WW2 Air Crash Detectives
TV Show · Documentary

Uncovering the truth behind the deaths of thousands of airmen in World War II is investigator Garth Barnard. His tenacity and determination to solve the mysteries is evident as Barnard reveals the historical events that caused vast destruction and devastation. Not only are stories told of collisions with attacking aircrafts, but the series presents the facts behind dangerous training missions and accidents that occurred.

2014 · 43m
Starring Garth Barnard

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    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.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 2
    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.
    44 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Lost and Confused: Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash
    An investigation into the tragic B-25 training crash in Virginia during February 1943 that claimed the lives of five crew members and highlights the procedural failures which led to the plane crashing.
    44 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Sikorski's Last Flight
    Exploring the case and conspiracy theories around the death of Wladyslaw Sikorski, the Polish prime minister whose plane crashed soon after take off in 1943.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 5
    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.
    44 min
  • EPISODE 6
    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.
    44 min

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  • Garth Barnard
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WW2 Air Crash Detectives

Documentary

Uncovering the truth behind the deaths of thousands of airmen in World War II is investigator Garth Barnard. His tenacity and determination to solve the mysteries is evident as Barnard reveals the historical events that caused vast destruction and devastation. Not only are stories told of collisions with attacking aircrafts, but the series presents the facts behind dangerous training missions and accidents that occurred.

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UYESTER
Released
2014
Rated
12
© 2014 Like A Shot Entertainment Ltd

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English (United Kingdom)
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