The Memphis Belle

Apr 13, 1944

0h 45m

★ 6.7

Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany!

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

War

Production Companies

First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces

U.S. Office of War Information

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Himself

Vince Evans

Himself (commander, European theatre)

Jacob L. Devers

Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)

Ira C. Eaker

Himself (USAAF)

Haywood Hansell

Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)

Robert J. Hanson

Narrator

Eugene Kern

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King George VI of the United Kingdom

Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)

Captain Charles B. Leighton

Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)

Harold P. Loch

Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)

Casimer A. Nastal

Herself

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

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John P. Quinlan

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