Importance of B17F Memphis Belle

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Check out this video on the importance of the B-17F Memphis Belle. Visit the link for info on the upcoming Memphis Belle exhibit opening events May 17-19. bit.ly/2Fj3pDB #WWII #MemphisBelle
This video includes an interview with NMUSAF Curator Jeff Duford and was produced by NMUSAF Public Affairs Division-Ken LaRock

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30 июн 2024

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@Haightcommies 2 месяца назад

Back in about 1986 I became friends with Bill Winchell, the Left Waist Gunner, in Barrington, Illinois. At the time, I was a professional pilot and flight instructor. I taught Bill how to fly in my Cessna 172, when he was 70 years old, and I was 29, at Lake-In-The-Hills Airport in Crystal Lake, Illinois. He signed a copy of Menno Duerksen's book, The Memphis Belle for me with some very fine comments. What a guy!

@DerekDtj 6 лет назад

The opening of the Memphis Belle exhibit was an incredible, three days long remembrance of our USAAF heritage, and for many of us a wonderful inter-service reunion with fellow military folks that I will remember and treasure for the remaining years of my life. Jeff Duford was a driving force behind the thirteen year efforts to bring this day to fruition. He deserves a large part of the credit for making the Belle story available to everyone. Thanks for everything, Jeff. Your research and devotion to the Belle will be appreciated by all of us for years to come!

@peterbrown6224 4 года назад

We sometimes have our little spats, but the bravery and tenacity of the US fighting men can never be called into question. I thank them all.

@richardkroll2269 5 лет назад

I saw the Belle when I lived in Memphis and was glad it was moved from the "open bell type shelter" to a place more fitting where it was fully restored. Guess I need to go see how she looks all restored. I was stationed in Schweifurt 70-72 nand lived in a house owned by a worker at one of the bearing works. Our base was a former Luftwaffe fighter station and was told about them rounding up the parchuting crews of the B-17 aircraft shot down.

@stevenroland7472 5 лет назад

I saw the Belle at the NMUSAF last weekend. This is one of the best Museum displays I have seen. The attention to detail on the Restoration is obvious. If you understand what the Belle stands for as described in this video, you will get a lump in your throat when you see her.

@al488j 6 лет назад

So grateful to the US airmen who fought and died in the skies over Europe during world war two. This aircraft is a fitting tribute to their memory, we will not forget them, thank you.

@paulgerald5808 4 года назад

I became aware of the Belle when I was 6 years old . The movie Twelve O'Clock High 2hen I was 4 years . Fell in love with B-17 . I live in Canada ,met Aluminium Overcast and Texas Raiders at an airshow , Hamilton Ontario, Canàda

@qwintincearley9791 5 лет назад

It is cool to now that it is still here

@thegreatgizmo3590 5 лет назад

I love this story, i loved to be a gunner on this airship

@vonmazur1 5 лет назад

I knew Jim Verrinis in CT, he was the co-pilot of the Belle. He volunteered to fly another 25 missions as a Pilot in Command, took some cojones to do that, knowing the odds..

@stevefreeland9255 6 лет назад

The clips from the movie Memphis Belle are glorious! Can you comment on who cleaned them up and how that was done? They look much higher definition than i’ve ever seen before.

@USAFmuseum 6 лет назад

Hi Steve, our curator Jeff Duford went to the National Archives and made dubs from the actual film. Our foundation plans to show the 1944 Belle film here and that will be in 4K. Check our website for info if you are able to visit here. Best-Ken LaRock

@stevefreeland9255 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for the information! Good on mr duford to do that! I will watch for details of the film!

@toddscallan8781 5 лет назад

It was the Army Air Corp not Force.

@Tstanley81 5 лет назад

Such a shame she will never fly again

@wbw1399 6 лет назад

Those were brave men. Takes a special kind of person to volunteer for a suicide mission.

@larryburwell8550 6 лет назад

I think its so great this great plane was restored by so many devoted people. however, with all the influx of money to restore her and work by so many, she should fly again at least for one flight. if she cant fly then this restoration was a sham. rebuilding motors that will never run, rebuilding flight surfaces that will never fly we a waste of money. a simple repaint would have been good enough for a museum prop. like it or not this is the facts

@USAFmuseum 6 лет назад

Larry, those are not the facts and the restoration was not a sham as you say. There was a lot of corrosion that needed to be repaired/replaced. You can't paint over corrosion so just a paint job would not have worked. Being the museum's photographer I can assure you our team did a fantastic job and the detail put into this is beyond amazing! If the aircraft were to fly but then crashed, you lose out on telling the story. We do not restore aircraft to flying status here. Our conservation and restoration work is directed at preserving the historical integrity and accuracy of an aircraft rather than achieving modern airworthiness. Ken LaRock-NMUSAF Photographer/Videographer/Social Media Manager

@stevenroland7472 5 лет назад

I have seen the Belle. The Restoration is magnificent and will preserve the Belle for future generations.