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Air Warriors
S9, EP5 "B-24 Liberator"The most-produced bomber in US history, used during World War II by every branch of the American military, as well as by the Royal Air Force.
Air Warriors
S10, EP2 "PBY Catalina"A look at the amphibious aircraft and the many roles it served during WWII, from patrol bomber to search-and-rescue aircraft.
Air Warriors
S10, EP4 "Mosquito"A look at the British multirole fighter aircraft; the de Havilland Mosquito was used in the Second World War as a bomber, fighter and reconnaissance aircraft.
Air Warriors
S8, EP3 "Hawker Hurricane"The overlooked underdog of British fighter planes; fast and versatile, the dogfighter doubled as a bomber and ground support aircraft in every theatre of WWII.
Air Warriors
S5, EP3 "U-2 Dragon Lady"The history and evolution of America's most legendary spy plane.
Air Warriors
S10, EP3 "B-17 Flying Fortress"The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most lethal bombers of the U.S. Air Force in WWII's European and Pacific campaigns; among other things, the plane delivered food to the German-occupied Netherlands.
Air Warriors
S10, EP9 "Stuka Dive Bomber"A look at the rise and fall of the infamous Nazi dive bomber Ju-87 Stuka, an aircraft of World War II.
Hell Below
S1, EP3 "Destroyer Killer"In June of 1944, American skipper Sam Dealey leads a rescue mission in Borneo.
Hell Below
S1, EP4 "The Wolfpack"Germany devastated Allied ships in the Atlantic, thanks to the new wolf pack tactic in 1940.
Hell Below
S1, EP5 "Hitler's Revenge"The Nazi campaign to send U-boats across the Atlantic to the U.S. at the beginning of Operation Drumbeat.
Hell Below
S1, EP6 "Atlantic Showdown"A 3-day clash between Nazi U-boats and Allied ships in March 1943 marks a major turning point in World War II.
Air Disasters
S13, EP6 "Fatal Climb"A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.
Air Disasters
S15, EP3 "Explosive Touchdown"After touching down, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion, but investigators find no evidence of a bomb on board.
Air Disasters
S15, EP7 "Atlantic Ditching"A helicopter carrying offshore drilling workers crashes into the ocean, leading to an investigation that reveals a fatal flaw in the chopper's design.
Air Disasters
S18, EP10 "Flying Blind"A cleaning crew makes a careless error while cleaning a Boeing 757, affecting the plane's computer system and causing it to crash into the Pacific Ocean.