released in 1941. There was a 1960 episode of the twilight zone with robert cummings called king nine will not return that was based on that incident. So, i recommend both of these documentaries, especially the fighting lady for its excellent aircraft carrier, f4u corsair, and sb2c helldiver footage, but do not buy it from pd productions, buy a copy with. Its loosely based on the story of the b24 bomber lady be good that crashed in the libyan desert after a bomb run on naples in 1943. Songwriters dixie donegan and eddie crane are still in love after their divorce. Our wings of victory, the manufacture of military aeroplanes during wwi april 11, 2017 november 8, 2018 by caitlinhucik, posted in films, military, motion pictures, womens history. Her story was not necessarily unique, as she was just one of many aircraft and crew to go missing during the war. B24 lady be good crashed on its first and last mission. World war iis most famous ghost plane daily planet air. Mystery bomber of world war ii mcclendon, dennis e. On board the fighting lady and other carriers of her class, was a new grumman fighter, the f6f hellcat. With all of the coverage of libya in the news lately, it got me wondering if we will ever see the return of the remains of the b24 lady be good to the united states, or at least the consignment of it to a museum. On the afternoon of april 4, 1943, the b24 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.

Life on an aircraft carrier isnt nearly as cool as g. The story of the lady be good by dick campbell oshkosh media. I will look for that tz episode, would be really cool to see. The aircraft has been missing since a wwii mission. Peter says, her life from wwii to the mid1960s indicates she had a few private owners and then in 1967 she was converted into a camera ship for film use, which saw her used in the battle of britain movie in 19671968 in europe. Based at soluch field in soluch today suluq and benina international airport, libya as part of the 514th bomb squadron, 376th bomb group, it failed to return from an april 4, 1943 bombing raid on naples, italy. This film is part of the periscope film llc archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the. The conditions were not favourable from the beginning, and a severe sandstorm engulfed the plane soon after it took off from benina airstrip in libya. The purpose of this site is to provide a central repository for links, information, photos, maps, history, and recollections of and about the legendary lady be good ghost bomber of wwii. Rod serling subsequently did a twilight zone episode based on the lady be good, with robt cummingswho was taught to fly by orville wright and a b25 standin.

The plane was discovered 15 years later, without its crew, in the libyan desert 400 miles south of its air base. Jan 31, 2017 the story of the lady be good by dick campbell oshkosh media. Instead, the aerial survey team from darcy oil company later. In the young adult novel under a wartorn sky, the main character henry forester copilots out of the blue, a us b24 liberator serving in the royal air force. The videos in my playlists are uploaded by many wonderful people who take a lot of time and effort to make these videos available for us to enjoy. Oct 31, 2017 the history of lady be good was the topic of a recent talk at the national air and space museum, given by roger connor, of the aeronautics department.

Aircraft collection yankee air museum southeasst michigan. See more ideas about ww2 planes, aircraft and wwii. The film stars dancer eleanor powell, along with ann sothern, robert young, lionel barrymore, and red skelton. Air force photo aircraft parts were strewn by the consolidated b24d lady be good as it skidded to a halt amid the otherwise emptiness of the desert. A few aircraft with replacement parts from lady be good later had inflight problems. Welcome to lady be a repository for online information about wwiis ghost bomber. Lady be good flew on through the dark night, slowly descending to crashland sixteen miles from the mens gathering place. The movie youre thinking about is probably sole survivor which was made in 1970.

Like so many of our missing planes and flyboys and marines and ships and sailors, lady be good only registered back page news. Air force photo of lady be good in the libyan desert. Tagged aircraft, lady be good, libya, search and rescue, united states air force, wwii 12 comments spotlight. I seem to recall a madefortv movie about the airplane. Apparently, i am not the only one thinking this as the topic is appearing on aviati. Navy began offensive operations in the central pacific. 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. It is also the epic story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of burmas democracy movement. If the above picture looks blank to you, youre not missing something. The disappearance of the lady be good and her young air crew is one of the most intriguing and haunting stories in the annals of aviation. Tim there was also a twilight zone with a similar theme. The plane, 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. The made for tv movie sole survivor was based on a real lost plane called the lady be good, which went down in 1943.

