The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

45 mins | Documentary, War, History | April 13, 1944

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.

The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

45 mins | Documentary, War, History | April 13, 1944

The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Paramount, U.S. Office of War Information, First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces
Original title The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
Directors William Wyler
Writers Lester Koenig, Jerome Chodorov, William Wyler

Cast

Vince Evans

as Himself

Jacob L. Devers

as Himself (commander, European theatre)

Ira C. Eaker

as Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)

Haywood Hansell

as Himself (USAAF)

Technical Sergeant Robert J. Hanson

as Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)

Eugene Kern

as Narrator

Captain Charles B. Leighton

as Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)

Technical Sergeant Harold P. Loch

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

Staff Sergeant Casimer A. Nastal

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

Staff Sergeant Cecil H. Scott

as Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)

Captain James A. Verinis

as Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)

Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Winchell

as Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle

Stanley Wray

as Himself (group commander)

Arthur Kennedy

as (uncredited)

Robert Morgan

as Himself (Pilot)