The Flight Museum B-25 is the official aircraft of the
Doolittle Raiders. It honors the 80 brave men who
flew 16 land-based B-25s off the USS Hornet in the
first air raid against Japan in WWII.
www.calhounaircenter.com
Posted on 12/08/2009 11:58:28 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
www.calhounaircenter.com
My sister-in-law lives in Port Lavaca; it’s on the Gulf Coast halfway between Houston and Corpus Christi (which puts it exactly in the middle of nowhere). Several industrial plants (Alcoa, Formosa Plastics, Union Carbide) around there but many people commute from Victoria.
This sounds like a great event for the town, and I’ll bet my nephew attends.
True beauty..
I’ve met WW2 guys who’ve flown or crewed B29s, B17s, B24s and even those who “flew the hump”. But never met a guy on a B25 (don’t know why that is). But I love those 25s!
I seem to recall, as a kid in the 60s, they found one that had crashed some where in a North African desert. Was a big write up on it from the magazine “LOOK”, I think. Had been missing since ‘43 or something like that. I think the name of the plane was “Lady Be Good”. Don’t ask me how I remember that! But it was a B-25.
Your got most of it right but it was a B-24.
It was a B-24 Liberator.
Lady be Good was a B-24, a 4 engine heavy bomber.
Really? A B-24? Are you sure? I was only about 10 then. I guess that makes since...a B24 would have had greater range and a B25 probably had no business being way out there anyway.
Really? A B-24? Are you sure? I was only about 10 then. I guess that makes sense...a B24 would have had greater range and a B25 probably had no business being way out there anyway.
I was about the same age as you when the story broke. I think there is some confusion because “The Twilight Zone” did a story clearly inspired by the Lady be Good and they did use a B-25.
Also the B-25 had the similar twin tail configuration.
It really was a spooky story. If I remmeber right they said the crew would have had a better chance if they had stayed with the plane instead of bailing out. Probably would have been goners either way tho.
Hmmm...I guess with all the responses I’m getting, it was a B24! LOL!!
But it sure seems like I remember thinking they (also) must have found a B25 somewhere around the north Africa area too. Maybe they found a B24 and a B25 and I’m combining the memories.
Now I won’t be able to sleep thinking about it! LOL
“I was about the same age as you when the story broke. I think there is some confusion because “The Twilight Zone” did a story clearly inspired by the Lady be Good and they did use a B-25.
Also the B-25 had the similar twin tail configuration.”
LOL! Maybe that’s it! You know, I seem to kinda remember that too!
As a kid I knew the B24 had four engines and the B25 had two—that’s how I could immediately tell the difference.
I used to love all those WW2 aircraft. I haven’t studied them since I was a kid, but it’s amazing how much I still remember of them. Drives my wife nuts—we’ll be watching an old movie and they’ll have some guy getting into a P51 or something, but show clips of a P47. Of course, I go into my “rant” of Hey, that’s not a Mustang or something like that! Or I’ll see some old clip with a particular rifle and yell out “Hey, that’s not Russian! That’s a German!” My wife usually asks “How do you know that??” I just shrug. LOL
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Thank you everyone for your responses. I guess I was thinking of that old Twilight Zone episode regarding a B25. Boy, I haven’t thought of that for decades—funny how an old TV show meshes with what you think your memories are (kinda spooky). Hope I don’t start thinking some guy named Dr. Smith and a giant tin can garbage can looking robot was trying to kill me in the “old days”...hahah
Now I’m gonna have to see if I can find that on youtube...cause I want to see it now. Mainly to see if it’s as scary now as it was when I was 10! LOL
In all my years watching "The Twilight Zone" I don't remember this episode. I know I haven't seen them all, though. Do you recall the name of it?
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