Numerous parts from the lady be good were returned to the u. Air force the wreck of the consolidated b24dco liberator 4124301, lady be good, 1958. On 4 th april 1943, lady be good took to the skies for the first time with its nine crew members on a bombing mission on naples. Lady be good 1941 not rated 1h 52min comedy, musical 10 november 1941 uk songwriters dixie donegan and eddie crane are still in love after their divorce. Sep 26, 2016 aircraft carriers are gigantic floating cities that are both armed to the teeth and chock full o jets. With tom cruise, tim robbins, kelly mcgillis, val kilmer. 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. The ps2 was rugged, easy to assemble, good performance, and had excellent handling.

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. Known as the lady be good, the hulk of the illfated aircraft was found sixteen years later lying deep in the libyan desert more than 400 miles south of benghazi. 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. Lady be good is an mgm musical film released in 1941. Powell received top billing, but sothern and young are the main stars. This is what the sahara desert looks like from about 16 miles upa blank, featureless void. This was the first of several films powell made with skelton. Aircraft parts were strewn by the consolidated b24d lady be good as. The videos in my playlists are uploaded by many wonderful people who take a lot of. She then wasnt used until new buyers bought her in late 1970s. For anyone interested, the original lady be good article is now a disambiguation page, with separate articles now for lady be good musical and lady be good 1941 film. The plane was discovered 15 years later, without its crew, in the libyan. The mgm scriveners came up with a new story concerning married songwriters ann sothern and robert young, who cant live with each other and cant live without each other.

However, the wreck was accidentally discovered 710 km inland in the. This was the beginning of the end for the japanese imperial navy. Thanks for mentioning the origin of the aircraft s name. Read the lady be good movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. A list of b17 aircraft of the 457th bomb group in ascending order of aircraft serial number. To find any number, name, or item in this list hit ctrlf to start search if you have only the last three digits of the serial number or partial name of an individual or place, just enter what you have and the program will find it. Now you can become topper harley as charlie sheens aircraft from hot shots. With this and other modern aircraft of that time, the u. Nov 07, 2017 the documentary film the fighting lady was produced by twentieth centuryfox in 1944 and released in 1945. Air force photo side view of the crashed consolidated b24d lady be good.

Lady be good was an american b24d liberator, aaf serial number 4124301, which flew for the united states army air forces during world war ii. Connor discussed the history of the aircrafts discovery and the fate of the crew, who bailed out before the crash. Nearly 60 ps2s were produced at 800 railroad street in ypsilanti, michigan, then the largest glider factory in the world. 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. 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. Lady be good propeller memorial libya for larger view left click on image. Diorama of the lady be good at the lone star flight museum. The story of the lady be good by dick campbell youtube. The lady be good was a world war ll plane that disappeared while on a naples bombing mission in 1943. In the episode, the marker on the grave of a member of the crew is dated 5 april 1943, the day on which lady be good was lost. The 1924 george gershwin stage hit lady be good was brought to the screen by mgm. We apologize that progress o n the site was halted in 20092010. As students at the united states navys elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.

The fighting lady starred the navys finest in world. Dixies friend marilyn marsh tries to convince them to marry again, but this isnt that easy. The fighting lady 1944 is a great documentary about life aboard a wwii aircraft carrier, and in color. A supporting credit went to the carriers air group and their grumman f6f hellcats, grumman tbf avengers, curtiss sb2c. Aviation historys top 10 best aviation movies include those magnificent men and their flying machines, hells angels, the dam busters, and the bridges at tokori. 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. The audio seemed pretty good, although on the fighting lady it had to be turned up way louder than usual to get it to a normal level. Lady be good in 2009, after being brought to tobruck. Run silent, run deep 1958 another first class submarine movie with the highest level of testosterone in movie history, clark gable arguing with burt lancaster for 90. The lady be good was a b24 bomber in world war 2 that disappeared on a flight in 1943. Billed as a newsdrama of the pacific and shot aboard the essexclass aircraft carrier uss yorktown cv10, the film stars the fighting lady and her crew. Leave it to mgm to turn the korean war into a splashy, bigbudget, allstar extravaganza. Top gun has embedded itself in american pop culture like arguably no other aviationthemed movie in cinema history.

