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Photography
Mixed Media: None | Photo of the B-17G known as ?The Movie Memphis Belle? preparing to land on the grass runway at the 2019 Wing of Eagles airshow at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York. No edits,just cropped.
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Posted: July 21, 2019
Landing B-17
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Takeoffs and Landings - Photo (a) Contest Entry
This is a photo of the converted B-17G known as ?The Movie Memphis Belle? preparing to land on the grass runway during the 2019 Wings of Eagles Airshow held at the National Warplane Museum located in Geneseo,New York. She is presently on lease to the Museum. This is one of the B-17s that was used during the filming of the 1990 movie ?Memphis Belle?. (The real Memphis Belle, (a B-17F model)after 13 years of restoration,is on permanent display at the National Museum of the US Air Force located at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton ,Ohio. She was the first US Army Air Force Heavy bomber to return to the US after completing 25 Combat missions over Europe during WWII). In order to keep the paint scheme of the real Belle, this B-17 will always be known as ?The Movie Memphis Belle?. No edits,just cropped.image enlarged.
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Mixed Media: None | Photo of the B-17G known as ?The Movie Memphis Belle? preparing to land on the grass runway at the 2019 Wing of Eagles airshow at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York. No edits,just cropped.
Coming Home
by Shadow catcher
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