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Memphis Belle B-17 This Weekend


Tomcat0403

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The Memphis Belle is coming to Bolton Field this weekend for rides and display.  This is the one that was used in the movie as the original is in Dayton being restored.  A few of us went a couple of years ago to see a different B-17 and if was a blast.  Not saying this will happen again but we took the bikes on the tarmac for pics. (see my album)

 

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www.libertyfoundation.org/schedule.html

 

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Yes. That was the Liberty Belle, and later that year it had an on-board fire and made an emergency landing in an Indiana farm field. It's gone. The fire trucks could not get out to it in the soft dirt.

 

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2011-06/62341960.jpg

 

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http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-110613-libertybelle1-3p.photoblog900.jpg

 

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http://weblogs.dailypress.com/news/local/military/blog/B17.jpg

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