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The crew back from their 25th operational mission. All were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.. The Memphis Belle, a Boeing-built B-17F-10-BO, manufacturer's serial number 3170, USAAC Serial No. 41-24485, was added to the USAAF inventory on 15 July 1942, [7] and delivered in September 1942 to the 91st Bombardment Group at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. [8]
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 documentary film which provides an account of the final mission of the crew of the Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. In May 1943 it became the third U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe, but the first to return to the United States.
The Memphis Belle, 324th Bomb Squadron. The 91st began combat operations on 4 November 1942, when it received a field order for a mission to bomb the submarine pens at Brest, France, later changed to an attack on the Luftwaffe airfield at Abbeville. Thirty minutes before takeoff the mission was cancelled ("scrubbed" in the parlance of that time ...
Opinion: As the beloved Flyboys of this era dwindle in number, may we never forget- nor surrender to time their memory.
Memphis Belle is a fictional version of the 1944 documentary Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress by director William Wyler, about the 25th and last mission of an American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, the Memphis Belle, based in England during World War II. [1]
Its last combat mission was an attack on 25 April 1945 against an armament factory at Pilsen (now Plzeň). [ 2 ] Following VE Day in May 1945, the 303rd Group was reassigned to the North African Division, Air Transport Command and moved to Casablanca Airfield , French Morocco to use its B-17 bombers as transports, ferrying personnel from France ...
However, it crashed into a mountain en route to the United States in bad weather. The Memphis Belle was selected to return to the United States in its place upon completing their 25-mission tour. [4] After finishing their tour the crew were introduced to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. They then returned to the United States to take part in ...
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