F-AZZU taking-off to join the Flying Legends 2009 Balbo. The B-25 came to grief on 31st May 2011, in a forced landing in a field close to her base at Melun-Villaroche after the starboard engine caught fire.
‘Liberty Belle’ will grace the skies once again. Work on the B-17 is underway at Asheville, North Carolina, as well as at the Brooks Aviation Center in Douglas, Georgia. True s/n is 44-85734.
The two Belles over Duxford, with ‘Liberty Belle’ leading ‘Memphis Belle’, B-17G 44-85784, G-BEDF. Both aircraft were built by Lockheed Vega at Burbank, California. True s/n is 44-85734.