WWII Air Crash Detectives

DocumentaryWar & Politics

“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.”

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Season 1(6 Episodes)

Episode 1

Lost & Confused - Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash

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

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Episode 2

Death in the Moonlight: Turweston Wellington Collision

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

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Episode 3

Australia's Worst Air Crash: Baker's Creek

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.

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Episode 4

Death on the Great Plains: Naper 28

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.

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Episode 5

Conspiracy or Confusion? The Duke of Kent

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

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Episode 6

Sikorski's Last Flight

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.

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