query: where was the memphis belle stationed during the war

pos: Memphis Belle (aircraft) is on display. The crew for the "Memphis Belle" are as follows: The "Memphis Belle", a Boeing-built B-17F-10-BO, manufacturer's serial number 3470, USAAC Serial No. 41-24485, was added to the USAAF inventory on 15 July 1942, and delivered in September 1942 to the 91st Bombardment Group at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. She deployed to Prestwick, Scotland, on 30 September 1942, moving to a temporary base at RAF Kimbolton on 1 October, and then finally to her permanent base at RAF Bassingbourn, England, on 14 October. Each side of the fuselage bore the unit and aircraft identification markings of a B-17

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) Memphis Belle (aircraft) Memphis Belle is a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress used during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary film, "", and a 1990 Hollywood feature film, "Memphis Belle". The aircraft was one of the first United States Army Air Forces B-17 heavy bombers to complete 25 combat missions. The aircraft and crew then returned to the United States to sell war bonds. In 2005, restoration began on the aircraft at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio where, from May 2018, it

neg: Memphis Belle (film) Memphis Belle (film) Memphis Belle is a 1990 British-American war drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and written by Monte Merrick. The film features an all-star cast with Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, and Harry Connick Jr. (in his film debut) in leading roles. "Memphis Belle" is a fictionalization of the 1943 documentary "" by director William Wyler, about the 25th and last mission of an American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, the "Memphis Belle", based in England during World War II. The 1990 version was co-produced by David Puttnam and Wyler's daughter Catherine and dedicated to her father. The film

neg: Belle of Louisville offices are aboard "Mayor Andrew Broaddus", also a National Historic Landmark. "Idlewild" operated as a passenger ferry between Memphis, Tennessee, and West Memphis, Arkansas. She also hauled cargo such as cotton, lumber, and grain. She then came to Louisville in 1931 and ran trips between the Fontaine Ferry amusement park near downtown Louisville and Rose Island, a resort about upriver from Louisville. "Idlewild" operated a regular excursion schedule from 1934 through World War II, during which she was outfitted with special equipment to push oil barges along the river. She also served as a floating USO nightclub for troops stationed

neg: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 documentary film which provides an account of the final mission of the crew of the "Memphis Belle", a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. In May 1943 it became the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe and return to the United States. The dramatic 16 mm color film of actual battles was made by three cinematographers, including First Lieutenant Harold J. Tannenbaum. Tannenbaum, a veteran of World War I, was killed in action during the

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) Northern Europe. She is maintained and run by volunteers, relying solely upon donations. In addition to the airworthy B-17s, others were used as planes visible at the airbase in the film, but not as the "Memphis Belle". One example, B-17F-70-BO, Serial number 42-29782, is located at the Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA. "Boeing Bee" has been completely restored and is potentially airworthy once again. Memphis Belle (aircraft) Memphis Belle is a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress used during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary film, "", and a 1990 Hollywood feature film,

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) flew between the structures. He wrote that the city hall housed an AAF weather detachment whose commanding officer allegedly complained immediately to the Pentagon, but was advised by a duty officer that "Major Morgan...has been given permission to buzz by General Henry "Hap" Arnold." After the war, the "Memphis Belle" was saved from reclamation at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma where she had been consigned since 1 August 1945, by the efforts of the mayor of Memphis, Walter Chandler. The city of Memphis bought the B-17 for (). She was flown to Memphis in July 1946 and stored until the

neg: Memphis Belle (film) War II, the one thing which you can't miss about "Memphis Belle" is that it is a cliche commercial production." The film currently holds a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Memphis Belle (film) Memphis Belle is a 1990 British-American war drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and written by Monte Merrick. The film features an all-star cast with Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, and Harry Connick Jr. (in his film debut) in leading roles. "Memphis Belle" is a fictionalization of the 1943 documentary "" by director William Wyler, about the 25th and last mission of an American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) the aircraft's war bond tour, people were allowed to leave their mark there. In May 2017 the museum announced the goal of completing the restoration and putting the "Memphis Belle" on display by May 17, 2018, the 75th anniversary of the plane's 25th mission. On March 19, 2018 the "Memphis Belle" was moved into the WWII Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, and was officially unveiled May 17, 2018. Five airworthy B-17s were used in the filming of the 1990 British-American war drama film "Memphis Belle", two from the US (N-17W – now on display

neg: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress release of the 1990 "Memphis Belle". There are connections with "Twelve o'Clock High". The "Memphis Belle" flew in the 91st bomb group of the Eighth Air Force. The bomb group of "Twelve o'Clock High" is the 918th. During the briefing for the last "Memphis Belle" mission one of the planes in the mission is commanded by a pilot named Lay. Bernie Lay is both the writer of "12 o'Clock High" and flew missions for the Eighth Air Force. Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 documentary film

neg: 91st Operations Group was one of the first USAAF heavy bomb groups deployed to Europe in 1942. The 91st Bomb Group was stationed at RAF Bassingbourn and is most noted as the unit in which the bomber Memphis Belle flew, and for having suffered the greatest number of losses of any heavy bomb group in World War II. As part of Strategic Air Command in the early years of the Cold War, the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group provided worldwide surveillance. Inactivated in 1952, the group was reactivated as the 91 OG in 1991. Its three missile squadrons, however, have no traditional link to

neg: Memphis Belle (film) closes with a dedication to all airmen, friend or foe, who fought in the skies above Europe during World War II. In May 1943, the crew of the "Memphis Belle", a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the US Army Air Force, are grounded in England while their aircraft is repaired. The group is under the command of Col. Craig Harriman (David Strathairn), a no-nonsense, stoical leader, tasked with keeping the pressure on Nazi targets. An Army publicist, Lt. Col. Bruce Derringer (John Lithgow) is visiting the base, to interview the "Belle" crew in anticipation of their flying their 25th mission,

neg: William H. Clothier William H. Clothier William H. Clothier, A.S.C. (February 21, 1903 – January 7, 1996) was an American cinematographer. Born in Decatur, Illinois, Clothier entered the film industry painting sets at Warner Bros., and at the end of the silent era began photographing such films as "Wings" (1927) and Ernst Lubitsch's "The Patriot" (1928). Between 1933 and 1938, he worked in Spain, where he was imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force during World War II, during which he flew seventeen missions on the "Memphis Belle". In 1955, Clothier filmed "The

