Searching for Halifax NP711 (2023)
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.
Director: Rob Leicester Wagner
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Nicholas Wagner as Voice |
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Rob Leicester Wagner as Self |
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Jane Gulliford-Lowes as Self |
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Michelle Lee as Self |
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Christina Parry as Voice |
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Dany Poitras as Self |
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Rainer Hanewald as Self |
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Erik Wieman as Self |
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Derek Earp as Self |
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Michael Trautermann as Self |
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Francis Gieringer as Voice |
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Don Sanderson as Self |
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Megan Kraynak as Self |
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Werner Raubenheimer as Self |
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Bettina Huenerfauth as Self |
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Jennifer Mallory as Self |
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August Walter as Self |
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Nels P.H. Andersen as Archival Photos |
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William J. Gilmore as Archival Photos |
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Donald M. Sanderson as Archival Photos |
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Donald E. Sherman as Archival Photos |
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Reginald B. Smith as Archival Photos |
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Richard L. Wagner as Archival Photos |
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William W. Wagner as Archival Photos |
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James Wilson as Archival Photos |
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Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Rob Leicester Wagner | Director |
| Editing | Zoe Gieringer | Editor |
| Sound | Tatiana Riabinkina | Music Director |
| Sound | Andy Villarreal | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Mario Kalb | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Jayant Dabasia | Art Department Assistant |
| Camera | Aleksej Keksel | Aerial Camera |
| Camera | Megan Kraynak | Aerial Camera |
| Camera | Michael Manousakis | Aerial Camera |
| Camera | Tim Überrhein | Aerial Camera |
| Sound | Nicholas Wagner | Music Consultant |
| Crew | Erik Wieman | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Erik Wieman | Translator |
| Crew | Peter Rennholz | Translator |
| Visual Effects | Mark Rowles | Modeling |
| Production | Nicholas Wagner | Producer |
| Production | Selena Wagner | Producer |
| Camera | Rob Leicester Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Rob Leicester Wagner | Writer |
| Production | Sabria Salama Jawhar | Executive Producer |
