Memphis Belle and Dauntless Dotty by Craig Kodera

 
Memphis Belle and Dauntless Dotty by Craig Kodera.
 
Now you can share Robert K. Morgan's experiences in piloting two of World War II's most famous planes on two of the war's most important missions.  Memphis Belle and Dauntless Dotty is a suite of "Steel Sirens" by noted aviation artist and American Airlines First Officer Craig Kodera.  Both prints are counter-signed by Bob Morgan, and the suite is accompanied by a VHS video copy of Lieutenant Colonel William Wyler's 1944 documentary chronicling the final mission of the Memphis Belle. Wyler, director of Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives, and Ben-Hur, was actually on the mission with his camera crew. 
 
"Everybody in the know who hears the name 'Bob Morgan' immediately thinks 'Memphis Belle' maintains Craig Kodera.  "That's a given.  Morgan flew the Memphis Belle, the first airplane which finished the required 25 missions over Europe.  But what most people, myself included, didn't know was that Bob continued his career through the rest of the war.  After he finished his missions in Europe with the 8th Air Force, he went over for training with the 20th Air Force in the Pacific."  There Morgan completed another historic flight as aircraft commander of the Dauntless Dotty, the lead plane in the first group of B-29's in the Pacific.  "He flew under the command of Curtis LeMay, whom many know as the father of strategic bombing," Kodera explains.  "Bob took part in the first mission over the Japanese home island since the Doolittle Raid in 1942.  That was 1944, when we finally went back, and Dauntless Dotty was number one in the squadron and on the flight."  Soar halfway across the world with two famous planes as Craig Kodera honors Morgan, Belle, and Dotty.
 
Counter-signed by Bob Morgan.
 
Memphis Belle shown to left. Dauntless Dotty shown below.
 
Prints released 1992.
offset litho two print set, 1250 s/n
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Dimensions: 16.5" x 17"

 

Issue Price: $245.00

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