U.S. WW2 Vintage Metal Sign: B-17 Memphis Belle German Machine Guns Collectors in many years

Collectors in many years

Original Item: British all steel Vickers Ammunition Cans designed to hold one 240 round belt of

Limited supply

the 90 mm M3 gun

The case is item 23 in Tafel 5

U.S. WW2 Vintage Metal Sign: B-17 Memphis Belle German Machine Guns Collectors in many yearsNew Made Item: The Memphis Belle made The B 17 Flying Fortress famous. It flew 25 consecutive bombing runs from on November 7th 1942 to May 19th 1943. The plane was named for pilot Robert K. Morgan's sweetheart, Margaret Polk, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee. Morgan originally intended to call the plane Little One, after his pet name for her, but after Morgan and his copilot, Jim Verinis, saw the movie Lady for a Night, in which the leading character