Searching for Halifax NP711
It's not closure, just part of the story.
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.
Michelle Lee
Self
Christina Parry
Voice
Francis Gieringer
Voice
Megan Kraynak
Self
Nels P.H. Andersen
Archival Photos
William J. Gilmore
Archival Photos
Donald M. Sanderson
Archival Photos
Donald E. Sherman
Archival Photos
Reginald B. Smith
Archival Photos
Richard L. Wagner
Archival Photos
William W. Wagner
Archival Photos
James Wilson
Archival Photos
Mario Kalb
Assistant Camera
Tim Überrhein
Aerial Camera
Aleksej Keksel
Aerial Camera
Mark Rowles
Modeling
Jayant Dabasia
Art Department Assistant
Selena Wagner
Producer
Andy Villarreal
Sound Designer
Megan Kraynak
Aerial Camera
Peter Rennholz
Translator
Sabria Salama Jawhar
Executive Producer