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[Frode Lindgjerdet] I think
we got something here.
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-You see something?
-[Frode] Yeah.
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-[Josh Gates] What do you see?
-It looks like wreckage.
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[David Morris] More than 2,600
built for the Royal Navy,
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but not a single one
exists today.
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We are at the start point
of a massive project
to rebuild the Barracudas.
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You need to find tens
of thousands of components
from crashed planes...
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-Yes.
-...and then reassemble them.
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That's right.
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-That's it. You're nuts.
You're officially crazy.
-[chuckles]
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[Archie Liggat] A guy who had
been a maintenance worker
here during the war,
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he witnessed Barracudas
being buried on the airfield.
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Being buried?
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So there might actually
be something here?
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Oh, no, there's definitely
something here.
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Sheet aluminum,
definitely potentially
aircraft material.
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Metal! Right there!
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-[Frode] Yeah, metal.
-That's metal for sure!
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This is the paint scheme
on a British plane.
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This is definitely aviation.
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-This is a plane.
-Yeah.
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Ha-ha! Unbelievable.
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[Josh] For Great Britain,
World War II arrives by air.
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The lethal German Luftwaffe
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conducts relentless
bombing campaigns
on the island nation
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as their navy stalks
the waters that surround it.
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To bring the fight
to the Nazis,
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the Brits design
a new generation of planes,
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including
a revolutionary aircraft
called the Barracuda,
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the first ever
all-metal carrier-based
torpedo bomber.
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The Barracuda
has a deadly bite,
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capable of carrying
a game-changing
1,600-pound bomb.
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The plane's greatest victory
comes in April 1944,
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against the Nazis' version
of the Death Star,
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the fiercely armored
battleship Tirpitz.
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It's in a daring attack,
a squadron of Barracudas
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managed to cripple
the dreaded ship,
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clearing the way
for the Allied invasion
of Normandy on D-Day.
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After the war,
as the world soars
into the jet age,
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most of the era's
historic planes
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are decommissioned
and sent to museums.
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But in the chaos of
cleaning up the continent,
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the Barracuda is overlooked.
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Out of 2,600 Barracudas
manufactured,
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not a single plane
survives today,
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The bomber that helped
save Europe went extinct.
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At this moment, however,
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a team of aviation specialists
is trying to do something
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that many think is impossible:
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to reconstruct
an entire Barracuda
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using only its original parts,
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right down
to the very last rivet.
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If they can pull it off,
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they will have saved
an aviation treasure,
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the only one of its kind.
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But to complete the world's
hardest jigsaw puzzle,
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they'll need to uncover
long buried secrets
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and scavenge ultra-rare
crash sites from Scotland
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to the Arctic Circle.
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So join me
on a mission like no other,
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to raise a legendary phoenix
from the ashes
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and bring a hero
of World War II back to life.
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[Josh] The past
is all around us...
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Oh, this is crazy.
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...a world of mystery...
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-This is a plane. Ha-ha!
-Yeah.
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...danger...
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We are about to be underwater.
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Whoa!
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...and adventure.
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It's just straight down!
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[exclaiming in fright]
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I travel to the far corners
of the Earth
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to uncover
where legends end...
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[screams, laughs]
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...and history begins.
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Okay, let's punch it.
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I'm Josh Gates,
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and this is
Expedition Unknown.
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We are back
in the United Kingdom,
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non-EU edition,
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and it is just as glorious
as I remember it.
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Rolling green fields,
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a threat of rain at any moment
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and, of course,
very, very narrow roads.
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[exclaims]
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Just cut these hedges back,
for the love of Churchill.
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The quest
to resurrect the Barracuda
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begins in Somerset, England.
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During the Second World War,
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this beautiful countryside
was home to a crucial
Royal Navy base.
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Today, the Navy has left,
but in its old hangars stands
the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
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The number
of priceless aircraft
in here is astonishing.
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It's hard to believe
there could be anything
missing from this collection.
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But there is.
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Here to tell me about
a special project to bring
a lost legend back to life
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is curator David Morris.
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-Josh, good to meet you.
-Good to meet you as well.
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What an awesome museum.
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Let's start with that.
This place is cool.
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It's the biggest collection
of historic naval aircraft
in Europe.
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We've got 103 aircraft
in the collection in total...
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-And a Concorde.
-And a Concorde.
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And while this Concorde
is very cool,
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it's not the plane
I've come here to see.
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-You wanna see the Barracuda?
-I want to see the Barracuda.
