The
First B-17 to complete 25 daylight bombing runs over Europe
Historic
Printed Photograph Signed
Memphis Belle. This historic
plane was involved in the daylight bombing campaign over Germany
in World War II.
This campaign was one of the most costly in American military
history.The Eighth Air Force lost 26,000 men while in the process
of dropping over 2 million tons of bombs on Germany.By contrast
the United States Marine Corps lost 20,000 men in the entire
war. It was a very controversial effort in that very few crews
made it through the required 25 missions that constituted an
official tour of duty.
PATCH OF THE 324TH
BOMB SQUADRON
The actual Memphis Belle, a
Boeing-built B-17F-10-BO, serial 41-24485, was delivered in September
1942 to the 91st Bomb Group at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. It deployed
to Prestwick, Scotland, on September 30, 1942, and then to its
permanent base at Bassingbourn, England, on October 14. Captain
Robert Morgan's crew flew 25 combat missions with the 324th Bomb
Squadron, all but four in the Memphis Belle.
PATCH OF THE 91st
BOMB GROUP-MEMPHIS BELLE
The story of this plane and
its heroic crew was of course made into a movie that appears
from time to time on television.
This offering is a 8 in x 10
in B&W image of the the Memphis Belle in flight and it is
signed by five members of the crew including the pilot Robert
K. Morgan and co-pilot James A. Verinis. Colonel
Morgan died recently so none of the crew are still alive.The
photo depicts the plane over England just before its return to
the U.S.Note there is a window open and Bob Hanson the radio
operator is seen waving good bye.
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