A Martin Marauder B-26B medium bomber of the 558th Bomber Squadron, 387th Bombardment Group, named "A Kay Pea's Dream" in flight. Was hit by German AAA guns on a raid on the town of Villers Bocage, near Caen, France on June 15, 1944. Ditched off the Sussex coast of England, 3 of the crew members drowned, 2 survived.

Marauder over Normandy fields

Memphis Belle Crew: Bassingbourn, England, May 17, 1943.

   First to complete 25 Combat Missions.

(L to R): Harold Loch, Top Turret Gunner; Cecil Scott, Ball Turret Gunner; Robert Hanson, Radio Operator; Jim Verinis, Co-Pilot; Robert Morgan, Pilot; Chuck Leighton, Navigator; John Quinlan, Tail Gunner; Tony Nastal, Right Waist Gunner; Vince Evans, Bombardier; Bill Winchell, Left Waist Gunner.

Memphis Belle Crew

When the Japanese closed the Burma Road, the Allies had to fly in supplies by going over the Himalayas ( the tallest mountains in the world ) nicknaming them the Hump.  Among the pilots who flew C-47's over the Hump was cowboy movie star Gene Autry.