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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.

2023 |0h 54m |  Documentary

Cast

cast

Nicholas Wagner

Voice

cast

Jane Gulliford-Lowes

Self

cast

Dany Poitras

Self

cast

Rainer Hanewald

Self

cast

Derek Earp

Self

cast

Michael Trautermann

Self

cast

Don Sanderson

Self

cast

Werner Raubenheimer

Self

cast

Jennifer Mallory

Self

cast

August Walter

Self

cast

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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