Once their lumbering bomber had touched down in England, safe after a raid targeting a German submarine base in Lorient, France, crew members climbed out of the Memphis Belle and flashed broad smiles ...

DAYTON, Ohio — Stripped of paint and shorn of a nose section and internal components, the Memphis Belle these days looks less like the battered World War II bomber that spent nearly six decades ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - On Thursday one of the most celebrated aircraft of World War II will embark on a new mission when the B-17F Memphis Belle is unveiled after 13 years of restoration at the National ...

This excerpt is from a short film published by the Department of Defense in 1946. The film tells the story of the B-17 Flying Fortress "Memphis Belle," her crew and their 25 successful WWII missions ...