Book Review of
The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle
A powerful chronicle of loyalty, love, and heroism under fire, this is the unforgettable memoir of a member of the Greatest Generation who fought in America’s greatest battles—and of the war one man waged both in and out of the skies. High-spirited, young Robert Morgan was transformed from a fast-living, privileged playboy who grew up hobnobbing with the Vanderbilts into a steel-nerved pilot forged in the cauldron of World War II’s most dangerous and desperate aerial encounters. This is the triumphant tale of that transformation—and of the airplane and crew that never failed to bring him back home.
Grace's Review
The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle is another great World War II Memoir that brought light into how the life of being a bomber pilot and part of the crew is like. I think it wasn’t the best written memoir, but it did show me a lot of how things worked back then. It didn’t show about the war; it showed what people on the home front felt to crews like this.
If watched the Memphis Belle movie, read the book. This book really debunks the movie and proves that Hollywood often does not portray history correctly. I really like D.B. Sweeny, but I wish he did not play in that movie.
So check out the real history of heroes. See them sacrificing so much for us to have freedom. And see this odd group of people who flew the bomber, which was celebrated too by the American people decades ago. Let us not forget.