That wasn’t THE Memphis Belle.
What you saw at the airshow was the “Movie Memphis Belle”. The way to tell the two apart is the original has “Memphis Belle” in block letters, while the movie plane has it in a cursive script.
The movie plane is actually a B-17G back dated to a B-17F
Check out the bottom of this page:
http://www.libertyfoundation.org/b17history.html
[while the movie plane has it in a cursive script]
Great. Now Rachel Jeantel will never be able to find the plane.
Yes, the one I saw has the script logo. I have a pic, but no way to post it here. I stand corrected. All this time I thought it was THE Memphis Belle. Rats! I even bought one of her spark plugs as a souvenir. Still, it WAS a B-17, and I do have one of her spark plugs!
West Memphis...lol