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"Movie Memphis Belle" is nicknamed for its part in the movie depicting some of the more than 12,000 four-engined bombers that filled the skies over Europe in WWII.

Nose art adorns the restored B-17 Flying Fortress "Movie Memphis Belle," nicknamed for its part in the movie depicting some of the more than 12,000 four-engined bombers that filled the skies over Europe in WWII, at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Atlanta. The Liberty Foundation, based in Douglas, will open its 2014 flying season with flying tours in the Atlanta area this weekend in the "Movie Memphis Belle" aircraft before making stops in Shreveport, La., San Antonio, Texas, and elsewhere across the country. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Well-worn throttle quadrants show the effects of 70 years of use in a restored B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed the "Movie Memphis Belle," at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta. The Liberty Foundation, based in Douglas, says more than 12,000 of the radial-engined bombers were built but only a dozen have survived and are still flying. For more information on tours, go to www.libertyfoundation.org. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Bomb missions are marked on a restored WWII-era B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed the "Movie Memphis Belle," at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Atlanta. The Liberty Foundation, based in Douglas, Ga., will open its 2014 flying season with flying tours in the Atlanta area this weekend before making stops in Shreveport, La., San Antonio, Texas, and and elsewhere across the country. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

In this photo made with a fisheye lens, pilot Ray Fowler holds a preflight briefing under the wing of the "Movie Memphis Belle" bomber before aviation buffs and WWII veterans fly in a restored B-17 Flying Fortress at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Crew member and pilot Cullen Underwood checks hydraulic fluid during a preflight before aviation buffs take to the air in a restored WWII-era B-17 Flying Fortress at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Atlanta. The Liberty Foundation, based in Douglas, Ga., will offer flying tours in the Atlanta area this weekend in the "Movie Memphis Belle" aircraft before making stops in Shreveport, La., San Antonio, Texas, and elsewhere across the country. For more info, go to www.libertyfoundation.org/ (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Crew member Travis Reynolds cycles one of the four Wright Cyclone radial engines during a preflight for the restored WWII-era B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed the "Movie Memphis Belle," at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Atlanta. According to the Liberty Foundation, based in Douglas, crews dropped more than 640,000 tons of bombs over European targets from the bellies of the infamous bombers. For more information on tours, go to www.libertyfoundation.org. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

WWII aviators, from left, Henry Hughey, Hap Chandler and Al McMahan, who count 142 European missions among themselves, reminisce before taking a flight in a restored B-17 Flying Fortress named the "Movie Memphis Belle" at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Atlanta. The Liberty Foundation, based in Douglas, will open its 2014 flying season with flying tours in the Atlanta area this weekend. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

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Nose art adorns the restored B-17 Flying Fortress "Movie Memphis Belle," nicknamed for its part in the movie depicting some of the more than 12,000 four-engined bombers that filled the skies over Europe in WWII, at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Atlanta. The Liberty Foundation, based in Douglas, will open its 2014 flying season with flying tours in the Atlanta area this weekend in the "Movie Memphis Belle" aircraft before making stops in Shreveport, La., San Antonio, Texas, and elsewhere across the country. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

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