WWII Air Crash Detectives
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.
Cast
Garth Barnard
Himself - Detective
Aileen Downey
Herself - Narrator
Seasons
E1Lost & Confused - Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash
Nov 24, 2014
Garth Barnard investigates shocking WWII air accidents, starting with a tragic B-25 training crash in Virginia that killed five crew.
E2Death in the Moonlight: Turweston Wellington Collision
Dec 1, 2014
In 1944, two Wellington bombers collided in mid-air over Northants. Garth Barnard investigates why 13 young trainees perished.
E3Australia's Worst Air Crash: Baker's Creek
Dec 8, 2014
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.
E4Death on the Great Plains: Naper 28
Dec 15, 2014
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.
E5Conspiracy or Confusion? The Duke of Kent
Dec 22, 2014
Controversial royal Prince George perished in a plane crash in 1942: was pilot error or sabotage to blame? Garth Barnard uncovers the truth
E6Sikorski's Last Flight
Jan 13, 2015
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.
Storyline
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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