I met the pilot after the movie came out in the early 90s at the Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio where he was speaking. He signed a model I still have to this day. The one thing that he said that none of that happened in their last mission He laughed and said the Germans wouldn’t have to shoot him down, because he would have died of a heart attack if all that happened on ONE mission.

@SusanSloate

11 күн бұрын

One of my favorite books of all time is THE MAN WHO FLEW THE MEMPHIS BELLE. It's true that the crew returned with no damage, but that's not what a Hollywood movie does, does it? But here's a fun fact: AFTER the pilot returned from the war in Europe, he enlisted AGAIN and flew ANOTHER 25 missions... OVER THE PACIFIC!! I couldn't believe it when I read that, and I do highly recommend the book above. It's an unbelievably wonderful read, with a lot of incredibly interesting facts in it; the man led a fabulous life.

@notsureyou

9 күн бұрын

Have you read the book "A higher call"?

Memphis Belle, Toy Soldiers, Radio Flyer and A perfect World are 4 movies in the 90’s that are becoming more obscure with time that don’t deserve to be forgotten.

@zmarko

14 күн бұрын

I recently picked up Toy Soldiers on blu-ray. Great movie with an awesome cast that is not well known at all. Maybe Cassie will react to it someday.

@alexanderpavlovic8370

14 күн бұрын

I was born in 83 and I've seen toy soldiers and radio flyer. But I haven't heard of the other two movies.

@matthewgillies7509

14 күн бұрын

Don't forget "The Rocketeer".

@echoesofmalachor3700

14 күн бұрын

@@alexanderpavlovic8370 uncommon opinion but A Perfect World is my favorite Costner movie

@MrBoyYankee

14 күн бұрын

Will Wheaton dies.

I'm not really one for war movies, but Memphis Belle is was of the ones that doesn't get the love it deserve, especially as it's based on a real plane

@Fred-vy1hm

14 күн бұрын

Based on a real plane but the stories totally made up, their actual last mission was against the submarine pens in Lorient France and none of the events depicted in the film happened.

@cliffgraham9892

13 күн бұрын

@@Fred-vy1hm that depends on how yoiu define made up. AS the radio operator from the real Memphis Belle said and this is a quote: "No, it didn't all happen to the Memphis Belle, but everything in the movie happened to some B-17"

@Fred-vy1hm

13 күн бұрын

@@cliffgraham9892 I define made up as made up. If something didn't happen as depicted then it didn't happen. I mean sure they could make a movie about the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal being instrumental in the battle of midway, and while it might be action packed and entertaining it would have no basis in fact.

@kenle2

5 сағат бұрын

@@Fred-vy1hm That's a really silly comparison. The events shown happened to B-17's in the Eighth Air Force, while they were flying against German defenses on missions in the European Theater. The movie, like most good "historical fiction" is supposed to give the audience a "good feel" for what it was like to see heavy combat in the historical time and place that the movie is set. Because it's almost impossible to accurately depict exactly what happened to any specific group at a specific time and make it both exciting for the audience and not be opened to criticism by historians based on records or personal accounts, since people involved in dramatic events often "see things differently" based on their perspectives at the time, their (often flawed) memories and sometimes their biases, conscious or otherwise. In short, don't be a pedantic pill.

Fun Fact: Matthew Modine's uncle Wylder Modine was actually a B-17 pilot during WW2. Wylder even loaned his uniform to Matthew to wear in the film.

@Te_legram.me.YT_popcorn_in_bed

11 күн бұрын

Look up above..

In real life, the Memphis Bell returned on its final mission unscathed. No one was wounded and the plane had no damage.

@davidpalmer7175

13 күн бұрын

Hollywood Huh???

@craighanson-rc1md

13 күн бұрын

@@davidpalmer7175 Yeah & doing your job without drama isn't often seen as heroic.

@Johnny_Socko

13 күн бұрын

I think if that had been the movie, then it wouldn't have been as believable. lol

@ChienaAvtzon

13 күн бұрын

@@davidpalmer7175 - The Memphis Belle also was not even the first B-17 crew to complete their 25-mission tour. Hollywood just liked the name of their plane, for propaganda and marketing purposes.

@myviewmjs3632

11 күн бұрын

Like most war movies the story is a compilation of thing that happened to a large group of people and brought together for the story. The real story is they flew their last mission with no real problems. There was a film crew on board who produced an excellent documentary. Google: Memphis Bell: A Story of a Flying Fortress. Directed by William Wyler

A Bridge Too Far (1977) is really good true war movie with a huge all star cast. I'm not kidding, about the cast. This movie has EVERYONE. It's a true story, but not too gory and is something you and Carly could watch and enjoy.

@garybradford8332

13 күн бұрын

I agree it's a good film. The problem is that we older folks will recognize the cast but kids today? Not so much. Or they will recognize Robert Redford but only from the Captain America franchise. Hail Hydra.

Hiya Ms. Cassie --->>> The Gold Standard of WW2 Bomber movies is "TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH' which is still used as an example of leadership under pressure by many top companies .. .. Please give it a watch!!

Saw this in the theater.......and noticed a much older man cheering at the end like a crazed schoolboy. He was THERE. He was the right age. I was glad that he liked the film so much. Didn't want to spoil his evening with a bunch of questions, so I watched him walk off into the night with a smile on his face which mirrored my own.

@liteney

14 күн бұрын

Amen

"Did you check for an exit wound?" Our Cassie is becoming tactically efficient! I for one am so proud of her! Thumbs up Cassie!

@grandotaku2501

13 күн бұрын

expanding her taste in movies has done a wonderful job educating her. She really has come a long way.

@MI519

13 күн бұрын

It sure has! Learning about all sorts of things thru magic of the movies!

As a former Cav Scout, I can confirm drama/feuding was quite normal in my Platoon, but when in combat or training we put all that aside and work together.

One of my Grandfather’s friends was a tail gunner on a B-17 with the 390th Bomb Group. He was killed when their bomber was shot down over Leesdorf, Germany on December 12th, 1943. It was only their second mission. He was 21 years old.

The absolute best 8th Air Force movie is the 1952 film, "Twelve O'Clock High," starring Gregory Peck and Dean Jagger. A well-made film with equipment and personnel from the actual war. It was used for years by the Air Force as an examination of leadership under pressure.

