Searching for Halifax NP711
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- Runtime
- 54 mins
On February 21, 1945, the Royal Canadian Air Force Halifax bomber NP711 with a crew of seven men took off from the Linton-on-Ouse air base in England for a bombing raid over Worms, Germany. The bomber never made it to its target. The Halifax was struck by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into a mountainside near Leistadt, Germany. All crew members were killed. The crash was so horrific that the wreckage was strewn over 1,000 meters. Seventy-seven years later the wreckage was recovered and the site was deemed a gravesite for the perished crew. This documentary film examines the last days of the seven-member crew and the recovery of the wreckage of Halifax NP711.
On February 21, 1945, the Royal Canadian Air Force Halifax bomber NP711 with a crew of seven men took off from the Linton-on-Ouse air base in England for a bombing raid over Worms, Germany. The bomber never made it to its target. The Halifax was struck by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into a mountainside near Leistadt, Germany. All crew members were killed. The crash was so horrific that the wreckage was strewn over 1,000 meters. Seventy-seven years later the wreckage was recovered and the site was deemed a gravesite for the perished crew. This documentary film examines the last days of the seven-member crew and the recovery of the wreckage of Halifax NP711.
Cast
- Nicholas Wagner
- Rob Leicester Wagner
- Jane Gulliford-Lowes
- Michelle Lee
- Christina Parry
- Dany Poitras
- Rainer Hanewald
- Erik Wieman
- Derek Earp
- Michael Trautermann
- Francis Gieringer
- Don Sanderson
- Megan Kraynak
- Werner Raubenheimer
- Bettina Huenerfauth
- Jennifer Mallory
- August Walter
- Nels P.H. Andersen
- William J. Gilmore
- Donald M. Sanderson
- Donald E. Sherman
- Reginald B. Smith
- Richard L. Wagner
- William W. Wagner
- James Wilson
- Adolf Hitler
Director
- Rob Leicester Wagner
Producers
- Nicholas Wagner
- Selena Wagner