WWII Air Crash Detectives

PG2014•6.3/10

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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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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Production

Like A Shot Entertainment

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

November 24, 2014

Last Aired

January 13, 2015

Networks

U&Yesterday

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Lost & Confused - Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash

Air date: 2014-11-24

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

Air date: 2014-12-01

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

Air date: 2014-12-08

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

Air date: 2014-12-15

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

Air date: 2014-12-22

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

Air date: 2015-01-13

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.