[Milsurplus] Re: LBG

[Gregory W. Moore]

GA all and Hue,
You know, I have watched (I think) virtually every documentary on the 
LBG, and for the life of me, I never remember seeing ANY radio equipment 
shown in any extant photographs. What I do remember seeing is the 
bombsight, still mounted on the stabilizer mount, which seems to me, 
kind of odd, given the year and the destruct regs for same. I also don't 
remember any pix of the cockpit. If someone could point me in the right 
place for the books, I would appreciate it.

    Incidentally, I don't believe they could have flown her out without 
some substantial repairs, as I  remember all 4 props were pretty well 
bent, which, in itself, not a problem, cause one could install new 
props, if you accept  the cranks and the rest of the engine innards the 
way they were, as well as new tires,batts, etc I don't believe, given 
the environment that deterioration would have been that bad,. once the 
fuselage was lifted enough to get the gear extended,  but seem to recall 
her back being broken aft of the wing, my memory may be wrong..it was on 
the history channel about a week ago, but I didn't watch it.. If anyone 
remembers seeing pix of radio equipment, let me know, I think I would 
have remembered it if I had....
73 es tnx de Greg

Hue Miller wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Morrow, Michael A." <mamorrow@tva.gov>
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>>>Now segue to the B24 "Lady be Good" that overshot it's field 
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>>& ditched in the desert.  I believe it must have had the 
>>"bilateral-only" SCR-242 RDF (not ADF) based on the BC-310.
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>>Now that would be a real surprise!
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>I agree, the BC-310 is ruled out. There just weren't that
>many that the wartime air fleets could ever be supplied
>with that pre-war set.
>But- so WHAT df did the LBG carry? I always thought it
>was lost due to 180 degree ambiguity situation with the
>onboard DF !  
>It has been long years since i read about the LBG, but i
>am now wondering: 1) did the LBG not try to raise Benghazi
>once it struck them something must be wrong? 2) would
>Benghazi try to call the plane, if it was overdue, or was this
>not wartime practice? On the return run, radio silence was
>certainly not called for. 3) how far would the LF NDB
>reach from Benghazi? This was probably? a BC-191
>with maybe 50 watts out??
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>OH- BTW, the BEST photo story on the LBG is a copy
>of LIFE magazine for the month/ year of its discovery. I
>well remember looking at it when i was a youngster. Most
>of those photos never appeared in any book on the LBG.
>-Hue
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