Lady Be Good ([Milsurplus] CRV-46123...what it is?...

Fri, 23 May 2003 15:37:11 EDT

Mike,

That's the same conclusion I drew from the first book (both editions).  I've 
probably said this before but my Father-In-Law was at Wheelis when the LBG was 
located.  He took a crew down for the recovery but was mainly concerned with 
unexpended ordnance, not, unfortunately (for us), the radios.  He said once 
that there was talk of flying in batteries, fuel, oil and tires and flying her 
out, but someone upstairs nixed the idea.  The one trip that I made to Sarir, I 
missed my one and only chance to see her because the pilot I drew that day 
was a wuss.

I didn't know that another book had been written.  What's the author's name?

In a message dated 5/23/2003 1:14:27 PM Central Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes: 
> BTW, my favorite book on the LBG came out in 1995, and is titled "Lady's =
> Men."  It's available in paperback for a very reasonable price from the =
> US Naval Institute.  The main conclusion it reached for the LBG's loss =
> (on return from its and the crew's very first and very unsuccessful =
> mission) was gross incompetence on the part of the navigator.  =
> Supposedly, when the LBG was found in the desert, there was no evidence =
> that the navigator even broke out any chart plotting instruments at any =
> time during the mission.

Robert Downs
Houston
<[email protected]>

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