
WWII Air Crash Detectives
PG2014•2.5/10
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.
Production
Like A Shot Entertainment
Language
EN
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
E1
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.

E2
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.

E3
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.

E4
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.

E5
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

E6
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.











