B-17 Memphis Belle by Keith Woodcock. SQN249 Wearing patched white trousers and

Wearing patched white trousers and gaiters made of mattress ticking

demanded that he turn back

a jet-powered bomber

and escaped only by sending his P47-D Thunderbolt into a gut wrenching dive

7th June 1944 by David Pentland Having made contact the previous evening with troops of 4th Infantry Division pushing inland from Utah Beach

B-17 Memphis Belle by Keith Woodcock. SQN249 Wearing patched white trousers andKW10. B 17 Memphis Belle by Keith Woodcock. 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 15th July 1942 and delivered in September 1942 to the 91st Bombardment Group at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. She deployed to Prestwick, Scotland, on 30th September 1942, moving to a temporary base at RAF Kimbolton on 1st October, and then finally to her permanent base