Flying Fortress (film)

Flying Fortress
Directed byWalter Forde
Written by
Produced byA. H. Saloman
Starring
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byTerence Fisher
Music byJack Beaver
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • 13 June 1942 (1942-06-13)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£107,362
Box office$607,000 or £175,656

Flying Fortress is a 1942 British black-and-white war film drama from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by A. H. Soloman, directed by Walter Forde, that stars Richard Greene and co-stars Carla Lehmann, Betty Stockfeld, and Donald Stewart.

During the Blitz, an arrogant American pilot becomes increasingly committed to the Allied cause after ferrying B-17 bombers from Canada to England. After joining the Royal Canadian Air Force and being assigned to an RAF squadron, he finally takes part in a Flying Fortress bombing raid on Berlin.