neg: Hot Stuff (aircraft) were killed. Only the tail gunner, George Eisel, survived. Those killed on the Hot Stuff are as follows: Because of Gen. Andrews's death, the job of Supreme Allied Commander was assigned to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower nine months later in February 1944. Additionally, because "Hot Stuff" was destroyed in the crash, the War Department chose to send the Memphis Belle home and celebrate it as the first bomber to reach 25 missions. Memphis Belle later inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary film, "", and a 1990 Hollywood feature film, "Memphis Belle". Hot Stuff (aircraft) Hot Stuff is

neg: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress not all of them aboard the "Memphis Belle", using a set-up that placed mounted cameras in the nose, tail, right waist, and radio hatch positions. The camera setup is documented in the photograph of the "Bad Penny", which Morgan and Wyler flew on a mission to Antwerp on April 5, 1943. The 16 mm color film used did not include sound, and this was added later in Hollywood. The original crew, during their war bonds drive in the United States, made typical appropriate comments to each other while watching the silent movie in a studio. The result was difficult to

neg: Overton Park on the pedestal of the nearby Doughboy statue. The Memory Grove Memorial was initially located on the south boundary of Overton Park within view of Poplar Avenue; it was later moved to Veterans Plaza. A statue of Margaret Polk, the namesake of the "Memphis Belle", honors the B-17 bomber and its crew; the memorial was unveiled in October 2011 and was sponsored by The Memphis Belle Memorial Association. Memorials for World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Desert Storm consist of two white limestone walls with bronze panels bearing the names of the Shelby County war dead. In addition,

neg: Memphis Belle (film) ambulance. Five real B-17 warbirds were used in the filming of "Memphis Belle", out of eight B-17s that were airworthy during the late 1980s. Two were located in America (N3703G and N17W), two were in France (F-BEEA, which got destroyed during a takeoff <ref name="AAIB 11/89">"Boeing B17G Flying Fortress, F-BEEA 11-89 ." "Air Accident Investigation Branch". Retrieved: 27 October 2014.)</ref> and F-AZDX "The Pink Lady"), and one was in England (G-BEDF "Sally B"). Since the original Memphis Belle was a B-17F model, so any B-17Gs used in the film were heavily modified to look like an earlier F model, having

neg: Lady for a Night Lady for a Night Lady for a Night is a 1942 American drama film starring Joan Blondell and John Wayne. The World War II B-17 bomber the "Memphis Belle" is named after a steamboat in this film. It is also known as The Lady From New Orleans, Memphis Belle and Lady of New Orleans. Social climber Jenny Blake owns of the casino steam boat "Memphis Belle", together with the influential Jack Morgan. Most of the customers are from the upper layers of the city's social life, but they have little respect for Jenny and her - in their opinion -

neg: Lady for a Night her dream to climb the social ladder and accepts Jack's proposal to marry him. Lady for a Night Lady for a Night is a 1942 American drama film starring Joan Blondell and John Wayne. The World War II B-17 bomber the "Memphis Belle" is named after a steamboat in this film. It is also known as The Lady From New Orleans, Memphis Belle and Lady of New Orleans. Social climber Jenny Blake owns of the casino steam boat "Memphis Belle", together with the influential Jack Morgan. Most of the customers are from the upper layers of the city's social life,

neg: Memphis Belle (film) So Do You)". Track listing "Memphis Belle" received mixed to positive reviews, with Roger Ebert stating the film was "entertaining" yet filled with familiar wartime cliches. "This human element in the experience of the "Memphis Belle" crew somehow compensates for a lack of human dimension in the characters. We can't really tell the crew members apart and don't much care to, but we can identify with them." UK film reviewer Andy Webb had similar reservations. "Despite its good intentions to highlight the risks and heroics of the brave men who flew dangerous bombing missions deep into enemy soil during World

neg: Beirne Lay Jr. what would become the Eighth Air Force. Lay was made part of Eaker's staff cadre, as Eighth Air Force Historian and Film Unit commander. In the first half of 1943, he commanded Hollywood director William Wyler (then a Major) while Wyler and his team were in England making the promotional movie "Memphis Belle". Lay was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and in August 1943 he was granted permission to obtain combat experience in preparation for possible command of a combat unit. During that month he flew five missions with the 100th Bomb Group, a B-17 Flying Fortress unit stationed at RAF

neg: Dauntless Dotty had been the pilot on the majority of the missions flown by the B-17 Flying Fortress, "Memphis Belle", when it was designated the official "first" bomber to complete 25 operations, while flying with the 91st Bomb Group, VIII Bomber Command, in the European Theatre of Operations. ("Hell's Angels", of the 303d Bomb Group, actually beat the "Belle" by one week.) "Memphis Belle" was the first combat-veteran bomber to return to the United States as part of a publicity campaign to sell war bonds. Morgan flew the plane all over the United States for bond rallies. Promoted to Major, Morgan flew

neg: Charles Wesley Powell Mississippi, during the Union Army's occupation of Memphis in the American Civil War and Ben Pullen Sr.'s service as a Confederate Army officer. Perhaps this experience was Lesslie's introduction to agriculture. After the War, the Pullens moved back to Memphis. In 1871, hard times in the South forced Lesslie’s father to advertise his store's closing. By the mid-1870s, Ben Pullen Sr. was a bookkeeper for the State National Bank and Lesslie, now calling himself Charles, was a collector for the bank. In 1877 he married Adelaide "Addie" Belle Prince (1858-1901), the daughter of a Mississippi antebellum cotton planter. In 1879,

neg: Memphis Belle (film) Avenger aircraft during filming. With the exception of the aircraft names, this film is fiction based only very loosely on fact. The characters are composites, the names are not those of the real crew of the "Memphis Belle" and the incidents shown are supposed to be representative of B-17 missions in general. Indeed, the characters and situations of the film bear little resemblance to the crew of the actual "Memphis Belle," the nature of her final mission, the accuracy of strategic bombing, or Allied policy on the bombing of civilians. No optimistic official celebration on the evening before the "Belle's"

neg: 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot raids on the north French coast. They took part in a number of assaults in Brittany and Normandy during 1758 and 1759 and again in the Capture of Belle Île in 1761. The Treaty of Paris of 1763 brought the war in Europe to an end. The 36th Foot left England in March 1764 for Jamaica where they remained until 1773. The regiment was not involved in the American War of Independence that broke out in 1775, being stationed in Ireland from September 1775 until 1782. On 21 August 1782, the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, Henry Seymour Conway, issued a

neg: Memphis Belle (film) a requirement to complete their tour of duty. Derringer is eager to use the crew on a war bonds tour stateside. He believes their success would help the war effort and confides to Harriman that many people back home are upset at the losses the Air Force has suffered. Some are beginning to think daylight bombing is ineffective, while Harriman openly favours it. The officers of the squadron are informed the target for the day will be Bremen, Germany. After a delay due to poor weather over the target, the "Memphis Belle" and her squadron are airborne. They are soon

neg: Memphis Belle (film) chin turrets removed, tail gun positions retrofitted with older designs and being painted olive drab green. During filming, two B-17s portrayed the Belle (one was the movie version of the "Memphis Belle" (N3703G) and the other was "Sally B" for scenes requiring pyrotechnics such as smoke and sparks indicating machine gun ("hits") while the rest had nose art and squadron markings changed numerous times to make it appear there were more aircraft. Ground sequences for the movie (including takeoff and landing scenes) were filmed at the non-operational RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire, England with a period control tower and vehicles being

