Statue And Monument For Both Of The Memphis Belles

Both of the Memphis Belles will be enshrined in a monument in Overton Park as a tribute to the famous plane and its namesake.  As reported by The Commercial Appeal, Artist Andrea Lugar created a bronze statue of Margaret Polk, the "Memphis Belle" after whom her then fiance, bomber pilot Robert Morgan, named his B-17 Flying Fortress.  A life-size version of Polk and an intricate relief sculpture of the airplane and crew members will be mounted in a limestone base and installed in a ceremony scheduled for Oct. 23.