The B-17 bomber “Memphis Belle” was one of the first bombers to fly 25 missions. The War Department made a stirring documentary about the bomber’s final mission over a German port city.

YOUR DONATIONS CAN ALSO HELP KEEP THE MEMPHIS BELL IN THE AIR The 'Memphis Belle,' a restored WWII B-17 "flying fortress" bomber, will take to the skies over Pittsburgh this week.

Raise the altitude to 28,000 feet, and add a night sky full of Nazi planes with guns blazing, and that barely scrapes the surface of what American bomber ... week, B-17 The Movie Memphis Belle ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - On Thursday one of the most celebrated aircraft of World War II will embark on a new mission when the B-17F ... the famous bomber -- a 1944 documentary, "Memphis Belle: A ...

“We need to get it right.” Based in Bassingbourn air base in England during the war, Memphis Belle was the first B-17 bomber of the Eighth Air Force to return to the United States after flying ...

The Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress," is displayed for private viewing at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio. (John Minchillo/AP) The introduction of the ...

A fully restored Boeing B-17 bomber that appeared in the 1990 movie “Memphis Belle” will be in Columbus next week as part of the Liberty Foundation’s 2014 Salute to Veterans. The World War ...

SELLERSBURG, IN (WAVE) - A very special piece of history lands in Louisville this weekend. The Memphis Belle is a B-17 bomber that flew in World War II and it will be flying through the skies of the ...

Packed with high-explosives and bristling with heavy machine guns, the B-17 bomber earned a rightful ... perhaps the most famous of which is the Movie Memphis Belle. Originally known as Memphis ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The "Memphis Belle," a restored WWII B-17 "flying fortress" bomber, took flight over Huntsville Monday with a small group of people aboard for the ride. Imagine soaring ...

“This B-17 is restored in the colors and markings of the famous Memphis Belle, the first American bomber to complete 25 missions in the European Theater of War,” said Mike Woodham, airport manage ...

History rattles and whines, and smells like smoking airplane fuel. A B-17 named for the famous “Memphis Belle” flew around the Wichita area on Monday. People noticed. The plane may have a ...