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) of the 324th Bomb Squadron (Heavy); the squadron code "DF" and individual aircraft letter "A." Captain Robert K. Morgan's crew flew 29 combat missions with the 324th Bomb Squadron, all but four in the "Memphis Belle". The aircraft's 25 combat missions, which included eight German aircraft shot down by her crew, were: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Sources disagree on which two of these three missions the "Memphis Belle" received mission credits for. Morgan's crew completed the following missions in B-17s other than the "Memphis Belle": The aircraft was then flown back to the United States on 8 June 1943, by a composite crew

neg: Altus Air Force Base Colonel Eric Carney. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is CMsgt Randy Kay The 97 AMW consists of the following major units: Between 1945 and 1953, Altus served as a scrap yard for hundreds of World War II era military aircraft. In 1945 the famous B-17F "Memphis Belle" was discovered at Altus awaiting disposal. The aircraft was saved and transferred to the city of Memphis, Tennessee, where it was displayed until 2005, when it was relocated to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. The base sat idle for only a few years. The

neg: Lofty's Roach Souffle Lofty's Roach Souffle Lofty's Roach Soufflé is an instrumental album by American artist Harry Connick Jr., released in 1990. Presented as the Harry Connick Jr. Trio: Harry Connick Jr. (vocals, piano); Benjamin Jonah Wolfe (bass); Shannon Powell (drums). The album was released simultaneously as his big band album "We Are in Love", and his home video debut entitled "Singin' & Swingin'". "Lofty's Roach Souffle" was inspired by Connick's experiences on the film "Memphis Belle: "In case you're curious about the title 'Lofty's Roach Souffle', last summer I was in England filming Memphis Belle, which is a World War II movie

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) Warner Brothers movie version of the nose art and markings, the B-17 (owned by restaurateur David Tallichet until his death in 2007) now carries the historic markings found on the actual "Memphis Belle". That aircraft is currently leased by the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York and provides historical flight experiences to the public. The "Sally B", used in film, is the last airworthy B-17 in the United Kingdom and is based at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. She is part of the USAAC World War II Memorial Flight and makes dozens of appearances across the United Kingdom and

neg: Andrey Bolotov Russian belle-lettres. Andrey Bolotov Andrey Timofeyevich Bolotov (18 October 1738 – 16 October 1833) was the most prolific memoirist and the most distinguished agriculturist of the 18th-century Russian Empire. Bolotov was born and spent most of his adult life in the family estate of Dvoryaninovo, in the Tula region to the south of Moscow. He was brought up by his parents in Livland, where his father's regiment was stationed. After taking part in the Seven Years' War he settled into retirement in Dvoryaninovo. During his life there, he brought out a pioneering manual on crop rotation and elaborated an innovative

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) chosen by the Eighth Air Force from those who had flown combat aboard, led by Capt. Morgan, for a 31-city war bond tour. Morgan's original co-pilot was Capt. James A. Verinis, who himself piloted the "Memphis Belle" for one mission. Verinis was promoted to aircraft commander of another B-17 for his final 16 missions and finished his tour on 13 May. He rejoined Morgan's crew as co-pilot for the flight back to the United States. The B-17 "Hell's Angels" (41-24577) of the 303rd Bomb Group completed 25 combat missions on 13 May 1943, becoming the first B-17 to complete the

neg: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress Captain Oscar O'Neill (whose bomber was named "Invasion 2nd") of the 401st Bomb Squadron until O'Neill's B-17 and five others of the 401st were shot down over Bremen, Germany, on April 17, 1943, at that time the most costly mission yet for the Eighth Air Force. Morgan was then selected and his crew re-united by the Eighth Air Force to complete its tour together and to return to the United States for a war bond drive. Wyler also informed Morgan when asked that, had the "Memphis Belle" been shot down on the crew's final mission, Wyler had a backup crew

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) feat, one week before the "Memphis Belle". The aircraft was named after pilot Robert K Morgan's sweetheart, Margaret Polk, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee. Morgan originally intended to call the aircraft "Little One", which was his pet name for her, but after Morgan and copilot Jim Verinis saw the movie "Lady for a Night", in which the leading character owns a riverboat named the "Memphis Belle", he proposed that name to his crew. Morgan then contacted George Petty at the offices of "Esquire" magazine and asked him for a pinup drawing to go with the name, which Petty supplied from

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) Millington, Tennessee for work. In September 2004, however, the National Museum of the United States Air Force, apparently tiring of the ups and downs of the city's attempts to preserve the aircraft, indicated that they wanted her back for restoration and eventual display at the museum at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio. "The Memphis Belle- The Final Chapter in Memphis", a documentary film by Ken Axmaker, Jr., focuses on the history of the "Belle" in Memphis and emphasizes the final days and the volunteers who tried to keep one of the most famous aircraft in the world and another Memphis

neg: Joe Stanley (colonel) Joe Stanley (colonel) Joseph "Joe" Stanley (January 28, 1908 – March 15, 2012) was an American Retired United States Air Force Colonel. Stanley, a veteran pilot of World War II, served as the commander of Eglin Air Force Base in Valparaiso, Florida during the 1950s. Stanley was born on January 28, 1908, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1935. Stanley commanded a B-17 squadron during World War II. He became the commander of Eglin Air Force Base during the 1950s. Stanley was also stationed in Vienna, Paris, Egypt and Berlin during his Air

neg: 91st Bombardment Group 91st Bombardment Group The 91st Bomb Group (Heavy) was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. Classified as a heavy bombardment group, the 91st operated B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft and was known unofficially as "The Ragged Irregulars" or as "Wray's Ragged Irregulars", after the commander who took the group to England. During its service in World War II the unit consisted of the 322nd, 323rd, 324th, and 401st Bomb Squadrons. The 91st Bomb Group is most noted as the unit in which the bomber "Memphis Belle" flew, and for having suffered

