Searching for Halifax NP711
Storyline
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.
Top Cast
Nicholas Wagner
Voice
Rob Leicester Wagner
Self
Jane Gulliford-Lowes
Self
Michelle Lee
Self
Christina Parry
Voice
Dany Poitras
Self
Rainer Hanewald
Self
Erik Wieman
Self
Derek Earp
Self
Michael Trautermann
Self
Francis Gieringer
Voice
Don Sanderson
Self
Megan Kraynak
Self
Werner Raubenheimer
Self
Bettina Huenerfauth
Self
Jennifer Mallory
Self
August Walter
Self
Nels P.H. Andersen
Archival Photos
William J. Gilmore
Archival Photos
Donald M. Sanderson
Archival Photos
Rob Leicester Wagner
Rob Leicester Wagner
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