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{{quote| ''In the summer of 1943, a fierce air battle raged in the skies above Europe. Every day, hundreds of young airmen faced death as they flew bombing raids deep into enemy territory. Fewer and fewer were coming back.''}}
 
''Memphis Belle'' is a 1990 war movie based on the real-life story of the first bomber crew in the US 8th Air Force to complete a full tour of 25 missions over occupied Europe.
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* [[Airstrike Impossible]]: Bremen is known to be a murderously well-defended target.
* [[All Germans Are Nazis]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by Luke, when trying to argue against Dennis' decision to circle around for another pass on Bremen.
{{quote| '''Dennis Dearborn:''' Everybody, listen! I know you want to drop the bombs and get the hell out of here, but there are civilians down there. There's a school next door, and if we don't drop these bombs right in the pickle barrel, there's gonna be a lot of innocent people killed--<br />
'''Luke Sinclair:''' What's the difference?! They're all Nazis!<br />
'''Dennis Dearborn:''' Luke, ''[[Shut UP, Hannibal|shut up!]]'' }}
* [[Amazing Freaking Grace]]: The crew (which includes Harry Connick Jr) sing this on the way out to the plane. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14raZmLIyaM In harmony.]
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* [[The Homeward Journey]]
* [[It Will Never Catch On]]: This conversation with Danny and Virge in the barracks:
{{quote| '''Virgil Hoogesteyer:''' Anyway, Danny, then I'm going to open a whole bunch of restaurants, exactly like the first one. So you can go to Detroit and get the exact same hamburger you got in Baltimore--<br />
'''Danny Daly:''' Virge, nobody wants the same old food everywhere they go.<br />
'''Virgil Hoogesteyer:''' Sure they do! It's comforting! }}
* [[The Men First]]: Colonel Craig Harriman might be a [[The Stoic|stoic commanding officer]]--but after Army PR Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Derringer accuses him of caring only for results and not the crews, he finally [[Not So Stoic|loses his temper]], then has Derringer read from a [[The Dead Have Names|box of letters ... responses to letters that Harriman personally wrote to the family of men who died under his command.]]
{{quote| '''Craig Harriman:''' I have twenty-four crews up there. They are ''all'' special to me.}}
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Luke wants to have a go at firing the guns, and succeeds in shooting down a German fighter--which crashes into the rookie crew's bomber. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU5TKCxZ0s4 Like this.]
* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: When one of the crew is injured, out-of-his-depth medic Val favors throwing him out of the plane with a parachute on, figuring that even if he's captured, the Germans will at least tend to his wounds and not just let him die. They decide to keep him on board.
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