Tristan Loraine, a professional pilot turned film director, goes around the world looking for real aviation stories to bring back to life. He's certainly done it with Shady Lady, the filmed story of an extraordinary ultra-long-range mission by a USAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator in the Second World War.
The aeroplane ran out of fuel and crash-landed in Australia's remote Northern Territory, but has since flown again.
Such was the impact of the gripping but forgotten story that Tristan uncovered during filming, that President Obama issued a Presidential Citation to the crew last year. It was presented in Sydney to the aircraft commander's widow.
The aeroplane ran out of fuel and crash-landed in Australia's remote Northern Territory, but has since flown again.
Such was the impact of the gripping but forgotten story that Tristan uncovered during filming, that President Obama issued a Presidential Citation to the crew last year. It was presented in Sydney to the aircraft commander's widow.
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