See that Robert Hanson, the last surviving crew member of the Memphis Belle has passed to the Great Beyond. He was 85. Hanson was the radio operator.


God speed, airman!!

RIP Tech. Sgt. Hanson.

Back in the mid-80s at Memphis...
I was lucky to have 'petted' that B-17
'SuperFortress" on the 25 orange-colored bombs for its missions and the eight swastikas for the Nazi planes it shot down...and the "Memphis Belle' herself. (Quite a saucy bit of pin-up nose-art!)

RIP. I have had B-17s fly over my house and I am always impressed by them and even more so by the people who flew and worked on them.

I saw a documentary on the Belle and what those men (and the other crews) did made them all heros the likes of which we may never see again.

Once again, RIP.

Today is the 63rd anniversary of the Memphis Belle's first mission in 1942 over Brest, France.

Ya our base is named after David R. Kingsley. Reading his bio of what he did for his fellow service men and country is a real honor working here and knowing why this base is named Kingsley Field.