Parts needed by the NMUSAF for Memphis Belle restoration

[Pat Carry]

Anyone have info where these items can be found for the ongoing restoration of the Memphis Belle? http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/exhibi ... ntlist.asp

[Obergrafeter]

I think the CAF has some...............................

[N3Njeff]

I think the CAF has some...............................

[mustangdriver]

Are you sure the CAF really owns them. I mean really really sure?

[Taylor Stevenson]

I think the CAF has some...............................

[gary1954]

I seem to recall that when the Belle was "restored" before she went to Mudd Island, that a Buuuunch of her Interior parts were "misplaced"

[mustangdriver]

And vandals got at her even while at Mud Island.

[Randy Haskin]

I saw the Belle out in California at an airshow once...don't they have all the original parts?

[Pat Carry]

I saw the Belle out in California at an airshow once...don't they have all the original parts?

Randy, You must be thinking of the movie version of the Memphis Belle still owned by the family of David Tallichet.

[JimH]

come to think of it Randy I saw the Belle in Ohio in 1990...glad they put it on tour.

jim

[Randy Haskin]

I saw the Belle out in California at an airshow once...don't they have all the original parts?

Randy, You must be thinking of the movie version of the Memphis Belle still owned by the family of David Tallichet.

Yeah, I know.

I was joking...WIX has in the past had some colorful discussions relating to how the Tallichet Fortress has been painted and 'marketed' over the years. One of the gripes is that at times the Tallichet aircraft has been described as "THE Memphis Belle" to unknowing airshow guests over the years.

[RickH]

Well it is, THE Memphis Belle, the one in Dayton is simply Memphis Belle !

[Pat Carry]

I saw the Belle out in California at an airshow once...don't they have all the original parts?

Randy, You must be thinking of the movie version of the Memphis Belle still owned by the family of David Tallichet.

Yeah, I know.

I was joking...WIX has in the past had some colorful discussions relating to how the Tallichet Fortress has been painted and 'marketed' over the years. One of the gripes is that at times the Tallichet aircraft has been described as "THE Memphis Belle" to unknowing airshow guests over the years.

I got it now!

[mustangdriver]

[Randy Haskin]

Well it is, THE Memphis Belle, the one in Dayton is simply Memphis Belle !

Doesn't it say "The Movie" in really small letters on it these days?