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B-17F " Memphis Belle " has been restored

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    And is now on display at the USAF Museum in Dayton , Ohio. The Belle sat in a park in Memphis for years, the City let it degrade. People stripped it of everything they could pry loose. A couple years ago the USAF Museum got it from City of Memphis and began restoring the ship.

    The Memphis Belle is generally regarded as the first B-17 to complete 25 missions, but really, it was Hell's Belle who did it first. The Memphis Belle and crew returned to the States to do a publicity tour for war bonds. AAF was not comfortable with Hells Belle , due to the name.

    At the time of the war when Memphis Belle made those 25 missions, the US 8th AF was taking a beating over Germany. The AAF was just not ready to fight its way into a target over Germany. Most of the missions were bombing Submarine Pens along the French coast. They got chewed up badly when they flew over Germany.

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