As in any war there will always be people and in this case airplanes that will always be remembered and go down in the history books. In the war a bomber would have to fly twenty-five missions before it could get retired from combat. “In mid-1943, the bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force were getting shot down at a very rapid rate. Morale reflected this.” (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress), but then there was the Memphis Belle. It was the first to each the outstanding number of twenty-five missions completed. There was even a movie documentary shot on the final combat mission of its career and then the twenty-sixth mission as well which was to fly back home to the states. The next airplane was just as valuable in the war efforts for it flew an amazing twenty-four flights, just one shy of its retirement! “In March 1944 this B-17G joined the 91st Bomb Group, at Bassingbourn, England. The crew named it Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby after the popular Glenn Miller song.” (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress). On May 24, 1944, on its last mission it was to forced to make an emergency landing after sustaining engine troubles. It was landed in neutral Sweden and the crew and airplane were interned. The plane was later recovered and put into the Wright Patterson AFB Museum in October
As in any war there will always be people and in this case airplanes that will always be remembered and go down in the history books. In the war a bomber would have to fly twenty-five missions before it could get retired from combat. “In mid-1943, the bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force were getting shot down at a very rapid rate. Morale reflected this.” (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress), but then there was the Memphis Belle. It was the first to each the outstanding number of twenty-five missions completed. There was even a movie documentary shot on the final combat mission of its career and then the twenty-sixth mission as well which was to fly back home to the states. The next airplane was just as valuable in the war efforts for it flew an amazing twenty-four flights, just one shy of its retirement! “In March 1944 this B-17G joined the 91st Bomb Group, at Bassingbourn, England. The crew named it Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby after the popular Glenn Miller song.” (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress). On May 24, 1944, on its last mission it was to forced to make an emergency landing after sustaining engine troubles. It was landed in neutral Sweden and the crew and airplane were interned. The plane was later recovered and put into the Wright Patterson AFB Museum in October