WWII Air Crash Detectives (2014)

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1 Season

November 24, 2014

English

Documentary War & Politics

Synopsis

Garth Barnard has a lifelong passion and unshakeable resolve to investigate how thousands of young Airmen from the Second World War died in catastrophic air accidents and training crashes.

Network

U&Yesterday

Episodes

Lost & Confused - Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash

Nov 24, 2014

Garth Barnard investigates shocking WWII air accidents, starting with a tragic B-25 training crash in Virginia that killed five crew.

Death in the Moonlight: Turweston Wellington Collision

Dec 1, 2014

In 1944, two Wellington bombers collided in mid-air over Northants. Garth Barnard investigates why 13 young trainees perished.

Australia's Worst Air Crash: Baker's Creek

Dec 8, 2014

Australia's worst aviation accident happened in 1943, when 40 crew died in a B-17 bomber crash. Hear why this awful incident was hushed up.

Death on the Great Plains: Naper 28

Dec 15, 2014

Garth Barnard fact-finds to determine the cause of a terrible accident in Nebraska in 1944, when a transport plane crashed during a violent storm.

Conspiracy or Confusion? The Duke of Kent

Dec 22, 2014

Controversial royal Prince George perished in a plane crash in 1942: was pilot error or sabotage to blame? Garth Barnard uncovers the truth

Sikorski's Last Flight

Jan 13, 2015

Conspiracy theories abound about the death of Wladyslaw Sikorski, the Polish PM whose plane crashed soon after take off in 1943. We explore this complex case.