WWII Air Crash Detectives (2014)
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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Episodes
- 1 1. Lost & Confused - Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash2014-11-24Garth Barnard investigates shocking WWII air accidents, starting with a tragic B-25 training crash in Virginia that killed five crew.
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2. Death in the Moonlight: Turweston Wellington Collision2014-12-01In 1944, two Wellington bombers collided in mid-air over Northants. Garth Barnard investigates why 13 young trainees perished.
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3. Australia's Worst Air Crash: Baker's Creek2014-12-08Australia'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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4. Death on the Great Plains: Naper 282014-12-15Garth 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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5. Conspiracy or Confusion? The Duke of Kent2014-12-22Controversial 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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6. Sikorski's Last Flight2015-01-13Conspiracy 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.
Cast
Garth BarnardHimself - Detective
Aileen DowneyHerself - Narrator
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