This B-17 flying fortress of WWII was named for a southern city & Margaret Polk, the girlfriend of the pilot
... Co-pilot - James A 
Verinis [DOC] [TLE] Memphis Belle: Twenty Five trips to Hell and Back | HistoryNet [PAR] Of the 12,750 B-17s produced, Memphis Belle is famous for being the first ... Until 
you have been on a Flying Fortress in combat, you can't know how essential that 
is.