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B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/41-24485

           

Serial #: 41-24485
Construction #: 3170
Civil Registration:
  None

Model(s):
  B-17F Flying Fortress
  TB-17F Flying Fortress
Name: Memphis Belle
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2025

History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 41-24485.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
- Allocated to 324th BS
- Flown with name Memphis Belle
City Of Memphis, TN, March 1946-1960
- Purchased for $340.
- Outside Display, Memphis.
Memphis Airport, 1965-1984.
- Outside Display.
Memphis ANGB, 1984-1987.
- Complete static restoration
Memphis Belle Memorial Association/Mud Island Museum, Memphis, TN, May 1987-2003.
- Displayed as 124485/DF-A/Memphis Belle.
- Removed from display for restoration, 2003.
- Reclaimed by USAFM.
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, OH, 2005-2025
- Arrived by road for completion of restoration, October 7, 2005.
- Restoration for static display completed, May 2018.
- Displayed as 124485/DF-A/Memphis Belle.

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