<P> Memphis Belle is a Boeing B - 17F Flying Fortress used during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures : a 1944 documentary film , Memphis Belle : A Story of a Flying Fortress , and a 1990 Hollywood feature film , Memphis Belle . The aircraft was one of the first United States Army Air Forces B - 17 heavy bombers to complete 25 combat missions . The aircraft and crew then returned to the United States to sell war bonds . In 2005 , restoration began on the aircraft at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright - Patterson AFB in Dayton , Ohio where , from May 2018 , it is on display . </P>
<P> Memphis Belle is a Boeing B - 17F Flying Fortress used during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures : a 1944 documentary film , Memphis Belle : A Story of a Flying Fortress , and a 1990 Hollywood feature film , Memphis Belle . The aircraft was one of the first United States Army Air Forces B - 17 heavy bombers to complete 25 combat missions . The aircraft and crew then returned to the United States to sell war bonds . In 2005 , restoration began on the aircraft at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright - Patterson AFB in Dayton , Ohio where , from May 2018 , it is on display . </P>
was the memphis belle the first to complete 25 missions
was the memphis belle the first to complete 25 missions
one of the first
one of the first