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

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Question ; Wasn't a B-24 called the " Lady Be Good " ?
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Thursday, January 17, 2019 4:59 PM

Hi ;

 Seems to me I read about her being down in the Libyan desert .If so does anyone know if they left the plane and such there ? After returning the crew Remains of course . That's a plane I don't think I've ever seen anyone do in model form .I think it would be a nice crew tribute . T.B.

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Posted by crown r n7 on Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:01 PM

That’s a good question 

 

 

 Nick.

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Posted by gregbale on Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:08 PM

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)

Greg

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:29 PM

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 ?

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Posted by goldhammer on Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:37 PM

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......

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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:38 PM

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

 

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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Posted by the Baron on Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:58 PM

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.

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Posted by gregbale on Thursday, January 17, 2019 6:16 PM

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...."

Greg

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Posted by fotofrank on Thursday, January 17, 2019 8:40 PM

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.

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Posted by Tracy White on Thursday, January 17, 2019 9:16 PM

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.

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Posted by mawright20 on Friday, January 18, 2019 10:18 AM
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.
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