Using specially commissioned computer graphics, never-before-seen archive footage & interviews with aviation experts, these three incredible programmes bring to life the Secret Aircraft of World War II. Episode 1: Allied
- Behold the genius & ingenuity of innovators on both sides of the Atlantic. From the CHANCE VOUGHT FLYING PANCAKE that could take off vertically to perhaps the biggest secret project outside the building of the A-bomb
- Churchill's plan to build a fleet of giant aircraft carriers made from ice. Episode 2: Luftwaffe
- Hear the story of the tiny HE 162 jet interceptor, built in deep underground caves & flown by pilots from the Hitler Youth, & the amazing HORTEN FLYING WING jet bomber designed to attack New York. Plus, we reveal the plans for a jet version of the STUKA DIVE BOMBER & how it might have impacted the battle for the Eastern Front. Episode 3: Russian
- History has overlooked the unimaginable hardships Russian aircraft designers faced under the rule of Joseph Stalin. This programme reveals how Soviet aircraft designers independently discovered jet & rocket technology.