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.
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
