The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
45 minutes1944-04-13
6.7
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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
Vince Evans
Himself
Jacob L. Devers
Himself (commander, European theatre)
Ira C. Eaker
Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
Haywood Hansell
Himself (USAAF)
Technical Sergeant 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)
Technical Sergeant Harold P. Loch
Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Staff Sergeant Casimer A. Nastal
Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Herself
Staff Sergeant John P. Quinlan
Himself
Staff Sergeant Cecil H. Scott
Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)
Captain James A. Verinis
Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)
Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Winchell
Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle
Stanley Wray
Himself (group commander)
Arthur Kennedy
(uncredited)
