1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:02,567 [Frode Lindgjerdet] I think we got something here. 2 00:00:02,567 --> 00:00:03,700 -You see something? -[Frode] Yeah. 3 00:00:03,700 --> 00:00:06,500 -[Josh Gates] What do you see? -It looks like wreckage. 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,266 [David Morris] More than 2,600 built for the Royal Navy, 5 00:00:11,266 --> 00:00:13,800 but not a single one exists today. 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:20,066 We are at the start point of a massive project to rebuild the Barracudas. 7 00:00:20,066 --> 00:00:24,367 You need to find tens of thousands of components from crashed planes... 8 00:00:24,367 --> 00:00:26,467 -Yes. -...and then reassemble them. 9 00:00:26,467 --> 00:00:27,967 That's right. 10 00:00:28,867 --> 00:00:32,900 -That's it. You're nuts. You're officially crazy. -[chuckles] 11 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:35,100 [Archie Liggat] A guy who had been a maintenance worker here during the war, 12 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:37,400 he witnessed Barracudas being buried on the airfield. 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:38,300 Being buried? 14 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:40,400 So there might actually be something here? 15 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,200 Oh, no, there's definitely something here. 16 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,634 Sheet aluminum, definitely potentially aircraft material. 17 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:47,800 Metal! Right there! 18 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,667 -[Frode] Yeah, metal. -That's metal for sure! 19 00:00:49,667 --> 00:00:52,266 This is the paint scheme on a British plane. 20 00:00:52,266 --> 00:00:53,500 This is definitely aviation. 21 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:55,100 -This is a plane. -Yeah. 22 00:00:55,100 --> 00:00:57,133 Ha-ha! Unbelievable. 23 00:01:08,467 --> 00:01:11,767 [Josh] For Great Britain, World War II arrives by air. 24 00:01:11,767 --> 00:01:13,367 The lethal German Luftwaffe 25 00:01:13,367 --> 00:01:16,900 conducts relentless bombing campaigns on the island nation 26 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:19,567 as their navy stalks the waters that surround it. 27 00:01:19,567 --> 00:01:21,967 To bring the fight to the Nazis, 28 00:01:21,967 --> 00:01:24,767 the Brits design a new generation of planes, 29 00:01:24,767 --> 00:01:29,767 including a revolutionary aircraft called the Barracuda, 30 00:01:29,767 --> 00:01:33,667 the first ever all-metal carrier-based torpedo bomber. 31 00:01:33,667 --> 00:01:35,667 The Barracuda has a deadly bite, 32 00:01:35,667 --> 00:01:39,767 capable of carrying a game-changing 1,600-pound bomb. 33 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:44,166 The plane's greatest victory comes in April 1944, 34 00:01:44,166 --> 00:01:47,100 against the Nazis' version of the Death Star, 35 00:01:47,100 --> 00:01:50,000 the fiercely armored battleship Tirpitz. 36 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,900 It's in a daring attack, a squadron of Barracudas 37 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:55,567 managed to cripple the dreaded ship, 38 00:01:55,567 --> 00:02:00,066 clearing the way for the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day. 39 00:02:01,767 --> 00:02:05,600 After the war, as the world soars into the jet age, 40 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,467 most of the era's historic planes 41 00:02:07,467 --> 00:02:10,000 are decommissioned and sent to museums. 42 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,000 But in the chaos of cleaning up the continent, 43 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,166 the Barracuda is overlooked. 44 00:02:15,166 --> 00:02:18,800 Out of 2,600 Barracudas manufactured, 45 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,266 not a single plane survives today, 46 00:02:22,266 --> 00:02:25,400 The bomber that helped save Europe went extinct. 47 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,100 At this moment, however, 48 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:31,700 a team of aviation specialists is trying to do something 49 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:33,767 that many think is impossible: 50 00:02:33,767 --> 00:02:36,800 to reconstruct an entire Barracuda 51 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,166 using only its original parts, 52 00:02:39,166 --> 00:02:41,266 right down to the very last rivet. 53 00:02:41,266 --> 00:02:42,767 If they can pull it off, 54 00:02:42,767 --> 00:02:45,300 they will have saved an aviation treasure, 55 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:47,166 the only one of its kind. 56 00:02:47,166 --> 00:02:50,467 But to complete the world's hardest jigsaw puzzle, 57 00:02:50,467 --> 00:02:53,200 they'll need to uncover long buried secrets 58 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,667 and scavenge ultra-rare crash sites from Scotland 59 00:02:56,667 --> 00:02:58,567 to the Arctic Circle. 60 00:02:58,567 --> 00:03:01,600 So join me on a mission like no other, 61 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,767 to raise a legendary phoenix from the ashes 62 00:03:04,767 --> 00:03:08,634 and bring a hero of World War II back to life. 63 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,900 [Josh] The past is all around us... 64 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:15,567 Oh, this is crazy. 65 00:03:15,567 --> 00:03:17,867 ...a world of mystery... 66 00:03:17,867 --> 00:03:20,066 -This is a plane. Ha-ha! -Yeah. 67 00:03:20,066 --> 00:03:21,500 ...danger... 68 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:23,166 We are about to be underwater. 69 00:03:23,166 --> 00:03:24,133 Whoa! 70 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:26,834 ...and adventure. 71 00:03:28,567 --> 00:03:30,700 It's just straight down! 72 00:03:31,667 --> 00:03:33,800 [exclaiming in fright] 73 00:03:35,166 --> 00:03:37,367 I travel to the far corners of the Earth 74 00:03:37,367 --> 00:03:39,867 to uncover where legends end... 75 00:03:39,867 --> 00:03:41,367 [screams, laughs] 76 00:03:41,367 --> 00:03:43,000 ...and history begins. 77 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,200 Okay, let's punch it. 78 00:03:44,767 --> 00:03:46,100 I'm Josh Gates, 79 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:49,800 and this is Expedition Unknown. 80 00:03:57,567 --> 00:04:01,400 We are back in the United Kingdom, 81 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,166 non-EU edition, 82 00:04:03,166 --> 00:04:05,467 and it is just as glorious as I remember it. 83 00:04:05,467 --> 00:04:07,266 Rolling green fields, 84 00:04:07,266 --> 00:04:08,800 a threat of rain at any moment 85 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,700 and, of course, very, very narrow roads. 86 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:14,266 [exclaims] 87 00:04:14,266 --> 00:04:18,100 Just cut these hedges back, for the love of Churchill. 88 00:04:20,567 --> 00:04:22,567 The quest to resurrect the Barracuda 89 00:04:22,567 --> 00:04:24,867 begins in Somerset, England. 90 00:04:24,867 --> 00:04:26,233 During the Second World War, 91 00:04:26,233 --> 00:04:30,166 this beautiful countryside was home to a crucial Royal Navy base. 92 00:04:30,166 --> 00:04:35,333 Today, the Navy has left, but in its old hangars stands the Fleet Air Arm Museum. 93 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,767 The number of priceless aircraft in here is astonishing. 94 00:04:41,767 --> 00:04:45,000 It's hard to believe there could be anything missing from this collection. 95 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,567 But there is. 96 00:04:46,567 --> 00:04:50,400 Here to tell me about a special project to bring a lost legend back to life 97 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,467 is curator David Morris. 98 00:04:52,467 --> 00:04:54,867 -Josh, good to meet you. -Good to meet you as well. 99 00:04:54,867 --> 00:04:55,800 What an awesome museum. 100 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,567 Let's start with that. This place is cool. 101 00:04:57,567 --> 00:05:01,667 It's the biggest collection of historic naval aircraft in Europe. 102 00:05:01,667 --> 00:05:04,900 We've got 103 aircraft in the collection in total... 103 00:05:04,900 --> 00:05:06,567 -And a Concorde. -And a Concorde. 104 00:05:06,567 --> 00:05:08,500 And while this Concorde is very cool, 105 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:10,367 it's not the plane I've come here to see. 106 00:05:10,367 --> 00:05:12,600 -You wanna see the Barracuda? -I want to see the Barracuda. 107 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,033 You wanna see the Barracuda. Well, we're standing next to the Barracuda. 108 00:05:15,867 --> 00:05:17,567 Wait. Where is the Barracuda? This is it? 109 00:05:17,567 --> 00:05:19,800 This is the Barracuda. This is the Barracuda. 110 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,266 This is our latest project. 111 00:05:21,266 --> 00:05:23,367 The Barracuda Live: The Big Rebuild. 112 00:05:23,367 --> 00:05:27,000 We are at the start point of a massive project 113 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,266 to rebuild an aircraft which doesn't exist anywhere else in the world. 114 00:05:30,266 --> 00:05:31,600 This just doesn't make sense to me 115 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,200 that there isn't a single one of these planes left in the world. 116 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,900 More than 2,600 built for the Royal Navy during World War II, 117 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:40,100 more than any other Naval type of aircraft, 118 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:41,433 but not a single one exists today, 119 00:05:41,433 --> 00:05:45,166 either shot down, crashed or scrapped immediately after the war. 120 00:05:45,166 --> 00:05:47,367 So the other thing to me that's mind blowing, 121 00:05:47,367 --> 00:05:49,166 or if I'm being less diplomatic, crazy... 122 00:05:49,166 --> 00:05:51,667 -[chuckles] -...is that you're attempting this at all. 123 00:05:51,667 --> 00:05:53,567 How many individual components 124 00:05:53,567 --> 00:05:55,667 would you guess were in a Barracuda? 125 00:05:55,667 --> 00:05:57,166 It's got to be tens of thousands. 126 00:05:57,166 --> 00:05:58,567 -Tens of thousands? -Tens of thousands. 127 00:05:58,567 --> 00:06:01,600 And you need to find each and every one of those 128 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,600 from crashed planes... 