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27 de feb. de 2021 · El 4 de abril de 1943, un bombardero B-24 conocido como «Lady Be Good» partió de la ciudad de Soluq, en Libia, para cumplir una misión de ataque sobre Nápoles. El avión del ejército estadounidense llevó a cabo la tarea, pero en su regreso a África, fuertes vientos desorientaron a la tripulación .
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On April 4, 1943, a B-24D Liberator nicknamed Lady Be Good took off from Soluch, an airstrip located near Bengazi, Libya, for what would be her first and final mission. During that fateful trip, Lady Be Good carried nine members of the 514th Squadron, 376th Bomb Group, 9thAir Force. Their names: 1. 1st Lieutenant William J. Hatton, Pilot 2. 2d Lieu...
In November 1958, British geologists working for D’Arcy Oil Company (later merged with British Petroleum) were flying over the Libyan Desert when they spotted a crashed plane. They noted the location and contacted Wheelus Air Force Base. At the time, Wheelus did not have any record of an American plane having been lost in the area, therefore, they ...
With all of the evidence at hand, military officials were able to piece together the final moments of Lady Be Goodand her crew. It is assumed that, after overshooting their destination, Lady Be Good began to run out of fuel. It was dark during their return from the mission, which, combined with their inexperience, spelled disaster. It is believed t...
Lady Be Good es el nombre con el que se conocía a un bombardero estadounidense B-24 tipo D, con base en el aeródromo de Benina (en Soluch, Libia ), cuya tripulación se perdió por un error de navegación en el desierto de Libia y cuyos restos fueron encontrados 17 años más tarde.
- Error de navegación
- 26°42′46″N 24°01′27″E / 26.71269444, 24.02416667
- 440 km al sur de la base de Benina
Lady, Be Good! (title sometimes presented with an exclamation point) is a musical written by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson with music by George and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was first presented on Broadway in 1924; the West End production followed in 1926.
Lady Be Good is a B-24D Liberator bomber that disappeared without a trace on its first combat mission during World War II. The plane, which was from 376th Bomb Group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), was believed to have been lost—with its nine-man crew—in the Mediterranean Sea while returning to its base in Libya ...
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- 9 (1 initially, 8 subsequently)
- April 4, 1943
- Soluch Airfield
18 de jun. de 2022 · El 4 de abril de 1943, el Lady Be Good, comandado por teniente William J. Hatton, fue encomendado junto a otros 25 aparatos a la “misión 109″, que debía bombardear el puerto de Nápoles, a...
Consolidated B-24D "Lady Be Good." (U.S. Air Force photo) "Lady Be Good" At 2:50 p.m. on April 4, 1943, 25 B-24Ds of the 376th Bomb Group took off from their AAF base at Soluch, Libya, for a high-altitude bombing attack against harbor facilities at Naples, Italy.
