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Memphis Belle crew with Gen. Hap Arnold

Memphis Belle crew at their first stop on the war bond tour, Washington, DC, on June 16, 1943. Commanding General of the USAAF Henry “Hap” Arnold (standing, second from the right) and Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson (standing, third from left) are pictured with them.
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Memphis Belle at Patterson Field

Memphis Belle at Patterson Field (now Wright-Patterson AFB) in July 1943.
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visiting the Memphis Belle

On May 26, 1943, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the Memphis Belle crew at Bassingbourn after they finished their tour.
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Memphis Belle crew during war bond tour

Memphis Belle crew for the war bond tour. Nine of the ten crewmembers are in the early tour photo above—19-year-old SSgt Casimer “Tony” Nastal (bottom right) was added for the war bond tour. Nastal flew 25 missions, but only one on the Memphis Belle.
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Margaret Polk with Robert Morgan in front of the Memphis Belle

Margaret Polk with Robert Morgan in front of the Memphis Belle. (Image courtesy of the Preservation and Special Collections Department, University Libraries, University of Memphis)
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Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle™

Capt. Robert Morgan, Memphis Belle pilot, thanking his ground crew. (l to r) Cpl Oliver Champion, SSgt Max Armstrong, Sgt Ware Lipscomb, Sgt Leonard Sowers, Sgt Charles Blauser, Sgt Robert Walters, and crew chief MSgt Joseph Giambrone
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Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle™

Memphis Belle crew on the war bond tour.
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Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle™

Memphis Belle at one of the war bond tour stops.
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Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle™

Maj Wyler (fourth from right) with some of the Memphis Belle crew. Wyler flew two of his five combat missions on the Memphis Belle, including the crew’s 25th mission. This photograph was taken after that mission—crew chief MSgt Joseph Giambrone is painting on the 25th bomb.
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Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle™

Capt. Robert Morgan (left) shaking hands with Gen. Jacob Devers (right), commander of US forces in Europe, before the crew returned to the US.
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Lt. LeRoy Kiley on the Italian Front

Lt. LeRoy Kiley became one of the first American pilots to cross the Italian Front during the war, flying with the 8th Squadron of the 4th Group, Italian Air Force.(U.S. Air Force photo)
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De Havilland DH-4

2nd Lt Bleckley in the observer’s seat of his DH-4.
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De Havilland DH-4

DAYTON, Ohio -- The 1000th DH-4 built at the Dayton-Wright Company plant.
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De Havilland DH-4

DAYTON, Ohio -- Completed DH-4 at the Dayton-Wright South Airfield.
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De Havilland DH-4

DAYTON, Ohio -- DH-4B at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio.
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De Havilland DH-4

The pioneering 1920 Alaska Flight was an incredible feat of airmanship. Air Service aircrews flew four DH-4Bs a total of 9,000 miles without loss of personnel or aircraft. Here General Pershing congratulates Capt St. Clair Streett, the flight commander, upon his safe return.
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De Havilland DH-4

DAYTON, Ohio -- Workers in the Dope and Varnish Department at the Dayton-Wright plant.
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De Havilland DH-4

Fabric of DH-4M peeled away from gunner’s seat to show new steel tube fuselage.
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De Havilland DH-4

A 1920 ambulance version designated the DH-4AMB-2.
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Escadrille Lafayette

Escadrille Lafayette. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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