The author means well, but the actual Memphis Belle is in Memphis. A B-17 painted to resemble the Memphis Belle is visiting the museum in Long Island.
The spirit of the Memphis Belle still flys today...
A few weeks ago, there was a celebration of 100 years of flight at an old B-17 training base in Fairmont, NE. They had a beautifully restored B-17G there, with a complete ball turret. Talked to one of the crew, the ball turret had been used in the last Memphis Belle movie. When they were done with the movie, the guys restoring this particular plane were able to buy it. I believe it's the only B-17G still flying with a complete ball turret.
Awesome plane, they did some mock bombing runs (a B-25 and P-51 showed up, as well as the only flying Junkers 52). Talk about a rush when that old girl flew over!
Yhwhsman
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07/04/2003 3:58:32 AM PDT by
yhwhsman
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