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You wanna see the Barracuda.
Well, we're standing
next to the Barracuda.
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Wait. Where is the Barracuda?
This is it?
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This is the Barracuda.
This is the Barracuda.
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This is our latest project.
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The Barracuda Live:
The Big Rebuild.
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We are at the start point
of a massive project
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to rebuild an aircraft
which doesn't exist
anywhere else in the world.
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This just doesn't
make sense to me
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that there isn't a single
one of these planes
left in the world.
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More than 2,600 built
for the Royal Navy
during World War II,
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more than any other
Naval type of aircraft,
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but not a single one
exists today,
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either shot down,
crashed or scrapped
immediately after the war.
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So the other thing to me
that's mind blowing,
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or if I'm being
less diplomatic, crazy...
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-[chuckles]
-...is that you're
attempting this at all.
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How many individual components
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would you guess
were in a Barracuda?
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It's got to be
tens of thousands.
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-Tens of thousands?
-Tens of thousands.
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And you need to find
each and every one of those
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from crashed planes...
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Yup.
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...and then reassemble them?
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-That's right.
-That's it, you're nuts.
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-[chuckles]
-You're officially crazy.
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And if that doesn't sound
hard enough, get this.
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The original blueprints
for the plane are also lost,
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meaning engineers
have to write
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their own instruction manual
as they rebuild.
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And these are real pieces
from real Barracudas?
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Real pieces
from real Barracudas.
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-At the moment...
-[chuckles]
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...that is probably
the best version
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of a Barracuda I can show you.
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[Josh] Let's scale up
the model.
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Meet the Fairey Aviation
Barracuda,
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a carrier-based
three-man bomber
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with a 40-foot wingspan
and matching length.
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The Barracuda
also had numerous
unique design features,
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including a high wing
and prominent tail elevators,
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as well as an observer cabin
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for the bombardier
below the tail.
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To be instantly identified
by friendly aircraft,
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the Barracuda featured
not a Union Jack,
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but this distinctive display
of British colors.
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More importantly,
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the plane was powerful enough
to carry heavy ordinance,
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bombs weighing
up to 1,600 pounds.
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And it takes part in
a fairly legendary operation
in World War II, right?
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It was used in a number
of theaters of war,
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not least the attack on
the German battleship Tirpitz
in northern Norway.
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So this is a real hero
of World War II?
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It is. An unsung hero.
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Now it just
needs to be revived.
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Show me how you're doing it.
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-Please come this way.
-Come on.
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[Josh] David brings me
to the workshop
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where the team spends
painstaking hours
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salvaging the pieces
they'll need
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to put the Barracuda puzzle
back together.
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Josh, meet Will and Tony.
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-Hey.
-Hello.
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Will, nice to meet you.
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-Tony.
-Hi.
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-Nice to meet you, Josh.
-How's it going?
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What do we got going on here?
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So we're disassembling
this rear fuselage
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from a Barracuda
that crashed in Scotland.
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[Josh] The Barracuda
they're working with
crashed in 1944,
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but with some hard work,
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many of its pieces
can be put to good use.
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The whole thing's gonna
have to come apart,
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and that's so that
we can find...
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-Every rivet?
-Every rivet, every part,
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so that we can
find all the little
tiny bits and pieces
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that we can reuse
in the build.
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I mean, there are thousands
upon thousands of rivets
on the skin of this plane.
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-[David chuckles]
-[William] Yep.
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All right. Well,
don't let me hold you up.
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You've got a lot of rivets
to punch here.
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Please.
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Once the parts
that can be saved
have been identified,
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they need to be restored
before being marked
for reassembly,
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delicate work that happens
in a machine
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that the team here
lovingly refers to
as the Blaster,
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which they let me
take a crack at.
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Just be ready when it goes.
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Ooh, yeah. Okay.
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It's like a power washer
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if your goal is to
take the siding
clean off your house.
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An abrasive
aluminum oxide grit
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is propelled at the metal
at about 80 pounds
per square inch.
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Needless to say,
It's important
to watch your fingers.
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Eat your heart out, Mike Rowe.
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You've found
your new career now.
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This is it.
I'm never leaving here.
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Why do you think I'm here?
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[chuckles]
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Open the door.
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And there's
your blasted piece.
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Look at that.
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Like new.
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The team here
has plenty of work ahead,
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but they have painstakingly
restored a Barracuda's engine,
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an immense piece of machinery
known as a Merlin,
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which I helped them
wheel into position
at the front of the plane.