129 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:04,667 Yup. 130 00:06:04,667 --> 00:06:06,100 ...and then reassemble them? 131 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:07,967 -That's right. -That's it, you're nuts. 132 00:06:07,967 --> 00:06:09,600 -[chuckles] -You're officially crazy. 133 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,066 And if that doesn't sound hard enough, get this. 134 00:06:12,066 --> 00:06:15,000 The original blueprints for the plane are also lost, 135 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,667 meaning engineers have to write 136 00:06:16,667 --> 00:06:20,000 their own instruction manual as they rebuild. 137 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,066 And these are real pieces from real Barracudas? 138 00:06:23,066 --> 00:06:24,567 Real pieces from real Barracudas. 139 00:06:24,567 --> 00:06:26,066 -At the moment... -[chuckles] 140 00:06:26,066 --> 00:06:27,800 ...that is probably the best version 141 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,400 of a Barracuda I can show you. 142 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,767 [Josh] Let's scale up the model. 143 00:06:31,767 --> 00:06:34,100 Meet the Fairey Aviation Barracuda, 144 00:06:34,100 --> 00:06:36,367 a carrier-based three-man bomber 145 00:06:36,367 --> 00:06:40,100 with a 40-foot wingspan and matching length. 146 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:43,266 The Barracuda also had numerous unique design features, 147 00:06:43,266 --> 00:06:47,300 including a high wing and prominent tail elevators, 148 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:49,000 as well as an observer cabin 149 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,266 for the bombardier below the tail. 150 00:06:51,266 --> 00:06:54,100 To be instantly identified by friendly aircraft, 151 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:56,667 the Barracuda featured not a Union Jack, 152 00:06:56,667 --> 00:07:00,166 but this distinctive display of British colors. 153 00:07:00,166 --> 00:07:01,367 More importantly, 154 00:07:01,367 --> 00:07:04,500 the plane was powerful enough to carry heavy ordinance, 155 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:08,367 bombs weighing up to 1,600 pounds. 156 00:07:08,367 --> 00:07:13,567 And it takes part in a fairly legendary operation in World War II, right? 157 00:07:13,567 --> 00:07:15,567 It was used in a number of theaters of war, 158 00:07:15,567 --> 00:07:20,500 not least the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in northern Norway. 159 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:23,100 So this is a real hero of World War II? 160 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:24,367 It is. An unsung hero. 161 00:07:24,367 --> 00:07:26,467 Now it just needs to be revived. 162 00:07:26,467 --> 00:07:27,900 Show me how you're doing it. 163 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:29,200 -Please come this way. -Come on. 164 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,266 [Josh] David brings me to the workshop 165 00:07:32,266 --> 00:07:34,867 where the team spends painstaking hours 166 00:07:34,867 --> 00:07:36,567 salvaging the pieces they'll need 167 00:07:36,567 --> 00:07:39,266 to put the Barracuda puzzle back together. 168 00:07:39,266 --> 00:07:40,767 Josh, meet Will and Tony. 169 00:07:40,767 --> 00:07:41,700 -Hey. -Hello. 170 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:42,800 Will, nice to meet you. 171 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:43,667 -Tony. -Hi. 172 00:07:43,667 --> 00:07:44,900 -Nice to meet you, Josh. -How's it going? 173 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:46,166 What do we got going on here? 174 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:49,400 So we're disassembling this rear fuselage 175 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,066 from a Barracuda that crashed in Scotland. 176 00:07:52,066 --> 00:07:55,467 [Josh] The Barracuda they're working with crashed in 1944, 177 00:07:55,467 --> 00:07:56,867 but with some hard work, 178 00:07:56,867 --> 00:07:59,767 many of its pieces can be put to good use. 179 00:07:59,767 --> 00:08:01,667 The whole thing's gonna have to come apart, 180 00:08:01,667 --> 00:08:03,200 and that's so that we can find... 181 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,400 -Every rivet? -Every rivet, every part, 182 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,100 so that we can find all the little tiny bits and pieces 183 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:10,367 that we can reuse in the build. 184 00:08:10,367 --> 00:08:14,967 I mean, there are thousands upon thousands of rivets on the skin of this plane. 185 00:08:14,967 --> 00:08:16,400 -[David chuckles] -[William] Yep. 186 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,266 All right. Well, don't let me hold you up. 187 00:08:18,266 --> 00:08:19,567 You've got a lot of rivets to punch here. 188 00:08:19,567 --> 00:08:20,800 Please. 189 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,367 Once the parts that can be saved have been identified, 190 00:08:23,367 --> 00:08:27,367 they need to be restored before being marked for reassembly, 191 00:08:27,367 --> 00:08:29,667 delicate work that happens in a machine 192 00:08:29,667 --> 00:08:32,433 that the team here lovingly refers to as the Blaster, 193 00:08:33,166 --> 00:08:35,000 which they let me take a crack at. 194 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,433 Just be ready when it goes. 195 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:38,500 Ooh, yeah. Okay. 196 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:40,066 It's like a power washer 197 00:08:40,066 --> 00:08:42,900 if your goal is to take the siding clean off your house. 198 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:44,967 An abrasive aluminum oxide grit 199 00:08:44,967 --> 00:08:48,300 is propelled at the metal at about 80 pounds per square inch. 200 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:52,367 Needless to say, It's important to watch your fingers. 201 00:08:52,367 --> 00:08:54,600 Eat your heart out, Mike Rowe. 202 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,467 You've found your new career now. 203 00:08:56,467 --> 00:08:58,266 This is it. I'm never leaving here. 204 00:08:58,266 --> 00:08:59,367 Why do you think I'm here? 205 00:08:59,367 --> 00:09:00,634 [chuckles] 206 00:09:03,266 --> 00:09:04,400 Open the door. 207 00:09:05,500 --> 00:09:07,567 And there's your blasted piece. 208 00:09:07,567 --> 00:09:09,000 Look at that. 209 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,300 Like new. 210 00:09:11,367 --> 00:09:14,000 The team here has plenty of work ahead, 211 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,467 but they have painstakingly restored a Barracuda's engine, 212 00:09:17,467 --> 00:09:20,100 an immense piece of machinery known as a Merlin, 213 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:23,567 which I helped them wheel into position at the front of the plane. 214 00:09:23,567 --> 00:09:25,767 -It's starting to look like a plane. -It is. 215 00:09:25,767 --> 00:09:26,967 Now, in terms of parts, 216 00:09:26,967 --> 00:09:30,066 do you have more than what I've seen in the workshop here? 217 00:09:30,066 --> 00:09:31,567 We've got a lot more. 218 00:09:31,567 --> 00:09:33,667 -You've got a lot more? -A lot more. 219 00:09:33,667 --> 00:09:35,100 What's a lot? 220 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:37,266 As to the other tens of thousands of parts 221 00:09:37,266 --> 00:09:39,667 in the world's most challenging Lego set, 222 00:09:39,667 --> 00:09:42,567 David leads me to the nearby reserve hangar. 223 00:09:42,567 --> 00:09:43,900 David, this place is a wreck. 224 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:45,367 [both chuckle] 225 00:09:45,367 --> 00:09:47,567 I mean, it is a literal wreck. 226 00:09:47,567 --> 00:09:50,600 This is outrageous. Is this all from Barracudas? 227 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,767 This is Barracuda wreckage that we're working from for the project. 228 00:09:54,767 --> 00:09:58,266 Okay. If you were to take all of this material 229 00:09:58,266 --> 00:10:00,867 and fuse it all back together, 230 00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:02,567 could you reconstruct a Barracuda? 231 00:10:02,567 --> 00:10:03,700 -No. -No. 232 00:10:03,700 --> 00:10:06,367 It doesn't give us enough material to do a Barracuda. 233 00:10:06,367 --> 00:10:09,767 What are the big ticket items you're missing to finish this project? 234 00:10:09,767 --> 00:10:13,200 [David] Wing parts and tailplane parts. 235 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,000 [Josh] To find those, they need more Barracudas, 236 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,367 and they've been hard at work 237 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:19,467 in researching where to locate them. 238 00:10:19,467 --> 00:10:22,567 We have a lead at the moment on one 239 00:10:22,567 --> 00:10:24,667 that could actually be a Barracuda wreck 240 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:27,467 that we would dearly like to explore further. 241 00:10:27,467 --> 00:10:29,467 I'd be happy to go look at it for you. 242 00:10:29,467 --> 00:10:32,166 That sounds great, but that's easier said than done. 243 00:10:32,166 --> 00:10:33,500 It's in a challenging place? 244 00:10:33,500 --> 00:10:34,634 Very much so. 245 00:10:35,567 --> 00:10:36,700 Perfect. 246 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:39,467 For David's team, this is clearly a labor of love 247 00:10:39,467 --> 00:10:42,967 as they honor an unsung hero of World War II. 248 00:10:42,967 --> 00:10:44,867 Me? I've just been drafted. 249 00:10:44,867 --> 00:10:48,100 While David continues to supervise the rebuild, 250 00:10:48,100 --> 00:10:50,800 I'm being dispatched to hunt for a Barracuda, 251 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,000 eight hours to the north, in St. Andrews, Scotland. 252 00:10:57,967 --> 00:11:00,700 St. Andrews is an idyllic seaside town 253 00:11:00,700 --> 00:11:04,467 that's world famous as the ancestral home of the sport of golf. 254 00:11:04,467 --> 00:11:07,767 And for the sake of our ratings, I will not be golfing. 255 00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:08,767 It ain't pretty. 256 00:11:08,767 --> 00:11:10,867 Instead, I drive outside of town 257 00:11:10,867 --> 00:11:13,166 and pull over near a lonely ruin 258 00:11:13,166 --> 00:11:15,567 standing in the middle of empty farmland. 