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"Memphis Belle"
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Serial #: 44-83546 Construction #: 32187-DL Civil Registration: N3703G Model(s): B-17G CB-17G VB-17G Name: Memphis Belle Status: Airworthy Last info: 2006 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-83546, 19??. - Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, Oct. 1954-1959. National Metals Company, Phoenix, Az, July 31, 1959. - Registered as N3703G. Edgar A. Neely/Fast-Way Air Service, Long Beach, CA, Sept. 11, 1959-1967. - Converted to fire tanker, July 1960. - Flown as #E75 (Later #E78). TBM Inc, Tulare, CA, Apr. 25, 1967-1982. - Flown as tanker #E78, (later #E68, later #68). David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, Sept. 1982-2006. - Flew in camoflage as 23060/LN-T. - Loaned to USAFM, March AFB, CA, 1983-1991. - Restored Chino, CA 1988-1989. - Flew in movie "Memphis Belle" as 124485/Memphis Belle. -- Arriving Duxford, UK, June 20, 1989. - Flown as 124485/Memphis Belle. - Damaged in taxy accident (repaired), Fayetteville, NC, Nov. 3, 1995. - Loaned to American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, NY, 2000. -- Flown as Memphis Belle. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2006. |
Photo Source(s): Bill Scheuerman Linda Carry Timothy Cox Photography. |