neg: Sally B the 1981 LWT series "We'll Meet Again". During the winter of 1983–84, "Sally B" was painted in an olive drab and neutral grey colour scheme, in place of the bare metal scheme she had worn since construction, in order to protect the airframe from the damp UK weather. At the same time, she received the markings of the 447th Bomb Group. The "Sally B" was used in the 1990 film "Memphis Belle" as one of five flying B-17s needed for various film scenes, and it was used to replicate the real "Memphis Belle" in one scene. Half of the aircraft

neg: William Wyler and directed a pair of documentaries: "" (1944), about a Boeing B-17 and its U.S. Army Air Force crew; and "Thunderbolt!" (1947), highlighting a P-47 fighter-bomber squadron in the Mediterranean. Wyler filmed "The Memphis Belle" at great personal risk, flying over enemy territory on actual bombing missions in 1943; on one flight, Wyler lost consciousness from lack of oxygen. Wyler's associate, cinematographer Harold J. Tannenbaum, a First Lieutenant, was shot down and perished during the filming. Director Steven Spielberg describes Wyler's filming of "Memphis Belle" in the 2017 Netflix series, "Five Came Back". Working on "Thunderbolt!" Wyler was exposed to

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) by the locally organized "Memphis Belle" Memorial Association, Inc. (MBMA) saw the aircraft moved to Mud Island in the Mississippi River in 1987 for display in a new pavilion with large tarp cover. She was still open to the elements, however, and prone to weathering. Pigeons would also nest inside the tarp and droppings were constantly needing removal from the B-17. Dissatisfaction with the site led to efforts to create a new museum facility in Shelby County. In the summer of 2003 the "Belle" was disassembled and moved to a restoration facility at the former Naval Air Station Memphis in

neg: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress chance of coming back." Morgan agreed after assurances from Wyler that the film crew would not interfere with operation of the airplane in combat in any way. The first mission flown in filming was not aboard the "Memphis Belle", but aboard the B-17 "Jersey Bounce" on a February 26, 1943, mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany . The "Memphis Belle" was being repaired after severe battle damage incurred on February 16. The mission experienced heavy German fighter attacks and two of the 91st group's B-17s were shot down. Despite the hazards, Wyler filmed at least six more combat missions with Morgan's crew,

neg: George Stoneman himself for the loss of this major battle that most generals believed to be winnable. While commanding cavalry under William Tecumseh Sherman in Georgia, Stoneman was captured, but soon exchanged. During the early years after the American Civil War, Stoneman commanded occupying troops at Memphis, Tennessee, who were stationed at Fort Pickering. He had turned over control of law enforcement to the civilian government by May 1866, when the Memphis riots broke out and the major black neighborhoods were destroyed. When the city asked for help, he suppressed the white rioting with use of federal troops. He later moved out

neg: Michael Stern (journalist) bachelor's degree from Syracuse University based on the book. His interviews with the crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber "Memphis Belle" were the basis for his book "Into the Jaws of Death". With the U.S. Army during World War II, he was a war correspondent starting in 1943 for the North American Newspaper Alliance and Fawcett Publications, publisher of "True". He followed Allied forces to Algeria as part of Operation Torch, and accompanied the Allied troops during their invasion of Sicily and their subsequent invasion of mainland Italy. Together with Fred Rosen, Stern entered Rome on June 3, 1944,

neg: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress original version "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. The "Memphis Belle" aircraft is now preserved at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, near Dayton, Ohio. A fictionalized version of the story, "Memphis Belle", was produced in 1990 by David Puttnam in England. It was co-produced by Catherine Wyler, the daughter of William Wyler, directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starred Matthew Modine and Eric Stoltz. In 2010, the film was released in high definition on Blu-ray disc by Periscope Film LLC. It is also included with the 2014 Blu-ray

neg: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress working with another B-17 about to finish its 25 missions, "Hell's Angels" of the nearby 303d Bombardment Group. "Hell's Angels" actually completed 25 missions first, on May 13 (the date of the 19th for the "Memphis Belle"). Morgan states in his memoirs that he was approached by Wyler in late January 1943 after his crew's eighth mission. Wyler told Morgan he wanted to film the "Memphis Belle" and her crew because of "a certain mystique" to the aircraft's nickname, and that Morgan's reputation as a pilot meant that Wyler would be "in the center of the action...(with) a pretty good

neg: Belle Reynolds Belle Reynolds Belle Reynolds (née Arabella Macomber; October 20, 1840 – 1937) was an American Civil War nurse, physician, and woman's club leader. Reynolds joined her husband Lieutenant William S. Reynolds who was enlisted with the Seventeenth Illinois Volunteer Regiment and traveled with him to battle during the American Civil War. She became a heroine because of her involvement in the Battle of Shiloh, where Belle helped the wounded soldiers. Her obituary was published in the "New York Times" on July 30, 1937; she had died at 96 of a short illness. Belle Macomber was born in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) in Seattle and "Movie Memphis Belle" 44-83546), B-17G "Sally B" from the UK and two French geographic survey B-17Gs, one of which crashed on take-off near the end of filming. The B-17Gs had some sections converted into a B-17F configuration for the film. A former civilian firebomber, B-17G-85-DL, AAC Serial No. 44-83546, FAA registered N3703G, was converted by installing a Sperry top turret, early-style tail gunner's compartment and waist gunner's positions, and omitting the chin turret. After appearing in the film, this plane continues to make air show appearances as "Movie Memphis Belle" in that configuration. Originally painted with the

neg: Belle of Louisville Belle of Louisville Belle of Louisville is a steamboat owned and operated by the city of Louisville, Kentucky, and moored at its downtown wharf next to the Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere during its annual operational period. Originally named "Idlewild", she was built by James Rees & Sons Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the West Memphis Packet Company in 1914 and was first put into service on the Allegheny River. Constructed with an all-steel superstructure and asphalt main deck, the steamboat is said to hold the all-time record in her class for miles traveled, years in operation, and places visited. "Belle of Louisville"s

neg: Memphis Belle (aircraft) Museum's restoration hangars. The Museum placed restoration of "Memphis Belle" near the top of its priorities. In the magazine "Friends Journal" of the museum's foundation, Major General Charles D. Metcalf, USAF (Ret), then the director of the museum, stated that it might take eight to 10 years to fully restore the aircraft. By the spring of 2009, considerable preparatory work had been accomplished, but the fuselage and wings were still disassembled. After stripping the paint from the aft fuselage of the aircraft, hundreds of names and personal messages were found scratched in the aluminum skin. It turned out that, during

neg: Memphis, Michigan bluff overlooking a river (the Belle) paralleling the location of ancient Memphis "the City on the Nile". Memphis would be incorporated as a village 4 April 1865 with status as a city granted in 1953. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The city is evenly divided between Macomb and St. Clair counties. The Belle River passes through the city. Memphis is also known for its slogan: "A Pleasant Place To Live." As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was

