The ten-man crew poses outside the famous B-17 Flying Fortress in England after completing 25 bombing missions successfully. The Army Air Force had decided that 25 missions completed the tour of duty because of the physical and mental strain on the crew. A year earlier, in 1942, the average bomber crew completed 8 to 12 missions before being shot down or disabled.

To celebrate this success of this crew in daylight precision bombing, military authorities sent the plane and crew on a tour of training sites in the USA.

The plane had been named in honor of Miss Margaret Polk, girlfriend of the pilot, Capt. Robert Morgan.

In July 1946, the aircraft was rescued from the scrap heap by crew members and the citizens of Memphis Tennessee, formed an association and raised funds for its restoration.

Medium : 1 photographic print

Created/Published : June 7, 1943

Housed in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.

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