The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany!
1944
Rated
NR
45
minutes
Documentary, War
★★★★★
★★★★★
3.53
Directed By:
William Wyler
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.
Language
English
Release Date
April 13, 1944
Cast
Vince Evans
Himself
Jacob L. Devers
Himself (commander, European theatre)
Ira C. Eaker
Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
Haywood Hansell
Himself (USAAF)
Technical Sergeant Robert J. Hanson
Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
Eugene Kern
Narrator
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Himself
Captain Charles B. Leighton
Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
Technical Sergeant Harold P. Loch
Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Staff Sergeant Casimer A. Nastal
Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Herself
Staff Sergeant John P. Quinlan
Himself
Staff Sergeant Cecil H. Scott
Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)
Captain James A. Verinis
Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)
Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Winchell
Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle
Stanley Wray
Himself (group commander)
Arthur Kennedy
(uncredited)
Robert Morgan
Himself (Pilot)
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