Memphis Belle Red Shaker pint glass

Ten men. Twenty-five missions. Every single one came home.

Casualty rates at the start of the daylight bombing campaign over Europe approached 80%. The math was brutal and the crews knew it. Every mission you climbed into a B-17, you were playing the worst odds in the war. Captain Robert K. Morgan and his crew played them 25 times — and beat them every single time.

Over those 25 missions, the Memphis Belle's gunners were credited with shooting down eight German fighters, damaging a dozen more, and dropping over 60 tons of bombs on the German war machine. Morgan named her after his girlfriend back home — Margaret Polk of Memphis, Tennessee. The nose art was painted by Corporal Anthony Starcer — a pin-up girl in a blue bathing suit waving from the side of a four-engine bomber headed into hell. She became one of the most recognizable images of the entire war.

When it was over, Morgan led the crew on a 31-city war bond tour across America. The Belle had proven what the whole country needed to believe: that you could go up, do the job, and come back.

This pint glass honors that crew — all ten of them. Every time you pour a cold one, you're raising a glass to the men who flew into the worst odds of the war and wrote their names into history by simply surviving.

This is part of our aviation tribute glassware collection. If you're collecting pieces that honor the aircraft and aviators who wrote history, this belongs on your shelf next to the Lt. Col. Lamb and Lt. Col. Stewart glasses.

16 oz shaker pint glass. Hand-wash only, not microwave safe. Each glass is handmade, so slight variations in the glass are part of the craft.