The USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio is currently in the final stages of restoring the iconic B-17F “Memphis Belle,” which became the U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions and return to the U.S.
The machine is scheduled to debut in the museum’s WW2 gallery on May 17th, and in preparation for the event, restoration crews have been working to make room. Recent work included the delicate task of removing the collection’s Fieseler Fi-156C-1 Storch and Culver PQ-14B from the gallery’s ceiling, a process that was captured in the newly released video seen below.
The B-17 currently on display at the USAF Museum, “Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby”, will be moved out of the facility and eventually transferred to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. When complete, the Memphis Belle exhibit will reportedly include interactive displays, rare archival film footage and many personal artifacts which have never before been on display at the museum.
Making Room for the Memphis Belle
Here is a quick look at restoration crews making room for the Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle which will be on public display May 17th in the WWII Gallery. Check back here and our website for info on the Belle and the exhibit opening events May 17-19. Info here–> http://bit.ly/2tuTdBp
Posted by National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Friday, February 23, 2018
(via USAF Museum)
