File:Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress ‘124485 DF-A’ ‘Memphis Belle Sally B’ (G-BEDF) (25374626199).jpg

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c/n 8693(-VE). Actual US military serial 44-85784. Operated by B-17 Preservation Ltd and based at Duxford. ‘Sally’ is the only airworthy B-17 outside of the USA. She is painted as ‘Memphis Belle’ following her use in the 1989 movie of that name. The real ‘Belle’ was based at Bassingbourn, which is only a few miles away from Duxford. Parked in her usual spot on the ‘jet pan’, at the Eastern end of Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK.

7th May 2016
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Source Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress ‘124485 / DF-A’ ‘Memphis Belle / Sally B’ (G-BEDF)
Author Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
Camera location52° 05′ 40.45″ N, 0° 07′ 59.86″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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