neg: Belle Plains, Virginia wharf in 1842. Belle Plains again rose to prominence during the American Civil War, where it was used as an alternate supply point to Aquia Landing by the Union Army of the Potomac. It became a lead supply point during the Overland Campaign of 1864. Belle Plains, Virginia Belle Plains, Virginia (sometimes spelled as Belle Plain) was a steamboat landing and unincorporated settlement on the south bank of Potomac Creek off the Potomac River, in Stafford County, Virginia. In the early 19th-century, Belle Plains served as landing for steamboats to Washington, D.C. The landing and its hotel were in turn

neg: George Fisher (cartoonist) diary of his experiences and drew cartoons for his regimental newspaper. While stationed in Bournemouth, England Fisher met a female artist named Rosemary Snook. After the war, Fisher married Snook and began hiding her nickname, "Snooky", into most of his cartoons. Finding the hidden nickname became a favorite game for those who read his cartoons regularly. At the conclusion of the war, Fisher returned to West Memphis, Arkansas and began drawing cartoons for the "West Memphis News". The newspaper was run by former soldiers who had returned from the war and determined to stand up to the political machine that

neg: Republic F-105 Thunderchief added the equipment to launch AGM-12 Bullpup air-to-ground missiles. In June 1961, an F-105D delivered of conventional bombs during a USAF test—at the time a record for a single-engine aircraft with a payload three times heavier than American four-engine heavy bombers of World War II such as the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, though aerial refueling would be required for long missions. One of the F-105Ds was named "Memphis Belle II" after the famed World War II B-17. In spite of a troubled early service life, the F-105 became the dominant attack aircraft early in the

neg: Thomas G. Carpenter his degree he was called to active duty, and was stationed in the Pacific Theatre at the end of World War II. He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled at several colleges, and attended a Baltimore Colts football training camp, before relocating to Memphis, Tennessee with his wife, Oneida. There he enrolled at Memphis State College (now the University of Memphis), earning a bachelor's degree in Business in 1949. He received his master's degree in Economics from Baylor University in 1950, and in 1954 he relocated to Florida to pursue further studies at the University of Florida. Carpenter began his

neg: USS Kate (1864) USS Kate (1864) USS "Kate" was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. "Kate" was built as "Kate B. Porter" at Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, in 1864, and was purchased at Cincinnati, Ohio, by the Navy from J. B. Porter & Son, 23 December 1864; converted into a gunboat and commissioned at Mound City, Illinois, Acting Volunteer Lt. W. R. Wells in command. "Kate"s first duty was patrolling the Mississippi River from Mound City to Memphis,

neg: USS Linden (1860) Arkansas River and sank. USS Linden (1860) USS "Linden" (1860) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. "Linden", a wooden sidewheel steamer, was built in 1860 at Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania; purchased by the Navy at Cincinnati, Ohio, 20 November 1862; and commissioned at Cairo, Illinois, 3 January 1863, acting Master Thomas E. Smith in command. "Linden" departed Cairo 9 January escorting charter steamer "Home" and five coal barges to Memphis, Tennessee. After

neg: USS Linden (1860) USS Linden (1860) USS "Linden" (1860) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. "Linden", a wooden sidewheel steamer, was built in 1860 at Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania; purchased by the Navy at Cincinnati, Ohio, 20 November 1862; and commissioned at Cairo, Illinois, 3 January 1863, acting Master Thomas E. Smith in command. "Linden" departed Cairo 9 January escorting charter steamer "Home" and five coal barges to Memphis, Tennessee. After convoy duty up and

neg: George Petty George Petty George Brown Petty IV (April 27, 1894 – July 21, 1975) was an American pin-up artist. His pin-up art appeared primarily in "Esquire" and Fawcett Publications's "True" but was also in calendars marketed by "Esquire", "True" and Ridgid Tool Company. Petty's "Esquire" gatefolds originated and popularized the magazine device of centerfold spreads. Reproductions of his work, known as "Petty Girls," were widely rendered by military artists as nose art decorating warplanes during the Second World War, including the "Memphis Belle." George Petty was born in Abbeville, the seat of Vermilion Parish in south Louisiana to George Brown Petty

neg: Robert K. Morgan Belle" was the second heavy bomber in the Eighth Air Force to complete 25 combat missions in the European Theatre; and was the first to return to the United States as part of a publicity campaign to sell war bonds. In those missions, all of which were daylight raids, the "Memphis Belle" flew 148 hours, dropped more than 60 tons of bombs and had every major part of the plane replaced at least once. Morgan and his crew were the subjects of a 1944 film documentary, "". Promoted to major, Morgan did a second combat tour commanding the 869th Bomb

neg: R. P. Hunnicutt history". R. P. Hunnicutt Richard Pearce Hunnicutt (June 15, 1926 – April 29, 2011) was an American historian, known for his research in armored fighting vehicles. Hunnicutt was born in Asheville, N.C., to James Ballard Hunnicutt and Ida Belle Black. He altered his birth certificate to enlist in the U.S. Army in September 1943. He fought at Leyte and in April 1945 at Okinawa where he was promoted to sergeant and earned the Silver Star. After the war he was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany. He earned a master's degree in engineering from Stanford University and later worked at General Motors.

neg: R. P. Hunnicutt R. P. Hunnicutt Richard Pearce Hunnicutt (June 15, 1926 – April 29, 2011) was an American historian, known for his research in armored fighting vehicles. Hunnicutt was born in Asheville, N.C., to James Ballard Hunnicutt and Ida Belle Black. He altered his birth certificate to enlist in the U.S. Army in September 1943. He fought at Leyte and in April 1945 at Okinawa where he was promoted to sergeant and earned the Silver Star. After the war he was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany. He earned a master's degree in engineering from Stanford University and later worked at General Motors. He

neg: Robert Hanson (United States Army Air Forces) Robert Hanson (United States Army Air Forces) Robert John Hanson (May 25, 1920 – October 1, 2005) served on board the B-17 bomber aircraft the "Memphis Belle" during the Second World War. Robert Hanson was born in Walla Walla, Washington state on May 25, 1920. He and his two brothers were placed in an orphanage following the death of his mother when he was young. His father was a road builder and regularly absent. An uncle took them out of the orphanage and raised them at Garfield, Washington. While there, Robert was a star at athletics at high school. His