@Mark_McC

14 күн бұрын

Bingo! This is the right answer. If someone came up to me and asked which is the best movie about the air war over Europe during WW2, it’s this one. Peck, of course, is phenomenal and so is Dean Jagger, but the entire cast of that movie is great. Hugh Marlowe deserves special recognition too. Cassie, it may be an ‘old’ movie by today’s standards but it’s a great one.

@ald1144

13 күн бұрын

Funny thing is that it barely has any flying in it, yet it tells the story better than anything since. It's all driven by the characters and the drama.

My late father-in-law was a waist gunner on a B-24 Liberator. He signed up right after Pearl Harbor and was in Europe when the war ended. She told me that he flew in Africa and then out of Italy. He got through it all without a scratch and according to Ann, his wife, he never suffered from PTSD except for some nightmares that subsided with time. He talked much about the war except for some prize fights he won and some he lost. The only thing he ever said to me was, "Thank God you never had to see what a 20mm cannon from a Bf 109 can do to a man." Jim came home adopted a brother and sister, now my wife, and raised a family. He went to work for GE, and was a lay preacher. Jim's younger brother fought in Korea and earned a bronze star with a V for valor and a purple heart. All these wonderful people are gone now; they are really missed at the annual reunions.

@rcrawford42

14 күн бұрын

Jimmy Stewart flew B-24s out of England. He flew many missions, including one over Berlin and one the night before D-Day. "It's a Wondeful Life" was his first movie after the war.

@claytonpaddison6721

13 күн бұрын

My Great Grandfather was a B-24 Liberator Tail gunner and flight engineer in India 1942-'44 and served/survived 48 Combat missions in the CBI campaign. A lot of the missions he flew were bombing infostructure like bridges and such, but they were always incorporated with POW camps, so they most likely knew who they were also bombing. These missions were normally long range (10-14 hours round trip in contrast to the Europe missions being more like 4 to 6 round trip), so they had to fly low and slow to conserve fuel making it easy to be spotted and intercepted. His plane was caught in a fire fight that killed or mortally wounded his entire crew, pilot included. He took shrapnel in his hip and side but was able to limp his still airborn B24 with two engines out back to base and belly land it to bring them all home. he was awarded the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) twice and the presidential commendation from FDR for that. He retuned state side not long after. He was so riddled with PTSD from the entire experience he suffered terrible night terrors (He accidently struck my Great Grandmother during one, felt so bad he always slept on the couch thereafter) and never spoke of his war time experience to anyone besides Great Grandma. He worked as a Telegraph lineman for Union Pacific after the war but died young of a heart attack in 1964 at just 46. Great Grandma passed on his wartime stuff to me and all the stories she knew. The B-24 was a workhorse but was called "The Flaming Boxcar" by a lot of crews for a reason. They were notorious for coming apart in any crash or belly landing and catching fire easily. Some of the other missions he flew were supply runs from North Africa (Tunisia), up and over the Himalayas ("The Hump" as it was called) into China carrying fuel in big tanks in the bomb bays, unload, restock with supplies, more fuel and continue on to Burma and India. Some of the Chinese runways were so short and poor, the full-loaded B-24s couldn't get off the ground and would just crash and explode....then it was your turn. I don't know how they did it. Reply

My Grandpa was a B-17 Pilot in WWII.... He actually flew alongside Memphis Belle he said at least twice before they were re stationed. He had Shrapnel from flak in his leg till he passed, never removed.. Walked with a cane and carried it with memories and pride for what they had gone through.. If only the Youth had even a hint of character and appreciation/pride for America that those who fight and have faught for us all have, of any Generation.. Not enough respect for what people take for granted nowadays, sad. Movies and shows like these do such a service. Should be shown in History classes. Peace and Health to All! ✌️

@krashd

13 күн бұрын

They would have to be authentic to be shown in history classes or else you are just teaching kids Hollywood lies. Memphis Belle was utterly unscathed on her final mission, but that would never make for a good movie.

@joshmackaben4537

13 күн бұрын

@@krashd Well that is true, I wasn't necessarily meaning the movies, I should have pointed that out, but that would at least be better than nothing! Today it seems there isn't much of anything in regards to what they all went through, even if fictionalized. I was also meaning "in regards" to what the people who where there went through, soldiers, pilots, even the innocent helpless citizens of the world. Those Flak cannons, Flak shrapnel, and being hit by it while flying a B-17 is Real for sure! Glad that isn't a "Reality" anymore.✌️

Greatest war movie ever made is Lawerence of Arabia. 95% accurate and a multi academy award winner. Both of you guys will love it!

To answer a question: no they do not make B-17s anymore, we’ve moved on through many generations of bomber designs. The vast majority of 17s were scrapped after the war. There’s a couple dozen left in museums and such, and only a few are flight worthy, but they continue to be very rickety by modern standards.

@skatedurr

13 күн бұрын

didn't one crash like two years ago? at some air show?

@jcorbett9620

13 күн бұрын

@@skatedurr Sadly, yes. It was involved in a collision with a P-61 Kingcobra, which had got out of formation and was pulling a high speed turn aiming to get back in, meaning the bomber was in it's blind spot under the nose. It impacted just aft of the main wings and cut the bomber in two. There were no survivors, partly because the collision occurred at very low level with no time for anyone to react.

@drogynbattlebrand5229

13 күн бұрын

@@skatedurr Yeah in Dallas a couple years ago. Collided with another aircraft.

@jayeisenhardt1337

10 күн бұрын

No B-17s except in airshows and museums but B-52s might stick around 100 years. A bit insane to know a bomber could serve that long.

@EstonianShark

8 күн бұрын

@@jayeisenhardt1337 Yup. I heard or read something that the USAF were retrofitting their B-52s which meant that a lot of them would be able to serve for another roughly 30-50 years with good maintenance. Insane to think that something that is technically very modern took its first flight in the 1950s. My grandparents weren't even alive then, the B-52 have a chance of outliving my grandparents and hopefully not but who knows, me as well.

The voice at the beginning of the movie narrating the characters' backgrounds is John Lithgow.

I live next to an old Bomber base in the UK from the Second World War, and this movie really brings to life what it must have been like in those days. We still to this day have remembrance services in our village for all the crews that didn't make it.

The real Memphis Belle was nearly forgotten until the effort was made to make sure she was restored and placed somewhere that she will never be lost again.

The real Memphis Belle is on display at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. And the replica used in the movie sometimes flies on the air show circuit

@stanford6702

14 күн бұрын

That museum is phenomenal. You need two days to truly see everything.

