timbo Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 http://www.ladybegood.com Fascinating and poignant story - have a very vague recollection of seeing the film 'sole survivor' starring William Shatner when I was a kid, but hadn't realised it was loosely based on a true story. Would love to see it again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) I had written a book review on this but I guess it was lost in one of the crashs , I ll have the isbn # 0-8306-8624-x . A number of items from this aircraft on at the Wright Patterson Museum in Ohio, I have a couple of photo's from there but not the best , One of the original Aircrew is still missing They beleive his body may lay in an area some unknown number of miles to the north of the wreak site in a sand sea trackless and uninhabitible , I dont recall the miles they walked but a couple of the crew managed to walk something like 90 + miles in 130 f degree temps with only a canteen cap of water per man per day , and with no water , food or shelter for several of their final days , these details came from a diary keep by one of them Edited July 25, 2010 by abn deuce correted spellings and text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Has also reminded me that somewhere I have a book on Transport Command describing wartime crash in the desert and diary extracts from pilot who survived for a few days/ weeks... Unbelievably poignant. RIP.... If I can find it I'll post some details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Yes, very sad. It is always good to see the B24 Liberator in the spotlight because the B17 Flying Fortress usually recieves the limelight. I am going to watch that film somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Is that the film where the ghosts disapper every time one body is found? At the end only one is left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 Is that the film where the ghosts disapper every time one body is found? At the end only one is left. Yep that's the one. There is still one crew member from LBG missing in the desert. If you have a look at some of the various sites dedicated to this story, you'll also see that the wreckage is still held by the Libyan authorities and can be viewed on google earth. It does seem to get moved from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustaf Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Is that the film where the ghosts disapper every time one body is found? At the end only one is left. Thanks Guys, I have been trying to remember the name of that movie for years, I knew that it was based on the Lady be good after reading the book, now it will be interesting to see if the script can be traced bacward to see who contributed the story, it had to be one of the people who helped recover the bodies. Best Gus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Had the chance to visit the crash site several times. Still some parts around. Truely desperate landscape - in particular if you have to walk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 The film is 'Sole Survivor' from 1970, amd a B-25 Mitchell was used in the film, but set out almost identically to the 'Lady Be Good' crash site - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065007/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Thanks for the link , that lead to this the entire movie less the credits is posted online . I could nt get it to play until I advanced the cursor a few minutes and then it played . I never forgot the movie and never found it until now. the link to the movie http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7574338161920794843# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Hi guys, Am I going mad? I distinctly remember reading a thread in a similar (exact) vein some time ago (4, 5 months ago??) but I cant find it anywhere and this thread's dates don't add up. Maybe its just that I am a platinum blonde? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Hi guys, Am I going mad? I distinctly remember reading a thread in a similar (exact) vein some time ago (4, 5 months ago??) but I cant find it anywhere and this thread's dates don't add up. Maybe its just that I am a platinum blonde? Monty I thought it was just me ! I had thought I'd read about it but I couldn't find it either.. Maybe another forum (wash my mouth out....!) Guess it is just one of those perennial favourites being such a good story.. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 This thread? - http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?15274-Films-with-aircraft-theame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 This thread? - http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?15274-Films-with-aircraft-theame yeah ok - but as I say a good story is always worth revisiting ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Has also reminded me that somewhere I have a book on Transport Command describing wartime crash in the desert and diary extracts from pilot who survived for a few days/ weeks... Unbelievably poignant. RIP.... If I can find it I'll post some details. Finally found it... The book is called 'But not in anger' by Cole & Grant, Ian Allan of course, circa late '70's. The story relates to a Polish ferry pilot, Sergeant Mikolajczak, who came down in the North African desert. When the aircraft (and it's pilot) were found some time later, he had managed to scribble down a few messages including the following extracts. "I doubt if I shall live till the morning, I am getting weaker and weaker every minute. I have only three gulps of water and I have such a terrible thirst, I should go somewhere, but where? I am completely lost. Goodbye, we shall meet where we all have to go one day... Death is very near, I tried to take off, I have still ten gallons but the accumulators are flat. I looked for help but now help will not come... Oh god shorten my sufferings, there will be no help for me, let nobody land in the desert where there are no poeple, as there is no way out... I hear an aircraft flying to the south, to my right, my last hope, I cannot get up to have a look. My last minutes, god have mercy on me..." Like I said, very sad and you can't help thinking of Lady be Good in similar circumstances. Also there is that old dilemma of what to do, stay with the aircraft or make a break for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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