The Memphis Belle

04/13/1944

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0hr 45min

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Documentary

,War

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

Cast

Vince Evans
Jacob L. Devers
Ira C. Eaker
Haywood Hansell
Robert J. Hanson

Director

William Wyler

INFORMATION

Production Companies

First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces
U.S. Office of War Information
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

LANGUAGES

English

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)

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