@chrisszewczyk1842

14 күн бұрын

If I am not mistaken the replica they used is actually called sally b in England

@mypl510

14 күн бұрын

@@chrisszewczyk1842 There are two birds painted like the Belle, the one that did all the close up shots was owned by David Tallichet and it is still in the belle movie markings. Sally B was used for distance shots and had nose art on both sides to play different aircraft, after filming, they kept he Belle side artwork, and Sally B on the other.

@leewaffe3

14 күн бұрын

The Fort that played "Buckaroo" and "Clooney Baby" in the USO, take off, and other flying scenes was B-17F 42-29782 now on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. She's still one of the few airworthy F-models capable of flying but has been a static display at TMOF since 2010.

@Ambaryerno

14 күн бұрын

@@mypl510 All five of the airworthy B-17s used for filming were painted with two sets of markings. In some camera shots you can actually see both sets.

the letter reading from this movie never fails to choke me up. Mixing the voices with genuine footage makes it all the more real and heartfelt.

I was 9 when this came to theaters. I saved my allowance and bought wardrobe boxes from U-Haul and built my own B-17 in the basement. Me and the fellas had a sleep over in it (night mission).

Cassie- you should check out a classic. It’s called 12 O’Clock High starring Gregory Peck. Excellent film that gets better with each watch. People in the comments who’ve seen it, back me up!

This was my favorite movie as a kid. So much so my parents got me a model of the Belle signed by Robert Morgan, the real Captain and pilot of the Belle.

Back in college I worked at The Mississippi River Museum in Memphis when the Memphis Belle was on display there. I gave exterior tours of the plane and got to crawl around inside with veteran WWII bomber crew members.

@chrisschmalhofer4348

14 күн бұрын

Come up to the NMUSAF in Dayton, OH where she rests in honor these days. Right next to a 88mm flak cannon, and across the hanger from Jay Zeemer’s medals and the B-29 Bockscar.

@jamesbednar8625

14 күн бұрын

@@chrisschmalhofer4348 Got to see "Memphis Belle" a few years ago during Thanksgiving. Read in a WWII history magazine that is where she was at. Visited my brother in Indianapolis and we went to Dayton for the visit.

@chrisschmalhofer4348

14 күн бұрын

@@jamesbednar8625 this is gonna sounds really weird, but are you any relation to David Bednar? We grew up in the Dayton area

@themidsouthcyclist8880

14 күн бұрын

@@chrisschmalhofer4348 Not close to Bockscar, but in the same hanger. Let's call it a 2-iron away.

@chrisschmalhofer4348

13 күн бұрын

@@themidsouthcyclist8880 I said “across the hanger”… she’s in the diagonal opposite corner of the hanger from Bockscar and the same side opposite corner from Zeemer’s medals. It’s a big hanger, so they’re in no way ‘close’. Although, they’re a lot closer than, say, the former Air Force Ones and the ballistic missile galleries.

I heard it said once, "Fighter pilots make movies, but bomber pilots make history."

@bigsarge8795

14 күн бұрын

Brad Johnson - Flight of the Intruder

@williewilliams6571

13 күн бұрын

@@bigsarge8795 GREAT flick about Naval Aviation.

@Fez141

13 күн бұрын

@@bigsarge8795 RIP Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton

@mitchellhughes5180

13 күн бұрын

that doesn't make sense

@Nasty-Canasta

13 күн бұрын

Curtis Lemay said something along the lines of "Fighters are fun to fly, but bombers win wars"

For those that like stories like this may i make a suggestion, its a music video by the band "Sabaton" called "no bullets fly" the music is metal but the story that is told is a true story from WWII. And shows that the true hart of humanity persists even in war. Sabaton is know for 2 things their music (metal) and the history they incorporate in the music. They made a fan out of me, with this song.

@bigsarge8795

14 күн бұрын

YES !!!... ANOTHER SABATON FAN

@stevensauer8539

14 күн бұрын

Just about any video from Sabaton is worth watching, especially if paired with the corresponding episode of the Sabaton History Channel.

@r.d.hargrave8159

14 күн бұрын

I posted this myself before seeing that someone else had … so I wholeheartedly second this suggestion!!!

I don't care... that moment when the wheel clicks and the plane lands and the orchestra kicks up... I love every second of it!

This movie is significant for using actual dialogue that was taken during the Memphis Belle’s last combat mission. Some of the background radio chatter in the first aerial combat scene was taken from the dubbed over radio chatter from the Memphis Belle documentary.

My Grandfather was a B-17 top gunner out of Italy. Thanks for watching these movies and shows! It’s important to keep the memories of all these brave men alive.

@liteney

14 күн бұрын

Amen

@cainm101

13 күн бұрын

My grandpa was the navigator, also out of Italy.

@corbinhbucknerjr558

13 күн бұрын

The top turret gunner in the B-17 was the aircraft Flight Engineer. That would have been your Grandads assigned job. The gun turret was just one part of his job.

OMG! Someone ACTUALLY is reacting to this movie!!! This was the movie that started my B-17 obsession, a good flick for sure!

Quote from Flight of the Intruder: "Fighter pilots make movies, Bomber pilots make History!" Certainly applies here. [0.45]

@bigsarge8795

14 күн бұрын

THANK YOU !!... Im happy someone else remembers that movie.

@panzerdeal8727

14 күн бұрын

@@bigsarge8795 As an old SAMman, aircraft films are a hobby, as is the AF museum, being it's reasonably close.

@panzerdeal8727

14 күн бұрын

@@bigsarge8795 I got a smile at Subic bay scene... My brother in law's ship DDG-14 USS Buchannon, made an apperance.

@juvandy

13 күн бұрын

It's a funny line these days because the only fighter-pilot movies I can think of these days are the Top Guns. Most of the movies are about bombers!

@panzerdeal8727

13 күн бұрын

@@juvandy The time of the movie, early 70's, John Wayne's Flying Tigers, Flying Leather necks, Wings of Eagles, and Jet Pilot, Robert Conrad's Blacksaheep Squadron, [ Baa baa Blacksheep] and Robert Stack's Fighter Squadron, [ great film about the P-47 Thunderbolt I, by the way] was all over TV on re-runs and new production. You can not compare the movie quote to modern times, but need to take it in the context of the times [1970]. You tube and IMDB are your friends. As an old D and D player, I'll quote an old line my DN used often: "NO using player knowledge. " [ modern education applied to medevial times.] kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3V7mcyon5PUebQ.html

You should check out "Amazing Stories - The Mission (1985)" It's was a television show directed by Steven Spielberg. This particular episode deals with the crew of a B-17 bomber and stars both Kevin Costner and Kiefer Sutherland in their youth. It's not a movie and probably too short for an episode of its own, but I think you'd really enjoy it.