neg: Acadia Le Loutre's War). From 1640 to 1645, Acadia was plunged into what some historians have described as a civil war. The war was between Port Royal, where the Governor of Acadia Charles de Menou d'Aulnay de Charnisay was stationed, and present-day Saint John, New Brunswick, where Governor of Acadia Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour was stationed. There were four major battles in the war, and d'Aulnay ultimately prevailed over La Tour. During King Philip's War (1675–78), the governor was absent from Acadia (having first been imprisoned in Boston during the Dutch occupation of Acadia) and Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin

neg: 303d Air Expeditionary Group 303d Air Expeditionary Group The 303d Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit. In 2011, it was assigned to United States Air Forces Europe to activate or inactivate as needed. The unit was first activated as the 303d Bombardment Group in February 1942. During World War II, the 303d was one of the first VIII Bomber Command B-17 Flying Fortress units in England. The group's "Hell's Angels" is recognized by the USAF as the first B-17 to complete 25 combat missions in the ETO on May 13, 1943, six days before the Memphis Belle, though 12

neg: Nose art Starcer painted over a hundred pieces of renowned B-17 nose art, including "Memphis Belle". A commercial artist named Brinkman, from Chicago was responsible for the zodiac-themed nose art of the B-24 Liberator-equipped 834th Bomb Squadron, based at RAF Sudbury, England. Contemporary research demonstrates that bomber crews, which suffered high casualty rates during World War II, often developed strong bonds with the planes they were flying, and affectionately decorated them with nose art. It was also believed by the flight crews that the nose art was bringing luck to the planes. The artistic work of Alberto Vargas's pin-up girls from "Esquire"

neg: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress California. Perhaps the most famous B-17, the "Memphis Belle", is currently being restored – simultaneously with the B-17D "The Swoose" – to its World War II wartime appearance by the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. During the last year of World War II and shortly thereafter, the United States Navy (USN) acquired 48 ex-USAAF B-17s for patrol and air-sea rescue work. The first two ex-USAAF B-17s, a B-17F (later modified to B-17G standard) and a B-17G were obtained by the Navy for various development programs. At first, these aircraft operated under

neg: Robert K. Morgan Robert K. Morgan Robert Knight Morgan (July 31, 1918 – May 15, 2004) was a colonel and a Command Pilot in the United States Air Force from Asheville, North Carolina. During World War II, while a captain in the United States Army Air Forces, Morgan was a bomber pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European theater and the aircraft commander of the famous B-17 Flying Fortress, "Memphis Belle", flying 25 missions. After completing his European tour, Morgan flew another 26 combat missions in the B-29 Superfortress against Japan in the Pacific Theater. Morgan attended the Wharton School of

neg: Chain Lightning (1950 film) Chain Lightning (1950 film) Chain Lightning is a 1950 American aviation film based on the story "These Many Years" by black-listed writer Lester Cole (under the pseudonym "J. Redmond Prior"); the screenplay was written by Liam O'Brien and Vincent B. Evans. During World War II, Evans had been the bombardier on the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Memphis Belle". The film stars Humphrey Bogart as a test pilot, Eleanor Parker, and Raymond Massey. Cole's credit on the film was officially restored by the Writers Guild of America in 1997, although the only screen versions have "suggested by a story by J.

neg: Memphis Belle (film) were represented by Ha-1112s, a Spanish version of the Bf 109 (which were also used to represent Bf 109s in the 1969 film "Battle of Britain") in mid-war generic paint schemes. A French B-17G (F-BEEA), used as a filming platform, hit a tree and a pile of gravel during takeoff from Binbrook and was destroyed by the subsequent fire. The crew of 10 escaped, with two of them suffering serious injury and three suffering minor injuries. While lined up on runway 21 awaiting takeoff, a puff of smoke was observed by a ground engineer from the vicinity of engine three

neg: Gerald Evan Williams Gerald Evan Williams Gerald Evan Williams (December 17, 1907 – February 17, 1949) was an American officer in the Ninth Air Force during World War II. Gerald Evan Williams was born in Bridgewater, Maine to Myron Luther Williams and Lottie Belle "Belle" (Barrett) Williams. His father's family had lived in Bradford, Maine since before the Civil War, but in his teens Myron moved to the rural potato-growing area of Bridgewater, where he lived with his sister's family, before his marriage. Belle Williams was born in Bridgewater, the daughter of a Canadian-born farmer. Myron Williams worked as a potato buyer. Myron

neg: Robert Lee Hall Robert Lee Hall Robert Lee Hall (July 19, 1922 – January 24 1990) was an architect based in Memphis, Tennessee who established the firm of Robert Lee Hall and Associates. He designed Clark Tower in East Memphis, 100 North Main in downtown Memphis, and Patterson Hall at the University of Memphis. Hall was born in Jackson, Tennessee. He worked at Fisher Body aircraft plant in Memphis where he met Annie Laurie McGee, a Memphis socialite, who he married in 1943. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. His firm eventually became a partnership with his former

neg: Jay Y. Gillenwater Tennessee (College of Medicine in Memphis) in 1957. He was a house officer in internal medicine at the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania from January 1958 to June 1960. In 1961 Gillenwater joined the Army during the experimental phase of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine He was first stationed in Fort Knox where he was assigned to the Armored Medical Research Laboratory, he was then deployed to Clark Air Base in Manila where he worked on research leading to asset the impact of prolonged exposure to extreme heat, particularly in soldiers deeply to tank and

neg: Robert Hanson (United States Army Air Forces) Belle' directed by Michael Caton-Jones. During the 1989 production Hanson visited the cast during filming at RAF Binbrook in the United Kingdom. Hanson joked, "They're not quite as good-looking as we were ... but they are young and enthusiastic – exactly like we were". After the release of the film Hanson spoke to his grandson's high school class. When asked if what happened in the film was true, he replied "No, it didn't all happen to the "Memphis Belle", but everything in the movie happened to some B-17". Robert Hanson (United States Army Air Forces) Robert John Hanson (May 25,

neg: Aircraft in fiction 1980", a short-lived spin-off from the original "Battlestar Galactica" series. The heroes travel back in time in their space Vipers to Earth during the Second World War and encounter the "Luftwaffe". The footage of Buchóns consisted of out-takes from the 1969 film "Battle of Britain". One Buchón, which had taxied in "The Battle of Britain", flew in the 1988 LWT miniseries "Piece of Cake", and was one of three flyable HA-1112s used to depict Bf 109s in the 1990 film "Memphis Belle". The "Piece of Cake" Buchón also appeared in the 1991 ITV television miniseries "A Perfect Hero". A Buchón

