<Tr> <Th> Owners and operators </Th> <Td> United States Army Air Forces </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Fate </Th> <Td> Undergoing restoration </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preserved at </Th> <Td> National Museum of the United States Air Force </Td> </Tr> <P> Memphis Belle is the nickname of a Boeing B - 17F Flying Fortress that was 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 with her crew intact . The aircraft and crew then returned to the United States to sell war bonds . As of 2017, the aircraft was being restored at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright - Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio with plans to put it on display May 17, 2018 . </P>

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