John Wayne starred in Lady for a Night back in 1942 - and the film's steamboat inspired the name of the World War 2 B-17 ...

Back in 1942, John Wayne starred opposite Joan Blondell in Lady for a Night. The film follows a female casino steamboat owner ...

Video: A paratrooper ready to drop into Normandy, the hero crew of the Memphis Belle and troops making TOAST: WWII is brought to life in a series of colourised images The B-17 bomber Memphis Belle ...

Monument erected at RAF Bassingbourn to honour USAF Eighth Air Force 'Memphis Belle' tribute fenced off when Libyan soldiers relocated to base After outrage from enthusiasts and locals ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress made its mark on history and became among the most famous aircraft of the Second World War.

It's May 1943 at a US Army Air Corps base in England. The four officers and six enlisted men of the Memphis Belle - a B-17 bomber so nicknamed for the girlfriend of its stern and stoic captain ...

Notable B-17 Bomber Facts One point that isn't noted in the Apple+ series is that the aircraft was seen as quite a risk for Boeing when its development began. The company may be an aerospace giant ...