259 00:11:15,567 --> 00:11:17,367 Here to explain how this is going to help 260 00:11:17,367 --> 00:11:19,066 our search for Barracuda parts, 261 00:11:19,066 --> 00:11:21,300 is a true aviation expert, 262 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:24,266 former Royal Air Force jet pilot Archie Liggat. 263 00:11:24,266 --> 00:11:25,800 -Archie! -Josh. 264 00:11:26,567 --> 00:11:28,567 -Beautiful weather. -Oh, fantastic. 265 00:11:28,567 --> 00:11:29,500 Welcome to Scotland. [chuckling] 266 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:31,567 Yeah, exactly. What else would you expect? 267 00:11:31,567 --> 00:11:32,900 All right, Archie, why have you marched me 268 00:11:32,900 --> 00:11:34,667 all the way out here in this field? Where are we? 269 00:11:34,667 --> 00:11:38,300 Well, Josh, this may look like just farmland, 270 00:11:38,300 --> 00:11:41,900 but once upon a time, this was a big, busy airbase. 271 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:43,600 You can see an old control tower behind us. 272 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,066 -[Josh] This was a control tower? -Control tower here. 273 00:11:46,066 --> 00:11:49,166 So back in 1946, this place would have been reverberating 274 00:11:49,166 --> 00:11:50,867 with the noise of big aero engines. 275 00:11:50,867 --> 00:11:52,467 So what was this place? 276 00:11:52,467 --> 00:11:55,867 Well, this place was initially Royal Air Force Dunino... 277 00:11:55,867 --> 00:11:59,000 Okay. And there would have been Barracudas out here? 278 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,200 Oh, definitely Barracudas here. 279 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:01,467 Many types of aircraft here. 280 00:12:01,467 --> 00:12:02,967 -Yeah? -Yeah, but mostly Barracudas. 281 00:12:02,967 --> 00:12:04,066 So why are we here? 282 00:12:04,066 --> 00:12:06,300 What's this story that there might be something here? 283 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:08,767 -Back in the 1980s... -Uh-huh. 284 00:12:08,767 --> 00:12:10,867 ...I met a guy called Johnny Paul, 285 00:12:10,867 --> 00:12:12,900 who had been a maintenance worker here during the war. 286 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:15,900 -Okay. -And Johnny confided to me 287 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:20,000 that he witnessed Barracudas being buried on the airfield. 288 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,333 -Being buried? -Being buried. Yeah. 289 00:12:23,367 --> 00:12:26,400 [Josh] This airfield was once teeming with Barracudas, 290 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,166 but after the war, the Navy decommissioned and disassembled them, 291 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:31,800 discreetly burying the parts 292 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,667 along with other military surplus, 293 00:12:33,667 --> 00:12:36,266 on the grounds of the airfield. 294 00:12:36,266 --> 00:12:40,000 And maintenance worker Jonny Paul witnessed everything. 295 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 And did anybody notice him watching that? 296 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,567 -Oh, he did. He was arrested, yeah. -He was arrested? 297 00:12:44,567 --> 00:12:46,367 He was arrested by the military police 298 00:12:46,367 --> 00:12:48,600 and told he must never tell anyone about this. 299 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:49,767 -Wow. -Yeah. 300 00:12:49,767 --> 00:12:52,867 So where did he tell you it was buried? 301 00:12:52,867 --> 00:12:56,567 It happened right close to a cluster of maintenance hangars. 302 00:12:56,567 --> 00:12:59,800 Okay. So how do we figure out where that was? 303 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,166 Well, it's not gonna be easy, 304 00:13:01,166 --> 00:13:03,400 but I think the best way would be from the air. 305 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,000 -From above? -I think so. 306 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,266 You got a plane around here somewhere? 307 00:13:06,266 --> 00:13:08,300 -We got a helicopter. -That'll do. 308 00:13:10,367 --> 00:13:12,467 Our ride is waiting nearby 309 00:13:12,467 --> 00:13:15,700 to give us a bird's-eye view of Dunino Airfield. 310 00:13:16,900 --> 00:13:18,033 Let's rock and roll. 311 00:13:18,033 --> 00:13:21,166 The pilot gets light on the skids and we lift off, 312 00:13:21,166 --> 00:13:25,700 determined to scour this forgotten terrain for a buried Barracuda. 313 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,000 Hundreds of feet above farmland outside St. Andrews, Scotland, 314 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,900 pilot Archie Liggat and I are looking for evidence of a burial. 315 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:45,467 At the end of World War II, 316 00:13:45,467 --> 00:13:47,767 a maintenance worker named Johnny Paul 317 00:13:47,767 --> 00:13:49,567 claimed to witness the disposal 318 00:13:49,567 --> 00:13:53,367 of several legendary British bombers known as Barracudas 319 00:13:53,367 --> 00:13:55,266 after they were decommissioned. 320 00:13:55,266 --> 00:13:57,767 Not one Barracuda survives today, 321 00:13:57,767 --> 00:13:59,567 so resurrecting one would mean 322 00:13:59,567 --> 00:14:02,133 saving a priceless aviation treasure. 323 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:10,600 [Josh speaking] 324 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:14,834 [Archie speaking] 325 00:14:21,166 --> 00:14:22,700 [Archie speaking] 326 00:14:24,300 --> 00:14:25,700 [Josh speaking] 327 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:27,734 [Archie speaking] 328 00:14:32,166 --> 00:14:33,467 [Josh speaking] 329 00:14:33,467 --> 00:14:35,000 [Archie speaking] 330 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:39,934 [Archie speaking] 331 00:14:49,567 --> 00:14:51,567 [Josh] With our historic bearings established, 332 00:14:51,567 --> 00:14:55,567 we fly to the area described by the former maintenance worker. 333 00:14:55,567 --> 00:14:57,166 At the edge of the old airfield, 334 00:14:57,166 --> 00:15:00,333 Archie notices some very unusual topography. 335 00:15:15,867 --> 00:15:18,000 [Josh speaking] 336 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,367 [Archie speaking] 337 00:15:23,166 --> 00:15:25,800 [Josh] We return to earth near the mysterious bump. 338 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,767 To find out what's underground, 339 00:15:30,767 --> 00:15:33,900 I've called in an old friend, who happens to be a local, 340 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:36,133 geophysicist Dickie Bates. 341 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:37,800 Dickie Bates. 342 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:39,500 Oh, Josh. 343 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:41,600 [Josh chuckles] How are you, man? 344 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,767 -Great, Josh. Great to see you. -Aw, good to see you. 345 00:15:43,767 --> 00:15:45,400 -Good man. -This is Archie Liggat. 346 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:46,867 -Hello, Archie, how you doing? -How are you doing? 347 00:15:46,867 --> 00:15:48,166 -This is Richard Bates. -Hi. 348 00:15:48,166 --> 00:15:50,567 We've worked together in a lot of far flung places, you and I. 349 00:15:50,567 --> 00:15:53,166 -Mainly hot ones, though. Yeah. -[Josh] Mainly warm ones. 350 00:15:53,166 --> 00:15:54,700 You finally got me to St. Andrews. 351 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:55,800 Yeah. I'm glad you could come 352 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,667 and see this wonderful countryside. 353 00:15:57,667 --> 00:15:58,767 Oh, beautiful weather, too. 354 00:15:58,767 --> 00:15:59,734 Fantastic, aye. 355 00:15:59,734 --> 00:16:01,567 I'm thrilled that we're here in your backyard 356 00:16:01,567 --> 00:16:03,200 because this is a perfect case for you. 357 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,066 We're searching for these potentially buried Barracuda, 358 00:16:06,066 --> 00:16:07,300 and from above, 359 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:10,867 we do see something kind of strange here on the landscape. 360 00:16:10,867 --> 00:16:12,166 And you can see it from down here. 361 00:16:12,166 --> 00:16:16,066 Oh, absolutely. I mean, as you come down along by the wee burn... 362 00:16:16,066 --> 00:16:18,000 -I'm sorry, the what? -The wee burn. 363 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,667 [in Scottish accent] The wee burn? 364 00:16:19,667 --> 00:16:22,667 -The small river! -[in normal voice] Small river. Sorry. Sorry. 365 00:16:22,667 --> 00:16:24,500 I need a translator up here. 366 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:25,734 [chuckles] 367 00:16:25,734 --> 00:16:27,667 And you need a kilt, too, if you're gonna stay much longer. 368 00:16:27,667 --> 00:16:29,400 All right, all right. Fair enough. All right. 369 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,567 -So, down by the wee burn... -[Josh] Yes. 370 00:16:31,567 --> 00:16:33,867 ...you see the smoothness of the contours, 371 00:16:33,867 --> 00:16:36,200 -and that's what hill slopes will do. -Right. 372 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,767 But then, superimposed on that, 373 00:16:37,767 --> 00:16:41,166 you've got these humps and bumps, and that's not natural. 374 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:43,100 So you think there could be something buried here? 375 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:44,767 Absolutely, there could be. 376 00:16:44,767 --> 00:16:47,000 The plane we're talking about, the Barracuda, 377 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,367 is the first British all-metal aircraft. 378 00:16:50,367 --> 00:16:52,600 -So tons of metal. -Right. 379 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,900 That's great for a geophysical signature. 