[Milsurplus] Bomber Fantasy Camp, OK

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 19 Sep 2015 at 13:37, Hue Miller wrote:

> Not very good odds. I suppose that figure works in all causes of nonrescue, such
> as the difficulty of the sea landing itself? BTW, I recently read, was it in an
> old "Morsum Magnificat", a turnabout story to the story of the "Lady Be Good". A
> German plane made a forced landing in the desert of LIbya. The radio still
> worked, but they could not raise their airbase. The operator managed to raise
> someone back in the Reich, and it was one of the ham networks the Germans
> allowed during the war. Their call for help was verified for authenticity and
> relayed back to the North Africa base. IIR, the plane was able to be repaired or
> refueled and flown out. Unlike the 'Lady Be Good' though, they had been in
> daylight, and so didn't mistake the desert for sea, and felt confident about
> riding it down. The 'Lady Be Good' crew could possibly have survived if they'd
> ridden the plane down and in like manner radioed for help. -Hue Miller

Yes.

I had heard that when the oil-exploration crew found the LBG, the ARC-5s 
worked perfectly as the oil-crew had to use them to make some sort of call 
since their own radios had quit or didn't reach, or something.

I have forgotten the exact details.

Ken W7EKB