Memphis Belle in Color
- Movies
- 2019-01-01
- EN
- Released
- 0h 51m
- US
- Documentary - War - History
Production
Smithsonian Channel
Tagline
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Storyline
In January 1942, the U.S. military created a new bomber command, the Eighth Air Force, and sent a small contingent of men overseas to loosen the Nazis' grip on Europe. The command's star player was the B-17, a fast, heavily armed aircraft that changed the course of World War II. Witness them take on the mighty German Luftwaffe over enemy skies. Discover the story of how one B-17--the Memphis Belle--and its crew lifted the spirits of a nation and became a symbol of American prowess in defense of freedom.
