The Memphis Belle

45m

Documentary War

6.7

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

Jacob L. Devers

Himself (commander, European theatre)

Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)

Haywood Hansell

Himself (USAAF)

Robert J. Hanson

Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Captain Charles B. Leighton

Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)

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

John P. Quinlan

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

Captain James A. Verinis

Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)

Clarence E. Winchell

Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle

Himself (group commander)

Himself (Pilot)

Crew

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Jerome Chodorov

William H. Clothier

Director of Photography

William V. Skall

Director of Photography

Harold J. Tannenbaum

Director of Photography