'' Sole Survivor '' is a '' CBS Friday Night Movie '' directed by Paul Stanley and starring Richard Basehart , William Shatner , and Vince Edwards . The film , written by screenwriter Guerdon Trueblood , was first aired on television in 1970 . While the film follows the fate of the six-man crew of a B-25 Mitchell bomber , '' Sole Survivor '' is loosely based on the 1958 discovery of the B-24 Liberator bomber '' Lady Be Good '' in the Libyan desert . The '' Lady Be Good '' and her nine-man crew had disappeared without a trace in 1943 , following its first and only combat mission in World War II . The bodies of eight of the crew were found in 1960
Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good (aircraft)
Sole Survivor (1970 film)