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    The Memphis Belle is a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress used during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary...
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  • Memphis Belle may refer to: Memphis Belle (aircraft), a United States Army Air Forces Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress used in World War II Memphis Belles...
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  • Memphis Belle is a 1990 British-American war drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and written by Monte Merrick. The film stars Matthew Modine, Eric...
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  • The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 documentary film which provides an account of the final mission of the crew of the Memphis Belle...
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    Air Force in the European theater and the aircraft commander of the famous B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle, flying 25 missions. After completing his...
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    (May 25, 1920 – October 1, 2005) served on board the B-17 bomber aircraft the Memphis Belle during the Second World War. Robert Hanson was born in Walla Walla...
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    mission milestone three-and-a-half months before the widely celebrated Memphis Belle. After Hot Stuff completed thirty-one missions, it was selected to return...
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    the rank of General (O-10) Col Robert K. Morgan, pilot of the Memphis Belle (aircraft) Col Noel "Christy" Nolta, former deputy assistant secretary of...
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    Guard is based at the co-located Memphis Air National Guard Base, operating C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft. Memphis Municipal Airport, dedicated...
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  • during takeoff at RAF Binbrook, United Kingdom, during filming of Memphis Belle. Aircraft destroyed by fire, but ten on board managed to escape. This airframe...
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    Sally B (category Individual aircraft of World War II)
    replicate the real Memphis Belle in one scene. Half of the aircraft is still in the Memphis Belle livery, following restoration of the Sally B nose art and...
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    The Swoose (category Individual aircraft of World War II)
    historic aircraft. The extensive restoration is expected to take a number of years. The Swoose is being restored at the same time as Memphis Belle, though...
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    wartime appearance. The aircraft was removed from display in March 2018 in preparation for the May 2018 debut of the Memphis Belle exhibit in the World War...
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    became the most famous B-17 of the war, the Memphis Belle (aircraft). (Once in the British isles, the aircraft were modified for combat missions by Eighth...
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    360-degree Virtual Tour, allowing most aircraft and exhibits to be viewed online. In 2018, the Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle was placed on permanent public display...
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    States. She was featured as the fictional B-17F aircraft Mother and Country in the 1990 film Memphis Belle, she was painted on one side to resemble the older...
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  • aircraft, the museum announced it was ending its lease of the Movie Memphis Belle B-17 in January 2020. The museum houses a small group named "The 1941...
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    Great Balls of Fire!, Hustle & Flow, Kill Switch, Making the Grade, Memphis Belle, Mississippi Grind, Mystery Train, N-Secure, The Rainmaker, The Silence...
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    flagship aircraft, such as the Concorde in 1988 or the Boeing 777 in 2019. The B-17 Flying Fortress The Pink Lady used in the motion picture Memphis Belle is...
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    modified to represent B-17Fs, such as for filming of the 1990 movie Memphis Belle. B-17G 44-8543 has been modified, including having its chin turret removed...
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    Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (category Aircraft specs templates using more general parameter)
    the Eighth Air Force and the fame achieved by the Memphis Belle, made the B-17 a key bomber aircraft of the war. Other factors such as combat effectiveness...
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    of Tommy Simmons. Memphis Belle Exhibit – The exhibit tells the story of the Memphis Belle, its crew, postwar history of the Belle, and a look at the...
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    Dauntless Dotty (category Individual aircraft of World War II)
    (Hell's Angels, of the 303d Bomb Group, actually beat the Belle by one week.) Memphis Belle was the first combat-veteran bomber to return to the United...
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    Yankee Lady (category Individual aircraft of World War II)
    Overcast, were on hand with re-enactors for the debut of the famous Memphis Belle bomber at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The plane played...
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    children as part of the EAA Young Eagles initiative, visits from the Memphis Belle and air shows by World War II warbirds. Raleigh Exec conducts tours...
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    with one mark added for each recovery in which it participated. B–17 "Memphis Belle" with victory markings signifying 25 bombing missions and 8 fighter...
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  • occupants onboard both aircraft survive without injury. July 28 – FedEx Flight 630, a McDonnell Douglas MD-10, crashes on landing at Memphis International Airport...
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    Air Force, 25 June 2009. Retrieved: 16 July 2017. "Hell's Angels vs Memphis Belle." 303rdbg.com. Retrieved: 21 September 2011. "The Race to 25 Missions:...
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    USAAF airbase for filming for the 1990 movie Memphis Belle. Some of the aircrew of the original "Memphis Belle", a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, visited Binbrook...
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    B-17 Flying Fortress was the subject of the 1990 Warner Bros. film Memphis Belle. During filming, one of the five vintage B-17s was destroyed in an accidental...
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