neg: Sperry Corporation technology and related inventions into their products. The company prospered during World War II as military demand skyrocketed, ranking 19th among US corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. It specialized in high technology devices such as analog computer–controlled bomb sights, airborne radar systems, and automated take-off and landing systems. Sperry also was the creator of the Ball Turret Gun mounted under the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, as commemorated by the film "Memphis Belle" and the poem "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner". Postwar, the company expanded its interests in electronics and computing,

neg: East Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee East Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee East Memphis is a region of Memphis, Tennessee with several defined and informal subdivisions and neighborhoods such as Colonial Acres, White Station-Yates, Sherwood Forest, Normal Station, High Point Terrace, Belle Meade, Normandy Meadows, St. Nick, Pleasant Acres, Balmoral, and Ridgeway. The general boundaries are informal: The primary zip codes in this area are 38111, 38117 & 38157. Also included are 38120 and 38119 In 1950, the eastern boundary of Memphis was essentially the western boundary of what is today East Memphis. By the mid-1960s most of East Memphis inside the I-240 loop had been annexed into

neg: La Ferté-Alais Air Show La Ferté-Alais Air Show The La Ferté-Alais Air Show is an annual meeting of aviation enthusiasts in La Ferté-Alais, France. It takes place during Pentecost at the Cerny airfield , which is owned and operated by the "Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis" (AJ-BS). The airfield is also the site of a museum which sports an impressive number of pre-World War I up to present aircraft. The B-17 Flying Fortress used in the motion picture Memphis Belle is a permanent project of the AJ-BS group. During the show, dozens of vintage aircraft are assembled from Europe and the US for display and flight

neg: Lofty's Roach Souffle song to remind me of this experience." Lofty's Roach Souffle Lofty's Roach Soufflé is an instrumental album by American artist Harry Connick Jr., released in 1990. Presented as the Harry Connick Jr. Trio: Harry Connick Jr. (vocals, piano); Benjamin Jonah Wolfe (bass); Shannon Powell (drums). The album was released simultaneously as his big band album "We Are in Love", and his home video debut entitled "Singin' & Swingin'". "Lofty's Roach Souffle" was inspired by Connick's experiences on the film "Memphis Belle: "In case you're curious about the title 'Lofty's Roach Souffle', last summer I was in England filming Memphis Belle,

neg: Legio V Macedonica detached by Diocletian, and become part of his comitatus. This unit was sent to Mesopotamia, where it successfully fought against the Sassanid Empire in 296, and then to Memphis, where it remained until becoming part of the Byzantine army. Legio V Macedonica is mentioned again in the Notitia Dignitatum, stationed in Dacia Ripensis, with detachments in the Oriental Field Army and in Egypt. Legio V Macedonica is again mentioned in both Antaeapolis and Heliopolis in inscriptions, which seem to have been detachments of the units in Memphis. The last inscription provides the date of 635 or 636, indicating that at

neg: Job Adams Cooper Job Adams Cooper Job Adams Cooper (November 6, 1843 – January 20, 1899) was a U.S. Republican Party politician. He served as the sixth Governor of the State of Colorado from 1889 to 1891. Job Adams Cooper was born in Greenville, Illinois, to Charles and Maria Hadley Cooper, one of seven children. The future Governor attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, but took a leave of absence to fight in the American Civil War for the Union Army. Cooper enlisted as a sergeant in the 137th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was stationed in Memphis, Tennessee, during the Confederate raid on

neg: Mary Solari Mary Solari Mary Magdalene Solari (1849–1929) was an Italian-American artist well known for oil and watercolor paintings of figures and portraits. Mary Solari was born in Calvari, in the comune of San Colombano Certénoli, near Genoa, in Liguria, Italy. The Solari family moved to Memphis, Tennessee soon after her birth, and Mary began her education in the Memphis public schools. She returned to her native Italy in 1878 to escape the yellow fever epidemic and study art. In 1885, she became the first woman admitted to the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence, where she earned nine medals and two

neg: Arkansas National Guard and World War II in the Department of Haute-Marne, France, where the 141st Machine Gun Battalion was stationed during World War I. The 206th Coast Artillery (AA) was initially stationed as follows: The following hospital units were created during the post-World War I expansion: The state was allocated and Observation Squadron, which assumed to designation of the 154 to continue the history of the 154th Infantry, which had been organized during World War I from the former 3rd Arkansas Infantry. The 154th Observation Squadron was organized at Little Rock and federally recognized on October 24, 1925. On June 16, 1931, the state was authorized

neg: Ralph J. Mitchell Marine Aircraft Wing, stationed there. During the summer of 1947, Mitchell was transferred to the Hawaii, where he was appointed Commander of Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. He returned to the United States in early of the year 1948, awaiting retirement. General Mitchell retired from the Marine Corps in May 1948 and was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant General on the retired list for having been specially commended in combat. Lieutenant General Ralph J. Mitchell died on May 31, 1970 in Naval Medical Center San Diego, California. He was survived by his widow, Belle Thompson Mitchell and their son,

neg: Larry D. Alexander Grand Boulevard in Detroit. The nine piece series includes paintings on Belle Isle Park, the Detroit skyline, the Detroit River, Hitsville USA (the original home for Motown Records), Greektown Historic District, the old Tiger Stadium (Detroit), the old J.L. Hudson building, former mayor Coleman A. Young, and many more. In May 1998 Alexander unveiled his "Delta Series, which was painted entirely with acrylics, during "the Arkansas Schools Tours". The tour was expanded that year to include stops in Greenville, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee. This series included paintings of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain region from Monroe, Louisiana to Memphis. It includes

neg: Battle of Okolona Battle of Okolona The Battle of Okolona took place on February 22, 1864, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, between Confederate and Union forces during the American Civil War. Confederate cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, faced over 7,000 cavalry under the command of Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith and defeated them at Okolona, causing 100 casualties for the loss of 50. Smith's force had been ordered to set off from Memphis, Tennessee, and rendezvous with the main Union army of 20,000 that was stationed at Meridian, Mississippi, and was under the command of Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. However,

neg: Bill Black box with a board nailed to it and strings attached. At the age of sixteen, Black was performing "honky-tonk" music on acoustic guitar in local bars. During World War II, Black was stationed with the U.S. Army at Fort Lee in Virginia. While in the Army, he met Evelyn, who played guitar as a member of a musical family. They married in 1946 and returned to Memphis. Black worked at the Firestone plant. He began playing the upright bass fiddle, modeling his "slap bass" technique after one of his idols, Fred Maddox, of Maddox Brothers and Rose. Black also developed