@grumpyoldgraymetalhead2441

14 күн бұрын

I remember that!

@BradSimsCPT

14 күн бұрын

Great episode of amazing stories. Excellent suggestion! Also want to mention the terrific score by John Williams.

@gdiaz8827

14 күн бұрын

It's on youtube saw it when it was first aired on amazing stories and then on youtube not too long ago

@frederf3227

14 күн бұрын

Yes, Cassie would be in tears. It has Kevin Costner. It's perfect.

@caryscoville244

14 күн бұрын

That was the one episode that I still remember to this day!! Sooo good!

I met Tate Donovan at GalaxyCon last year. I told him how my Dad bought me the VHS back in 2002 and that I knew who he was because of my Dad(RIP). He was very touched by that. Love this movie, and it's not perfect, but it's very well acted, humorous, and humbling. Love the ensemble, and I still watch it from time to time.

School Ties. All star cast, in the beginnings of their careers. Hidden gem Cassie🔥👍🏻

The Memphis Belle is on display at the museum of the Air Force in Dayton Ohio if you ever want to see the actual plane and the Musem is amazing if you like Airplanes.

My great uncle was a B-25 pilot in the pacific. It took many decades for my grandpa to hook up with other crews that flew with his brother to believe he had actually died. Our whole family kinda lived under that shadow of his death for years. Having read a lot of those mission reports (now declassified), including the one he didn't return from, it's hard to even comprehend what these super young men went through. I was named for him, and I routinely remind myself I'm living a life for more than just myself and hope he'd be proud.

The pilot of Memphis Belle is the same actor who plays "Papa" in Stranger Things. There are still a few flying examples of the B-17s and many other WWII aircraft that are around today that take to the skies. The really sad thing about the casualties, is that approximately 40,000+ casualties occurred from accidents involved crashes, either from training mishaps, navigation failures, weather, and improper maintenance. And that's just within the USA itself during the War! A major reason why the aviation industry is so safe today, and why the post-war boom in flying wasn't a bloody shambles, is the many tragic lessons which were learned during the Second World War.

@krashd

13 күн бұрын

Jesus, 40K deaths from mishaps in the US alone? Woof!

@robertmcghintheorca49

12 күн бұрын

Mathew Modine. I think his uncle flew the B-17 during World War Two, so that gave him a personal connection.

The song Harry Connick Jr. sings is ‘Danny Boy’ - a famous Irish ballad. It’s a message from a parent to a son, wishing for their return from war.

@clevelandcbi

13 күн бұрын

Great info

the B-17s were built fast. They were flown hard, worn out, damaged, repaired, damaged, repaired, until they couldn't be repaired anymore. The B-17s still flying today are in arguably better condition than those flown in WW2.

@hrdley911

14 күн бұрын

I've flown on 5 B-17s over the years. Unfortunately 3 have been lost in the intervening years. After seeing how they're built and briefly flying in them, the air and ground crews from WW2 have my greatest respect and admiration.

@darthroden

14 күн бұрын

The B-17 proved over and over through the war that it was a hard damn plane to shoot down.

@drzarkov39

13 күн бұрын

They were called the :Flying Fortress" for a reason.

@shawnmiller4781

13 күн бұрын

Most of the remaining ones where built by Lockheed and Douglas. Their larger pool of airliner building experience just seemed allow the aircraft to last longer

@SoloRenegade

13 күн бұрын

@@drzarkov39 for their guns, not their durability.

Hi Cassie. There is a WWI movie called "All Quiet on the Western Front". The 1930 Black and White version is my Favourite over the late '70's version. I haven't seen the 2022 version yet. The movie is based on the book of the same name.

@matthiuskoenig3378

11 күн бұрын

the 1930 one was acted by ww1 veterans. can't get anymore real experiance for a film than that.

Holy crap! That was Ben Browder (Farscape and Stargate SG1) “I gotta get back to my date!” I’ve seen this film several times and never noticed before!

the B-17 gunners couldn't tell friendly from enemy fighters either. Escorts were not allowed in or near the bombers, as the gunners would open fire on them. They tried to keep the fighters at bay from a distance, and the gunners dealt with the ones that got through.

@Ambaryerno

14 күн бұрын

Earlier in the War the fighter escorts did indeed maintain a close escort with the bomber formations. It wasn't until after the strategy shifted from bomber escort to all-out search and destroy later in 1944 that the fighters were released to intercept the German fighters before they made contact with the bomber formations.

@johngraesser4911

14 күн бұрын

The red tails did close in escort the whole war, and as memory serves, they never lost a bomber to fighter attack that they were escorting.this could be considered a plug to add red tails to the polls

@SoloRenegade

13 күн бұрын

@@Ambaryerno wrong, you misunderstand. I'm describing the short and long range bomber escorts from day one of US daylight bombing. I'm describing the actual escort formations. there is documentation and videos online detailing how escort duties were handled, this is well known, well documented, and well understood. The US bomber gunners were too good at shooting down friendlies and enemies alike if teh escorts strayed into gunner range. They had to keep their distance from the bombers for their own safety accordingly. Screens were setup to the sides, ahead of and above the bomber formations. Escorts didn't fly within the bomber formations.

A similar but older movie, made a few years after the war, I would recommend is 12 O'clock High (1949)

I watched this first time a year after TITANIC came out and I swear for me it was the biggest mind game seeing Billy Zane here as Val, and not D bag Cal.

Sean Astin is in this! I'm not a huge football fan, but - if you haven't already seen it - you should definitely do a video watching "Rudy" (starring Sean Astin). It's one of the most inspiring films I've ever seen!

@bigsarge8795

14 күн бұрын

+ 1 for Rudy !!... gets me every time.

@matthewgibson27

14 күн бұрын

I concur.

@joebombero1

13 күн бұрын

Joe Montana was on that Notre Dame team. He talks about the real Rudy in interviews.

@risingbull84

13 күн бұрын

@@joebombero1 No kidding? I didn't know that.

Hello Popcorn, there is a documentary on KZread about this B-17 Heavy Bomber. There is another documentary or two about what became of " Memphis Belle " after this movie. The movie is a composite of stories that may have happened to other planes and their crews and not necessarily the " Belle's " Story. " Forewarned is forearmed. " " Hey! "

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710

14 күн бұрын

Sadly. one of the planes in this movie was destroyed in a midair collision nearly two years ago in Dallas, Texas. It was always a delight to pass by the airport and see her parked or catch a glimpse of her passing overhead on a journey. Gone forever never to be replaced.

