WWII Air Crash Detectives - Season 1
2014 • 6 episodes
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Lost & Confused - Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash
Episode 1 • 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
Episode 2 • Dec 01, 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
Episode 3 • Dec 08, 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
Episode 4 • 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
Episode 5 • 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
Episode 6 • 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.