The "Other" Lady Be Goods

[APG85]

Impressive display...

[Dave Homewood]

I know of a couple of stories of Vickers Wellington crews who ditched in the Libyan or Egyptian desert and walked back to their lines. There must be a few Wellingtons out there I guess, and other British types.

[Hunterfan]

[quote="SaxMan"]It would be great if the desert spat out a Martin Maryland or Baltimore.[/quo


That would be the Holy Grail for me.

[The Inspector]

A bit closer to home, recall that C-45 and the body found in the Sierras that went missing in 1944?

[John Dupre]

I thought the story of the Blenheim was that it was one of a flight of three all being lost and at least one of them put down wheels down in a safe landing but all were burnt after being discovered. Probably I am conflating two or three stories.

[Wilson]

I thought the story of the Blenheim was that it was one of a flight of three all being lost and at least one of them put down wheels down in a safe landing but all were burnt after being discovered. Probably I am conflating two or three stories.

I believe you are thinking of the South Africans. The two Blenheims that were found together were refueled, and the engine on one repaired, and they were then flown back to base. Unfortunately, the repaired engine packed up a few miles short of the field and the plane was written off. The third Blenheim had cooked both engines and was abandoned. Later in the war it was stripped of useable parts. The spar is still out there.

It would be great if the desert spat out a Martin Maryland or Baltimore.[/quo

That would be the Holy Grail for me.

Add me to the list!

This YouTube video has some good Baltimore footage in it from 1:07 to 2:07:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyeltf58BaU

And this YouTube video on the Baltimore was just uploaded today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZGMNU30Dnw

[Baldeagle]

Then there's this one, landed in the Sahara in 1933, not discovered until 1962



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lancaster_(aviator)

http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/miller.html


There's a great book about Lancaster called "Verdict on a Lost Flyer", would make a great movie



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[Hunterfan]

Thanks for posting those links to the Baltimore videos, very nice.

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