All American Hero

摘要

Images of War. B-17 Memphis Belle, Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives, Graham M Simons with Dr Harry Friedman, Pen & Sword, I28pp, illus, sbk, £14.99 Certainly one of the most famous single aircraft to have participated in World War Two, and later immortalised in a popular film, Boeing B-17F 41-42285 Memphis Belle has come to epitomise the bravery of US crews engaged in long-distance, daylight bombing raids. Between November 7,1942, and May 17,1943, the crew of the Memphis Belle flew her over enemy territory and brought her back safely 25 times.