The Memphis Belle

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.

Release Date: April 13, 1944

Status: Released

Genres:

Documentary

War

67

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

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)

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Herself

John P. Quinlan

Himself