Regent $100 Chip - "Col. Robert Morgan" Autographed / Las Vegas
HARD TO FIND / ONLY 50 OF THESE CHIPS MADE FOR REGENT CASINO

** NOTE ** Not sure How Many Got Autographed Since Morgan Was Only
There At The Casino For A Short Time ... / In protective capsule

The Regent Casino was short lived: Opened in 2000 - Closed in 2002
For Sale If Anyone Interested: $125. Shipped - USA Only

Own a piece of Regent Casino and famous WW2 Bomber History
All WW2 buffs know of the "Memphis Belle" & the "Dauntless Dotty", named
after Col. Morgan's 3rd wife.

Robert Knight Morgan (July 31, 1918 – May 15, 2004) was a Colonel and a
Command Pilot in the United States Air Force from Asheville, North Carolina.
During World War II, while a Captain in the United States Army Air Forces,
Morgan was a bomber pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European theater
and was the aircraft Commander of the famous B-17 Flying Fortress the
Memphis Belle, flying 25 missions. After completing his European tour, Morgan
flew another 26 combat missions in the B-29 Superfortress against Japan in
the Pacific Theater.

The Memphis Belle was the second heavy bomber in the Eighth Air Force to
complete 25 combat missions in the European Theatre; and was the first to
return to the United States as part of a publicity campaign to sell war bonds.

In those missions, all of which were daylight raids, the "Memphis Belle" flew 148
hours, dropped more than 60 tons of bombs and had every major part of the plane
replaced at least once. Morgan and his crew were the subjects of a 1944 film
documentary, "Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress"

Ater being promoted to Major, Morgan did a second combat tour Commanding the
869th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bomb Group of the Twentieth Air Force in the Pacific
Theater where he flew the B-29 Superfortress "Dauntless Dotty" from Isley Field in
Saipan. The aircraft was nicknamed after his third wife, Dorothy Johnson Morgan.
On November 24, 1944, he led the 1st mission of the XXI Bomber Command to bomb
Japan, 110 aircraft of the 73rd Bomb Wing to Tokyo, with wing commander Brigadier
General Emmett O'Donnell, Jr. as co-pilot. He completed 26 missions over Japan until
being sent home on April 24, 1945.

Leaving active duty after World War II, he continued to fly in the Air Force Reserve, he
achieved Command pilot status. Among military awards were the Distinguished Flying
Cross with two oak leaf clusters and the Air Medal with 10 oak leaf clusters. He retired
from the Air Force Reserve with the rank of colonel in 1965.

In 2001 Morgan published his autobiography:
"The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle: Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot:
that was co-written with Ron Powers.