[ARC5] Lady Be Good - more.

[Michael A. Bittner]

"Was the B-24 so dangerous in a water landing that no one could have gotten out of it?"

A veteran of the Polesti raid was on the Military Channel the other night. He indicated that the B-24 had very bad ditching characterisitcs.

Mike, W6MAB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kenneth G. Gordon 
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  Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 11:59 AM
  Subject: [ARC5] Lady Be Good - more.


  One thing that has always bothered me about the LBG incident was why did 
  they all bail out?

  Was the B-24 so dangerous in a water landing that no one could have gotten 
  out of it?

  When found, three of the props were feathered, indicating, obviously, that 
  they were very dangerously low on fuel.