Retired Lt. Gen. Jack Hudson, Director of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, welcomes a crowd to the unveiling ceremony for the museum’s Memphis Belle exhibit, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, May 16, 2018. The Memphis Belle is the most famous Flying Fortress, having been the first able to return to the United States following 25 combat missions over occupied Europe during the war.

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