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.

Details

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