Question ; Wasn't a B-24 called the " Lady Be Good " ?

Tanker, Yes the Lady Be Good (LBG) went down in North Africa after overflying its base on return from a bomb run over Europe. Learned about this is Air Force ROTC, our detachment sponsored the memory of one of the crew. My understanding is that not all of the crew's remains were recovered after they attempted to walk back to civilization. The a/c was found during an aerial oil (?) survey. I also thought that much of the a/c remains were left where the lay in the desert. Unfortunately, we still have many aircrews around the globe that have left 'on patrol' and never returned.

March Air Force Base museum in California had a diorama of her as well - it's unfortunately been a while since I've been there so I"m not sure if it's still there.

I remember when the airplane was found by an oil survey crew flying over the sight. I seem to remember a LIFE magazine story with lots of pictures back then. In 1970, a made-for-TV movie starring William Shatner told the story of a lost B-25. Some of the story was told from the crew's point of view. In the story, the crew had no idea they were dead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sole_Survivor_(1970_film)

I've seen Shep Paine's diorama. Kinda gives you chills looking at it.

Tanker - Builder

Interesting about the re-used parts ? Seems there is some validity to those supernatural claims , Huh ?

I don't often put a lot of stock in such things...but reading stories like that, I seem to hear the old "Twilight Zone" theme playing somewhere far off in the distance:

"De-de-de-de, de-de-de-de...."

I got to see Shep's diorama up close at the World Figure Expo in July 2017.  The Military Modeling Society of Illinois, Shep's home club, hosted the show.  They staged a display of his work, and that was one of the pieces on display.  I took some (mediocre) photos:

We have to remember that at the time he built this diorama, he had to use the -J and convert it back to a -D.  Monogram had not yet released the -D kit.  Shep used it as an opportunity to talk about vacuforming the greenhouse nose.

Get Shep's Dioramas book. That chapter is an absolute clinic on weathering damage.

 

USAF should send a team to the area identified by the British patrol and attempt to recover Moore's remains as well, if the remains are Moore's.

 

The armrest seemed to have a life of it's own......

Gregbale :

 Thank You so much for that .This plane always has been in my mind .Don't know why . My foster father mentioned her once too .

 Interesting about the re-used parts ? Seems there is some validity to those supernatural claims , Huh ?

If I recall correctly, the late Shep Paine did a dazzling diorama of it. You can probably find it easily in a web search.

After the USAF had gone over the site...and it was being picked-apart by souvenir hunters...remains of the a/c were ultimately removed to a Libyan military base.

Here's the Wikipedia rundown:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Be_Good_(aircraft)

That’s a good question