I was thinking more "1970s TV movie", specifically the one with Doug McClure as the pilot of a crippled P-40 that is taxiing around the desert, being pursued by a German tank. It had one of those much-used titles like "Death Race".
I saw a movie several years back about a B-24 crew who stayed with their plane out in the desert, playing baseball etc. When a group of rescuers came across them some time later it turned out they were all dead and were just ghost continuing to live their lives. Kinda like the "Sixth Sense" movie..they did not know they were dead.
After they were buried they all disappeared,went to heaven except for one guy because he went out in the desert to search for help and the rescuers did not find his body.
This thread caused me a look up an old movie that I saw as a kid, that I want to see again somehow. Not sure if it is on a DVD or not -
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When a bomber believed to have crashed in the ocean 17 years ago is found in the Libyan desert. A Colonel and Major accompany the only surviving member of the crew, who is now a General to figure out what happened. The General claims that he and the other members of the crew jumped over the ocean when in reality he bailed out leaving the others to fend for themselves. And while the Colonel just wants the whole thing closed, the Major insists on finding the truth. And watching them are the ghosts of the crew.
This story is loosely based on the discovery of the B-24 “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.