Posted by Eric B. on Wednesday, January 01, 2003 at 11:11AM :
In Reply to: Re: History Lesson posted by Mac from Texas on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 7:13PM :
I found this book that sounds like it migth be close:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0708935559/104-7409419-3119153?vi=glance
Or was it one of these?
Birdsal, Stevel, Log of The Liberators, An Illustrated History of the B-24 Contains several pages of photos of LBG
Breuer, William B., Unexplained Mysteries of World War II John Wiley& Sons, Inc., NY, 1997. pp 160-162. Contains a small section on LBG, erroneously states that the crewmembers were never found.
Jackson, Robert. Unexplained Mysteries of World War II. NY: Gallery, 1991. pp. 6-11. D743.9J32
Martinez, Mario. Lady's Men; The Saga of Lady Be Good and her Crew. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis Maryland, 1995, 208 p. Updated story of LGB with extensive interviews of the oil men who located and first visited the aircraft.
McClendon, Dennis E. The Lady Be Good: Mystery Bomber of WWII. NY: Day, 1962. 192 p. D790M34. First book on the LBG, reissued by Aero Publishers, Fallbruck, CA with a new epilogue in 1982.
Walker, James W. The Liberanos: WWII History of the 376th Bomb Group. Waco, TX: 376th Vets Assoc, 1994. 613 p. D790.14-376thB-W27. Chapter 8, "Lady Be Good: The Desert Ghost" pp. 219-281 gives an extensively researched account of the last mission, discovery and crew recovery of the LBG.
Found lots of info online, one good source was here:
http://www.qmfound.com/lady_be_good_b-24_bomber_recovery.htm
No mention of the FFs though.
Eric
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