[Milsurplus] Ju-ju

[Dale LeStourgeon]

 Your comments about Lady be Good reminded me of the time I spent a Wheelus AFB in the 60s. They had one of the propellers mounted in front of the officers club. When I moved to OK in the 80s, they had brought it to Tinker AFB and mounted it at the O club. I know the O club is gone so I guess the propeller is somewhere on base.Dale K5AJZ

    On Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 03:59:05 PM CDT, Hubert Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:  
 
  I have 3 books on the "Lady Be Good" incident plus the original photo article in LIFE magazine which i read totally captivated at the age of 9 years. One of the radios, IIR  was a BC-348 also. All that gear taken still worked. The large picture book has some wonderful photos and the text goes into what happened to the plane. In better times maybe Paul Allen or such could have been convinced to pay off some Libyans to get the plane, but extraction would have to be done by Libyans, as the country is too unstable i think for Westerners to to undertake such project. But by now it's just a jumble of aluminum. This book also has an interesting photo of a Brit plane with 3 person crew that got lost on a training flight and made a landing on the desert. However before they could be found and rescued they all succumbed to heat and thirst. The book i refer to has great photos of the Lady inquiry expedition but i have to fault it for uncalled for photos of the remains of the crew. That strikes me as just ignorant, sensationalist, and insensitive. Many thanks to the author for producing it, kind of his life's work, but as the author seems to me not the brightest filament and a more discerning editor was called for. When i find these 4 items i will put them on Ebay as i really need to move on.I still have to wonder what ignorant fate befell other items from the plane such as headphones, throat mics, and Command Sets.-Hue Miller

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