The Belle…

….And Graham knows what he’s talking about. I know, I’ve read the Book 😉

Regards;
Steve

Its quite simple.
The first crew to 25 was on the “Belle”
The first aircraft was the “Angel”

Here we go again….
Bob Morgan and his ‘crew’ flew their last mission on 17th May 1943 – to the submarine pens at Lorient. 41-24485 Memphis Belle flew one more combat mission in the 19th May under the command of Lt C L Anderson and his crew – target Kiel, Germany. That was the aircraft’s 25 officially credited mission. Everything I have on record from primary source documentation including the USAAF Form 41s say that the aircraft flew only 24 missions and possibly only 23 as there are two very suspicious aborts.

And she was not the first to 25.
LINK- http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?429

We tend to have this conversation every year, but the Dambusters returned on the same day the Belle flew it’s 25th mission.

Look here

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-memphis-belle-flies-its-25th-bombing-mission

Was it the 25th mission today for Memphis Belle?