B-17 "Memphis Belle" taxiing and in flight

I was fortunate enough to be visiting an airfield in England one summer when the B-17 used in the film Memphis Belle was performing flight drills there. It taxied right past me, turned around, then took off. It was very cool.

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[madcitymcflyer]

When the 1990 movie 'Memphis Belle' was filmed in England, a total of five B-17's were utilized. For most of the flying scenes and exterior shots, David Tallichet's B-17G out of California was used as the Belle. A few select flying scenes utilized another of the B-17Gs, England's 'Sally B' as the Belle. Both aircraft were reworked for the film to appear to be B-17F models, correct for the the actual Memphis Belle. 'Sally B' is identified by the 'hook' antenna just forward

the radio room hatch.

[worldview2007]

@madcitymcflyer

Long story short. The plane was in the movie as the Memphis Belle.

One side of the plane is currently painted up as the Memphis Belle. The other side is painted up as the Sally B.

A significant portion of the interior shot were also made using a mock up in a sound stage.

Some CGI was also used.

[MegaCobra14]

its the Sally B i have a picture of the plane at my wallpaper for my computer

[worldview2007]

@MegaCobra14

Er, I think that you're conffusing fact and fiction.

The Sally B was used to represent the Memphis Belle during filming in UK for the movie Memphis Belle. It was repainted and modified slightly for the film. The actual original Memphis Belle is at Wright-Patterson.

[worldview2007]

@racecardriver467

According to the museum, and the owners, and multiple TV documentaries, it's the plane used to represent the Memphis Belle, in the movie Memphis Belle.

It's not a conspiracy, or some kind of elaborate con, this is the actual plane used in the movie. It's appearance was altered to make it look like the originals, and it ha been partially restored (The chin turret was put back).

[racecardriver467]

@worldview2007 this is a B-17 -G. lower nose turret. the Belle is a B-17-F.  the one used in the movie is still painted the same way it was back then. its plane number 44-83546 witch is a G model but was modified to look like an F model. look it up.

[beke28]

Before you fire off at the mouth make sure you know what you are talking about and do a little bit of research first. That B-17 has Sally B on the left side and Memphis Belle on the right side. They did that for the movie with all the B-17's so that they could make it look like they had twice as many aircraft than what they really had. Sally B is permanently based at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford.

[worldview2007]

This is the REAL LIFE plane that played the Memphis Belle in the film. It IS the Memphis Belle, but it's not painted up using the same colors as it was in the movie.

In real life, this is the Sally B.

[RCpilotShadow74808]

the memphis belle has a picture of a woman in a red dress standing up, the pink lady had a picture of a woman lying down, that plane would be the pink lady

[worldview2007]

Not according to the nose art, it isn't.