This undated image released by the U.S. Air Force shows the nose of the Boeing B-17F-10-BO "Memphis Belle". The most celebrated American aircraft to emerge from the great war rests these days in a ...

Not since it was dropping bombs on Nazi-occupied Europe has the Memphis Belle looked so authentically war-ready. After a nearly 13-year restoration project so detailed that the exact typefaces of ...

Thirteen years, thousands of hours and exhaustive research have paid off as one of the most recognizable symbols of World War II – the Memphis Belle – has been named by the U.S. Air Force History and ...

DAYTON, OH (WDTN) – A World War II icon is almost back to its former glory. Thursday, restoration specialists at the National Air Force Museum showcased some of the finishing touches on the famed ...

Restoration on the B-17F Memphis Belle – the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to return to the United States after completing 25 missions over Europe – continues to move forward at the National ...

The restoration of the B-17 *Memphis Belle* at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has reached significant milestones, including mating its wings and extending the landing gear. This famous WWII ...

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Staring at the B-17, large parts of it nowhere to be seen, big holes in its belly, and little of its original paint, you would never know that this is one of ...

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 ...

It's one of the most well-known World War II aircraft -- an icon really -- and beginning this week, visitors can see her up close and personal. The B-17F Memphis Belle exhibit opens Thursday, May 17, ...

Dayton, Ohio — The fabled World War II bomber Memphis Belle will finally go on public display next spring at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force alongside John F. Kennedy’s presidential plane, ...

The buffed silver fuselage of the Memphis Belle now belies the famed B-17 bomber's six punishing months of World War II air combat and the subsequent decades of neglect that left the plane battered by ...