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The BF bomber was unveiled Wednesday at a private event honoring family members of the Memphis Belle crew. The airplane and displays of artifacts, including wartime uniforms, a flight suit, pilot wings and rare color archival footage, will be open to the public Thursday at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, the museum website says.

Subscriber Account active since. The plane went on public display at the museum near Dayton, Ohio, for the first time on Thursday morning after a restoration project that required 13 years and 55, hours of work. After a brief ceremony, visitors crowded around the plane trying to get the best photos with their phones.

The B "Flying Fortress" will anchor an extensive exhibit in the museum's World War II gallery, paying tribute to the thousands of men who served on Bs on daylight bombing missions over Nazi-occupied Europe.

Source: History. Source: US Air Force. Source: CNN. It flew over occupied France and Germany, then weathered decades on display outdoors in Memphis, Tennessee, before being moved to Ohio in Curator Jeff Duford says visitors will be able to get close to the aircraft.

Your Military. By The Associated Press. Mar 15, Standing from left to right: tail gunner John P. Still, 55, hours is a long restoration period — what took so long? Instead, they wanted this iconic plane to look exactly as it did when she flew that famous 25th mission.

That was no easy task. One of the hardest parts was finding authentic parts for the plane, or at least period-accurate parts. It had a crew of ten, a top speed of miles per hour, and a maximum range of 4, miles.