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1427062B-17 Memphis Bellehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/b-17-memphis-belle/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1083028/b8b7d186-f7bc-4acf-962e-41eee3791ea2.jpg?v=638337338677070000184212MXNPen & Sword BooksInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A grand spread of images showing the aircraft, and more importantly the men who flew and maintained her . . . a must for 8th Air Force aficionados.<em>War History Online</em></strong></p><p>Without doubt Boeing Flying Fortress B17F 41-42285 Memphis Belle and her crew generate an image that is an all-American icon. Indeed, it has been claimed that the Memphis Belle is in the top five of the most famous American aircraft of all time.</p><p>In September 1942, a new Flying Fortress was delivered at Bangor, Maine, to a crew of ten eager American lads headed by Robert K. Morgan, a lanky 24-year-old USAAF pilot from Asheville, N. C. The boys climbed aboard, flew their ship to Memphis, and christened her Memphis Belle in honor of Morgans fiancé, Miss Margaret Polk of Memphis, and then headed across the Atlantic to join the US Eighth Air Force in England.</p><p>Between November 7, 1942 and May 17, 1943, they dropped more than 60 tons of bombs on targets in Germany, France and Belgium. The Memphis Belle flew through all the flak that Hitler could send up to them. She slugged it out with Goerings Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulfs. She was riddled by machine gun and cannon fire. Once she returned to base with most of her tail shot away. German guns destroyed a wing and five engines. Her fuselage was shot to pieces, but Memphis Belle kept going back.</p><p>The Memphis Belle crew has been decorated 51 times. Each of the 10 has received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters. The 51st award was Sergeant Quinlans Purple Heart.</p>...1411605B-17 Memphis Belle184212https://www.gandhi.com.mx/b-17-memphis-belle/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1083028/b8b7d186-f7bc-4acf-962e-41eee3791ea2.jpg?v=638337338677070000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20129781783038251_W3siaWQiOiJmNDExODg3YS1hNTk0LTQyZDEtOThmZS00MDM5MDYxZmRkNzQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIxMiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjI4LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDEtMDFUMDE6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781783038251_<p><strong>A grand spread of images showing the aircraft, and more importantly the men who flew and maintained her . . . a must for 8th Air Force aficionados.<em>War History Online</em></strong></p><p>Without doubt Boeing Flying Fortress B17F 41-42285 Memphis Belle and her crew generate an image that is an all-American icon. Indeed, it has been claimed that the Memphis Belle is in the top five of the most famous American aircraft of all time.</p><p>In September 1942, a new Flying Fortress was delivered at Bangor, Maine, to a crew of ten eager American lads headed by Robert K. Morgan, a lanky 24-year-old USAAF pilot from Asheville, N. C. The boys climbed aboard, flew their ship to Memphis, and christened her Memphis Belle in honor of Morgans fiancé, Miss Margaret Polk of Memphis, and then headed across the Atlantic to join the US Eighth Air Force in England.</p><p>Between November 7, 1942 and May 17, 1943, they dropped more than 60 tons of bombs on targets in Germany, France and Belgium. The Memphis Belle flew through all the flak that Hitler could send up to them. She slugged it out with Goerings Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulfs. She was riddled by machine gun and cannon fire. Once she returned to base with most of her tail shot away. German guns destroyed a wing and five engines. Her fuselage was shot to pieces, but Memphis Belle kept going back.</p><p>The Memphis Belle crew has been decorated 51 times. Each of the 10 has received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters. The 51st award was Sergeant Quinlans Purple Heart.</p>...9781783038251_Pen & Sword Bookslibro_electonico_6be8d9aa-55f9-3888-bf42-2e72f8686248_9781783038251;9781783038251_9781783038251Dr. HarryInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-fe879ef3-269d-479c-87da-7ac8b435749e.epub2012-07-19T00:00:00+00:00Pen & Sword Books