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To: SunkenCiv

B-24 Bomber Lady Be Good. This aircraft was discovered in the Libyan Desert 16 years after it lost its way back from a World War II mission to bomb Naples, Italy on 4 April 1943. The plane was found in 1959 by an oil exploration team, miraculously preserved by the desert environment. The next year the bodies of eight of the nine crew members were recovered by Quartermaster Graves Registration personnel.


12 posted on 12/26/2010 9:20:52 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono

That’s interesting, I never knew that any of the crew was found. Thanks JPB.


16 posted on 12/26/2010 9:27:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: JoeProBono
The movie Flight of the Phoenix uses a similar plot theme from the story of the Lady be Good.


27 posted on 12/26/2010 9:57:50 PM PST by Rebelbase ( Islam is a mental disorder.)
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To: JoeProBono

I saw the movie “Sole Survivor”. This was an excellent movie (made for TV), though haunting based on the “Lady Be Good” .


28 posted on 12/26/2010 10:00:58 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media. There are Wars and Rumors of War.)
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To: JoeProBono; SunkenCiv

This thread is an interesting mix of ancient and modern history. Thanks, guys.


47 posted on 12/27/2010 11:46:46 AM PST by colorado tanker
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