The episode was based on the discovery of the B-24 Liberator bomber '' Lady Be Good '' and her crew 's remains , which had crash-landed at night , deep in the Libyan desert after running out of fuel , while returning from a World War II bombing mission over Naples , Italy . In the episode , the marker of a grave of a member of the crew of '' King Nine '' is dated " 5 April 1943 , " the day on which the '' Lady Be Good '' was lost . '' Lady Be Good '' had been found in 1958 , and the bodies of 8 of the 9-man crew were discovered between February and August 1960 &ndash; the eighth crewman being found just a few weeks before " '' King Nine '' Will Not Return " aired
Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good (aircraft)
King Nine Will Not Return