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05.16.04
Col. Robert Morgan - RIP

"Twenty-five doesn't sound like much until you start flying them,"

Col. Robert Morgan, commander of the famed Memphis Belle B-17 bomber that flew combat missions over Europe during World War II, died late Saturday of complications from a fall, his wife said. He was 85.

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Col. Morgan lived a very colorful life, as detailed here.

It's a good book.

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