Searching for Halifax NP711

Overview

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

Voice

Rob Leicester Wagner

Self

Jane Gulliford-Lowes

Self

N/A

Michelle Lee

Self

N/A

Christina Parry

Voice

Dany Poitras

Self

Rainer Hanewald

Self

Erik Wieman

Self

Derek Earp

Self

Michael Trautermann

Self

N/A

Francis Gieringer

Voice

Don Sanderson

Self