@timc2346

14 күн бұрын

I remember Windsor Ontario had a Lancaster Bomber on a Pedestal ,took dwn in 2005 for restoration only 17 Left. Still being restored. I Remember seeing it as a kid in the 70s .CTV does have a short doc on it.Not as big but seemed huge as a kid looking up at it .🇨🇦

@alexeilindes7507

14 күн бұрын

She never saw thus 😢

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710

14 күн бұрын

@@timc2346 Hello, I saw it flying at our airshow in about October 1993. Flew in formation with our B-17 and the " Diamond Lil " B-24. It was very cool. The Coolest!

@Ambaryerno

14 күн бұрын

@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 Texas Raiders was the B-17 involved in that collision.

This movie was loosely based on the WWII documentary "Memphis Belle". Which is probably one of the very best war documentaries of the time. It was a real documentary, not a fluff piece or propaganda film like a lot of them were in that era. Well worth watching. I say it loosely based on the documentary because it is fiction that is based on real events. They didn`t even use the names of the real crew. A lot of the events in the movie really did happen, they just didn`t happen to the Memphis Belle. In real life the Memphis Belle flew her last mission without major damage or injury. But I guess the movie people didn`t think that was exciting enough and they embellished the story heavily. But much of what you see in the movie did happen to other planes of the squadron.

Fun fact. There was a documentary about the real Memphis Belle made during the war. The director, William Wyler, was the the father of Catherine Wyler, who produced this film. It's long been suggested that John Lithgow's character is meant to be her father.

I was lucky enough to fly on a B-17 (the Nine-O-Nine) twice at airshows, then when I moved to Memphis I was part of the Memphis Belle Society and used to go to Mud Island every three weeks and we would wash that magnificent lady with hoses, brushes, and dish detergent. I am one of the few that never slipped and slid off the soapy wings. I was lucky enough to recently work for a few months in Dayton, OH, home of the U.S. Air Force Museum where the 'Belle now lives, and have gotten to see her fully restored and in her glory. When the docents heard that I used to clean the airframe they treated me as one of their own, and this old Navy submariner will forever be grateful to those in the U.S. Army Air Corps (one of my grandfathers), and those in the U.S. Air force today that keep the 'Belle and the rest of us safe. So much do I love B-17s, thay I was married on Friday, May 17th.

They recently restored the Belle, she’s at the Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio. Got to see here just after they brought her back out, she’s amazing looking. Yea, this isn’t entirely accurate, but it’s really a great tribute to all the air crews of that era and what they had to endure. Flying in a 17 is surreal, what struck me was just how thin that skin is, it’s not stopping even the smallest of things trying to hurt you. It’s an experience I highly recommend, fly in one if you can. Though, and even larger experience, the B-29, there’s 2 of them flying.

The mission on Afghanistan I got crippled on, we made 2 passes under fire dropping fuel, ammo, food and meds to a SF unit who had been under constant attack for 30 days straight. We somehow didn't get hit, all the tracers and rpg flying by the cockpit sure scared tge hell out of tge lieutenant who was fresh out of air drop school. He had never been shot at.

I wouldn't feel too bad about not IDing actors. It just goes to show they're good actors; you see the characters, not the actors. The guy driving the team and reaper reminded me of a photo I have of my father during WWII. He's home on leave before going to the South Pacific, wearing buck sergeant stripes and moving hay with a two-horse team.

@Vipre-

13 күн бұрын

That and they're all thirty years younger than she's seen them before.

I remember Steven Spielberg’s , Amazing Stories series, doing a B17 episode titled , The Mission .

No, they don’t make B-17s anymore. The US Air Force does still fly one propeller-based aircraft, and that is the C-130. Think of a B-17, but on enough steroids to kill a WWE star. There’s also the ground support version, the AC-130 gunship, which is fitted with the most modern day optics and thermal imaging, a 30mm Bushmaster chain gun, a 105mm M102 howitzer (a literal artillery gun), and Hellfire laser-guided missiles that can be loaded with a variety of munitions, from ones that can take out entire buildings to ones that have replace the explosive warhead with blades that pop out made to neutralize a single individual and limit collateral damage.

@JohnBullard

14 күн бұрын

Holy shit. Thanks.

@thebrewingsailor9172

14 күн бұрын

@@JohnBullard The Fat Electrician did a good video on the Ginsu Blade Hellfire.

@Ambaryerno

14 күн бұрын

The C-130 is considerably closer to a C-47 on steroids, both having the same primary role as a cargo transport and personnel carrier. Additionally, the AC-130 was a direct descendant of the AC-47 "Spooky," a gunship variant of the C-47. And unlike B-17s, C-47s/DC-3s STILL see active civil and military service.

@eddawg79

14 күн бұрын

The C-130 isn't the only one, there's still E-2s in service.

@TheBTG88

14 күн бұрын

And the Osprey.

As a 40th birthday present, I was gifted a ride in the Aluminum Overcast, one of the last remaining airworthy B-17s. As a newly minted private pilot, I was in heaven the entire time. Such an incredible aircraft. I recently read that this particular B-17 has been grounded pending some structural repairs.

@BullGator-kd6ge

14 күн бұрын

Aluminum Overcast was stuck in Florida for two years when they found structural damage in the wing spars. They had to disassemble her and truck it back to Wisconsin. The organization that maintains and flies it hopes to have her flying again sometime next year.

The Squadron commander is David Strathairn. One of the movies he has been in, that I know you have watched is Sneakers. He played the blind guy "Whistler." The army PR guy is played by John Lithgow. Not sure what you might know him from. Mathew Modine played the Captain of the Memphis Belle.

@bigsarge8795

14 күн бұрын

David Straithairn was also Steve on the comedy series "Married with children"

@JV-bw3jn

14 күн бұрын

She was also struggling to put a name to him in The Firm

@davidneel8327

14 күн бұрын

@@bigsarge8795 Wrong, Steve was played by David Garrison

@bigsarge8795

14 күн бұрын

@davidneel8327 shit. You're right. They look a lot alike, though.

@stevensauer8539

14 күн бұрын

A lot of people also know Strathairn from A League of Their Own.

