Talk:Lady Be Good (aircraft)

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Contents 1 Article origins 2 TV Movie 3 Plane coordinates 4 November 9? 5 Article name 6 Possible Reference 7 Correct name 8 Conspiracy theories much??

[edit] Article origins

This article was originally part of Lady Be Good and was created by other writers. I have moved the discussion about the aircraft to its own article. 23skidoo 20:11, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION The following two threads were originally posted at the talk page for Lady Be Good but have been transferred here to maintain continuity of discussion about the airplane. 23skidoo 20:15, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

For anyone interested, the original Lady Be Good article is now a disambiguation page, with separate articles now for Lady Be Good (musical) and Lady Be Good (1941 film). 23skidoo 03:17, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TV Movie

I seem to recall a made-for-TV movie about the airplane. GreatWhiteNortherner 21:04, May 21, 2004 (UTC)

• In the 1950's the Twilight Zone presented a fictional retelling of the "Lady be Good" called King Nine will not Return. Several years ago the History Channel had a program on the "Lady be Good".

Prehaps this movie your thinking about:

• The story of the "Lady Be Good" inspired a 1960s television movie titled "The Sole Survivor", with a B-25 Mitchell playing the B-24D role.

[edit] Plane coordinates

I made an effort to place the coordinates of the plane. I could not find any existing coordinates besides 385 nm / 440 sm "south" of Tobruk (sometimes given as 385 nm/440 sm south of Soluch but not according to this map), and 150 magnetic heading from Soluch. The magnetic declination on that date was -1.9 deg. This triangulates it near 25.7° N 24.6° E. If anyone can narrow this further, so much the better. -Timvasquez 06:03, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

I just found this source which says "351 nm southeast of Solucha", along the 150 mag heading (148 deg true). If this is correct we'd be looking at 27.1N 23.7E. Then we have another source which says a 140 degree heading! I believe 150 mag 351 nm from Solucha is likely to be more accurate and will go with that until anyone can unravel all this apocryphal information a bit better. -Timvasquez 06:19, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Hello A GPS position taken at the site just before the plane was moved to Tobruk is, N 26 42 45.7, E 24 01 27.0

with the memorial marker a slight distance away at, N26 42 06, E24 01 36

The coordinates in this wikipedia entry are off by many many miles and I hope are corrected soon. The positions above also agree with the map of the site in McClendon's book Lady Be Good. The book also states that a body was found 12 miles NNE of the crash site at N 26 54, E 24 08

and one at N 28 10, E 23 05 5 bodies were found approx 21 miles ssw of this spot and another was found 6 miles nnw which is 90 miles from the bailout point and 27 miles into the dunes

[edit] November 9?

Changed dates; November 9, 1958 - where did that come from? Dysmorodrepanis 17:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article name

Probably should be named Lady be Good (B-24). I have not got much time to change it and the links just now. Snowman 13:11, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Reference

Has Edward D. Hoch ever said whether "Day of the Wizard" was based on the Lady be Good? Ralphmerridew 14:09, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Correct name

Most of the text, and the USAF EL, gives the aircraft's name as Lady Be Good, not Lady be Good, the small "b" being gramatically incorrect. We'd need to see a definitive, reliable source which gives the name as Lady be Good to move it back. - BillCJ (talk) 06:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Conspiracy theories much??

I just saw it on TV and bang bang shot down! And dont come here and make threats either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.102.43.193 (talk) 05:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Please refrain from adding consipiracy theories - You will need to provide a reliable source for adding information contrary to contempary and historic sources already cited. MilborneOne (talk) 20:12, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Say what? i am adding conspiracy theories?? Think its vice versa here! The plane was shot down with nazi bullets and thats it, proof you say? I should have taped what they said on History channel last night, posted it on youtube and added a link here! Use your head! Plane is hit by another plane (An inexperienced crew on its first mission jumps and dies in the desert) How complicated is that to understand? This article is written like a damn conspiracy theory. Hope someone will fix this idiocy. NAZI BULLETS BANG BANG! Shame they died naturally but thats why they call it WAR. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.102.43.193 (talk) 17:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

If they are other theories (either the shot down or the hit by another plane or other alternate theories) then they can be added but you need to discuss it on this page when you have reliable sources. MilborneOne (talk) 17:48, 7 May 2008 (UTC)