TV Series
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20141 Season6 EpisodesEndedWWII 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.
Episodes & Seasons
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Season 1
6 EpisodesEP 01
EP 1
01.Lost & Confused - Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash
2014-11-24
01.Lost & Confused - Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash
Aired 2014-11-24
Garth Barnard investigates shocking WWII air accidents, starting with a tragic B-25 training crash in Virginia that killed five crew.
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EP 02
02.Death in the Moonlight: Turweston Wellington Collision
2014-12-01
02.Death in the Moonlight: Turweston Wellington Collision
Aired 2014-12-01
In 1944, two Wellington bombers collided in mid-air over Northants. Garth Barnard investigates why 13 young trainees perished.
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EP 03
03.Australia's Worst Air Crash: Baker's Creek
2014-12-08
03.Australia's Worst Air Crash: Baker's Creek
Aired 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.
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EP 04
04.Death on the Great Plains: Naper 28
2014-12-15
04.Death on the Great Plains: Naper 28
Aired 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.
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EP 05
05.Conspiracy or Confusion? The Duke of Kent
2014-12-22
05.Conspiracy or Confusion? The Duke of Kent
Aired 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
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EP 06
06.Sikorski's Last Flight
2015-01-13
06.Sikorski's Last Flight
Aired 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.
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