Shady Lady

Shady Lady (2012)

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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.

Director: Tristan Loraine
Writers: Glenn R. Horton, Tristan Loraine, Lindsay Peet, Vivienne Young.

Casts

	Michael Dorn as Narrator
	Ross Neuenfeldt as 1st Lt. Doug S Craig
	Andrew Harwood Mills as Captain Bob Horn
	Gregory Kanter as 2nd Lt. Robert L Jackson
	Jim Alexander as Lt. Colonel Miller
	Robert Harley Wainwright as RAAF Group Captain
	Shaun Morton as Flt. Lt. Burr
	Andrew Adler as Flying Officer Ruston
	Paul William Arnold as USAAF Bombardier
	Jonathan W. Colby as 2nd Lt. John B Nash

Crew