The B-17 carried a crew of 10. Pilot, Copilot, Bombardier, Navigator, Flight Engineer, Radio Operator, Ball-Turret Gunner, Left and Right Waist Gunners and Tail Gunner.

ARRGHHH!!! You missed probably the best scene in the entire movie when you were looking up the actors! It really showed how it took a whole team to get the bombers in the air, especially the contribution of the ground crew. Years ago I got to tour a B-17 and a B-29 when the Confederate Air Force (a vintage aircraft preservation group) brought them to our airport. The guy in line behind me was crew chief of a bomber during the war (responsible for aircraft maintenance and repair.) You could tell it brought back a lot of memories and pride. What struck me is how big these planes appeared on the outside, but they were pretty cramped inside. Imagine being stuck inside one of these things on a 10 hour mission to Berlin (or a 16 hour mission to Tokyo in the B-29) in freezing cold, wondering if you were going to make it back. As much a technological wonder as the B-17 was back then, it was slow even back then and carried a small bomb load by today's standards, so no the Air Force doesn't use them today. They were replaced first by the B-29 soon after the war and by jet-powered bombers in the 1950s. Probably the oldest plane still in use by the Air Force is the B-52 Stratofortress which is 72 years old. In a throwback to WW2, during the Vietnam War, B-52 tail gunners shot down 2 North Vietnamese MiGs, probably the last time that will ever happen as I believe they took the tail guns out of the B-52.

My late Grandfather, Vernon Gamble, served in the US Army Air Corps' 8th Air Force in England during WWII and was one of the ground crew techs that serviced the Memphis Belle's automatic pilot mechanism. This was one of the last movies that I watched with him before he passed away on February 9, 1991 of stage 4 colon cancer. As for the Memphis Belle, for years she was on display at the old United States Army National Guard Armory facility (now the Children's Museum of Memphis) and in her own pavilion on Mud Island in the Mississippi River in downtown Memphis, TN. After several years of exposure to the elements, birds, and vandals, the United States Air Force repossessed her, restored her, and put her on display at the United States Air Force Museum located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

this and Glory (1989) were among my favorite films as a kid.

@vincentpuccio3689

14 күн бұрын

Don’t forget Gettysburg

@Alte.Kameraden

14 күн бұрын

@@vincentpuccio3689 Not even 10% as amazing as the film Glory to be honest. Glory is a good film while Gettysburg feels like a film made by a history teacher, and not in a good way, as it's based on bad history. Gettysburg has some terrible acting in it at times, and the amount of apologist nonsense toward Confederates always rubbed me the wrong way. They spend so gosh darn long in the Confederate camp spouting Denialist talking points being a great example on what I'm talking about it's cringe to watch and boring unless you're a Lost Cause Neo Confederate. I'm honestly surprised the film is so highly praised as it's sister film is only slightly worse when it comes to the denialist nonsense but it got panned for being confederate propaganda. It evens skips over some of the most epic moments of the battle, including Slyder Farm which makes little round top look like child's play. But then again it's an engagement which proves the "Confederacy had the best shots" myth is a total lie.

You know a lot of these guys. Val…the dr. Is from titanic. Danny is from pulp fiction…the drunk guy is from cutting edge…the captain is also in a great 80s movie called vision quest. Danny is in a great movie you need to see called some kind of wonderful. Best love story

@stevensauer8539

14 күн бұрын

The copilot was in a fun, silly movie with Sandra Bullock called Love Potion No. 9.

@katya2032

14 күн бұрын

@@stevensauer8539 And was engaged to her for a short as well. Sweet movie if a little dated.

@strain20-rest300

14 күн бұрын

Vision Quest, let's not just skip over that, Mathew Modine was the lead in this, a sports movie, a love story about a first love, and slightly forbidden love, and also, the movie introduces a little known singer and she played a small part singing a song in the movie that became a hit. Maybe you've heard of her, her name is Madonna....?

My paternal grandfather was a flight engineer and top turret gunner on B-17's about year after the Memphis Belle. He was shot down on his 24th mission and was a P.O.W. for 14 months when he was liberated by Canadians. This was one of his favorite movies, and he wore out three copies of the video tape before we could buy it for him on DVD.

My late father and I watched this together when we lived in Florida. Thank you, Cassie, for this opportunity to honor his memory.

One of the best WWII movies ever made! Based on true events.

@TheDemonicPenguin

14 күн бұрын

Well, loosely. Memphis Belle's last mission was nowhere near this eventful. But it's a bunch of real things crammed together.

@solvingpolitics3172

14 күн бұрын

@@TheDemonicPenguin Exactly, there real last mission was much less eventful.

@Stone_Horse

14 күн бұрын

Given the number of great WWII movies that have been released over many decades, that is quite a statement to make. I wouldn't place this one anywhere near "one of the best". But you are entitle to your opinion.

@AceOfTestPilots

14 күн бұрын

Very loosely indeed.

@duke68318

14 күн бұрын

I’d have to put Das Boot in that list, directors cut, ftw.

One of my favorites as a kid. One time my dad was driving us to school and we were passing through a fog bank on the free way and all the sudden we see the tail lights of a freaking semi truck. And dad says "Just like in Memphis Belle."

This was the movie that led me to become a history teacher later in life.

Of the five B-17s used to film the movie, two of them are still active. One dubbed “ The Movie Memphis Belle”, has been undergoing maintenance at the Palm Springs Air Museum since 2021 and they hope to have it flying by the end of summer. The second is named “Sally B” and is presently flying out of the Imperial War Museum in the UK. One particular B-17 used in the film: “The Pink Lady” which was based in France was actually a war vet that flew 6 combat missions over Germany until the war ended. It was grounded in 2012 shortly after filming Red Tails and was put on display.

@donsample1002

14 күн бұрын

This film used pretty much every still airworthy B-17 in existence. In order to make it look like they had more planes, they gave each one a different paint job on the left and right sides, so they could each play two different planes.

I love this movie! My Grandfather was a bombardier on a B-25 in WWII.

Cassie, no, we don't make B-17s still... But the United States still uses B-52s that are over 60 years old. Literally there are planes being flown by the grandkids and great grandkids of people who first flew them. The B-52 is an old plane.

@jayeisenhardt1337

10 күн бұрын

They so old yet still might make it to 100. If it ain't broke don't fix it. What improvements can they make that they aren't doing already that would be worth it?

My favorite line in this movie is after a German fighter makes a passing attack on the bomber Memphis Belle when one of the waist door gunners turns around towards the crew and yells, "THAT GUY HAD BLUE EYES!!!"