380 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:57,066 And to do that, we're using this equipment behind you? 381 00:16:57,066 --> 00:16:59,900 Yeah, we'll use this electromagnetic sensor 382 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:02,967 and we'll control it with GPS. 383 00:17:02,967 --> 00:17:04,900 And that can look underground about how far? 384 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:07,200 So, the instrument can look down about 20 feet. 385 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:08,233 [Josh] Wow. Okay. 386 00:17:08,233 --> 00:17:09,600 -[Archie] Hmm. -So if something's buried here... 387 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,066 -We should see it. -We should see it. 388 00:17:12,066 --> 00:17:13,967 -Let's get into it. -[Richard] Okay. 389 00:17:13,967 --> 00:17:16,667 So, Josh, why don't you do the honors this time, 390 00:17:16,667 --> 00:17:18,700 'cause I'm getting old and my back's getting bad. 391 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:20,266 That, when you say things like that, 392 00:17:20,266 --> 00:17:22,567 it makes me feel like the equipment's not safe, 393 00:17:22,567 --> 00:17:23,867 and that's why you want me to wear it. 394 00:17:23,867 --> 00:17:24,700 [Richard grunts] 395 00:17:24,700 --> 00:17:26,367 You've had all the children you want? 396 00:17:26,367 --> 00:17:28,233 [Archie chuckles] 397 00:17:29,100 --> 00:17:31,467 [Josh] The electromagnetic conductivity meter 398 00:17:31,467 --> 00:17:33,467 will map beneath the ground's surface 399 00:17:33,467 --> 00:17:36,367 by measuring variances in conductivity, 400 00:17:36,367 --> 00:17:40,600 allowing it to identify water, metal and other anomalies. 401 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,000 Okay, Josh, we're gonna have you go and do 402 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,300 a series of parallel lines to the river. 403 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:47,200 [in Scottish accent] The wee burn? 404 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,467 -Aye, you could do that too. -Aye, okay. 405 00:17:49,467 --> 00:17:50,867 -[in normal voice] You ready? -Go for it. 406 00:17:50,867 --> 00:17:52,200 Parallel lines. Here we go. 407 00:17:57,367 --> 00:17:58,834 I feel like I work at the circus. 408 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:04,567 [Richard] Okay, Josh. At the end of the line there, 409 00:18:04,567 --> 00:18:08,734 turn to your left two paces and come back parallel. 410 00:18:09,567 --> 00:18:10,967 That's it. 411 00:18:10,967 --> 00:18:11,867 -Here? -Yeah. 412 00:18:11,867 --> 00:18:14,100 Now, come back parallel to your old line. 413 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Okay. It's starting to get a little heavier now. 414 00:18:23,467 --> 00:18:24,867 I continue my tightrope act 415 00:18:24,867 --> 00:18:26,767 until I've completely covered the hill 416 00:18:26,767 --> 00:18:29,000 and completely compressed my spine. 417 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,900 Now it's time to examine the data 418 00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:32,934 and see what I've been walking on top of. 419 00:18:34,967 --> 00:18:37,667 Okay, the big question: Does your machine work? Do we have data? 420 00:18:37,667 --> 00:18:38,867 Absolutely. It works. 421 00:18:38,867 --> 00:18:39,800 Not only do we have data, 422 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:42,567 but we have data from all the sensors on it. 423 00:18:42,567 --> 00:18:44,000 Okay, so a lot of material here? 424 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,400 A lot of material down here. 425 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,100 So here you can see a map of the site. 426 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:49,567 [Josh] These are targets? 427 00:18:49,567 --> 00:18:51,867 [Richard] So all of these are targets I've put in. 428 00:18:51,867 --> 00:18:53,800 -[Josh] Whoa. -And those are the most obvious ones. 429 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,400 I think there are probably even more. 430 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,200 Do you see the change in coloring? 431 00:18:58,200 --> 00:18:59,567 -[Josh] Yes. -In the plot in here? 432 00:18:59,567 --> 00:19:02,066 [Richard] It's almost certainly something like buried metal. 433 00:19:02,066 --> 00:19:03,800 -You think it's metal? -Absolutely. 434 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,600 Can you tell how big these spots are then? 435 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:06,934 Well, you can see, 436 00:19:06,934 --> 00:19:11,867 the area extent of some of these patches is 10, 15 feet across. 437 00:19:11,867 --> 00:19:13,700 So there might actually be something here? 438 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:15,700 Oh, no, there's definitely something here. 439 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:17,767 What exactly it is, 440 00:19:17,767 --> 00:19:20,567 we're gonna have to scrape the soil off and start digging it. 441 00:19:20,567 --> 00:19:22,800 Okay, so now we've got to turn some earth. 442 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,100 So I brought a trowel along with me. 443 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:27,767 Yeah, I brought a trowel with me too. 444 00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:28,900 Can I get the trowel? 445 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,667 The excavator will help us 446 00:19:33,667 --> 00:19:36,900 get down to the layer of our newly discovered targets. 447 00:19:36,900 --> 00:19:38,967 Also helping us is an archeologist 448 00:19:38,967 --> 00:19:42,000 who's extensively researched Dunino Airfield's role 449 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,533 during World War II, Steve Liscoe. 450 00:19:45,467 --> 00:19:47,100 Here we go. 451 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:48,367 The operator uses the huge machinery 452 00:19:48,367 --> 00:19:52,567 to delicately cut into the ground over the first anomaly, 453 00:19:52,567 --> 00:19:55,400 shaving soil away one layer at a time. 454 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,033 It's like watching King Kong repair a watch. 455 00:20:04,467 --> 00:20:06,266 -[Richard] Stop! -[Josh] Right away something. 456 00:20:06,266 --> 00:20:09,266 -Oh, look. -Is this brick? 457 00:20:09,266 --> 00:20:10,800 -[Steve] That is a brick. -[Josh] That is a brick. 458 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,266 -Look at that. -[Steve] Indeed it is. 459 00:20:12,266 --> 00:20:13,700 Yeah. I'd give it a wipe there. 460 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:15,667 [Josh] Oh, there's something stamped. 461 00:20:15,667 --> 00:20:18,100 [Steve] "W-E-M." 462 00:20:18,100 --> 00:20:21,166 And if that was complete, that would say "Y-S-S." 463 00:20:21,166 --> 00:20:23,000 It's from the Weems Brickworks, 464 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,066 which is a 20th century product. 465 00:20:25,066 --> 00:20:27,100 -Would this be contemporary with World War II? -Oh, indeed, it would. 466 00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:28,567 If you looked at any of the buildings 467 00:20:28,567 --> 00:20:30,300 that we've got on the site here, 468 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:32,166 they'd be made with the same bricks. 469 00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:34,567 -Okay, so... -So we're looking at some sort of deposition 470 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:35,867 from the time of the airfield. 471 00:20:35,867 --> 00:20:37,400 -[Josh] This is a great start. -[Steve] It is. 472 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,800 And it tells us that Bates kind of knows what he's doing, 473 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,767 which is surprising, I know, to all of us. 474 00:20:41,767 --> 00:20:43,266 Well, I mean, I'm stunned. 475 00:20:43,266 --> 00:20:44,867 [laughter] 476 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,600 [Josh] While the backhoe continues working on the first site, 477 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,767 Dickie focuses on other anomalies from his data nearby. 478 00:20:52,767 --> 00:20:56,100 Okay, Paul. Next spot is right here. 479 00:20:56,100 --> 00:20:59,400 [Josh] And those hits turn out to be just as productive. 480 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,367 [Richard] Oh, what's that? That's got a shape to it. 481 00:21:05,367 --> 00:21:06,600 What have you found there, Josh? 482 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,266 [Josh] I thought it was a wrench at first, but I'm not sure. 483 00:21:09,266 --> 00:21:10,600 It could be a tool. 484 00:21:12,867 --> 00:21:13,900 A tool of some kind? 485 00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:15,266 [Archie] Something here, guys. 486 00:21:15,266 --> 00:21:16,433 Something here? 487 00:21:16,433 --> 00:21:19,300 -[Steve] Well, what is that? -[Josh] It's in a canister. 488 00:21:19,300 --> 00:21:20,600 Looks like a battery. 489 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,800 It has terminals on the top, and it is heavy as hell. 490 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,300 I mean, could this be aviation? 491 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:27,867 If it's aviation, I suspect somebody's going to be able to recognize that. 492 00:21:27,867 --> 00:21:30,100 All right. We'll get this cleaned up a little bit, take some photos of it. 493 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:31,033 -Okay. -And whatever this is. 494 00:21:31,033 --> 00:21:32,700 -And that as well. -That's a tool, I think. 495 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:33,700 A tool. 496 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:36,100 This is more than just some ceramic and brick. 497 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:38,567 We're now getting into maintenance or workshop material 498 00:21:38,567 --> 00:21:40,567 and possibly aircraft parts. 499 00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:42,767 The battery is a tantalizing clue, 500 00:21:42,767 --> 00:21:44,467 but something else in this location 501 00:21:44,467 --> 00:21:46,700 is about to spark our interest. 502 00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:48,333 There's something in here. 503 00:21:49,467 --> 00:21:50,367 Is that a spark plug? 504 00:21:50,367 --> 00:21:52,367 [Steve] That is a spark plug. 505 00:21:52,367 --> 00:21:53,667 That's an aviation spark plug. 506 00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:56,266 -[Steve] No question. -[Richard] That's aviation. That's big. 507 00:21:56,266 --> 00:21:59,400 [Josh] Oh, my Lord, that's incredible. 508 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,300 And why do we know that's from a plane and not from a vehicle? 509 00:22:08,300 --> 00:22:10,000 [Steve] This pattern is out of an aerial engine. 510 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:10,900 Score. 511 00:22:10,900 --> 00:22:13,266 -No question? -No question. Absolutely. 512 00:22:13,266 --> 00:22:16,100 [Josh] At a former Royal Navy airfield in Scotland, 513 00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:17,900 I'm with a team looking for evidence 514 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:22,100 of a British aircraft from the Second World War, the Barracuda. 