The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

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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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary,

War

Duration:

45 minutes

Year:

1944

Director:

William Wyler

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Company:

First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces,

U.S. Office of War Information,

Paramount Pictures

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)

Crew:
William Wyler

Director

William Wyler

Writer

Jerome Chodorov

Writer

Gail Kubik

Music

Lynn Harrison

Editor