Historic color footage of the Memphis Belle B-17 bomber with her famous flight crew and other B-17s during WWII. Memphis ...

Robert J. Hanson, the last surviving crew member of the famed Memphis Belle B-17 bomber that flew combat missions over Europe during World War II, died Saturday of congestive heart failure. He was 85 ...

The famed Memphis Belle is now on display at the Air Force Museum 75 years after its final mission in World War II. Family members of the 10 crewman traveled from all across the country to be at ...

Meet the crew who flew her into combat and the team that restored her to her former glory. The iconic Memphis Belle underwent a 13 year restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air ...

Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress first chronicled the journey of the historic aircraft in 1944. The 45-minute-long documentary is the work of legendary Hollywood director William Wyler. Per ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A ceremony was held Wednesday by the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force for the crew of the famous B-17, Memphis Belle. Family, friends and loved ones gathered to ...

Every job inside a bomber was dangerous and sometimes your job depended on your height. Every job inside a bomber was dangerous and sometimes your job depended on your height. The crew of the Memphis ...

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 — Robert K. Morgan Jr.’s voice wavered with emotion when he talked about seeing the Memphis Belle all put together for the first time in 50 years. His father, Robert Sr., had flown the ...

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 ...

The Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress," is displayed for private viewing at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio. (John Minchillo/AP) The introduction of the Boeing B ...