Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle may refer to:

  • Memphis Belle (B-17), a USAAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress whose aircrew was the first in the U.S. Eighth Air Force to complete 25 missions in Europe and return to the United States.
  • It also refers to two films based on the aircraft and its story:
    • The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, a 1944 documentary film about the real aircraft and crew on its final mission
    • Memphis Belle (film), a 1990 fictional film inspired by the 1944 documentary

Famous quotes containing the word belle:

    “Remembering the Strait of Belle Isle or
    some northerly harbor of Labrador,
    before he became a schoolteacher
    a great-uncle painted a big picture.”
    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)