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04297 - B-17F MEMPHIS BELLE

The Boeing B-17 became synonymous with the heavily armed strategic bomber during World War II 
although with 12 677 aircraft it was far from being the most widely built machine of this type.
Its name Flying Fortress was given to it by an American journalist after the first flight and
it remained with it. The Boeing B-17F was the first Flying Fortress to be mass produced. The
most famous aircraft from this series was the Boeing-built B-17F-10-BO  which was delivered on
July 15  1942 and entered service with the 324th Bomber Squadron  91st Bomber Group at
Bassingbourn  England. She was named Memphis Belle by her crew  after the girlfriend of pilot
Lt. Robert K. Morgan. Her fame resulted from the fact that she officially became the first U.S.
Army Air Force bomber to survive 25 missions in Europe and became the star of a Hollywood
propaganda film. After this mission  the Memphis Belle and her crew.

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