515 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:24,567 We're hoping to find parts which can be used 516 00:22:24,567 --> 00:22:27,066 to reconstruct the legendary bomber. 517 00:22:27,066 --> 00:22:29,266 So, probably from an aircraft. 518 00:22:29,266 --> 00:22:30,500 -[Richard] Mm-hmm, yeah. -[Archie] Yeah. 519 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:32,300 Potentially from a Barracuda? 520 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:35,100 -Potentially, till proven otherwise. -Potentially, yeah. 521 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:36,300 Let's get this cleaned up as well, 522 00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:38,767 and I'm gonna send some photos of this back to the museum 523 00:22:38,767 --> 00:22:40,900 to see if they can identify what this is. 524 00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:42,800 -Yeah. -'Cause if this is a Barracuda part, 525 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:44,867 then, mission accomplished. We're in, right. 526 00:22:44,867 --> 00:22:47,934 Okay, let's carefully keep digging here. Great find. 527 00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:54,166 In the layers below, we're amazed to find more aviation machinery... 528 00:22:54,166 --> 00:22:56,100 -More stainless steel, yeah. -More bits of airplane. 529 00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:57,300 [Archie] Those are aircraft parts. 530 00:22:57,300 --> 00:23:00,667 I would think they're aero engine linkages of some kind. 531 00:23:00,667 --> 00:23:03,000 Got another piece of alloy casting down here. 532 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,667 Almost certainly off an aircraft. 533 00:23:04,667 --> 00:23:06,367 That should be able to match up 534 00:23:06,367 --> 00:23:07,800 to a parts inventory somewhere. 535 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,500 [Josh] ...along with other stuff. 536 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:14,667 -[Josh] Oh. -Keep that for lunchtime. 537 00:23:14,667 --> 00:23:17,100 Look at that. That's a beauty. 538 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:19,000 -It's got a government stamp on it. -[Archie] Oh, right. 539 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,767 This is definitely from the airfield. 540 00:23:20,767 --> 00:23:22,967 -This is a government spoon. -Government spoon. 541 00:23:22,967 --> 00:23:24,300 So it's government property. 542 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:25,567 -You keep your hands off it. -You wanna give-- 543 00:23:25,567 --> 00:23:26,667 Gentlemen, I apologize. 544 00:23:26,667 --> 00:23:28,567 You ought to give it back now, Josh. 545 00:23:28,567 --> 00:23:31,967 I'm keeping this. This is for all the taxation back in the colonies. 546 00:23:31,967 --> 00:23:32,867 [laughter] 547 00:23:32,867 --> 00:23:34,166 This is mine now. 548 00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:38,500 [Josh] So we continued to move around the site, 549 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:43,000 following our map of geophysical variances, and soon enough... 550 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,500 [Steve] Paul, stop! 551 00:23:45,967 --> 00:23:48,500 -[Josh] Aluminum? -[Steve] It looks very much like it is. 552 00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:50,000 Yep, sheet aluminum. 553 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,266 Definitely potentially aircraft material. 554 00:23:52,266 --> 00:23:55,767 [Josh] So now we are right in the money of airplane skin. 555 00:23:55,767 --> 00:23:57,100 And by the right gauge as well. 556 00:23:57,667 --> 00:23:58,667 [Josh] That's right. 557 00:23:58,667 --> 00:24:00,200 So potentially something off a Barracuda here, 558 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,567 or maybe just raw material for repairs. 559 00:24:02,567 --> 00:24:07,100 I think we've certainly verified Johnny Paul's story here, right? 560 00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:09,266 We are, no doubt, at this old airbase. 561 00:24:09,266 --> 00:24:12,867 We are, no doubt, near these old maintenance facilities. 562 00:24:12,867 --> 00:24:15,767 And we're finding stuff that looks aviation. 563 00:24:15,767 --> 00:24:16,867 -Mm-hmm. -Yeah. 564 00:24:16,867 --> 00:24:18,867 -Absolutely. -What we're not finding are big parts. 565 00:24:18,867 --> 00:24:21,767 You know, these guys at the museum are desperate for a wing. 566 00:24:21,767 --> 00:24:23,667 -They're desperate for the tail of a plane. -Yeah. 567 00:24:23,667 --> 00:24:25,000 No sign of any of that yet. 568 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,967 But this is a hugely important place to keep looking. 569 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:29,600 I keep thinking back to that black and white photo. 570 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:34,000 -Hundreds of Barracudas parked out in this field. -[Archie] Yes. 571 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,867 So, I think, no question, we keep digging here, we keep looking here. 572 00:24:36,867 --> 00:24:38,634 -Great work, guys. -Thanks. 573 00:24:41,166 --> 00:24:42,867 [Josh] We photograph all of our finds 574 00:24:42,867 --> 00:24:46,266 to send back to the Barracuda team for identification, 575 00:24:46,266 --> 00:24:50,800 excited to report that a larger excavation here at Dunino Airfield 576 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,900 could reveal even more parts. 577 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:55,767 However, larger pieces of the Barracuda 578 00:24:55,767 --> 00:24:58,700 may be hiding in places other than Scotland. 579 00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:00,900 A recent discovery by hikers 580 00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:03,300 may point to the wreckage of a Barracuda 581 00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:05,533 near the site of its greatest victory. 582 00:25:06,667 --> 00:25:09,400 So, from St. Andrews, I make my way north, 583 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,266 far north, to 500 miles above the Arctic Circle 584 00:25:13,266 --> 00:25:14,200 and a small city 585 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,834 perched at the end of the inhabited Earth. 586 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,100 Welcome to Alta, Norway. 587 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:28,667 Home to a population of about 15,000, 588 00:25:28,667 --> 00:25:31,900 this is one of the northernmost cities in the world. 589 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:35,467 In fact, we are closer to the North Pole right now than we are to Paris. 590 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:37,300 And did I mention how warm it is? 591 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:39,066 [exclaims] 592 00:25:39,066 --> 00:25:42,200 But the cold weather does come with a silver lining. 593 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,700 Alta's quaint villages and fishing bays 594 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:47,867 sit at the mouth of one of Norway's stunning fjords, 595 00:25:47,867 --> 00:25:51,100 and it's known as the aurora borealis capital of the world, 596 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:55,233 where the sky often puts on a dazzling display. 597 00:26:00,900 --> 00:26:03,100 If the town center looks a little modern, 598 00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:04,800 that's because of the Nazis, 599 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,166 who invaded Norway in 1940 600 00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:09,600 and burned every single building in Alta 601 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,767 in their retreat four years later. 602 00:26:11,767 --> 00:26:15,767 And, as it happens, the Nazis are why I'm here as well. 603 00:26:15,767 --> 00:26:17,166 It was in the Alta fjord 604 00:26:17,166 --> 00:26:22,767 that they parked the fearsome battleship Tirpitz in April of 1944. 605 00:26:22,767 --> 00:26:24,667 Today there's a Tirpitz museum in Alta 606 00:26:24,667 --> 00:26:28,100 where I hope to uncover clues about lost Barracudas. 607 00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:30,600 Assuming, that is, I can find this place in the dark. 608 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:35,467 Well, it is 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon here in Alta, 609 00:26:35,467 --> 00:26:38,000 and it is literally pitch black outside. 610 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,166 Welcome to Polar night above the Arctic Circle. 611 00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:41,967 For a few months of the year, 612 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:44,900 Alta gets zero sunlight altogether. 613 00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:48,300 This time of year, there's about four or five hours a day. 614 00:26:49,166 --> 00:26:51,767 GPS gets me to my destination, 615 00:26:51,767 --> 00:26:55,500 where I find author and expert on the Tirpitz, Frode Lindgjerdet. 616 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:57,100 Frode. 617 00:26:57,100 --> 00:26:58,300 Oh, hi. 618 00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:00,066 [Josh] Frode is a historian 619 00:27:00,066 --> 00:27:02,000 from the Norwegian Defense Museum, 620 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,467 as well as an active member 621 00:27:03,467 --> 00:27:05,867 of the country's civil defense service. 622 00:27:05,867 --> 00:27:06,967 Thank you for taking the time. 623 00:27:06,967 --> 00:27:07,734 As you know, 624 00:27:07,734 --> 00:27:09,667 I am investigating the Barracuda. 625 00:27:09,667 --> 00:27:10,467 Yeah. 626 00:27:10,467 --> 00:27:11,700 And here in Alta, 627 00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:13,600 this is the scene 628 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,400 of the biggest moment of glory for this plane, right? 629 00:27:19,467 --> 00:27:21,300 And this is the Tirpitz right here, right? 630 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:23,367 -Let's take a look at this. -Yeah. 631 00:27:23,367 --> 00:27:27,900 This is, like, a really imposing ship. 632 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:28,900 [Frode] Yeah. 633 00:27:28,900 --> 00:27:30,900 [Josh] This is like the Death Star of its day. 634 00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:36,233 This thing is a beast. 