 Tom HanksSelf - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) |
 Steven SpielbergSelf - Filmmaker | Self - Filmmaker |
 James StewartSelf - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage) | Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage) |
| JJohn 'Lucky' LuckadooSelf - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group | Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group |
| RRobert 'Rosie' RosenthalSelf - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group (archive footage) | Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group (archive footage) |
| JJohn A. ClarkSelf - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group | Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group |
| HHarry CrosbySelf - Navigator, 100th Bomb Group (archive footage) | Self - Navigator, 100th Bomb Group (archive footage) |
| JJoseph ArmaniniSelf - Bombardier, 100th Bomb Group | Self - Bombardier, 100th Bomb Group |
| FFrank MurphySelf - Navigator, 100th Bomb Group | Self - Navigator, 100th Bomb Group |
| OOwen 'Cowboy' RoaneSelf - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group | Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group |
| DDonald L. MillerSelf - Author, Masters of the Air | Self - Author, Masters of the Air |
| SSeth ParidonSelf - Historian, Mississippi Armed Forces Museum | Self - Historian, Mississippi Armed Forces Museum |
 Franklin D. RooseveltSelf - United States President (archive footage) | Self - United States President (archive footage) |
| BBruce AlshouseSelf - Tail Gunner, 100th Bomb Group | Self - Tail Gunner, 100th Bomb Group |
| RRobert WolffSelf - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group | Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group |
| GGene BankstonSelf - Togglier, 100th Bomb Group (archive footage) | Self - Togglier, 100th Bomb Group (archive footage) |
| TThomas JeffreySelf - Commander, 100th Bomb Group, May 1955-February 1945 | Self - Commander, 100th Bomb Group, May 1955-February 1945 |
| DDr. Conrad C. CraneSelf - SSI Senior Historian, US Army War College | Self - SSI Senior Historian, US Army War College |
| GGen. (Ret.) Curtis LemaySelf - Cmdr., 3rd Bombardment Division (voice) (archive sound) | Self - Cmdr., 3rd Bombardment Division (voice) (archive sound) |
| LLt. Gen. (Ret.) Ira EakerSelf - Commander., 8th Air Force, 1942-1944 (archive footage) | Self - Commander., 8th Air Force, 1942-1944 (archive footage) |
| RRandall HansenSelf - Author, Fire and Fury | Self - Author, Fire and Fury |
| GGen. (Ret.) James DoolittleSelf - Cmdr., 8th Air Force, 1994-1954 (voice) (archive sound) | Self - Cmdr., 8th Air Force, 1994-1954 (voice) (archive sound) |
| DDr. Tami Davis BiddleSelf - Author, Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare | Self - Author, Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare |
 Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf - Supreme Allied Commander (voice) (archive sound) | Self - Supreme Allied Commander (voice) (archive sound) |
| WWilliam 'Bill' CouchSelf - Bombardier, 100th Bomb Group | Self - Bombardier, 100th Bomb Group |
| DDr. Matthew F. DelmontSelf - Author, Half American | Self - Author, Half American |
| RRichard MaconSelf - Pilot, 332nd Fighter Group (archive footage) | Self - Pilot, 332nd Fighter Group (archive footage) |
| JJ. Todd MoyeSelf - Author, Freedom Flyers | Self - Author, Freedom Flyers |
| AAlexander JeffersonSelf - Pilot, 332nd Fighter Group (archive footage) | Self - Pilot, 332nd Fighter Group (archive footage) |
| MMarilyn Jeffers WaltonSelf - Author, From Interrogation to Liberation | Self - Author, From Interrogation to Liberation |