One of the waist gunners- real name, Bill Winchell (Mr Winchell to me) lived down the street from me growing up. I used to deliver his newspaper.

My dad was a waist gunner in a B-17. They had a tough, tough job over there, and they were just kids.

I rode in a B-17, the Flying Fortress, 7 years ago. They flew at 25,000ft, not pressurized, requiring O2 and heated vests for the 10 hour missions! The fighters didn’t have enough range to escort them the whole distance. The bombers would return with missing wings, half tails, dead engines and often bring them home, although 1/3 didn’t make it. Long since retired, only about a half dozen still fly at air shows, etc. A good many sit in museums, including the actual Memphis Belle. Interesting timing of the reaction, I ride in a B-29 tomorrow. Also a WW II plane, it flew mostly in the Pacific, only 2 of them still fly.

When I was in Mesa AZ, they had an operational B17. They took us up for a ride. When we walked on the catwalk over the bomb bay doors, they pointed out that those doors were designed to open in case a bomb accidentally falls. They jokingly said not to jump down on it. So that was interestingly accurate when that guy in the movie almost fell out.

All of the planes they used for filming flew over my school every day on their way to the set locations. It was an awesome sight to watch.

Cassie, It was a long flight from England to Berlin (correction! Bremen), and while the big slow bombers could carry the fuel to get there and back, we did not have any fighters that could make it. So they would fly as far as they could and then turn around (probably over France somwhere) while the Bomber groups continued on. This was a particularly difficult time for the B-17 crews and there were high casualties. During this time we have the Curtis P40 Fighters, and they were acceptable, but had some weaknesses. Good enough to start the war with, but we really needed a serious upgrade. North American had already designed this new airframe for the British, but it kind of lacked power at the higher altitudes. Eventually some clever guys decided to stick a brand new British engine made by Rolls Royce called the 'Merlin" into the airframe and take it for a flight: It was FAST, it was powerful, and it could fly for days. They put some big heavy machine guns on it, called it the P51 and it was the best Fighter in the war. We finally had a fighter that could fly all the way to Germany and back with the bombers. This was not until late 1943, so it was AFTER the success of the Memphis Belle. On another note, there is a study out there that makes the argument that we could have saved lives if we had made the B-17s lighter and faster without all of the guns everywhere. Its a good argument.

@Ambaryerno

14 күн бұрын

They weren't going to Berlin. The movie mission was Bremen. The P-40 didn't see service in the European Theater other than as a close support aircraft in Italy (there were none operating out of England). They were primarily used in the Pacific Theater and North Africa. The P-40 simply didn't have sufficient high-altitude performance due to the single-speed superchargers on the Allison engines, and they didn't have the heavy and complex turbochargers that would have been needed in their place. The same was the case of the P-39 Airacobra: Although originally designed with a turbocharger, the production models eliminated this to safe weight and cost, unfortunately also leading to its lack of high-altitude performance that made it unsuitable to the Strategic Bombing Campaign in Europe, so it was relegated primarily to North Africa and the Pacific, and also sent in large numbers to Russia, where it excelled in the low-altitude environment of the Eastern Front. The fighters that the Eighth Air Force had to start the War with were P-47s and P-38s. The P-47s had superb high-altitude performance with their turbosupercharged R-2800 engines, (in fact the P-47 had better high-altitude performance than even the Mustang) were incredibly tough, and very heavily-armed (moreso than the Mustang, with eight Browning .50cal to the Mustang's initial four, and later six. With a CONSIDERABLY larger ammunition load). The problem is that the early models of the P-47 simply didn't have sufficient range to accompany the bombers deep into occupied Europe. Drop tanks helped, but this still only allowed rather short flights into Germany and back, so the Germans typically just waited the fighters out out of range before engaging the bombers when the fighters turned back. The P-38 did have the range for long-range escort missions and could easily have taken the bombers to Berlin, however the type had numerous teething problems - unreliable turbochargers, poor cockpit heating, excessively heavy controls resulting in poor maneuverability, compressibility issues in high-speed dives, and engine failures - rendering them unsuitable for operations in Europe (the type did perform well in the Pacific and North Africa, where the cold climate that negatively impacted the turbochargers and cockpit heating were no longer a factor). The P-51 Mustang entered combat BEFORE it was equipped with the Merlin engine. The first models of the P-51 (the Mustang Mk. I, the P-51A, and the A-36 Apache/Invader dive bomber variant) were equipped with the same Allison engines as the P-40 and P-38, but like the P-40 lacked a turbocharger and had only the single-speed supercharger (the USAAF didn't believe in superchargers and preferred turbocharging, so Allison never developed the two-speed supercharger that would have been necessary for sufficient high-altitude performance until the War was pretty much over, and even then the supercharger wasn't as good as the Merlin's. By contrast all Navy aircraft used superchargers, so Wright and Pratt & Whitney both developed effective two-speed superchargers). The P-51A and A-36 were used extensively in North Africa beginning in April, 1942, and also operated in the Pacific Theater, which were frequently tactical air wars fought at lower altitude (high-altitude strategic bombing didn't begin against Japan until late in the War due to the ranges involved, requiring both the arrival of the B-29 and the capture of bases close enough to actually REACH Japan). The first P-51s equipped with Merlins were the P-51B, which first started arriving in late-1943. This type made their long-range escort debut during the Big Week raids of late-February, 1944, two full years after the first Mustangs were seeing combat in North Africa. However, at the same time as the P-51B arrived, the P-47D-25 was also being deployed. This type had increased internal fuel storage which, along with provisions for up to three drop tanks, allowed the P-47 to finally fly deep penetration raids into Germany. Additionally, the P-38Js also reached Europe at the same time. These models featured revised intercoolers which corrected the troublesome turbochargers, along with improved cockpit heating. They also received mechanically boosted flight controls, which considerably improved maneuverability, (late-model P-38s with boosted flight controls had maneuverability on-par with German single-engine fighters) and dive recovery flaps which allowed the aircraft to avoid compression during high-speed dives. Furthermore, Charles Lindbergh resolved the engine reliability issues with new engine management procedures and fuel settings. So although the P-51 gets all the credit, the USAAF actually received THREE suitable long-range escort fighters all in time for the Big Week raids.

@Greybeardmedic

12 күн бұрын

@@Ambaryerno I bow to your knowledge.

Cassie, remember that pilot's face. One day you'll know him as "Papa". 😀 But he'll always be the kid from Vision Quest to me.

