NAME	TP	-	M#	SER	-	BLK	-	MF	SERIAL #	AF	BG	BS	SC	RCL/#	V#-P	PHOTO CREDITS
LADY BE GOOD	B	-	24	D	-	25	-	CO	41-24301	9	376	514	~	64	01-1	SAMUEL D. ROSE

Starboard (Right) Side - Before Name & #64 were Applied
Lost 4 Apr 43, LBY - MACR 15566 - Pilot William J. Hatton
Featured in: "The Lady Be Good"& "Lady's Men"

Contributor - Ed Clendenin
Being prepped before going overseas and being flown by Pilot Samuel D. Rose.

Info Contributor - Daniel L. Stockton
On her way back from a mission to bomb Naples, Italy, LADY BE GOOD was lost in the Libyan Desert.
The wreckage was found in 1959, by an oil exploration team. All crewmembers perished:

1st Lt William J. Hatton - Pilot 2nd Lt Robert F. Toner - Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Dp Hays - Navigator 2nd Lt John S. Woravka - Bombardier

T/Sgt Harold J. Ripslinger - Flight Engineer T/Sgt Robert E. LaMotte - Radio Operator S/Sgt Guy E. Shelly - Gunner/Asst. Flight Engineer S/Sgt Vernon L. Moore - Gunner/Asst. Radio Operator S/Sgt Samuel R. Adams - Gunner

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