<Tr> <Th> Fate </Th> <Td> On display </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preserved at </Th> <Td> National Museum of the United States Air Force </Td> </Tr> <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> The crew for the Memphis Belle are as follows: </P>

Was the memphis belle the first to complete 25 missions