@krashd

13 күн бұрын

You don't remember him as Clint Eastwood from Full Metal Jacket? "Is that you, Pvt Joker?" "Like hell it is, I'm Clint Eastwood.."

This film was playing on the plane that brought me home from Arabia. That is what comes to mind for me when I see the poster or the film. That I was finally coming home and that I had made it.

This is an intense classic, really catches the atmosphere of the air war over Europe during those dreadful years.

"I wonder if they still make B-17s in the air force" 🤣 ok come on now

@mypl510

14 күн бұрын

Why not, the P-51 Mustang served in the Dominican Republic until 1984! But yes, that was a bit funny! If you ever take the tour at Davis/Monthan Air Force Base, the Graveyard, they tell you about how they still get calls asking about any B-17's, or parts, still being available.

One of the most gut, wrenching scenes, I’ll try not to spoil it, you’ll know it when you see it…right down to your boots.

@stevensauer8539

14 күн бұрын

The stunned look on her face when it happened said everything.

My young son who is really into history just watched this with me and he loved it!!! I’m glad you selected this to watch

I had the honor of knowing Howard “Mike” Hunt who flew just about everything during WWII as a ferry pilot. In fact he was a special guest at the rollout of Memphis Bell at Wright Patterson after her restoration. After she finished her war tour the Belle was flown on a war bond tour all over the country. Many different pilots flew her (not the combat crew) and Mike Hunt ended up being one of the pilots. At the time of the restoration he was the last living person with logged flight time on her. He passed away a few years ago.

With Carly…..”Fried Green Tomatoes “. Promise you’ll both ❤️ it

@CSC52698

14 күн бұрын

And if they don't, there's always Towanda.

@gdiaz8827

14 күн бұрын

Are yhey remodeling. I been won wondering if they seen the movie already given their fondness for chick flicks. It's one if the few I can watch

There are only 5 or 6 B17s still flying. One, "Sentimental Journey" is located in Mesa AZ. It is kept in a museum and you can still climb through it or take a ride. Just last week I was driving past and watched it take off. Total goosebump time.

This is such an amazing movie. The cast is absolutely STACKED

My Great Uncle flew a B-25 and my Grandpa was a tailgunner, tailgunner trainer and drummer for the Air Force band. I like your choice of movie!

My Uncle was a B-17 Co-Pilot. He told me the Me that the Memphis Belle Fable is BS propaganda. He flew 100+ missions, most were classified and off the books. They were all greater brave heroes than we were even told...

My father was a ball turret gunner on a B-17. Was shot down on 4/13 1944. Spent over a year in Stalag 17B in Krems, Austria. The Memphis Belle is now on display at the United Stars Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Thanks for doing this review. Took Mom and Dad to see it when it came out.

Two weeks ago I visited the Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio. The Memphis Belle is on display there. It's wonderful exhibit and a fantastic museum.

@clevelandcbi

13 күн бұрын

I was there, possibly the same day with my nieces.

A core memory for me is watching this with my dad. We the went to the Air Force museum here in Dayton Ohio to see the actual Memphis Belle herself. Such a great movie.

They stopped making B-17s by the end of the war. The German's invented jet aircraft during the war and by the time the war was over, all the primary allied forces had jets. This made any combat aircraft running propellers obsolete (more or less). The escort fighters could only follow the bombers for a fairly small amount of time thanks mostly due to the difference in the size of the aircraft and also they were built for speed and maneuverability, meaning they ended up with high performance engines whose main priority was not super long range. Fighter = Sports car. Bomber = Semi truck Bombers were shot at by guns and flak. A bullet would likely go right through you unless it had hit something sturdy first. Flag was a fragmentation attack and it could also kill, but a vest worn over your chest could help against many otherwise lethal wounds.

My father was a B-17 navigator that flew out of Italy. I took him to see the movie when it came out and throughout the movie he would comment here and there that certain things were pretty realistic, right up until the flak started going off. He uttered pretty loudly, HUH, THAT AINT FLAK! Later he explained that they knew exactly what altitude they were at and exactly where they were going. He said it wasnt little black puffs here and there, it was a solid black cloud that they had to fly through and he said the entire time it sounded like walnuts bouncing off the skin of the airplane. I have an exploded 50 caliber shell casing that went off in his compartment when a piece of flak shrapnel came up through the floor, went into an ammo can and hit the primer on one of the shells. He was a very lucky man that the entire box of ammo didnt go off right next to him.

@DynamicInteractiveDuality

12 күн бұрын

That antiaircraft firing tactic is called "Predicted Concentration Fire," were several batteries of 88cm antiaircraft guns would all fire at once into a calculated spatial box in the air at a predicted space and time the bomber formations would be occupying, by the German fire control systems. The firing tactic shown in the movie is called "Continuously Pointed Fire."

Fun to watch you take the journey with them. For me this movie captures the essence of those who fly into war time trouble. They were mostly just out of childhood. Children really. As an old veteran it is also a trip down memory lane, as the airfield location had not long been decommissioned by the military when this was made. I served there for almost 8 years, leaving just before it was closed, so I'm drawn to the changes they made to create a WW2 set. The runways and taxi ways have long since gone. Time moves on, but it is good to remember. Hoping you and yours are, and remain well.

One of the first war movies I've seen in which the soldiers were kids, as they were. Your intro reminded me of a great line in "Flight Of The Intruder"- "Fighter pilots make movies, bomber pilots make history."

@clevelandcbi

13 күн бұрын

LOVE THAT LINE

Growing up in Memphis I use to see the Memphis Bell all the time sitting on her display pedestal. I was so glad when the Air Force decided to take the Memphis Bell to the Air Force Museum and restore her to her full glory.

I've been inside that plane as well as seeing the real Belle. Recently met Sean Austin and he said he had fun on the film. Also a dear friend of our who is huge in the aviation world a renowned pilot.... We all have such a huge respect for all these men.

B-17's don't fly in the Air Force anymore, but the B-52 came out just a few years later and is STILL our primary strategic heavy bomber. Those things will probably be in service another 50 years from now too lol.

@Ambaryerno

14 күн бұрын

And 50 years after the last B-52 leaves service, somewhere a DC-3 will be warming up its engines to fly its regular route.

I'm glad to see this forgotten not-quite-masterpiece getting a little love again. It really was one of the best of the 80s/90s. One of those you realize later had a pretty amazing cast at an early stage of their careers.

@Te_legram.me.YT_popcorn_in_bed

11 күн бұрын

Look up above.