Pacific War In Color, pt 5 - Guam B 29's.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman[_9_]]

[john szalay]

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Dauntless Dotty
aircraft commander of this B-29 was Major Robert K. Morgan
who just happened to be the B-17 Memphis Belle command pilot
after completing his tour in the ETO transitioned to B-29s
25 B-17 missions in the ETO and 26 B-29 missions in the Pacific.

[Mitchell Holman[_9_]]

john Szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote in
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> Dauntless Dotty
> aircraft commander of this B-29 was Major Robert K. Morgan
> who just happened to be the B-17 Memphis Belle command pilot
> after completing his tour in the ETO transitioned to B-29s
> 25 B-17 missions in the ETO and 26 B-29 missions in the Pacific.
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As soon as he got back from his famous
ETO tour he broke up with "Memphis Belle".
I think the press coverage of their
relationship during his war bond drive was
more than she was ready for...........