635 00:27:41,500 --> 00:27:42,400 [Josh] The Tirpitz, 636 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,500 sister ship of the vaunted Bismarck, 637 00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:47,767 was the largest battleship ever built by the Nazis, 638 00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:49,467 and the single greatest obstacle 639 00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:52,066 to an allied invasion of Norway. 640 00:27:52,066 --> 00:27:54,867 With a huge complement of anti-aircraft guns 641 00:27:54,867 --> 00:27:57,166 as well as anti-submarine mines, 642 00:27:57,166 --> 00:28:00,300 it was a one-boat armada in the Baltic Sea. 643 00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:03,066 If the Allies were going to win World War II, 644 00:28:03,066 --> 00:28:04,300 sooner or later, 645 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:06,900 they knew they'd have to take the Tirpitz off the board. 646 00:28:08,500 --> 00:28:11,900 How many attacks were carried out on the Tirpitz? 647 00:28:14,367 --> 00:28:15,834 -Twenty-five different attacks? -Yeah. 648 00:28:18,066 --> 00:28:19,233 Before she was even out in the water? 649 00:28:19,233 --> 00:28:23,066 -The mission that succeeded in crippling her... -Yeah. 650 00:28:23,066 --> 00:28:24,467 ...was the one using Barracudas. 651 00:28:24,467 --> 00:28:26,967 -So that was called Operation... -Tungsten. 652 00:28:26,967 --> 00:28:29,367 [Josh] In April of 1944, 653 00:28:29,367 --> 00:28:32,700 the British decided on a new approach to sink the Tirpitz. 654 00:28:32,700 --> 00:28:35,000 The Barracuda would lead the attack 655 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,200 because it was the only carrier-based bomber 656 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,300 capable of deploying the 1,600-pound bombs 657 00:28:40,300 --> 00:28:44,734 necessary to penetrate the ship's foot-thick armor shielding. 658 00:28:45,567 --> 00:28:47,667 Forty Barracudas surprised the Tirpitz 659 00:28:47,667 --> 00:28:50,100 in two waves of heavy bombing, 660 00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:53,266 and when the smoke cleared, the battleship was so damaged, 661 00:28:53,266 --> 00:28:56,667 it was taken out of service for six crucial months. 662 00:28:56,667 --> 00:28:59,867 In June, only two months after the Tirpitz raid, 663 00:28:59,867 --> 00:29:03,100 the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, 664 00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:05,533 beginning their liberation of Europe. 665 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:08,567 And this is one of the reasons 666 00:29:08,567 --> 00:29:11,100 -that this Barracuda belongs in a museum... -Yeah. 667 00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:13,867 ...that this plane really should be recognized 668 00:29:13,867 --> 00:29:16,100 -as a real hero of the war. -Yep. 669 00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:18,667 So let's talk about this wreckage that I've heard about. 670 00:29:18,667 --> 00:29:19,667 What do we know here? 671 00:29:19,667 --> 00:29:23,467 -Some hikers have given us a location. -Okay. 672 00:29:23,467 --> 00:29:26,800 It could be the wreck of an aircraft. 673 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:28,767 Do you think it's possible that it is a Barracuda? 674 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,200 It's possible, 675 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,767 but there's also a lot of other types of aircraft in those mountains. 676 00:29:33,767 --> 00:29:34,700 -There are? -Yeah. 677 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:36,066 And this place is reachable? 678 00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:37,867 It's a tough hike, but it's possible. 679 00:29:37,867 --> 00:29:40,800 -So you're up for a little walk? -Uh, sure. 680 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:42,467 -Tomorrow morning? -Tomorrow morning. 681 00:29:42,467 --> 00:29:43,967 -I'll pick you up. -Yeah. 682 00:29:43,967 --> 00:29:45,266 Little walk. 683 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,867 The next, I guess we're calling this morning, 684 00:29:48,867 --> 00:29:51,000 Frode and I hit the road before dawn 685 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,166 to drive to the mountain where the airplane wreckage was spotted. 686 00:29:54,166 --> 00:29:55,467 -Good morning. -[Frode] Good morning. 687 00:29:55,467 --> 00:29:57,066 Or good evening. I don't know anymore. 688 00:29:57,066 --> 00:29:58,700 -[chuckles] -So where are we headed? 689 00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:01,600 It's about a 45 minutes drive into the mountains. 690 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,400 And the sun is going to come up, right? 691 00:30:04,066 --> 00:30:05,967 Yeah, I'm told so. [chuckles] 692 00:30:05,967 --> 00:30:07,266 "I'm told so." 693 00:30:07,266 --> 00:30:08,700 Oh, boy. 694 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:11,800 During winter in Norway, even the sun sleeps in. 695 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,467 We drive on lonely, snow-covered roads 696 00:30:14,467 --> 00:30:16,367 until the leisurely hour of 9:00, 697 00:30:16,367 --> 00:30:19,367 when daylight begins to creep over the horizon, 698 00:30:19,367 --> 00:30:20,834 and we arrive at the mountain. 699 00:30:26,266 --> 00:30:27,333 Okay. 700 00:30:29,166 --> 00:30:31,900 Okay, so take me back in time. 701 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:36,300 It's April, 1944, and the Tirpitz is anchored just around the corner, 702 00:30:36,300 --> 00:30:37,166 further up the fjord. 703 00:30:37,166 --> 00:30:38,900 So the Barracudas would've been coming 704 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:41,000 from aircraft carriers over these hills... 705 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,700 -Yeah. -...bombing the Tirpitz, 706 00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:43,967 and then heading back this way? 707 00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:45,667 -Yeah, in that direction, yeah. -Okay. 708 00:30:45,667 --> 00:30:48,467 So it's possible one of those Barracudas didn't clear the mountain? 709 00:30:48,467 --> 00:30:52,600 -Yeah, especially if it was hit by anti-aircraft fire. -Right. 710 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,400 And the wreckage coordinates are where? 711 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,667 They're up in the mountains over there. 712 00:30:55,667 --> 00:30:57,000 -Should we check it out? -Yeah. 713 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,300 Let's do it. 714 00:31:00,367 --> 00:31:02,567 We leave our car at the side of the road... 715 00:31:02,567 --> 00:31:04,367 Don't worry, it's a safe neighborhood... 716 00:31:04,367 --> 00:31:06,166 ...and using Frode's coordinates, 717 00:31:06,166 --> 00:31:09,600 we set out for the wreckage one icy step at a time. 718 00:31:10,967 --> 00:31:12,700 Okay, into the mountains. 719 00:31:15,867 --> 00:31:17,166 This is straight up, isn't it? 720 00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:18,834 [panting] 721 00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:21,133 Up, up, up. 722 00:31:23,467 --> 00:31:24,734 A thousand feet up, 723 00:31:24,734 --> 00:31:28,867 there could be nothing for us but ice, snow and frostbite. 724 00:31:28,867 --> 00:31:31,233 Or there could be a Barracuda. 725 00:31:36,166 --> 00:31:38,300 -This is a creek here? -Yeah. 726 00:31:38,300 --> 00:31:39,667 -But be careful if-- -Yeah. 727 00:31:39,667 --> 00:31:42,600 [Frode] You can snap an ankle pretty quickly if you go through that. 728 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,600 [Josh] Absolutely. I'm not sure how solid that is. 729 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:46,300 [Frode] No, that's not solid at all. 730 00:31:48,367 --> 00:31:50,867 [Josh] The higher we get, the steeper the grade becomes, 731 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:53,100 and the less sure our footing is. 732 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:54,233 Exhibit A. 733 00:31:55,367 --> 00:31:56,166 [bleep] 734 00:31:56,166 --> 00:31:57,300 [Josh grunts] 735 00:32:07,467 --> 00:32:09,233 [Josh] This all looks like ice. 736 00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:13,867 [bleep] 737 00:32:13,867 --> 00:32:14,634 [Josh grunts] 738 00:32:14,634 --> 00:32:16,700 -[Frode] Are you okay? -I'm good. 739 00:32:17,567 --> 00:32:18,800 I'm good. 740 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,400 -Bruised my ego. -[Frode chuckles] Yeah. 741 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:21,967 Here we go. 742 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:27,066 On a frigid mountain 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle, 743 00:32:27,066 --> 00:32:29,166 historian Frode Lindgjerdet and I 744 00:32:29,166 --> 00:32:30,600 are climbing to the coordinates 745 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,667 where a hiker may have found the wreckage 746 00:32:32,667 --> 00:32:35,800 of a lost British bomber known as a Barracuda. 747 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:38,500 Well, we're getting there. 748 00:32:39,166 --> 00:32:41,500 It is not warm. 749 00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:44,066 And there's not exactly a direct path to follow here. 750 00:32:44,066 --> 00:32:47,266 We're basically zigzagging 751 00:32:47,266 --> 00:32:49,000 back and forth around this creek. 752 00:32:52,567 --> 00:32:53,800 A few hundred feet up, 753 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,800 and we get our first view of the water 754 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,133 where the Nazi super battleship Tirpitz was stationed. 755 00:33:01,767 --> 00:33:02,867 Look at that. 756 00:33:02,867 --> 00:33:05,266 Yeah. Quite a view. 757 00:33:05,266 --> 00:33:06,634 Beautiful. 758 00:33:06,634 --> 00:33:10,000 And you can imagine the Tirpitz just anchored right out there. 759 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,066 [Frode] Yeah, it'll definitely blend right in. 760 00:33:12,066 --> 00:33:13,367 [Josh] Yeah, exactly. 761 00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:15,100 Okay. GPS, how far are we? 762 00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:19,700 Yeah, uh, it's about half a mile in that direction. 763 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:21,100 -Uphill. -Uphill. 