The crew of the lady be good oregon salemnews in a little town called lake linden in the upper peninsula of michigan there lies a monument that holds the propeller of a wwii aircraft. 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. Lady be good is a usaaf b24d liberator that disappeared without a trace on its first combat mission during world war ii. Charlie sheens hot shots aircraft on the market for. The consolidated b24d liberator was a fourengine longrange heavy bomber. Thanks for mentioning the origin of the aircrafts name. Lost on april 4, 1943, a b24d liberator nicknamed lady be good took off from.

The estimated time for the mission was nine hours round trip, and the planes had enough fuel for twelve hours of flight time. Jun 16, 2017 a shoulder harness, a part of the b24 lady be good aircraft wreckage, with the name of the pilot, is discovered by a libyan. World war iis most famous ghost plane daily planet. A somewhat well known libyan military officer, suleiman mahmoud was a commander in gaddafis army, where he served as commander of the tobruk military region. B24 bomber lady be good takes off on first operation. The documentary film the fighting lady was produced by twentieth centuryfox in 1944 and released in 1945. Men of the fighting lady panther squadron 1954 rotten. Although the wreckage of the king nine shown in the production is a smaller and lighter b25 medium bomber specifically 4232354, a newspaper picture in the episode is the actual lady be good b24 heavy bomber. Almost 16 years after the disappearance of lady be good, search teams had a breakthrough about the doomed plane. All the vertical landing jet aircraft in history duration. Oh lady be good was a popular benny goodman song of the era. Neglected b25 to resettle in australia warbirds news. Only a few traces of the plane washed ashore and one of these was the armrest from the lady be good. Air force photo tail turret view at consolidated b24d lady be good crash site.

Its like everything awesome had a baby with everything badass, and it grew up to be radical. The plane made a surprisingly good pilotless belly landing and skidded 700 yards. Based at benina airfield in soluch today suluq, libya, it crashed in april 1943 returning from a mission and was later discovered in 1959 hundreds of miles into the sahara with its crew mysteriously missing. The story of the lady be good inspired a 1970 television movie titled sole survivor, with a north american b25 mitchell playing the b24d role. Lady be good was an american b24d liberator of the united states army air forces, serial number 4124301, during world war ii. Connecting the dots between the crash site and one crew members remains, the team was able to piece together the circumstances that surrounded the mysterious disappearance of lady be good. Consolidated b24d25co liberator 4124301, in the calanscio sand sea. Pictured from the waist position of another flying fortress b17g 4337563 lady be good coded j of the 728th bs, 452nd bg ploughs her way through a field of flak. With eleanor powell, ann sothern, robert young, lionel barrymore. Connecting the dots between the crash site and one crew members remains, the team was able to piece together the circumstances that surrounded the mysterious disappearance of.

Men of the fighting lady is set on the us aircraft career of the same name. Aug 29, 2011 the crew noticed the seat cushions in the b24 were better than those in their aircraft, and swapped. I recently spent the entire night watching sole survivor the 1970 movie with william shatner, twilight zone. While we all try to escape from the most exasperating presidential campaign in our history let me pay tribute to the men and women who have served in the military to insure we keep our electoral process and our freedoms. The lady is the extraordinary story of aung san suu kyi and her husband, michael aris. Dec, 2011 oh lady be good was a popular benny goodman song of the era. By the end of wwii, the loss of lady be good remained a mystery. The lady be good, and even the flight of the phoenix. Movie ww2 plane crash and crew were ghosts information. Lady be good propeller memorial libya for larger view le. The history of lady be good was the topic of a recent talk at the national air and space museum, given by roger connor, of the aeronautics department.

Aug 25, 2015 a former royal air force jet which was used by the red arrows and later appeared in hot shots. B24 lady be good crashed in 1943, finally discovered. The ghost liberator lady be good can still be counted on. Men of the fighting lady 1955 concerns carrier combat during the korean war. Also, some parts were installed in other aircraft, which. B24 lady be good crashed in 1943, finally discovered in 1958. However, unlike others to go missing, the story of lady be good and her crew would eventually be pieced together. The plan had been for the aircraft to leave soluch in waves, thus. Please let them know how much we appreciate them by commenting on their videos and subscribing to their channels.