Searching for Halifax NP711

Searching for 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.

Searching for Halifax NP711

Searching for 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.
Producers
Original title Searching for Halifax NP711
Directors Rob Leicester Wagner
Writers

Cast

Nicholas Wagner

as Voice

Michelle Lee

as Self

Christina Parry

as Voice

Dany Poitras

as Self

Rainer Hanewald

as Self

Erik Wieman

as Self

Derek Earp

as Self

Don Sanderson

as Self

Megan Kraynak

as Self

August Walter

as Self

Nels P.H. Andersen

as Archival Photos

William J. Gilmore

as Archival Photos

Donald M. Sanderson

as Archival Photos

Donald E. Sherman

as Archival Photos

Reginald B. Smith

as Archival Photos

Richard L. Wagner

as Archival Photos

William W. Wagner

as Archival Photos

James Wilson

as Archival Photos

Adolf Hitler

as Archival Footage