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Shady Lady (2012)

Shady Lady (2012)

Drama History War Documentary
Release Date: 2012, November 2
Directors: Tristan Loraine
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Fact Not Fiction Films
Cast: Michael Dorn, Andrew Harwood Mills, Ross Neuenfeldt, Gregory Kanter, Jim Alexander, Robert Harley Wainwright, Shaun Morton, Andrew Adler, Paul William Arnold, Jonathan W. Colby

Overview:

This is the epic story of a B-24 'Liberator' bomber aircraft called 'Shady Lady', that took off from Darwin, Australia, on Friday, 13th August 1943, on what was at that time, the world's longest ever attempted bombing mission. Under the command of 'Doug' Craig, 'Shady Lady' set off with 10 other aircraft to attack the oil refineries at Balikpapan, Borneo. With the target hundreds of miles behind enemy lines, this was an audacious attempt to strike back at the Imperial Japanese Army. 'Shady Lady' survived intense tropical thunderstorms, serious turbulence, heavy enemy antiaircraft fire and was chased by Japanese Zero fighters - but never made it back to base. 'Shady Lady,' after 16 hours and 35 minutes in the air, ran out of fuel and was crash-landed in a salt-pan, in the remotest part of Northern Australia. Local support from the Aborigines and a massive rescue mission amazingly saw 'Shady Lady' - fly again.