Lady Be Good (large pics)

Thanks for sharing. I can tell Shep Paine did a superb job on his diorama of the Lady that is shown in his first edition diorama book.

Dave

Thanks for sharing Tim.

Regards, Rick

Thanks for posting the pictures. The "Lady" saga has always been fascinating to me. One of the gunners, I think his name was Sgt Adams, was from Eureka, Illinois, which is about 10 miles from my home town. Shep Paine's diorama really was top quality. Darwin

If I remember the story correctly the Lady Be Good was discovered by an oil exploration crew who informed the US. The US sent in a crew to find the remains of the aircrew. I know they found remains, but I do not remember if all of the crew was accounted for. I think the aircraft was discovered in the late 1950s (1959 I think) so it was long after the end of the war.

It is good to know that the U.S. would go to such lenghts to recover the remains of its servicemen and return them to the family. If I remember right the remains of a B-24 was discovered in China a few years ago and a team was sent in to recover any indication of the remains of the crew members, eg dog tags.

Graves Registration teams are in and out of Viet Nam on a regular basis, and have been since Clinton "normalized" relations with that government.

Lastly, I cannot recall if the remains of the Lady Be Good were gathered up and brought back to the States. Does anybody know?

Thanks for sharing the pictures. rangerj

rangerj the Remains of the Lady be Good were eventually taken to Tobruk although much of it had been stripped previously.
This site has most of the details.
http://www.qmfound.com/lady_be_good_b-24_bomber_recovery.htm
Its an extraordinary story and one that has intrigued me since I saw the movie Sole Survivor.

(edit: I guess I shouldn't take so long to type, huh? Well, I ain't gonna change any of it now... hehe...)

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To answer a couple questions...

All the crew were found but one, S/Sgt. Vernon Moore.

Various parts of the aircraft have made their way back to the USA, but the bulk of the wreck was recovered in 1994 and last I heard it was being stored outdoors in Tobruk:



The best image I've come across showing the wreck in this location...



Here's some links to check out if you're interested in the Lady...

Consolidated B-24D "Lady Be Good"
The Lady Be Good Tragedy
Lady Be Good
LADY BE GOOD - Mystery Bomber of WW II
Lady Be Good - A page on the 376th BG site.
Lady Be Good.com - I guess you could consider this to be the 'official site' for the Lady.
Story of the 'Lady Be Good'
B-24 Liberator "LADY BE GOOD" - Several large images showing the wreck.

There's a good bit of repetition in these pages but each has its singularities...


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Blackwolf what you lack in speed you make up for in content
Thanx for the links , theyll make for some interesting reading.
Also thanks to TimL for these excellent photos.

Wow shure wish I had those pics when I did my Lady Be Good dio, And I agree with you all about Sheps dio it is really great. Just a little note here I am a now a member of MMSI of which Shpeard Paine is the President of, whom Im able to talk to on a name to name basis with at our monthly meetings and I was fortunet enough to be able to get him to look at my Lady Be Good dio on one ocasion.

Here are some pics of mine (Note I have built a new and improved base)
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/objects/images/mmsi2004-125.jpg
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/objects/images/mmsi2004-126.jpg