WWII Air Crash Detectives
2014–2015 · U&Yesterday · 60 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Sikorski's Last Flight
Tue, 13 Jan, 11:00 pm
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.
About
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
- E01
Lost and Confused: Sharp Top Mountain B25 Crash
Mon, 24 Nov· 60 minGarth Barnard investigates shocking WWII air accidents, starting with a tragic B-25 training crash in Virginia that killed five crew.
- E02
Death in the Moonlight: Turwestone Wellington Collision
Mon, 1 Dec· 60 minIn 1944, two Wellington bombers collided in mid-air over Northants. Garth Barnard investigates why 13 young trainees perished.
- E03
Australia's Worst Air Crash: Baker's Creek
Mon, 8 Dec· 60 minAustralia'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.
- E04
Death on the Great Plains: Naper 28
Mon, 15 Dec· 60 minGarth Barnard fact-finds to determine the cause of a terrible accident in Nebraska in 1944, when a transport plane crashed during a violent storm.
- E05
Conspiracy or Confusion? The Duke of Kent
Mon, 22 Dec· 60 minControversial royal Prince George perished in a plane crash in 1942: was pilot error or sabotage to blame? Garth Barnard uncovers the truth.
- E06
Sikorski's Last Flight
Tue, 13 Jan· 60 minConspiracy 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.