The Memphis Belle

“Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany!”
Movie ★ 6.7/10 1944 45 min Released HD · 4K
Documentary War

This WW2 documentary centers on the crew of the American B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle as it prepares to execute a strategic bombing raid on Nazi submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

Rating
6.7/10
45 votes
Runtime
45 min
Theatrical cut
Released
1944
Released
Language
EN
The Memphis Belle
Director
William Wyler
Writers
Lester Koenig, Jerome Chodorov, William Wyler
Studio
First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces, U.S. Office of War Information, Paramount Pictures

Cast

Vince Evans
Vince Evans
Himself
 Jacob L. Devers
Jacob L. Devers
Himself (commander, European theatre)
 Ira C. Eaker
Ira C. Eaker
Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
 Haywood Hansell
Haywood Hansell
Himself (USAAF)
 Robert J. Hanson
Robert J. Hanson
Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
 Eugene Kern
Eugene Kern
Narrator
 King George VI of the United Kingdom
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Himself
 Captain Charles B. Leighton
Captain Charles B. Leighton
Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
 Harold P. Loch
Harold P. Loch
Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
 Casimer A. Nastal
Casimer A. Nastal
Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Herself
 John P. Quinlan
John P. Quinlan
Himself
 Cecil H. Scott
Cecil H. Scott
Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)
 Captain James A. Verinis
Captain James A. Verinis
Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)

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