Why We Fight: Prelude to War
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The Memphis Belle
Storyline
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
- V
Vince Evans
Himself
- J
Jacob L. Devers
Himself (commander, European theatre)
- I
Ira C. Eaker
Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
- H
Haywood Hansell
Himself (USAAF)
- R
Robert J. Hanson
Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
- E
Eugene Kern
Narrator
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Himself
- C
Captain Charles B. Leighton
Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
- H
Harold P. Loch
Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
- C
Casimer A. Nastal
Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Herself
- J
John P. Quinlan
Himself
