Series
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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Seasons & episodes
- 1Lost & Confused - Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash24 Nov 2014Garth Barnard investigates shocking WWII air accidents, starting with a tragic B-25 training crash in Virginia that killed five crew.
2Death in the Moonlight: Turweston Wellington Collision1 Dec 2014In 1944, two Wellington bombers collided in mid-air over Northants. Garth Barnard investigates why 13 young trainees perished.
3Australia's Worst Air Crash: Baker's Creek8 Dec 2014Australia'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.
4Death on the Great Plains: Naper 2815 Dec 2014Garth Barnard fact-finds to determine the cause of a terrible accident in Nebraska in 1944, when a transport plane crashed during a violent storm.
5Conspiracy or Confusion? The Duke of Kent22 Dec 2014Controversial royal Prince George perished in a plane crash in 1942: was pilot error or sabotage to blame? Garth Barnard uncovers the truth
6Sikorski's Last Flight13 Jan 2015Conspiracy 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.
Details
- First aired
- 24 Nov 2014
- Last aired
- 13 Jan 2015
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- U&Yesterday
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 2 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Cast
- GGarth BarnardHimself - Detective
- AAileen DowneyHerself - Narrator
