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RCHS Fall Speaker Series
October 10, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
“Mission Accomplished! A history of World War II’s Most Famous Bomber: The ‘Memphis Belle'”
Featuring Raymond L. Robb, USAF (retired) currently with the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. He is a free lance writer and frequent lecturer on aviation history.
On May 17, 1943 an American Army Air Force B-17 bomber and crew made history by completing their 25th and final mission of Nazi occupied Europe. Upon researching that much coveted milestone, the plane and crew were sent home to the United States on a War Bond sales tour and became instant national heroes and celebrities. Hollywood made several movies about them, and their plane became a symbol of American airpower and will to win the war. Join us as Air Force veteran and historian Ray Robb presents the story of the aircraft (and its crew) during the war, its post-war career on display in Memphis, and its recent meticulous restoration by the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton.