 Shady Lady (aircraft)

Shady Lady was a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft that in August 1943 flew one of World War II's longest bombing missions, from Darwin in Australia to the oil refineries at Balikpapan in the East Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo, Indonesia.Shortly before running out of fuel on the return flight from the target, "Shady Lady" was crash-landed on a remote salt pan in northern Western Australia after flying for 16 hours and 35 minutes.