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The Memphis Belle

April 13 1944 (almost 81 years ago)
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Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany!
  • Director: William Wyler
  • Genres: Documentary, War
  • Runtime: 45 m
  • Country: United States of America
  • Companies: First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces, U.S. Office of War Information, Paramount Pictures

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.

Top cast

Vince Evans photo

Vince Evans

Himself
Jacob L. Devers photo

Jacob L. Devers

Himself (commander, European theatre)
Ira C. Eaker photo

Ira C. Eaker

Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
Haywood Hansell photo

Haywood Hansell

Himself (USAAF)
Robert J. Hanson photo

Robert J. Hanson

Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
Eugene Kern photo

Eugene Kern

Narrator
King George VI of the United Kingdom photo

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Himself
Captain Charles B. Leighton photo

Captain Charles B. Leighton

Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
Harold P. Loch photo

Harold P. Loch

Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Casimer A. Nastal photo

Casimer A. Nastal

Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother photo

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Herself
John P. Quinlan photo

John P. Quinlan

Himself
Cecil H. Scott photo

Cecil H. Scott

Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)
Captain James A. Verinis photo

Captain James A. Verinis

Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)
Clarence E. Winchell photo

Clarence E. Winchell

Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle
Stanley Wray photo

Stanley Wray

Himself (group commander)
Arthur Kennedy photo

Arthur Kennedy

(uncredited)
Robert Morgan photo

Robert Morgan

Himself (Pilot)