![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Robert Taylor pieces featuring this legendary aircraft. Serve on B-17s during WWII, such as the Pilot and Captain of the Belle, Bob Morgan.Ĭompleting each portfolio is a matching-numbered copy of the book ‘The Boeing B-17 Flyingįortress - In Air Combat Paintings by Robert Taylor’ produced exclusively for the release andīeautifully illustrated from the archives of the Military Gallery using a selection of memorable Skilfully crafted in his unmistakable style Robert depicts the Memphis Belle atīassingbourn, her home base, whilst the crew await the signal to start engines - once the sun hasĮach print has been hand signed and personally titled by the artist and is issued mounted to fullĬonservation standards to include the original autographs of some of the most famous names to It is therefore no surprise that Robert has chosen the Memphis Belle to represent all the youngīomber crews who flew with the Eighth Air Force during WWII in his detailed drawing ‘The ![]() Memphis Belle would feature in a movie directed and produced by the acclaimed Hollywood High-profile, morale-boosting, War-Bond selling tour. Morgan was ordered to bring the Belle and her crew home to America for a But the Memphis Belle was by far the mostįamous - thanks to the influence and glamour of a well-oiled public relations machine.Ĭaptain Robert K. And the Memphis Belle wasn’t the firstī-17 Flying Fortress either Hell’s Angels, a B-17F flying out of Molesworth with the 303rdīomb Group, claimed that distinction on 13 May. Who completed her 25th mission on 7 February 1943. Missions that honour fell to Hot Stuff, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator with the 93rd Bomb Group The Memphis Belle wasn’t the first heavy bomber in the Eighth Air Force to complete 25 ![]()
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