Memphis Belle Was Not The First Bomber To Complete 25 Missions:
"Memphis Belle is a well-known World War Two bomber, which was made famous by the Hollywood movie of the same name back in 1990.
The Memphis Belle was supposed to be the first B-17 bomber to fly 25 bombing missions and return back to base safely each time.
Now an academic from Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona, Florida has revealed that it was the
B-24 named Hot Stuff that was the first bomber to make 25 missions and return home, not the Memphis Belle.
William Waldock is a professor at ERAU and he says that Hot Stuff flew her final and 25th mission in February of 1943, which was
over three months earlier than the Memphis Belle completed her 25 missions.
In fact, it is believed that Memphis Belle was the third to complete 25 successful missions.
Hot Stuff later crashed in Iceland under the command of Captain Robert Shannon in May of the same year.
Hot Stuff was being flown home to the US since Captain Shannon had completed his tour of service.
One the return journey Lieutenant General Frank Andrews took over the flying and when the plane hit severe weather conditions.
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The second bomber to have completed 25 missions is said to have been the Hell’s Angels, but it wasn’t widely promoted since its name wasn’t aesthetically pleasing to the War Department.
It therefore fell to Memphis Belle as the face of bomber aircraft during the war.
Waldock says that
because Hot Stuff crashed and never made it home it never became as well-known as Memphis Belle.
Waldock also discovered that Lieutenant General Andrews was a VIP getting a return flight back to the US along with his close aides and staff, who took the place of the bomber’s original crew.
The crew of Hot Stuff didn’t land at their scheduled stop on their way to Iceland, which if they had of stopped they would have found out about the incoming bad weather conditions, and may have waited until it passed and was safe to fly.
The plane flew into zero visibility and it has been reported that the bomber’s radio was broken. The plane crashed into the side of a mountain near the airfield in Iceland. Only one out of the 15 man crew survived.
After the war the famous Andrews Air Force Base was named in his honor."
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Hot Stuff later crashed in Iceland under the command of Captain Robert Shannon in May of the same year.
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I so enjoy watching a civics lesson take place. The true and honest questions and answers of
children are only topped by the realization that someone is trying to con
them. The first reaction is a
combination look. You have to watch
closely because as soon as you see the proverbial light bulb look of
understanding hit their face, it is quickly replaced by the deer in the
headlight look of surprise and confusion. As the wheels of logic and common sense
grind together, the Yosemite Sam reaction takes over; my personal
favorite. I’m not against early-childhood education. If we had strong evidence that early-childhood education made a big difference in the lives of needy kids, I’d be for it. Even hard-bitten libertarians can acknowledge that children are a special case.
But I’d like better evidence. A lot of the advocacy ends up being based on small studies that showed big results, while larger and better-designed studies are more equivocal. In fact, two recent studies — one from Quebec, and one from Tennessee — suggest that the long-term results might actually be slightly negative.
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