YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT! Take my word on that. (I mean they're not having to eat rats to stay alive, which my grandfather had to do in occupied France, or anything.) The first time you see Memphis Belle anywhere, to rent or to buy, grab it and take it home with you. It's about the close relationship of these ten soldiers and how they work together to stay alive in the worst of a situation. Because it's not really like a war movie. But you don't have to like war movies to love Memphis Belle. This film was set in 1942 and that means that my grandfather had yet to marry my grandmother, but he was in his prime. I found my self thinking that my grandpa was young like that right around that time. If you have had family that was in WWII, my grandfather was, then this movie will have an impact on you. Boeing XB-17 also known as the Model 299. I have yet to buy it yet, but trust me, I'll find a way. The origins of the B-17 began in 1934 when the former United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) sent out a proposal for a new bomber aircraft that could carry a substantial payload at an altitude of 10,000 ft and be flown at a speed of at least 200 miles per hour. But when we finally did send it back, I cried, yes I cried, because I had fallen in love with this movie. When my mom asked me if I was ready to send it back to Netflix, I said no and kept it a pretty good long while. Plus, being a teenage girl, I loved seeing all the boys in Uniform. It was one of the best war movies I'd seen in a long time. (Allbeit the second time I popped this in the DVD player, but nevertheless hello.) I would give this movie 20 stars if I could. Even my Dad, who sleeps through every movie we watch, no matter how enthralling, stayed awake and watched this. Sweeney, Reed Diamond, Courntey Gains, Neil Giuntoli and John Lithgow all give amazing performances in this true story. Much to my surprise I discoverd this film had an all star cast, and I adored them all! Tate Donovan, Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Billy Zane, Harry Connick Jr., D.B. I first came across this masterpiece when I did a search for Eric Stoltz on the Netflix website. The mission would count toward tour completion, as the crews would have been in combat, and were over enemy territory. Failing that, the mission would be aborted and the crews would dump their ordnance in either the North Sea or the English Channel. If the secondary were unable to be hit, it became the IP for the tertiary, and if that were unable to be hit, the force commander (NOT the pilot of the lead aircraft) would issue an order to go after targets of opportunity. If the primary target was unable to be hit, the primary became the IP to set up on the secondary. In actuality, bomber crews were briefed on a primary, a secondary, a tertiary and targets of opportunity. Third, such a maneuver would keep the force under fighter attack longer than need be. Second, such a maneuver would alert all flak batteries as to the actual target. First, it is VERY hard to have a formation of 300-plus Forts make a 180 degree turn. In reality, this would NOT have happened. In Memphis Belle the bomber force is ordered to circle back to the Initial Point when the Primary Target is obscured by smoke or cloud cover.
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