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Garth Barnard
Himself - Detective
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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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Aileen Downey
Herself - Narrator
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Episodes
6 Episodes011. Lost & Confused - Sharp Top Mountain B-25 Crash
Garth Barnard investigates shocking WWII air accidents, starting with a tragic B-25 training crash in Virginia that killed five crew.
022. 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.
033. 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.
044. 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.
055. 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
066. Sikorski's Last Flight
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.