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It's May 1943 at a US Air Force base in England. The four officers and six enlisted men of the Memphis Belle - a B-17 bomber so nicknamed for the girlfriend of its stern and stoic captain, Dennis Dearborn - will soon start their twenty-fifth mission, having completed their previous twenty-four successfully with nary an incident, while fewer and fewer other planes are coming back from their missions at all. If they complete their next mission successfully, they will be the first US Air Force squad to complete their tour of duty.<br> | It's May 1943 at a US Air Force base in England. The four officers and six enlisted men of the Memphis Belle - a B-17 bomber so nicknamed for the girlfriend of its stern and stoic captain, Dennis Dearborn - will soon start their twenty-fifth mission, having completed their previous twenty-four successfully with nary an incident, while fewer and fewer other planes are coming back from their missions at all. If they complete their next mission successfully, they will be the first US Air Force squad to complete their tour of duty.<br> | ||
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Revision as of 07:27, 12 June 2022
Movie (1990)
Starring:
Matthew Modine (Capt. Dennis Dearborn)
Eric Stoltz (Sgt. Danny "Danny Boy" Daly)
Tate Donovan (1st Lt. Luke Sinclair)
D.B. Sweeney (Lt. Phil Lowenthal)
Billy Zane (Lt. Val "Valentine" Kozlowski)
Sean Astin (Sgt. Richard "Rascal" Moore)
It's May 1943 at a US Air Force base in England. The four officers and six enlisted men of the Memphis Belle - a B-17 bomber so nicknamed for the girlfriend of its stern and stoic captain, Dennis Dearborn - will soon start their twenty-fifth mission, having completed their previous twenty-four successfully with nary an incident, while fewer and fewer other planes are coming back from their missions at all. If they complete their next mission successfully, they will be the first US Air Force squad to complete their tour of duty.
NOTE : Most of the American aircraft worn two identities to provide more visual evidence of numerous planes despite the limited airworthy airframe available 45 years after the facts.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Boeing B-17F-70-BO Flying Fortress
Reg. N17W Boeing B-17F-70-BO c/n 4896 s/n 42-29782 (first civil registration as N6015V).
N17W flew in the guise of C-Cup DF*X / 124299 during filming but also took on the guise of DP*X / 124289. During the take off section of the movie, N17W is shown wearing nose art as Clooney Baby and Buck Aroo.
After restoration and a second 'first flight' was touring airshows between 1998 aand 2003 as Boeing Bee. Now on static display at the Museum Of Flight, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
All have been put close to B-17F standard.
The shooting could not have been done without the help of the Imperial War Museum whith its B-17G Mary Alice donating an engine to replace a failed engine.
Registration N3703G, serial no.32187 as 124485/DF*A of the USAAF.
Registration G-BEDF, serial no.8693 as 485784/DF*A of the USAAF.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Reg. F-AZDX B-17G-85-VE s/n 44-8846 "The Pink Lady" ex F-BGSP of IGN.
Reg. F-BEEA Boeing B-17G-100-VE c/n 8552 s/n 44-85643 ex (France) IGN Chateau de Verneuil acting as Baby Ruth of the USAAF with multiple identities : s/n 228651 / DF*U or 124292 / DF*E. Was destroyed during take off accident in filming on 25 July 1989. No fatalities but the firing left only the tail (wearing the serial 228651).
North American P-51D Mustang
Seven Mustang were on duty for this movie. At the time of Memphis Belle, escorts were done by P-47 Thunderbolt.
Paint scheme and code AJ as used by the 356th Fighter Squadron (but not before June 1943).
Reg. N51JJ s/n 44-73149 (44-63221 for filming), AJ-S, "Moose" on the left side of the nose, "Candyman" on the right side of the nose.
Others Mustang are :
- reg. G-BIXL s/n 44-72216, AJ-L, "Miss L";
- reg. G-SUSY s/n 44-72773, AJ-C, "Susy" (name not worn for filming);
- reg. N167F s/n 44-73877, AJ-N, "Cisco";
- reg. N314BG s/n 44-14154, HO, "Petie 2nd";
- reg. NL1051S s/n 45-11371, VF-S, "Sunny VIII";
- reg. G-HAEC CAC CA-18 Mk.22 A68-195 (44-72917 for filming), AJ-A, "Ding Hao!".
CAC stands for Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation which licensed built 120 Mustang in Australia (after assembling 80 airframes from subparts as CA-17 Mk 20).
Hispano HA-1112-M1L
Three of these Messerschmitt licenced built by spannish Hispano Aviaçion have been used for the movie.
One of them flew for the movies Battle of Britain, The Tuskegee Airmen and the british TV serie “Piece of Cake” (TV series).IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
They are :
- G-BOML (c/n 170) actually wearing Gruppe (chevron) markings and 60+ tally scoreboard on the rudder. The famous Mark Hanna died at its controls ten years later on 25 September 1999 at Sabadell Airport, 20 km to Barcelona, Spain;
- G-HUNN black 14, c/n 235 built in 1958;
- D-FEHD black 15 (c/n 213) with a four blade propeller. Later converted to Bf 109G-10 with a DB605 engine:
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