MEMPHIS BELLE
The photo shows a diecast model in 48 scale of the Memphis Belle. She was part of the 324th Bomb Squadron (heavy) in the 91st Bomb Group and the 8th Air Force. She flew out of Bassingbourn, England. Captain Morgan wanted to name the plane after his girlfriend, who was a Memphis girl. The rest of the crew didn't think much of that idea though because it made them feel like their girlfriends were chopped liver. There was, however, a Mississippi River steamboat called the Memphis Belle that was fun to get drunk and buck the tiger on. That name suited Morgan fine. The nose art was applied by the squadron painter from a file acquired from Esquire Magazine.
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