Memphis Belle (1990) Part 4

Memphis Belle Movie 1990. I do not own this. All Rights Reserved to
Warner Bros. Pictures (A Time Warner Company). If you like the
Movie please buy the original DVD.

Memphis Belle is a 1990 film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and
written by Monte Merrick, starring Matthew Modine and Eric Stoltz
and introducing Harry Connick Jr. in his screen debut. It is a
fictionalization of the 1943 documentary Memphis Belle: A Story of a
Flying Fortress by director William Wyler, about the 25th and last
mission of an American B-17 bomber, the Memphis Belle, which was
based in England during World War II. The 1990 version was
produced by Wyler's daughter Catherine and dedicated to her father.

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[SpenzOT]

@soldiersmom1000 That is interesting considering that the Japanese apparently didn't have as organized an anti-aircraft system as the Germans did (nor the best guns except for the large destroyer guns converted to land AAA batteries). Nevertheless, Flak must have been the scariest thing for any bomber crewmember to experience.

[TaZ101SAGA]

The B17 is such a beautiful plane! They don't make em like this anymore!

[SamJ1986]

Back in the day, when they used to used real freaking airplanes in and legit effects instead of this CGI crap like you see in Red Tails.

[SpenzOT]

@wellardme The wonderful thing about this movie though is that they use the actual B-17 engine sounds. Stand at the end of a runway when a B-17 is talking off or landing and you will hear the EXACT sound that you do in this movie. I used to live at the end of a runway and a B-17 and B-24 came in for an airshow. When they flew over the first thing that hit my mind was "WOW! That sounded exactly like the Memphis Belle!"

Eh I was 14 years old.

[SpenzOT]

@SamJ1986 Crabbing that pronounced though would mean there had to have been a pretty nasty crosswind though. You could see how fast the wind picked up that B-17 and how quickly the pilot had to adjust. Hehe good thing he wasn't flying a B-26 Marauder. 'One a day at Tampa Bay' and all that.

[SpenzOT]

@soeffingwhat I was watching a show called "Suicide Missions: Ball Turret Gunner" one night. A surviving ball turret gunner told a story of how he met an army GI in a bar. They discussed switching jobs with each other until the GI asked "wait a minute, what position do you man?" The guy replied "I am a ball turret gunner" to which the GI responded "Then you can go to hell!"

[soeffingwhat]

@TheSupercaitlin1 I'd never want to be in a War like WW2 or any other, but I given the choice I would NOT be in the Ball Turrent.