764 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:23,133 -Yeah. -All right. After you. 765 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,767 The coordinates are still higher, 766 00:33:34,767 --> 00:33:37,767 so we resume our climb into a frozen world, 767 00:33:37,767 --> 00:33:42,066 With icicles along the rock face as tall as we are. 768 00:33:42,066 --> 00:33:43,900 This is like another world. Look at this. 769 00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:45,200 Yeah. 770 00:33:46,266 --> 00:33:47,600 [Josh] Incredible. 771 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,767 You know, the last time a Norwegian and an American 772 00:34:03,767 --> 00:34:04,967 were out in this kind of weather 773 00:34:04,967 --> 00:34:06,600 was in John Carpenter's The Thing. 774 00:34:07,567 --> 00:34:09,100 Yeah, well, I'm not the alien. 775 00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:11,000 That's exactly what an alien would say. 776 00:34:12,367 --> 00:34:13,300 We'll see. 777 00:34:13,300 --> 00:34:15,066 -Yeah. -We'll see. 778 00:34:15,066 --> 00:34:17,100 -I packed a flamethrower. -Yeah. 779 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:18,600 Just, you know, gotta be safe. 780 00:34:19,767 --> 00:34:21,500 Okay, so we should be almost there? 781 00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:22,667 [Frode] Yeah. 782 00:34:22,667 --> 00:34:25,667 And we also have only a couple of hours of daylight left, 783 00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:26,800 so we have to move quick. 784 00:34:27,767 --> 00:34:29,100 Copy that. 785 00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:32,867 We're racing against the clock even at 10:00 a.m. 786 00:34:32,867 --> 00:34:36,467 At this time of year in Norway, the sun sets at 2:00, 787 00:34:36,467 --> 00:34:40,700 and you do not want to risk being in these conditions after dark. 788 00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:42,900 -Oh, careful. That's ice. -[Frode] Yeah, I know. 789 00:34:43,667 --> 00:34:45,600 -This is like a waterfall here. -Yeah. 790 00:34:52,367 --> 00:34:54,000 [Josh] Okay, what's our distance now? 791 00:34:56,667 --> 00:34:58,667 I got 130 feet. 792 00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:00,900 So let's fan out. You go left, I'll go right. 793 00:35:09,767 --> 00:35:11,266 Where are you? 794 00:35:12,266 --> 00:35:14,767 -[Frode] I think we got something here. -You see something? 795 00:35:14,767 --> 00:35:16,367 -[Frode] Yeah. -What do you see? 796 00:35:16,367 --> 00:35:17,667 Uh, looks like wreckage. 797 00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:19,467 -[Josh] Metal! Right there! -[Frode] Yeah, metal. 798 00:35:19,467 --> 00:35:20,834 That's metal for sure! 799 00:35:21,767 --> 00:35:23,600 -That is metal! That's a wreck! -[Frode] Yeah. 800 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,367 -That's a wreck. -Oh, my word. 801 00:35:25,367 --> 00:35:26,400 This is riveted. 802 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,767 This is riveted, and it's aluminum. 803 00:35:28,767 --> 00:35:30,066 -Ooh, and look at the aluminum cutouts. -Yeah. 804 00:35:30,066 --> 00:35:31,300 This is aviation. 805 00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:32,967 This is definitely aviation. 806 00:35:32,967 --> 00:35:34,066 -This is a plane. -Yeah. 807 00:35:34,066 --> 00:35:37,100 Ha-ha! Unbelievable! Look at this! 808 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:38,900 And look further up the hill. 809 00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:40,066 -More? -Yeah. 810 00:35:40,066 --> 00:35:41,467 -Where? Oh! -Everywhere. 811 00:35:41,467 --> 00:35:44,166 -Metal there, and there, and here, and there. -Yes. 812 00:35:44,166 --> 00:35:45,867 There is literally a debris field 813 00:35:45,867 --> 00:35:47,400 stretching the entire way up the hill. 814 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,867 -Yeah. -This must have been a violent crash. 815 00:35:49,867 --> 00:35:52,800 A violent crash. Probably an explosion. 816 00:35:53,567 --> 00:35:54,767 Now we know it's a plane. 817 00:35:54,767 --> 00:35:57,467 -But the question is, what kind of plane? -Right, okay. 818 00:35:57,467 --> 00:35:59,700 So let's dust as much of this off as we can, 819 00:36:00,467 --> 00:36:02,467 see if we can find something diagnostic. 820 00:36:02,467 --> 00:36:03,767 -Yeah. -Okay? 821 00:36:03,767 --> 00:36:05,967 All right, let's get into it. 822 00:36:05,967 --> 00:36:09,467 We split up to try to uncover as much wreckage as we can, 823 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:12,900 and we only have a couple of hours of daylight left to do it. 824 00:36:15,266 --> 00:36:17,300 I think I got part of the fuel tank here. 825 00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:18,567 -[Frode] Really? -Yeah. 826 00:36:18,567 --> 00:36:20,266 [Frode] I think I have the engine. 827 00:36:20,266 --> 00:36:21,900 -You found the engine? -Yeah. 828 00:36:23,767 --> 00:36:25,667 Oh, yeah, you got it. You got it! 829 00:36:25,667 --> 00:36:27,166 That's it! 830 00:36:27,166 --> 00:36:29,300 Okay, let's take a look. Let's get this thing clean. 831 00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:33,800 Yes, this looks like the top. 832 00:36:34,567 --> 00:36:35,567 I got a serial number. 833 00:36:35,567 --> 00:36:36,967 -[Frode] Yeah? -Yeah. 834 00:36:36,967 --> 00:36:42,100 Looks like 0-1-6-7-F-D, or zero again, 835 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:43,900 and then a smaller number here. 836 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,200 And this looks like writing as well. 837 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:48,467 So we'll photograph all this. 838 00:36:48,467 --> 00:36:50,100 -Yep. -That's huge. 839 00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:51,867 The serial numbers on these parts 840 00:36:51,867 --> 00:36:54,066 can be used to identify a plane, 841 00:36:54,066 --> 00:36:57,667 including its make, model, and even its crew. 842 00:36:57,667 --> 00:36:59,100 -More numbers! -[Frode] Yeah? 843 00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:00,400 [Josh] Yeah. More serial numbers here. 844 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,367 -[Frode] Yeah. -Look at these stamps. 845 00:37:02,367 --> 00:37:03,767 Can we see the cylinders? 846 00:37:03,767 --> 00:37:06,800 No, but you can see them definitely arranged in a "V." 847 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,500 -[Josh] Right. -Right there. Yeah. 848 00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:11,300 -So this is a piston engine. -Yeah. 849 00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:12,467 You know what this is? 850 00:37:12,467 --> 00:37:13,667 Most likely a Merlin. 851 00:37:13,667 --> 00:37:16,333 It's a Merlin, right? Okay, this is a Merlin. 852 00:37:17,467 --> 00:37:21,700 The Rolls Royce Merlin engine was first designed in 1933 853 00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:25,867 and quickly became Britain's foremost aviation advantage. 854 00:37:25,867 --> 00:37:27,400 Fifty different versions were made 855 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,100 over the course of the war. 856 00:37:29,100 --> 00:37:33,667 Now, the Barracuda was outfitted for Merlin engines. 857 00:37:33,667 --> 00:37:34,767 Yes, it was. 858 00:37:34,767 --> 00:37:35,900 -But... -I know. 859 00:37:35,900 --> 00:37:37,567 Yeah, there's a lot of aircraft 860 00:37:37,567 --> 00:37:40,100 having the exact same engine. 861 00:37:40,100 --> 00:37:43,000 This was like the workhorse engine 862 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:44,233 that helped win World War II. 863 00:37:44,233 --> 00:37:47,266 But it still keeps us on the track of the Barracuda, right? 864 00:37:47,266 --> 00:37:49,166 -Yeah. -If we'd found some big radial engine here, 865 00:37:49,166 --> 00:37:50,467 -we would've been in trouble. -Yeah. 866 00:37:50,467 --> 00:37:53,300 So, so far, this could still be a Barracuda. 867 00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:57,266 We take meticulous photos of the parts 868 00:37:57,266 --> 00:37:59,800 with their serial numbers, for identification, 869 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:04,133 even as we continue to uncover more pieces of the plane beneath the snow. 870 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:08,266 I think I got part of the wing here. 871 00:38:08,266 --> 00:38:10,266 -Really? -Yeah, for sure. 872 00:38:10,266 --> 00:38:13,266 Let me grab that iPad, see if we can ID what this is. 873 00:38:13,266 --> 00:38:17,967 We're hiking with a tablet loaded with Barracuda specs from the team back in England. 874 00:38:17,967 --> 00:38:19,867 I'm hoping the photos can help us make 875 00:38:19,867 --> 00:38:22,800 a preliminary ID of the parts. 876 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,000 This piece right here. See that? 877 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,667 This piece right here with that support, 878 00:38:26,667 --> 00:38:29,233 -I mean, is that not identical to that? -[Frode] Yeah. 879 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:30,700 Holy [bleep]. 880 00:38:31,367 --> 00:38:33,000 But so many of these planes 881 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,367 have a similar internal design structure. 882 00:38:35,367 --> 00:38:38,300 -We need more to prove it's a Barracuda. -[Frode] Yeah. 883 00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:39,867 But, boy, is it adding up. 884 00:38:39,867 --> 00:38:44,100 If this is a Barracuda wing, it's a crucial find. 885 00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:46,400 The restoration team back at the museum 886 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,400 is missing wing parts and wants them desperately. 887 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,900 So we sift through every piece of twisted metal we can see. 888 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:57,667 -Ooh, I got paint. -[Frode] Yeah. 889 00:38:57,667 --> 00:38:59,100 Red paint. Look at this! 890 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,000 [Frode] Wow. 891 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,934 That's paint. So this is an exterior piece. What is this? 892 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,066 -Is that paint? -Yeah, that's paint. 893 00:39:10,066 --> 00:39:12,000 -That's blue paint. -Yes, blue and red. 894 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,266 Holy [bleep]! 895 00:39:13,266 --> 00:39:16,100 -This is the paint scheme on a British plane. -[Frode] Yep. 896 00:39:21,367 --> 00:39:23,066 [Josh] They say that everything is relative, 897 00:39:23,066 --> 00:39:27,300 which is exactly the perspective you need during winter in Norway. 898 00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:29,166 Out of curiosity, 899 00:39:29,166 --> 00:39:32,166 what constitutes a cold day here in Norway? 