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Robert K. Morgan
United States Air Force officer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Knight Morgan (July 31, 1918 – May 15, 2004) was a colonel and a Command Pilot in the United States Air Force from Asheville, North Carolina. During World War II, while a captain in the United States Army Air Forces, Morgan was a bomber pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European theater and the aircraft commander of the famous B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle, flying 25 missions. After completing his European tour, Morgan flew another 26 combat missions in the B-29 Superfortress against Japan in the Pacific Theater.
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Robert K. Morgan | |
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![]() Major Robert Morgan, was pilot of B-29 Superfortress "Dauntless Dotty" and B-17 Flying Fortress "Memphis Belle" | |
Nickname(s) | Andy |
Born | (1918-07-31)July 31, 1918 Asheville, North Carolina |
Died | May 15, 2004(2004-05-15) (aged 85) Asheville, North Carolina |
Buried | Western Carolina Veterans Cemetery Swannanoa, North Carolina |
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Years of service | 1940–1965 |
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Unit | 91st Bombardment Group ("The Ragged Irregulars") |
Commands held | Memphis Belle Dauntless Dotty |
Battles/wars | World War II |
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