neg: James Brown growing urge of anti-war advocacy during the Vietnam War, Brown recorded the song, "America Is My Home". In the song, Brown performed a rap, advocating patriotism and exhorting listeners to "stop pitying yoursel[ves] and get up and fight." At the time of the song's release, Brown had been participating in performing for troops stationed in Vietnam. On April 5, 1968, a day after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, Brown provided a free citywide televised concert at the Boston Garden to maintain public order and calm concerned Boston relatives (over the objections of the police chief,

neg: Dido Elizabeth Belle Dido Elizabeth Belle Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761 – July 1804) was born into slavery as the natural daughter of Maria Belle, an enslaved African woman in the British West Indies, and Sir John Lindsay, a British career naval officer who was stationed there. He was later knighted and promoted to admiral. Lindsay took Belle with him when he returned to England in 1765, entrusting her raising to his uncle William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, and his wife Elizabeth Murray, Countess of Mansfield. The Murrays educated Belle, bringing her up as a free gentlewoman at their Kenwood House, together with

neg: Walla Walla Regional Airport "Delta Rebel", "Jack the Ripper", and "Memphis Belle", the first B-17 to complete 25 missions in Europe. Late in 1943, the airfield lay idle when the Second Air Force withdrew its B-17 training operation. In April 1944, the Fourth Air Force took charge and established a training base for B-24 Liberator bomber crews. During the war years, it is estimated that more than 8,000 officers and men were trained at this base producing 594 heavy bomber crews who compiled about 114,514 hours in the air while in training. One of its aircraft crashed in September 1944 at the future site

neg: Firepower (video game) ordnance onto a target like the Little Boy, Fat Man, German radiological dirty bombs or the Tallboy bomb. However some of these aircraft are hypothetical especially the German designs some of which never saw aerial combat during World War II. So is the German ordnance hypothetical as well. Another feature in this add on is that you can fly bombers in a formation, with FLAK effects when under enemy anti aircraft fire. Twenty-five missions of the Memphis Belle B-17 Flying Fortress are included in this add on. One thing that's lacking though is a sophisticated simulation of the Norden Bombsight

neg: The Swoose gained from the restoration of the famous "Memphis Belle" to accurately restore "The Swoose", which is so important to our history." As of fall 2008, the NMUSAF had begun restoration of the "Swoose". The "Swoose" had undergone a limited inspection and a more extensive and detailed technical inspection is planned. Based on the findings, the museum will determine how best to restore and display this historic aircraft. The extensive restoration is expected to take a number of years. "The Swoose" is being restored at the same time as "Memphis Belle", though it was originally expected the "Swoose" restoration will be

neg: John Wayles Jefferson not to tell the fact that he had colored blood in his veins, which he said was not suspected by any of his command; and of course I did not. Jefferson wrote as a newspaper correspondent during and after the war, publishing articles about his experiences. After the war, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he became a highly successful cotton broker, founding the Continental Cotton Company. He raised cotton in Arkansas and bred blooded trotting horses on his plantation near Memphis. Articles under his name in the "Memphis Daily Avalanche" cover such matters as improving streets, enlarging the city's

neg: The Swoose the National Museum of the United States Air Force transfer ownership of a restored B-17 to the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center annex for display, as that museum lacks a B-17. The matter was discussed by the governing board of the Dayton museum, and with the recent arrival of the B-17F "Memphis Belle" it was decided that continued display of the Museum's B-17G "Shoo Shoo Baby" would be unnecessary. Upon completion of the restoration and display of the "Swoose", "Shoo Shoo Baby" will be transferred to the Washington D.C. museum for display, as "Memphis Belle" had its restoration

neg: Robert Hanson (United States Army Air Forces) pens at Lorient in France. As Hanson related - The "Memphis Belle" made it back to base with 68 rips in the fabric of the fuselage. On another occasion Hanson sneezed while writing in his logbook. At that moment a bullet passed through the space previously occupied by his head, striking his logbook. He kept the book for the rest of his life. The first aircraft to complete at tour of 25 missions was the Hot Stuff, a B-24 Liberator bomber. However, it crashed into a mountain en route to the United States in bad weather. The "Memphis Belle" was

neg: Chickasaw Gardens is in a different neighborhood, Belle Meade. "21 Grams", which featured Sean Penn and Naomi Watts and was nominated for two Academy Awards, was partially shot in a Chickasaw Gardens house. Chickasaw Gardens Home Owners Association website. Chickasaw Gardens Chickasaw Gardens is an established upscale neighborhood in midtown Memphis, Tennessee. Chickasaw Gardens is located between Central and Poplar Avenues, near the center of the Interstate 240 loop. The Memphis Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium, the Central Library of the Memphis Public Library System, and the University of Memphis are nearby. Chickasaw Gardens features a lake, sometimes called Memphis Lake or

neg: Belle River (Michigan) the southward where it joins the main branch of the river at near the intersection of Interstate 69 and M-53. The main branch of the Belle River rises in the south of Dryden Township at , in a marshy area near the boundary between Lapeer County and Oakland County. It flows mostly north and east until joined by the north branch, after which it flows mostly south and east into St. Clair County. It passes the north side of Memphis, then turns southeast and passes through the northeast corner of Macomb County. Interstate 94 crosses the river in the northeast

neg: Naval Support Activity Mid-South Department of War sent a cadre of officers to the Memphis area to survey sites for an aviation school. The group decided on a location in the Millington area, about 16 miles northeast of Memphis. An agreement to lease the land for the Army was concluded, and the construction of some 50 buildings began. Park Field covered of over 700 acres and could accommodate up to 1,000 personnel. Dozens of wooden buildings served as headquarters, maintenance, and officers’ quarters. Enlisted men had to bivouac in tents. The first unit stationed there was the 160th Aero Squadron, which was transferred from

neg: Belle (Once Upon a Time) a walk with him and she surprisingly takes a liking to him. This all changes when she finds him torturing a young ogre, but she reluctantly agrees to marry him once the war does officially break out. At one point during the war, Belle and her family are forced to flee their castle; however, she and her mother spend time packing up all of their important books. An ogre storms the castle and kills Colette, and a traumatized Belle is left without any memory of the event. Desperate to know the truth, she travels to Arendelle where she meets Princess

neg: George Fort Gibbs Station and Girard College in Philadelphia. His screenwriting credits include a film about the life of Voltaire. George Gibbs was born in 1870 in New Orleans. His father, Benjamin F. Gibbs (1836–1882), was a naval surgeon with the ironclad fleet stationed there. Dr. Gibbs had seen much adventure in his naval career. He had taken part in the Paraguay Expedition aboard the USS "Memphis". During the American Civil War, he had taken part in the battle of Mobile Bay aboard the steam-sloop USS "Ossipee" and had been aboard one of the ships that chased the CSS "Webb" on its dash