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Flight 777 : the Mystery of Leslie Howard

By Leslie , Colvin , Ian; Howard , Leslie; Howard

Book information

Publisher
Pen and Sword
Year
2013
ISBN
9781783469598, 1783469595, 1781590168, 9781781590164, 978-0-7475-9520-5, 978-0-85303-941-9, 0-947554-87-4, 0-312-41161-8, 978-84-934875-1-5
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1867739 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
374\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
-- 1893-1943 -- Death and burial.;World War1893-1943.;World War1939-1945 -- Aerial operations1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.;HISTORY -- EuropeGerman.;HowardHowardLeslie

Description

On 1 June 1943 Flight 777, a Douglas DC-3, en route from Lisbon to Britain, was shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German aircraft. Among the dead was the actor Leslie Howard, who had returned from Hollywood to England to help the British war effort. Also on board was Howard's tax adviser, Alfred Chenhalls, who smoked cigars and looked remarkably like Winston Churchill. Did the Germans believe that Churchill was on board Flight 777? Other aircraft flying that route went unmolested by the Luftwaffe in spite of the German air presence over the Bay of Biscay. These flights were operated by Dutch crews flying aircraft of KLM, which were on charter to BOAC, and it was an experience Dutch crew that was lost that day. Ian Colvin carried out an exhaustive investigation into the incident, including interviewing former Luftwaffe personnel and this book, first published in 1957, is the result of his endeavors

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