The Doomed Flight of the Lady Be Good
On April 4, 1943, the Lady Be Good, a B-24D Liberator, took off from Soluch Field in Libya. Its crew of nine had only been in the country for a week.
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On April 4, 1943, the Lady Be Good, a B-24D Liberator, took off from Soluch Field in Libya. Its crew of nine had only been in the country for a week.
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