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The crew back from their 25th operational mission. All were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.. The Memphis Belle, a Boeing-built B-17F-10-BO, manufacturer's serial number 3170, USAAC Serial No. 41-24485, was added to the USAAF inventory on 15 July 1942, [7] and delivered in September 1942 to the 91st Bombardment Group at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. [8]
Leased to General Electric in 1950. Sold in 1954 to Institut géographique national, and used until 1975 as survey plane. Purchased in 1975 by Ted White, restored to WW2 configuration and named "Sally B" after his partner, Elly Sallingboe. Used in 1989 filming of Memphis Belle. Still wears livery of 41-24485 "Memphis Belle" on one side. 44-85790
Elly Sallingboe awarded the Transport Trust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. Sally B is the name of an airworthy 1945-built Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress.At 79 years old, she is the only airworthy B-17 based in Europe, as well as one of three B-17s preserved in the United Kingdom.
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Feb. 6. For the latest updates, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the plane crash investigation on Friday, Feb. 7 ...
(Reuters) -A private passenger jet with five people aboard crash-landed on a busy Florida highway and collided with two vehicles on the ground in a fiery accident on Friday that killed two people ...
Nine crew members of a Flying Fortress based at Sioux City, were killed when the plane crashed and burned on a farm near here late today. Persons within a radius of several miles said they saw the plane explode and crash." [179] B-17F-40-VE, 42-6013, of the 393d CCTS, piloted by Frank R. Hilford, appears to be the airframe involved. [180] 2 January
Watch a scene of the Philadelphiaplane crash site on Sunday (2 February) as victims of Learjet55 tragedy are named. The mid-size air ambulance plane carrying a sick child and five others crashed ...
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, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. In May 1943 it became the third U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe, but the first to return to the United States.