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The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)

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

Genre : Documentary, History, War

Runtime : 45M

Director : William Wyler

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Vince Evans
Vince Evans
Himself
Jacob L. Devers
Jacob L. Devers
Himself (commander, European theatre)
Ira C. Eaker
Ira C. Eaker
Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
Haywood Hansell
Haywood Hansell
Himself (USAAF)
Technical Sergeant Robert J. Hanson
Technical Sergeant Robert J. Hanson
Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
Eugene Kern
Eugene Kern
Narrator
King George VI of the United Kingdom
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Himself
Captain Charles B. Leighton
Captain Charles B. Leighton
Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
Technical Sergeant Harold P. Loch
Technical Sergeant Harold P. Loch
Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Staff Sergeant Casimer A. Nastal
Staff Sergeant Casimer A. Nastal
Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Herself
Staff Sergeant John P. Quinlan
Staff Sergeant John P. Quinlan
Himself
Staff Sergeant Cecil H. Scott
Staff Sergeant Cecil H. Scott
Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)
Captain James A. Verinis
Captain James A. Verinis
Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)
Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Winchell
Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Winchell
Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle
Stanley Wray
Stanley Wray
Himself (group commander)
Arthur Kennedy
Arthur Kennedy
(uncredited)
Robert Morgan
Robert Morgan
Himself (Pilot)

Crews

William Wyler
William Wyler
Director
William Wyler
William Wyler
Writer
Jerome Chodorov
Jerome Chodorov
Writer
Lester Koenig
Lester Koenig
Writer
Gail Kubik
Gail Kubik
Music
Lynn Harrison
Lynn Harrison
Editor
Harold J. Tannenbaum
Harold J. Tannenbaum
Director of Photography
William H. Clothier
William H. Clothier
Director of Photography
William V. Skall
William V. Skall
Director of Photography
William Wyler
William Wyler
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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