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• 2023-01-31
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  Documentary
• ▪ 0h-54m

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

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.

• Rob Leicester WagnerDirector

  Mario KalbAssistant Camera

  Nicholas WagnerMusic Consultant

  Tim ÜberrheinAerial Camera

  Aleksej KekselAerial Camera

  Erik WiemanTranslator