Searching for Halifax NP711

Story

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.

«It's not closure, just part of the story.»

Kurzinfos

Originaltitel

Searching for Halifax NP711

Status

Released

Start

31.01.2023

Laufzeit

54 min

Originalsprache

en

Genres

Dokumentarfilm