Memphis Belle

This B-17G (44-83546) was accepted by the USAAF on April 3, 1945. Later it was then moved to Patterson Field, Ohio for storage and then converted to a CB-17G (transport conversion) and assigned to Air Transport Command at San Francisco. In 1948 it was redesignated a VB-17G (staff transport) and assigned to Andrews AFB, followed by Offutt AFB and then to Japan during the Korean War.

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Boeing B-17G
Memphis Belle

This B-17G (s/n 44-83546) is owned by the Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation (MARC) in Anaheim, California. It was restored in 1982 to resemble the B-17F Memphis Belle.

 

 

 
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