WW2 Ghost film

[SteveB]

Hi all,

I saw this film when I was a kid, and nobody I know seems to remember it. I don't know what it was called, but basically, it started off with a US bomber in trouble, one member of the crew bales out, the rest crash land in the desert.
It turns out all the crew who crashlanded die, and the rest of the film is them as ghosts, hanging around the plane.
The survivor who baled out traces the plane years later, and when they find the bodies the ghosts disappear, but there's one body they can't find, whose remains there on his own at the end of the film.
I haven't seen it since I was about 10. Ring any bells with anyone else?

Cheers

SteveB

[Will O'Brien]

Steve...........Yes I remember the film.............although can't for the life of me remember what it was called...................I also saw a documentary regarding the plane & the fate of the crew which the film was based on.........From memory I believe the plane crashed in the Libyan desert, having flown in completely the wrong direction.

[armourersergeant]

I remeber it and I am sure it was on tele just recently, but alas I can not remeber what it was called.


Arm.

[STEVEN]

This isn't going to help,but i can vividely remember the film you mention and i have seen it more than once.BUT i can't remember the title,i'm sat here trying to remember the opening titles and i still can't remember,sorry.

Steven

[CROONAERT]

Can't remember the name of the movie, but is it based on the story of the "Lady-Be-Good" ?

B.

[STEVEN]

Originally posted by BAYERNWALD@Apr 19 2004, 05:30 AM
Can't remember the name of the movie, but is it based on the story of the "Lady-Be-Good" ?

B.

Am i right in assuming "Lady Be Good" was a Liberator ??

Steven

[CROONAERT]

Originally posted by STEVEN@Apr 19 2004, 05:36 AM
Am i right in assuming "Lady Be Good" was a Liberator ??

Yes.

B24 Liberator No.64 of the 376th Bomb Group based at Soluk, Libya.

It's crew were 1/Lt.W.J.Hatton, 2/Lt R.F.Toner, 2/Lt D.P.Hays, 2/Lt J.S.Woravka, TS H.S.Ripslinger, TS R.E.Lamotte, S.Sgt G.E.Shelley, S.Sgt V.L.Moore and S.Sgt S.R.Adams.

It was returning from a bombing attack on airfields around Naples and, due to instrument damage, the crew thought they were over the Meditteranean when they crash landed in the desert.

B.

[CROONAERT]

Here's a photo of the "Lady Be Good" taken in 1950, 17 years after it crashed...

[STEVEN]

Thats an incredible photo considering the time it's spent in the desert.

Which is correct by the way.If it was taken 17 years after the crash,surely the photo dates from 1960,if it is taken in 1950,then it's 7 years since it crashed.

If the film was based on this plane and it's crew,did one of then really survive and which of the crew members was it ??

Steven

[CROONAERT]

Originally posted by STEVEN@Apr 19 2004, 08:53 AM
Which is correct by the way.If it was taken 17 years after the crash,surely the photo dates from 1960,if it is taken in 1950,then it's 7 years since it crashed.

If the film was based on this plane and it's crew,did one of then really survive and which of the crew members was it ??

Sorry. The photo was taken in 1960 shortly after the wreckage was found (at last!).

As far as is known, there were no survivors but it's also unknown how many survived the crash. Evidence was found that most of the crew wandered off into the desert, leaving some flying boots arranged in the shape of an arrow to indicate their direction, though some stayed behind for a while longer. No single airman bailed out and survived (though some did and re-grouped at the plane).

B. (I can't remember the bit about a survivor in the film! )