WWII Air Crash Detectives

The Duke Of Kent Crash (1x6)

Uitzenddatum: Jan 28, 2015

The Duke of Kent Crash - A Short Sunderland Flying Boat slams into Eagle Rock, a remote hillside in the far north of Scotland, killing fourteen people on board. Miraculously, there is one survivor. But among the dead is His Royal Highness Prince George the Duke of Kent, the brother of King George VI. This episode attempt to get to the truth behind the infamous Eagle Rock crash which claimed the life of the ‘Forgotten’ Prince – the Royal brother with the unfortunate lifestyle and inconvenient politics. From the crash site, we explore the known facts and explain why the plane came down – and sift through the fascinating theories that surround one of the most intriguing episodes of the Second World War.