Monday, December 16, 2013

Death in the Desert: Lady Be Good...

By
Scott Schwartz

Despite short periods, during which navigator Hays seemed to be on top of things, the whole crew knew that they were way off course.  Still over two hundred miles West of Naples, Lady Be Good penetrated Italian airspace at approximately 7:15 PM.  The crew was scanning the sky for enemy fighters.  The cold air entering the fuselage through the open gun hatches, coupled with the necessity of using oxygen at the ten thousand foot altitude Lady Be Good was cruising at, made for a fatigued and irritable crew.

More to come.  

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