The Memphis Belle

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

  • Rated 6.7 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1944
  • 45m
  • 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.

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Director
William Wyler
Starring
Vince Evans, Jacob L. Devers, Ira C. Eaker, Haywood Hansell

Cast

  • Vince Evans

    Himself

  • Jacob L. Devers

    Himself (commander, European theatre)

  • Ira C. Eaker

    Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)

  • Haywood Hansell

    Himself (USAAF)

  • Robert J. Hanson

    Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)

  • Eugene Kern

    Narrator

  • King George VI of the United Kingdom

    King George VI of the United Kingdom

    Himself

  • Captain Charles B. Leighton

    Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)

  • Harold P. Loch

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

  • Casimer A. Nastal

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

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