ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121790
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| Date: | Monday 5 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:00 approx |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24D Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 514th BSqn /376th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-24301 |
| MSN: | 1096 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Calanscio Sand Sea, 440 miles southeast of Soluch -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Soluch AFB, Benina (HLLB) |
| Soluch AFB, Benina |
The B-24D, named Lady Be Good, crashed in the Libyan desert on return from a bombing raid on Naples Harbour.
The bomber appears to have overflown the area of its base due to navigational problems and flew deep into the interior of Libya.
At about 0200, with 3 of the 4 engines stopped as the result of fuel exhaustion, the crew abandoned the plane by parachute.
One of them died when his parachute failed to open fully, and the remainder of the crew attempted to walk to safety and perished in the desert.
The Lady be Good flew on for another 16 miles before crashing.
The wrecked plane was sighted from the air in November 1958 and the bodies of 8 of the crew were found in 1960.
The remaining crewman was not found, but his body may have been one discovered by a British desert patrol in 1953 and buried at the spot.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Be_Good_%28aircraft%2- JF Baugher
Images:
Nose view of Consolidated B-24D "Lady Be Good" crash site. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2011 05:05 | angels one five | Added |
| 20-Apr-2011 04:09 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2012 07:23 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2012 08:24 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2013 06:07 | LarryW | Updated [Date, Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2013 07:17 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2015 05:41 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location] |
| 04-Nov-2017 17:03 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 15-Dec-2018 17:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Jul-2019 18:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 12-Apr-2020 16:18 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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