B-17 Flying Fortress in action (Memphis Belle) update

Storyline

The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen, a heavily-defended town that invariably causes many Allied casualties.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• B-17
• Flying
• Fortress
• in
• action
• Memphis
• Belle
• WWII
• bomber
• Красавица
• Мемфиса
• Летающая
• крепость

[BasicModelling]

Great film.. a classic! And the original aircraft still exists, I think.. :)

[fmcVlad]

@BasicModelling Yes, many have survived.

[petrwarry72]

nice one 

[fmcVlad]

@petrwarry72 this is a very good movie, and it is not boring, like "Titanic" or "Avatar "...;)

[granskare]

I have a vhs of this...amazing what those guys had to endure...I have an uncle who was in WW2, an MP but I don't know where in the ETO...

[fmcVlad]

@granskare My grandfather during the Second World War was an officer in the cavalry of the rank of captain. They carried out protection on the approaches to the airbase at Poltava. He told me how cruel airstrike was subjected to this base.

[TheGalwayFarmer]

at the start, it was a giant model fired along a rail

[justasoldier1]

and I'm German you piece of crap, Schlagle, Kurten and Kaiser are my family, you nazis need to die you do not represent the German people.

[justasoldier1]

Yo Aryan Knight go get fucked you stinking nazi

[AryanKnight]

FYI: -Beautiful piece of Indus.-design (-stylish up-sweeping tail later inspired swoopie taillight-fins on 1948-'49 Cads.); -and although used in a needless nightmarish WW2 conflict of USA Jews declaring war upon Germany; -we're slowly realizing we were duped into fighting against the knowing pleas of Gen.-Chas.Lindbergh and anti-Communist St.Hitler, whom warned of the real enemy being jewZionist King Rothschilds warmongering Bank'ster-mafia whom are still today Fraud'closing on millions.!!!

[madcitymcflyer]

The original film was produced by the U.S. War Department, released in 1944 and directed by

famed Hollywood director William Wyler and is available elsewhere & worth watching. Was filmed over the course of six different missions flown by the 91st Bomb Grp. There were actually 7 DIFFERENT B-17s in the 8th Air Force vying to be the first one in early 1943 to fly the requisite 25 missions and return home. Another B-17, Hell's Angel' was actually first, but stayed on in England. 'Belle' went home. 

[madcitymcflyer]

An enjoyable film I've seen at least a half-dozen times. The production crew worked hard to get the atmosphere correct and nice tension built up on reality of combat missions. But lot of inaccuracies (late war leather helmets for crew for a May,1943 mission, P-51D escort fighters that didn't come on line until mid-1944, 'Belle's' last mission, to Kiel, Germany, was a 'milk run',with no damage/injuries and a substitute pilot flew her, etc). But enjoyable to watch again and again.

[Gairm]

One thing this film got really right was just how young the aircrews were. The officers were often in their twenties, and the crew were in their teens.

[Modeller2002]

Brilliant video - watched it whole way through!

[64zippy]

the Memphis Belle still exists and is undergoing a full restoration at the national museum of the us airforce

[BasicModelling]

@fmcVlad I meant the original 'Memphis Belle'.. as well as of'course, many other B-17's.. I will buy the new tooling 1/72 Revell B-17, when I see one.. I have heard it is a very nice kit!! :)