The Memphis Belle
"Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany!"
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.
Original Language
en
Release Date
April 13, 1944
Popularity
1
Production Companies
First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces
U.S. Office of War Information
Paramount Pictures
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
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)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Herself
John P. Quinlan
Himself
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