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-It's starting
to look like a plane.
-It is.
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Now, in terms of parts,
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do you have more
than what I've seen
in the workshop here?
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We've got a lot more.
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-You've got a lot more?
-A lot more.
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What's a lot?
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As to the other
tens of thousands of parts
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in the world's
most challenging Lego set,
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David leads me
to the nearby reserve hangar.
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David, this place is a wreck.
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[both chuckle]
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I mean, it is a literal wreck.
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This is outrageous.
Is this all from Barracudas?
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This is Barracuda wreckage
that we're working from
for the project.
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Okay. If you were to take
all of this material
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and fuse it all back together,
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could you reconstruct
a Barracuda?
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-No.
-No.
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It doesn't give us
enough material
to do a Barracuda.
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What are the big ticket items
you're missing
to finish this project?
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[David] Wing parts
and tailplane parts.
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[Josh] To find those,
they need more Barracudas,
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and they've been hard at work
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in researching
where to locate them.
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We have a lead
at the moment on one
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that could actually
be a Barracuda wreck
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that we would dearly
like to explore further.
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I'd be happy
to go look at it for you.
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That sounds great,
but that's easier said
than done.
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It's in a challenging place?
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Very much so.
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Perfect.
246
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For David's team,
this is clearly
a labor of love
247
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as they honor
an unsung hero
of World War II.
248
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Me? I've just been drafted.
249
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While David continues
to supervise the rebuild,
250
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I'm being dispatched
to hunt for a Barracuda,
251
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eight hours to the north,
in St. Andrews, Scotland.
252
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St. Andrews
is an idyllic seaside town
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that's world famous
as the ancestral home
of the sport of golf.
254
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And for the sake
of our ratings,
I will not be golfing.
255
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It ain't pretty.
256
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Instead, I drive
outside of town
257
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and pull over
near a lonely ruin
258
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standing in the middle
of empty farmland.
259
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Here to explain
how this is going to help
260
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our search
for Barracuda parts,
261
00:11:19,066 --> 00:11:21,300
is a true aviation expert,
262
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former Royal Air Force
jet pilot Archie Liggat.
263
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-Archie!
-Josh.
264
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-Beautiful weather.
-Oh, fantastic.
265
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Welcome to Scotland.
[chuckling]
266
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Yeah, exactly.
What else would you expect?
267
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All right, Archie,
why have you marched me
268
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all the way
out here in this field?
Where are we?
269
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Well, Josh,
this may look like
just farmland,
270
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but once upon a time,
this was a big, busy airbase.
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You can see an old
control tower behind us.
272
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-[Josh] This was
a control tower?
-Control tower here.
273
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So back in 1946, this place
would have been reverberating
274
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with the noise
of big aero engines.
275
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So what was this place?
276
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Well, this place was initially
Royal Air Force Dunino...
277
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Okay. And there would have
been Barracudas out here?
278
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Oh, definitely
Barracudas here.
279
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Many types of aircraft here.
280
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-Yeah?
-Yeah, but mostly Barracudas.
281
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So why are we here?
282
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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
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-Okay.
-And Johnny confided to me
287
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that he witnessed Barracudas
being buried on the airfield.
288
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-Being buried?
-Being buried. Yeah.
289
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[Josh] This airfield was once
teeming with Barracudas,
290
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but after the war,
the Navy decommissioned
and disassembled them,
291
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discreetly burying the parts
292
00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,667
along with other
military surplus,
293
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on the grounds
of the airfield.
294
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And maintenance worker
Jonny Paul
witnessed everything.
295
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And did anybody
notice him watching that?
296
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-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
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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
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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
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to give us a bird's-eye view
of Dunino Airfield.
310
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Let's rock and roll.
311
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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
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Hundreds of feet
above farmland outside
St. Andrews, Scotland,
314
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pilot Archie Liggat and I
are looking for evidence
of a burial.
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At the end of World War II,
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a maintenance worker
named Johnny Paul
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claimed to witness
the disposal
318
00:13:49,567 --> 00:13:53,367
of several legendary
British bombers
known as Barracudas
319
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after they were
decommissioned.
320
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Not one Barracuda
survives today,
321
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so resurrecting one would mean
322
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saving a priceless
aviation treasure.
323
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[Josh speaking]
324
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[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
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[Josh] With our historic
bearings established,
332
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we fly to the area
described by the former
maintenance worker.
333
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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
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To find out
what's underground,
339
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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.