Life magazine published an article on the Lady Be Good in their March 7, 1960 issue. I think that it is a combination of several things that leads to aircraft being lost in situations as Lady Be Good and others like it. A C-54 in which several autosyn transmitters were installed had propeller trouble and made a safe landing only by throwing cargo overboard. Der Funkpeiler der Basis hatte jedoch nur eine einzige Rahmenantenne . Numerous parts from the "Lady Be Good" were returned to the U.S. for technical study. At least two books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles have been devoted to this subject. NAVIGATOR'S FATAL DECISIONS: The Lady Be Good was now on the way back to Soluch Airfield. Pictured from the waist position of another 'Flying Fortress' - B-17G 43-37563 'Lady be Good' coded -J of the 728th BS, 452nd BG ploughs her way through a field of flak. This page is dedicated to the crew of the Lady Be Good, 514th Squadron, 376th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force: 1st Lieutenant William J. Hatton, Pilot Whitestone, New York 2d Lieutenant Robert F. Toner, Copilot North Attelboro, Massachusetts 2d Lieutenant Dp Hays, Navigator Lee’s Summit Missouri The discovery of the Lady Be Good and her crewmembers' valiant efforts to survive the Libyan desert received world wide media coverage. Da der Peiler des Flugzeugs nicht zwischen einem Signal vor oder hinter dem Flugzeug unterscheiden konnte, gab es keine Möglichkeit, gegenseitige Messwerte zu identifizieren. The pilot, Lt. Hatton requested an inbound bearing from Benina tower's HF/DF equipment covering Benghazi which was 30 miles north of Soluch. The purpose of this site is to provide a central repository for links, information, photos, maps, history, and recollections of and about the legendary "Lady Be Good - Ghost Bomber of WWII". For reasons unknown the pilot of the “Lady Be Good” turned back 30 minutes before reaching Naples, dropped their bombs and headed back to Soluch. It was a brand new plane, and it was accompanied by a brand new crew. Der Navigator der Lady Be Good glaubte, auf einem direkten Weg von Neapel nach Bengasi zu fliegen. Show caption About this image 1-5 of 8 4th April 1943: B-24 Bomber ‘Lady Be Good’ takes off on first operation. (U.S. Air Force) The entries in the navigator's logbook ended abruptly when Lady Be Good headed back so the details of her return flight from Naples are unknown. Consolidated B-24D-25-CO Liberator 41-24301, in the Calanscio Sand Sea. (U.S. Air Force) The wreck of the Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator 41-24301, “Lady Be Good,” 1958. At 2:50 PM on April 4,1943, 25 B-24’s of the 376th Bomb Group took off from their base at Soluch, Libya for a high altitude bombing mission against harbor facilities at Naples,Italy. When there's a large number of hastily trained naviguessers early in their flying career, they tend to rely on the lead or … The Lady Be Good had come to earth 440 miles (708 kilometers) south of its base at Soluch. Also, some parts were installed in other aircraft, which then experienced unexpected difficulties. We apologize that progress o n the site was halted in 2009-2010. The “Lady Be Good” was a B-24 (bomber) aircraft from World War Two. Even using dead reckoning (time and distance) they would be close to their destination. The B-24 was the most produced bomber in history according to (Bryan Swopes, This Day In Aviation).