900 00:39:32,166 --> 00:39:33,500 Like, what does the temperature have to be 901 00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:36,500 for you to say, "Kids, it's cold outside." 902 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:38,166 Negative five, around. 903 00:39:38,166 --> 00:39:41,166 -Yeah. -[scoffs] Negative five, that's the threshold. 904 00:39:41,166 --> 00:39:44,100 Negative four, negative three, beach weather. 905 00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:46,700 -[chuckles] Yeah. Yeah. -Warm out. 906 00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:48,100 Negative five. 907 00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:49,200 That's when you put a sweater on. 908 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,967 That's when I put a sweater on, maybe some gloves. 909 00:39:52,967 --> 00:39:55,100 -Maybe, at negative five. -Yeah. 910 00:39:55,967 --> 00:39:57,133 Norwegians. 911 00:40:01,467 --> 00:40:03,667 So now, no question, we have a plane, 912 00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:05,767 and no question, we have a British plane. 913 00:40:05,767 --> 00:40:08,767 I've traveled 500 miles above the Arctic Circle 914 00:40:08,767 --> 00:40:12,767 to find wreckage of the legendary British bomber, the Barracuda. 915 00:40:12,767 --> 00:40:17,467 A restoration team in England needs original parts to bring one back to life. 916 00:40:17,467 --> 00:40:20,567 Remarkably, against all odds, we may have some. 917 00:40:20,567 --> 00:40:23,066 -And this is the rudder. -This is the rudder! 918 00:40:23,066 --> 00:40:26,100 Yeah. It would have fitted into this slot. 919 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,100 -Yes, it would have! -Yes. Yeah. 920 00:40:28,100 --> 00:40:30,500 -This is part of the tail of the plane. -Yes. 921 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:33,000 These are the right colors in the right location. 922 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,667 Let's see if this looks like the Barracuda tail. 923 00:40:36,667 --> 00:40:41,500 I bring the iPad out to see if I can place the part we found on our missing plane. 924 00:40:42,066 --> 00:40:44,000 So here's our Barracuda, 925 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:44,967 and here's our tail. 926 00:40:44,967 --> 00:40:46,300 -[Frode] Yep. -Look at that. 927 00:40:46,300 --> 00:40:48,867 -[Frode] Yeah. -I mean, is that a beauty or what? 928 00:40:48,867 --> 00:40:50,900 -[Frode] That's a match. -That's a perfect match. 929 00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:53,300 -It's a perfect match. Yeah. -Hey, that is... 930 00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:54,867 That is unbelievable! 931 00:40:54,867 --> 00:40:56,667 But here's what bothers me. 932 00:40:56,667 --> 00:40:59,900 Where is this? Where is this whole horizontal section of the tail? 933 00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:03,467 It's the one very weird design element on this plane, 934 00:41:03,467 --> 00:41:05,367 and it's like the fingerprint of the Barracuda. 935 00:41:05,367 --> 00:41:06,400 -Yeah. Yeah. -Where's that? 936 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:07,400 It's not here at all. 937 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,367 The high elevators on the tail 938 00:41:09,367 --> 00:41:12,000 are a signature of the Barracuda's design, 939 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,500 and a part of the plane that the team back in England 940 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:17,166 is specifically hoping to acquire. 941 00:41:17,166 --> 00:41:19,800 -If we can find that, we can close the case. -Yup. 942 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:21,266 -Let's find it. -Let's find it. 943 00:41:21,266 --> 00:41:22,600 -Come on. -Yeah. 944 00:41:23,467 --> 00:41:24,667 [Josh] We're one piece away 945 00:41:24,667 --> 00:41:27,567 from solving an 80-year-old jigsaw puzzle. 946 00:41:27,567 --> 00:41:31,000 So we hit the debris field one more time with new urgency 947 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:35,800 as the sun begins to set, and a deadly cold creeps in. 948 00:41:39,066 --> 00:41:40,934 Hey, Josh, come over here. 949 00:41:44,667 --> 00:41:45,900 -See something? -Yeah. 950 00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:48,266 I think this is a part of the elevator. 951 00:41:48,266 --> 00:41:50,400 [Josh] Is this that high piece of the tail? 952 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,100 Yeah, I think it is. 953 00:41:52,100 --> 00:41:55,300 I mean, if it is, then this is a Barracuda. 954 00:41:55,300 --> 00:41:56,433 [Frode] Yeah. 955 00:41:56,867 --> 00:41:58,266 I'm quite sure. Yeah. 956 00:41:58,266 --> 00:42:01,900 Then these are the parts that they're looking for. 957 00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:05,467 These are the parts that could complete this lost aircraft... 958 00:42:05,467 --> 00:42:07,367 -Yeah. -...back at the museum. 959 00:42:07,367 --> 00:42:08,634 That's unbelievable. 960 00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:10,867 I'm speechless. 961 00:42:10,867 --> 00:42:13,000 I am utterly speechless. 962 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:17,500 The elevator pairs perfectly with the tail piece that we found earlier. 963 00:42:17,500 --> 00:42:19,266 Together, we may have found 964 00:42:19,266 --> 00:42:23,567 a complete Barracuda tail section for the very first time. 965 00:42:23,567 --> 00:42:25,800 This is a piece of World War II history right here. 966 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:26,900 Right here. 967 00:42:26,900 --> 00:42:27,967 But the idea that we are standing 968 00:42:27,967 --> 00:42:31,433 in front of the wreckage of one of these lost planes 969 00:42:32,667 --> 00:42:34,200 is so humbling. 970 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:36,667 I am awed in this moment. 971 00:42:36,667 --> 00:42:40,900 This plane crashed, saving the world from an unimaginable evil. 972 00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:43,467 And now, it is lost no more. 973 00:42:43,467 --> 00:42:45,567 We look at the violence of this crash, 974 00:42:45,567 --> 00:42:48,300 most likely, people died in this accident. 975 00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:51,266 So we are also on a kind of hallowed ground here. 976 00:42:51,266 --> 00:42:53,000 Yeah. This is a war grave. 977 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,400 It is a war grave. 978 00:42:55,367 --> 00:42:58,100 -But I think this is exactly what we came for. -Yeah. 979 00:42:58,100 --> 00:42:59,867 Hey, put her there. 980 00:42:59,867 --> 00:43:01,367 Thank you for coming up here with me. 981 00:43:01,367 --> 00:43:02,767 My pleasure. This was awesome. 982 00:43:02,767 --> 00:43:04,033 -It was amazing. -Yeah. 983 00:43:05,266 --> 00:43:08,000 [Josh] Here, far above the Arctic Circle, 984 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,867 a plane that helped turn the tide of World War II 985 00:43:10,867 --> 00:43:12,800 has been rediscovered, 986 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:16,300 and in time, may serve its nation once again 987 00:43:16,300 --> 00:43:18,667 in the rebuild of the Barracuda. 988 00:43:18,667 --> 00:43:22,367 We perform a 3-D scan of every inch of the plane. 989 00:43:22,367 --> 00:43:24,166 Then, in the frigid darkness, 990 00:43:24,166 --> 00:43:26,700 we undertake the long and treacherous hike downhill 991 00:43:26,700 --> 00:43:30,000 with our data clutched tightly in hand, 992 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,500 excited to share it with the team back in England. 993 00:43:34,300 --> 00:43:36,166 The reconstruction of the Barracuda 994 00:43:36,166 --> 00:43:39,700 is a project unlike any attempted in aviation history. 995 00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:41,667 And when David sees what we've found, 996 00:43:41,667 --> 00:43:45,000 he knows it's just taken a giant leap forward. 997 00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,000 -[David] Wow, look at that. -[William] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 998 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:47,867 That's the fin. 999 00:43:47,867 --> 00:43:49,333 -It is the fin, right? -[William] Yeah. 1000 00:43:49,333 --> 00:43:52,100 -Yeah. Hundred percent. That's a Barracuda. -[Josh] Hundred percent. 1001 00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:54,066 That's the tail fin from a Barracuda. 1002 00:43:54,066 --> 00:43:55,600 [David] That's the tail fin from a Barracuda. 1003 00:43:57,667 --> 00:44:00,166 [Josh] Using the serial numbers on the parts we found, 1004 00:44:00,166 --> 00:44:04,066 David was able to uncover the identity of not just the Barracuda, 1005 00:44:04,066 --> 00:44:06,667 but also the crew that flew her. 1006 00:44:06,667 --> 00:44:08,467 Around the corner from the museum 1007 00:44:08,467 --> 00:44:11,066 is the Fleet Air Arm Memorial church, 1008 00:44:11,066 --> 00:44:12,900 where the names of fallen soldiers 1009 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:15,000 are inscribed in a book of remembrance, 1010 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,400 including two members 1011 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,100 of our Barracuda's crew, 1012 00:44:18,100 --> 00:44:20,867 Sub-Lieutenant Hubert Horace Richardson 1013 00:44:20,867 --> 00:44:23,900 and Sub-Lieutenant Andrew George Cannon. 1014 00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:26,900 Only Gunner E. Carroll managed to bail out. 1015 00:44:26,900 --> 00:44:28,400 Captured by the Nazis, 1016 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,533 he was a prisoner of war until 1945. 1017 00:44:32,467 --> 00:44:34,600 And soon, we can honor their service 1018 00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:36,667 with the only example on Earth 1019 00:44:36,667 --> 00:44:38,400 of the plane that they flew. 1020 00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,867 The newly-discovered pieces will help complete the puzzle 1021 00:44:41,867 --> 00:44:43,800 and transform the Barracuda 1022 00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,266 from a monochrome wartime memory 1023 00:44:46,266 --> 00:44:47,266 into this, 1024 00:44:47,266 --> 00:44:51,100 a phoenix risen from the ashes in living color, 1025 00:44:51,100 --> 00:44:53,367 restored for a new mission: 1026 00:44:53,367 --> 00:44:54,667 to tell her story, 1027 00:44:54,667 --> 00:44:57,600 and the story of those brave men who flew her, 1028 00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,166 for generations to come.